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Japan to reduce reliance on nuclear power?Tokyo (UPI) Sep 13, 2011 Japan aims to reduce dependence on nuclear power, new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday in his first policy address to Parliament. Noda's stance contrasts with that of his predecessor Naoto Kan, who called for Japan to end its reliance on nuclear energy after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the radiation-leaking crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Kan was widely criticized for his handling of the response to the crisis. While Japan must try ... read more |
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  Japan PM warns of industrial 'hollowing out' A strong yen could "hollow out" Japan's industrial heart and undermine recovery from the March quake-tsunami disaster, the new prime minister warned Tuesday in his first major policy speech. ... more | .. |
 Iran nuclear plant to fully power up by March Iran's first nuclear power plant will be linked to the national grid with its full 1,000-megawatt capacity by the end of the Iranian year in March, a senior Iranian atomic official said on Monday. ... more | .. |
UN nuclear chief calls for post-Fukushima action The head of the UN atomic agency warned Monday against complacency on nuclear safety six months on from Fukushima, after it became clear his draft global "action plan" had been watered down. ... 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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  Japan's nuclear disaster - six months on Six months after Japan's massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami sparked the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, emergency crews are struggling to stop radiation seeping out. ... more | .. |
 Japan trade minister resigns over Fukushima comments In an early embarrassment for Japan's eight day-old government, the economy, trade and industry minister resigned Saturday over comments deemed insensitive to evacuees from crisis-hit Fukushima. ... more | .. |
 UN agency tackles post-Fukushima safety, Iran A global safety "action plan" in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster and growing suspicions that Iran is developing nuclear weapons will dominate a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog next week. ... more | .. |
 Westinghouse In Collaborative Effort to Supply Nuclear Power Plants In China and United States Westinghouse Electric reports that the acquisition of Shaw Group's 20 percent ownership stake in Westinghouse by its current majority owner Toshiba Corporation would have no impact on any of the fou ... more |
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 Rebalancing the nuclear debate through education Better physics teaching with a particular emphasis on radioactivity and radiation science could improve public awareness through education of the environmental benefits and relative safety of nuclea ... more | .. |
  Two radiation generators mark major milestones in helping protect the US Two remarkable pulsed-power machines used to test the nation's defenses against atomic weapons have surpassed milestones at Sandia National Laboratories: 4,000 firings, called 'shots,' on the Saturn ... more | .. |
 Research on US nuclear levels after Fukushima could aid in future nuclear detection The amount of radiation released during the Fukushima nuclear disaster was so great that the level of atmospheric radioactive aerosols in Washington state was 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than no ... more | .. |
 Russia says ready for more nuclear cooperation with Iran Moscow's energy minister Sergei Shmatko on Sunday promised further nuclear cooperation with Iran, after Russia built the Islamic republic's first atomic power plant despite US objections. ... more |
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 Victims struggle six months on from Japan quake As Japan prepares to mark six months since the March earthquake, tens of thousands remain in temporary housing, mourning loved ones, fearful of radiation and despairing over a marathon road to recovery. ... more | .. |
  EU to maintain safety checks on food from Japan The European Union will extend until year's end checks on potential radioactive contamination in food imports from certain regions of Japan, the EU's executive said Friday. ... more | .. |
Former Japan PM 'prevented nuclear plant pullout' Former premier Naoto Kan prevented the operator of a stricken Japanese nuclear plant from abandoning it after the March tsunami and forced its older employees onto the frontline, a newspaper reported Friday. ... more | .. |
Japan PM pressured to sack gaffe-prone minister Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday faced increasing pressure to sack his industry minister over gaffes about radiation contamination in crisis-hit Fukushima. ... more |
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 Japan's new PM in crisis-hit Fukushima Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Thursday visited Fukushima for the first time since he took office a week ago, paying tribute to hundreds of workers battling to contain the nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
  No nuclear weapons, pledge Latin powers Two of Latin America's leading emergent nuclear powers, Argentina and Brazil, said they would campaign to keep the South Atlantic region free of nuclear weapons even as they push multibillion-dollar nuclear power development programs. ... more | .. |
Spain awards "heroes" of Japan nuclear disaster The "heroes of Fukushima" who braved high radiation to battle nuclear disaster in Japan won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Concord prize, the jury said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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Room for nuclear energy in the future: new IEA chief The new chief of the International Energy Agency Maria van der Hoeven said Wednesday nuclear power will have a place in the future despite the Fukushima catastrophe and the decision by some countries to opt out. ... more | .. |
 Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. Details of the process, which c ... more | .. |
 Japan's ex-PM Kan feared 'uninhabitable Tokyo': report Japan's former premier Naoto Kan feared Tokyo would be rendered uninhabitable by the Fukushima nuclear crisis, he said in an interview published Tuesday in which he recalled the "spine-chilling" thought. ... more | .. |
 Engineers test effects of fire on steel structures, nuclear plant design Ten years after 9/11, researchers at Purdue University are continuing work that could lead to safer steel structures such as buildings and bridges and also an emerging type of nuclear power plant de ... more |
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Japan to seek IAEA advice before restarting reactors Japan plans to seek advice from the UN atomic watchdog before restarting nuclear reactors stopped as a precaution after the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster, reports said. ... more | .. |
 Iran nuclear plant linked to grid: atomic agency Iran's first nuclear power plant has been hooked up to the national grid supplying 60 megawatts of its 1,000 megawatt capacity, the country's Atomic Energy Organisation announced on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Japan to focus on clean energy exports: minister Japan will develop and promote new clean energy technologies after the nuclear crisis, new foreign minister Koichiro Gemba said on Monday. ... more | .. |
Rare US quake jolted nuclear waste at atomic plant A rare earthquake on America's east coast last month caused half the radioactive waste containers at a nuclear plant to move several centimeters but they were not damaged, operators said Thursday. ... more |
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SKorean company to invest in Romanian nuclear plant South Korea's BKB plans to invest in a project to build a third and fourth reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in southeast Romania, the economic ministry said on Friday. ... more | .. |
China's nuclear power risky? By settling for cheap technology, China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident, claim diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, The Guardian newspaper reports. ... more | .. |
  The first nuclear power plants for settlements on the moon and Mars At the 242nd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) James E. Werner said that innovative fission technology for surface power applications is far different from the f ... more | .. |
Anger in tsunami zone over Japan power games As Japan's political elite readies for yet another leadership showdown on Monday, there is widespread anger about the Tokyo power games among survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. ... more |
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