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May 10, 2011
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Germany at 40% nuke capacity, no issues
Berlin (UPI) May 9, 2011
Only 10 out of the 21 nuclear reactors in Germany are currently running and there haven't been any power outages, suggesting that government plans to drop nuclear could be realized quicker than expected. In March, at the height of the nuclear crisis in Japan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to shut down for three months seven of Germany's oldest reactors to test their safety, adding they may not be restarted. Three more reactors were taken offline May 1 for technical overhauls. A ... read more

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China to boost nuclear safety standards
China plans to upgrade emergency procedures for nuclear power plants, a government official said Sunday. ... more
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Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant to halt operations
The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, said Monday it would temporarily shut down its last two running reactors. ... more
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Japan, US eye Mongolia nuclear waste depot: report
Japan and the United States are eyeing a plan to jointly construct an underground nuclear waste storage complex in Mongolia, a newspaper report said Monday. ... more
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Japan temp surprised to end up at nuclear plant
A Japanese man who applied for a temporary truck driving job instead found himself deployed to the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, an employment official told AFP on Monday. ... more
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Is nuclear power fair for future generations
The recent nuclear accident in Fukushima Daiichi in Japan has brought the nuclear debate to the forefront of controversy. While Japan is trying to avert further disaster, many nations are reconsider ... more
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Thousands rally in Japan against nuclear power
Thousands of people rallied in Japan Saturday to demand a shift away from nuclear power after an earthquake and tsunami sparked the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl a quarter-century ago. ... more
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EU nuclear safety sweep accused of soft-pedalling
Europe on Wednesday will draw up stress-test parameters for a safety sweep of its nuclear power reactors, promised after Japan's Fukushima No.1 disaster, but already the focus of bitter disputes. ... more
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Madrid demo calls for end to nuclear power
Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Madrid Sunday calling for the immediate shutdown of Spain's nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more
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Japan urges shutdown of quake-threatened nuclear plant
A nuclear plant located near a tectonic faultline should be shut down, Japan's trade and industry minister said Sunday, but he denied the government would reverse its policy on atomic power. ... more
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Lithuanian nuclear plant to go online in 2020
A new nuclear power plant should start producing electricity in Lithuania in 2020, six years after construction of the facility begins, Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said Friday. ... more
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Japan PM orders shutdown of nuclear plant near faultline
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday ordered the suspension of operations at an ageing nuclear power plant southwest of Tokyo because it is located close to a dangerous tectonic faultline. ... more
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Swiss watchdog orders nuclear plants to tackle flaws
Switzerland's nuclear safety watchdog has ordered the country's atomic power stations to deal with weaknesses found in post-Fukushima quake and flood resistance inspections. ... more
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Cracks found in protective casings at Bulgaria nuclear plant
Cracks were detected in the protective casings of a number of control rods at Bulgaria's sole nuclear plant, but there has been no release of radioactivity, the plant's operator said Thursday. ... more
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Australia looks at nuclear power's future
Nuclear power must be seriously considered as an option globally to reduce carbon emissions, said Mining giant Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis. ... more
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Workers enter reactor building at Japan nuclear plant
Workers entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken nuclear plant Thursday for the first time since an explosion hit the facility a day after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, officials said. ... more
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UN health agency upholds research on nuclear radiation
The World Health Organisation said Wednesday that independent research on the health impact of radiation must be pursued without being influenced by the nuclear industry. ... more
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Radiation levels in seabed near Japan plant jump
Levels of radioactive substances have jumped in the Pacific seabed off Japan near the nuclear power plant crippled by a massive tsunami in March, according to the plant operator. ... more
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EU nuclear plant stress tests to start in June: Hungary
Stress tests on nuclear power stations in the European Union will start in June, EU president Hungary announced Wednesday, following an informal meeting of European energy ministers this week. ... more
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France denies reactor programme halted
France's energy minister denied Wednesday that a plan to build a second latest generation EPR nuclear power station had been put on hold, as the head of the country's biggest energy firm had claimed. ... more
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Japan mulls new robot help with nuclear disaster
Japan may be at the forefront of robotics and its children raised on cartoons of robot heroes and villains, but the country has so far had to rely on US-made machines for help tackling its nuclear crisis. ... more
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TEPCO prepares for work inside reactor building
Japanese engineers Tuesday started preparing to send workers inside the Fukushima nuclear power station's reactor one building for the first time since the plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami. ... more
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Japanese nuclear plant a time bomb?
In the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, fears are mounting that disaster could also strike the country's Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant. ... more
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Japan eyes $49 bn nuclear compensation: report
The Japanese government has estimated that compensation for damages resulting from the country's nuclear crisis could reach four trillion yen ($49 billion), a report said Tuesday. ... more
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Police arrest five men near British nuclear plant
British police arrested five men under anti-terrorism legislation close to a nuclear plant, but said Tuesday the case appeared to be unconnected to the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. ... more
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Slovakia puts off new Jaslovske nuclear unit till 2025
Slovakia's nuclear watchdog said Tuesday a new reactor unit at one of the country's nuclear power plants won't come on line before 2025 after construction was put off by five years or more. ... more
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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
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Japan plans new tsunami wall at nuclear plant
The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said Monday, as public confidence slipped in the government's handling of the disaster. ... more
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Japan bosses: state not Tepco liable for nuclear damage
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. ... 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
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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
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