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Swiss protest nuclear powerDottingen, Switzerland (AFP) May 22, 2011 A demonstration in northern Switzerland against nuclear power drew thousands of people on Sunday ahead of a government decision on the future of atomic energy in the country. Protesters from Germany, Austria and France joined the marchers near the town of Doettingen and the Beznau nuclear power plant, Switzerland's oldest, an organiser said. "It's the biggest demonstration in Switzerland against nucler power since the Fukushima accident (in Japan)," spokeswoman for "Sortons du nuclaire" Maude Po ... read more |
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 UN atomic watchdog experts set off for Japan A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog flew out to Tokyo from Vienna on Sunday to team up with other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 2022 'good time' for Germany to end nuclear power: Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that 2022 was "a good time" for Germany to end nuclear power, backing a proposal by the Bavarian wing of her party. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO's bumbling president calls it a day Masataka Shimizu's resignation as president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company marked an ignominious end to an otherwise stellar career at the utility spanning 43 years. ... more | .. |
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 TEPCO to post huge loss, president to resign: reports Tokyo Electric Power is expected to post an annual net loss of up to $18 billion due to the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant and announce the resignation of its president, reports said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Czech PM urges expertise in European nuke stress tests Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Thursday that stress tests at European nuclear plants should be a purely technical and free of politics, as the European Union finds itself deadlocked over the issue. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear power can endure Fukushima 'bump in the road': Blix A former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Hans Blix, said Wednesday he believed the development of nuclear power would continue despite Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant crisis, which he described as a "bump in the road" for the industry. ... more | .. |
 Japan TEPCO workers enter reactor building Workers briefly entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Wednesday to measure radiation levels and check for damage, the operator said. ... more |
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Japan's TEPCO debt waive call draws ire Japanese government remarks calling on lenders to forgive some of Tokyo Electric Power's debt sparked acrimony and confusion, and illustrate difficulties in addressing a nuclear crisis, say analysts. ... more | .. |
Japan's TEPCO says shutdown plan on schedule Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company on Tuesday said its plan to end the crisis at its stricken nuclear plant was on schedule, despite signs that damage to the facility was worse than initially thought. ... more | .. |
Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials The potential health consequences of the nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant are not equal to those caused by the disaster at Chernobyl, Japanese health officials said Tuesday ... more | .. |
 Doctors defy radiation woes in Japan's Fukushima When other doctors fled, 72-year old Kyohei Takahashi stayed, and hundreds of patients in the tsunami-hit Japanese town of Minamisoma near a crippled nuclear plant will never forget. ... more |
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 Japan widens evacuations outside plant zone Japan on Sunday started the first evacuations of homes outside a government exclusion zone after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami crippled one of the country's nuclear power plants. ... more | .. |
Radioactive ash found in Tokyo sewage plant: reports A highly radioactive substance was detected in ash from an incinerator at a sewage works in Tokyo in late March following the nation's worst nuclear accident in Fukushima, newspapers reported Saturday. ... more | .. |
Japan's nuclear crisis timetable on track: PM Japan said Monday it was still on target to achieve the shutdown of damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear plant by around the year-end, despite damage being worse than earlier thought. ... more |
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 Moody's downgrades Japan's TEPCO Ratings agency Moody's on Monday again downgraded TEPCO, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, and warned the rating would remain on review for further possible action. ... more | .. |
Moody's downgrades Japan's TEPCO Ratings agency Moody's on Monday again downgraded TEPCO, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, and warned the rating would remain on review for further possible action. ... more | .. |
 Experts monitor nuclear plant in quake-prone Armenia International nuclear safety experts started to monitor an ex-Soviet reactor in earthquake-prone Armenia on Monday after concerns raised by the recent disaster in Japan, officials said. ... more | .. |
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Japan SOS mayor vows to save town near nuclear plant His bold YouTube plea for help rang out across the world, but the mayor of a Japanese town near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant says his community's struggle is far from over. ... more | .. |
Japan to help TEPCO pay nuclear victims Japan launched a rescue plan Friday to help nuclear plant owner TEPCO foot the bill for the Fukushima disaster, and started the shutdown of another atomic plant to prevent a similar calamity. ... more | .. |
Japan shuts down atomic plant in quake danger zone Japan shut down the final working reactor at a nuclear plant near a tectonic faultline Saturday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged a new law to help compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. ... more |
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Japan nuclear plant worker dies A worker died at Japan's disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Saturday as emergency crews continued their operations to prevent a major meltdown, the plant's operator said. ... more | .. |
Japan moves to secure 'too big to fail' TEPCO Stricken Tokyo Electric Power is "too big to fail", analysts say, not only because it powers Japan's economic heart but also because its collapse would create turmoil for the country's financial system. ... more | .. |
 Japan shuts down Hamaoka nuclear reactor The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear power plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, shut down one of its two running reactors on Friday, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Australia says uranium output set to double Australia's uranium production is set to double over the next four years, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said Friday in a confident assessment in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more |
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New setbacks at Japan nuclear plant Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has been hit by new setbacks, its operator said Thursday, including a water leak from a reactor vessel and another spill of contaminated water into the ocean. ... more | .. |
Nuclear stigma adds to Japan's pain Nuclear radiation is not the only invisible enemy threatening Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima - its people say they also face discrimination and the stigma of being "Japan's Chernobyl". ... more | .. |
 Pakistan inaugurates third nuclear reactor Pakistan opened its third nuclear power reactor on Thursday. ... more | .. |
EU nuclear safety testing row in meltdown Fractious talks on testing the safety of European nuclear reactors broke down Thursday as calls to include terror attacks and other man-made disasters in the tests faced resistance from powerful nuclear lobbies in London and Paris. ... more |
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