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Japan says reactor 'stress tests' in two phasesTokyo (AFP) July 11, 2011 Japan said on Monday that its nuclear reactor "stress tests" will be carried out in two stages, prioritising dozens that are now idled, but gave no timeline for when the assessments will start. The centre-left government last week announced the tests, modelled on similar checks in the European Union, in the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, the world's worst since Chernobyl 25 years ago. The government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued a paper on the "stress tests" which sa ... read more |
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 Japan still needs nuclear power: Tokyo governor Tokyo's outspoken Governor Shintaro Ishihara says Japan still needs atomic power, despite what he expects will be "some hysterical reaction" to the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
  High levels of caesium found in Fukushima beef More than six times the legal limit of radioactive caesium has been found in beef from Fukushima prefecture, home to Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official statement said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Japan says plant clean-up will take decades Japan's prime minister said on Saturday the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant would take decades, in the first government announcement of a long-term timeframe for the clean-up. ... more | .. |
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Japan nuclear firm hit by email scandal The head of a Japanese utility firm apologised to the government on Friday after the company urged staff to send emails from home to a televised meeting calling for the restart of idled nuclear reactors. ... more | .. |
Germany seals nuclear exit by 2022 The German parliament sealed plans Friday to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, making the country the first major industrial power to take the step in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant. ... more | .. |
 Checks seen further delaying Japan atomic restarts Japan's idled nuclear plants are likely to stay offline beyond a summer power supply crunch, say analysts, after a government plan for "stress tests" sparked confusion in regions hosting reactors. ... more | .. |
 Niger president says Areva uranium mines safe Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Wednesday that his security forces had made safe the uranium mines in his country run by French state-owned nuclear firm Areva. ... more |
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 Japan to 'stress test' all nuclear reactors Japan said Wednesday it will run "stress tests" on all its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi atomic accident sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan mayor opts to restart reactors The mayor of a small town in southwestern Japan approved the restart of two suspended nuclear reactors, the first such decision since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soil Soil radiation in a city 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Japan's stricken nuclear plant is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens' groups said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Tanzania to mine uranium in game reserve Tanzania will begin uranium mining in its southern Selous Game Reserve, Africa's second-largest wildlife sanctuary and a UNESCO heritage site, the energy minister said Tuesday. ... more |
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German energy giants await London nuclear decision German energy giants EON and RWE said Tuesday they would wait for London to rule on the future of its nuclear power industry before going ahead with investments in new power plants in Britain. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear waste requires cradle-to-grave strategy After Fukushima, it is now imperative to redefine what makes a successful nuclear power program - from cradle to grave. If nuclear waste management is not thought out from the beginning, the public ... more | .. |
 French nuclear reactor authorised for 10 more years French safety authorities Monday said they had cleared a reactor at a 33-year-old nuclear plant to go on functioning for another decade provided maintenance work is carried out. ... more | .. |
 India offers veiled warning to nuclear suppliers India has suggested that countries refusing to match nuclear reactor sales with technology transfers could be frozen out of one of the world's largest reactor markets. ... more |
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 Experts: Nuclear waste planning vital Following Japan's Fukushima disaster, the nuclear industry must redefine what makes a successful nuclear power program from cradle to grave, experts say. ... more | .. |
 Power company RWE wants compensation for nuclear opt-out The second largest German power company, RWE, wants government compensation after parliament voted to abandon nuclear energy by 2022, its boss Juergen Grossmann said in an interview Sunday. ... more | .. |
  US backs Lithuanian energy independence drive: Clinton Washington backs Lithuania's bid for energy independence, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday in the Baltic nation, which relies entirely on Cold War master Russia for its gas. ... more | .. |
 Japan names more Fukushima evacuation areas Japan on Thursday recommended 113 households should evacuate from four districts considered radiation "hot spots" near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, officials said. ... more |
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 Canada sells nuclear energy firm to SNC-Lavalin Canada has sold its atomic energy firm to the nation's largest engineering company SNC-Lavalin, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Tepco stands firm on nuclear amid concerns Motions for Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, to abandon nuclear energy and for its chairman, Tsunehisa Katsumata, to be replaced were defeated at the company's annual shareholders' meeting Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Swiss nuclear plant closes early to fix security issues A nuclear power plant that Swiss officials said had safety weaknesses will close for repairs ahead of schedule to address the government's concerns, the plant's owners announced Wednesday. ... more | .. |
US vows to support India's nuclear waiver The United States will support India's continued exemption from global nuclear trade rules despite moves to tighten up restrictions, the US ambassador to India said on Thursday. ... more |
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 British government played down nuclear fears: report The British government worked with the country's nuclear industry to calm public fears over the safety of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, the Guardian reported Friday. ... more | .. |
 German parliament approves nuclear exit The German parliament approved by an overwhelming majority Thursday plans to scrap nuclear power by 2022, a decision set in motion in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
 Jellyfish halt British nuclear power station A nuclear power station in eastern Scotland had to shut down its reactors after "high volumes" of jellyfish were found on its seawater filter screens, the operating company said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Crews begin preventative burns near US nuclear lab Fire crews in Los Alamos, New Mexico, began targeted burns Wednesday along the western edge of a major US nuclear laboratory to remove fuels as a massive wildfire raged nearby. ... more |
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 Sarkozy bucks Europe's anti-nuke trend French President Nicolas Sarkozy's move to buck Europe's anti-nuclear trend and double down on atomic power comes at a key political juncture, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Berkeley scientists pioneer nanoscale nuclear materials testing capability Nuclear power is a major component of our nation's long-term clean-energy future, but the technology has come under increased scrutiny in the wake of Japan's recent Fukushima disaster. Indeed, many ... more | .. |
TEPCO meets wrath of shareholders Angry TEPCO shareholders on Tuesday slammed the company for its handling of the nation's worst ever atomic accident after the March quake-tsunami, amid calls for the firm to abandon nuclear power. ... more | .. |
US nuclear material safe despite wildfire: officials Radioactive material stored at the top US nuclear laboratory is safe despite a threatening wildfire which has closed the Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) until Wednesday and forced thousands to evacuate, officials said. ... more |
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