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Japan bosses: state not Tepco liable for nuclear damageParis (AFP) May 2, 2011 The head of the Japanese employers' federation on Monday defended Tepco, owner of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, saying the state and not the company should compensate disaster victims. Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Nippon Keidanren business leaders' body, told AFP in Paris that the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the plant and caused a major nuclear disaster could not have been predicted. And he slammed the Japanese government for criticising Tepco's response, allegin ... read more |
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  Chile finds radioactive traces in Korean cars Chilean officials found traces of radioactivity in tests on around 20 used cars on a ship from South Korea that had been in the vicinity of Japan's damaged Fukushima atomic plant, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Areva sales up in first quarter, to review forecasts French nuclear group Areva on Monday reported a 2.2 percent increase in first-quarter sales to 1.98 billion euros ($2.9 billion) and said it was reviewing its 2011 and 2012 forecasts in light of Japan's nuclear energy disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan unions in May Day call to end nuclear power Japan's left-leaning labour confederations on Sunday called for an end to nuclear power generation, in May Day rallies held as emergency workers toiled to bring a quake-hit nuclear plant under control. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Second woman exposed to radiation at Japan plant A second female worker has been exposed to radiation exceeding the legal limit at a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan, its operator said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Putin criticises Japanese nuclear industry Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticised Japan's nuclear industry on Saturday, questioning the building of plants in seismic zones and its response to the Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
 Thousands protest against nuclear plant in Taiwan Thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a new nuclear power station as safety concerns mounted in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan, an organiser said. ... more | .. |
Nuclear plant stress test results by year-end: EU The results of stress tests on European nuclear power plants should be clear by the end of the year, EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger said in Helsinki Friday. ... more |
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 Alabama nuclear power plant offline after storm US officials were Thursday monitoring a nuclear plant in the southern state of Alabama that lost power amid severe storms that swept through the region. ... more | .. |
Lithuania presses Russia over nuclear plant Lithuania on Thursday stepped up pressure on neighbour Russia over plans to build a nuclear power plant near the Baltic state, insisting its safety concerns had not been met. ... more | .. |
 Protests mount against Indian nuclear plant In the busy Indian fishing village of Sakhri Nate, it's obvious what the locals think of the plan to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant just across the creek. ... more | .. |
 Chernobyl's radioactivity reduced the populations of birds of orange plumage On April 26, 1986, history's greatest nuclear accident took place northwest of the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl. Despite the scale of the disaster, 25 years later, we still do not know its real effec ... more |
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 NASA Technology Looks Inside Japan's Nuclear Reactor Design techniques honed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for Mars rovers were used to create the rover currently examining the inside of Japan's nuclear reactors, in areas no ... more | .. |
 Romania seeks private money to build nuclear plant Romania wants to attract private investors to modernise its road infrastructure and to build two new reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear plant, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 The End of Nuclear Even before the disaster in Fukushima, the world's nuclear industry was in clear decline, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute. The report, which Worldwatch commissioned months be ... more | .. |
Focus on safety at Brazil nuclear plant after Japan Brazil's Angra dos Reis bay is a tropical paradise that attracts droves of tourists each year. But it is also sharply in focus as the home of the nation's only nuclear power plant. ... more |
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Global warming threat amid nuclear doubts: IEA A global warming target could be missed three times over if countries fail to promote clean energy, the International Energy Agency warned Thursday, amid a possible slowdown in atomic power growth. ... more | .. |
 Higher radioactivity level at Bulgarian plant: operators Engineers detected higher levels of radioactivity in the containment reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant, prompting a shutdown that prevented any leak, operators said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Putin wants to export 'world best' Russian nuclear safety Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he wanted to enhance Sweden's nuclear safety with Russian technology, which he described as the safest in the world. ... more | .. |
TEPCO ill-prepared for crisis: Japan nuclear advisor The company which operates Japan's crippled nuclear plant has an aversion to change that left it ill-equipped to handle the crisis, the prime minister's special advisor on the disaster said Wednesday. ... more |
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TEPCO female worker exposed to high radiation A woman working at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant received radiation at over three times the legal limit for females over a three-month period, the plant's operator said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Lake life around Chernobyl said thriving Lake wildlife near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site is thriving, with effects of radiation apparently offset by the absence of humans, U.K. researchers say. ... more | .. |
Risks remain at Japan's nuclear plants Backup generators at many Japanese nuclear power plants lack capacity to keep reactor cores cool if another earthquake or tsunami were to strike, sources say. ... more | .. |
 Russia, Ukraine leaders mourn Chernobyl nightmare The Russian and Ukrainian leaders marked 25 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster Tuesday on a historic visit to Chernobyl, shadowed by new fears over atomic energy safety. ... more |
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 Japan says Fukushima 'different from Chernobyl' Japan said on Tuesday, the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, that its six-week-old Fukushima nuclear crisis was "different in nature" from the events in Ukraine. ... more | .. |
Russia, Ukraine leaders mourn Chernobyl nightmare The Russian and Ukrainian leaders marked 25 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster Tuesday as they paid an historic visit to Chernobyl, dogged by new fears over atomic energy. ... more | .. |
Chernobyl survivor warns of 'bombshell' in Japan A survivor of the Chernobyl disaster says people exposed to radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear plant will spend the rest of their lives fearing the "bombshell" of cancer and other dire illnesses. ... more | .. |
 Berlusconi talks up nuclear on Chernobyl anniversary Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday talked up nuclear power as the "safest" form of energy on the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl amid fears linked to the disaster in Japan. ... more |
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Japan farmers rally against nuclear plant company Hundreds of angry Japanese farmers protested Tuesday outside the Tokyo head office of nuclear plant operator TEPCO, taking with them vegetables, milk and and even two cows affected by the atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 Advancing the Debate Over Nuclear Waste Storage Locations Plans for a nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico were initially opposed in the late 1980s by a 2-1 margin but a new analysis of 35 statewide public opinion surveys taken over a decade sho ... more | .. |
 Belarus leader fumes over Chernobyl anniversary Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko Tuesday denounced the head of the EU commission as an "ass" and rounded on Ukraine's president in apparent fury at arrangements for the Chernobyl anniversary. ... more | .. |
 World marks Chernobyl under shadow of Japan The world on Tuesday marks a quarter century since the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine, haunted by fears over the safety of atomic energy after the Japan earthquake. ... more |
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