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Japan uses colour dye to trace nuclear leakOfunato, Japan (AFP) April 4, 2011 Emergency crew at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant used a colour dye Monday to trace the source of a radioactive leak as lower business confidence signalled the disaster's economic impact. While round-the-clock work continued to prevent a wider catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, Tokyo's officials at UN climate talks reportedly suggested Japan may have to back off ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), owner of the troubled nuclear site, has been str ... read more |
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  Australia will stay with uranium exports Australia says it intends to remain a major exporter of uranium for nuclear power plants despite the nuclear emergency at Japan's Fukushima reactors. ... more | .. |
Japan, Germany to cooperate on nuclear safety Japan and Germany on Saturday said they would work together on international nuclear safety standards, while Tokyo promised to thoroughly investigate its ongoing nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 Top Indian scientist calls for nuclear moratorium A top Indian scientist and government advisor has called for a moratorium on all future nuclear projects following the nuclear crisis in tsunami-hit Japan. ... more | .. |
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 Japan may inject tax money into TEPCO: reports Japan may inject tax money into troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to ensure the company stays afloat while grappling with the nation's worst ever nuclear disaster, local media said Friday. ... more | .. |
 German energy giant sues government German energy giant RWE filed Friday a legal challenge to the government's order to shut down temporarily the country's seven oldest nuclear reactors in light of the Fukushima crisis in Japan. ... more | .. |
  TEPCO lacked radiation meters after tsunami: agency Japan's nuclear safety agency on Friday said it warned TEPCO for not having enough radiation meters for all workers battling to stabilise its Fukushima nuclear plant after devices were lost in a tsunami. ... more | .. |
Japan crisis fuels India nuclear safety concerns Japan's nuclear crisis has fuelled public unease in India over ambitious government plans to ramp up nuclear power capacity to feed the country's growing, energy-hungry economy. ... more |
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 Japan says no need to evacuate village near nuclear plant Japan's nuclear safety agency said Thursday there is no need to evacuate a village 40 km (25 miles) from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant after the UN nuclear watchdog voiced concern. ... more | .. |
 Cancer Risk Of Backscatter Airport Scanners Is Low Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scann ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear plant's disaster plan inadequate: report Disaster plans at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant appear woefully inadequate, including only one satellite phone and a single stretcher in case of an accident, a report said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear refugees feel 'betrayed' Refugees who fled Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors say they have been betrayed by the company that runs them, accusing embattled operator TEPCO of creating a "man-made disaster". ... more |
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 Radiation in sea off Japan nuclear plant 4,385 times limit The level of radioactive iodine in the sea off Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant has soared to its highest reading yet at 4,385 times the legal limit, the plant operator said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM says stricken nuclear plant to be scrapped Japan said Thursday its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility. ... more | .. |
 $850 million void in Chernobyl sarcophagus project: official The project to build a new sarcophagus over the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor lacks some 600 million euros of the 1.5 billion needed, a Ukrainian official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 France mulls halting nuclear plant: officials French authorities are considering delaying the building of a new-generation EPR reactor, the pride of France's nuclear power industry, after Japan's quake-induced fallout alert, they said Thursday. ... more |
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RWE to challenge German nuclear shutdown order German energy group RWE said Thursday it would file a legal challenge to Berlin's decision to shut down one of its nuclear reactors for three months, a move its rival EON has renounced. ... more | .. |
Japan, France call for G20 nuclear regulators meeting Japan and France pledged Thursday to push for improved international nuclear safety standards as Tokyo struggled to contain an atomic plant disaster caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 France's Areva to expand Japan nuclear help French nuclear group Areva said Thursday it plans to step up its technical assistance to the operator of a Japanese atomic plant crippled by the massive quake and tsunami earlier this month. ... more | .. |
Austria's mothballed nuclear plant pulls in the public Thousands of miles away from the catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, a mothballed nuclear power station in Austria is attracting a steady stream of visitors. ... more |
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Letter bomb blast at Swiss nuclear industry group: police A letter bomb exploded at the offices of the Swiss nuclear energy association Thursday, injuring two people, police said. ... more | .. |
Pressure on Japan to widen nuclear evacuation zone Japan said Thursday there were no immediate plans to widen the exclusion zone around its stricken nuclear plant, hours after the UN atomic watchdog agency voiced its concern over the issue. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic watchdog raises alarm over Japan evacuations The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday radiation in a village outside the evacuation zone around a stricken Japanese nuclear plant was above safe levels, urging that Japan reassess the situation. ... more | .. |
 Japan's atomic plant neighbours mull leaving homes The nightmare of Japan's unfolding nuclear emergency is sending fear through the community that lives in the shadow of another coastal reactor. ... more |
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French atomic security unready for repeat disasters: agency French nuclear security has not yet taken into account the kind of accumulation of natural catastrophes that led to Japan's atomic disaster, the head of the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 IAEA worried about radiation in Japan village Radiation levels recorded at a village outside the evacuation zone around the quake-striken Fukushima nuclear plant are above safe levels, the UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Anti-radiation resin to coat Japan plant grounds Workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant plan to spray its grounds with a special resin to prevent further radioactivity being released, a nuclear safety agency official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Independent nuclear watchdog for India? In the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has proposed an independent nuclear regulator for his country. ... more |
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 Fukushima a threat to Pacific people? Radioactivity unleashed by the Japanese Fukushima reactor into the Pacific Ocean endangers the livelihoods of millions of people, a German aid group warned. ... more | .. |
Hong Kong activists to monitor China nuclear plant A group of Hong Kong lawmakers, academics and environmentalists said Wednesday they will monitor an atomic plant in mainland China following the ongoing nuclear crisis in a quake-hit Japan. ... more | .. |
Hundreds protest Russia-backed nuclear project in Bulgaria Hundreds of people joined an anti-nuclear protest in Sofia on Wednesday, calling for the government to drop plans for a new Russia-backed nuclear plant after the radiation disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
Japan mulls draping fabric over reactors: report Japan is considering draping crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima nuclear plant with a fabric to reduce radiation, and using a tanker to siphon off contaminated water, a report said Wednesday. ... more |
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