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Bulgaria to fix control rod problem at nuclear plantSofia (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 Protective sleeves on the control rods at one of the reactors in Bulgaria's sole nuclear plant need to be replaced as a safety precaution, the plant said in a statement Thursday. The Kozloduy nuclear plant said sleeves on the 61 control rods in the 1,000 Megawatt reactor number six had to be replaced with more modern protective material. An inspection a year ago found cracks in half of the control rod sleeves in reactor number six and they were replaced at the time. The plant did not say Thu ... read more |
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 Finnish nuclear authority denies reports of meltdown threat Finland's nuclear safety authority STUK on Thursday denied reports that it had found any new or serious safety shortcomings in the country's nuclear reactors. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear To Create Up To 55,000 Jobs For Australians By 2050 The independent report, entitled Australia's Nuclear Power Workforce 2020 - 2050 is the result of detailed workforce forecasting which predicts an employment boom across 40+ occupations, including e ... more | .. |
 Japan to advise Vietnam on nuclear power Vietnam and Japan have signed an agreement for a feasibility study for a nuclear power plant in Vietnam. ... 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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 Swiss parliament approves nuclear plant phase out The Swiss parliament's upper house Wednesday approved plans to phase out the country's nuclear plants over the next two decades in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
  Reactor cooldown at Japan's Fukushima plant The operators of Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant said Wednesday that the temperature of reactor number two had dropped below 100 degrees Celsius as the site slowly recovers from the March 11 tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Japan's post-tsunami tourism haunted by atomic fears Seagulls flock around passengers on the deck of a cruise boat, hoping for scraps; hotels and inns show no-vacancy signs and fresh oysters are served in seaside restaurants. ... more | .. |
  Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - the main cause of global warming - increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010. Increased energy effi ... more |
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 Argentina inaugurates third nuclear power plant President Cristina Kirchner on Wednesday inaugurated Argentina's third nuclear power plant in a move she says helps diversify her country's energy sources. ... more | .. |
 Japan panel eyes 7,400 job cuts at TEPCO: report A Japanese government panel overseeing the restructuring of TEPCO is to demand the company slash 7,400 jobs to help pay for the clean up at Fukushima nuclear plant, a report said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Formula One: Kobayashi moved by compatriots reaction to tsunami Japanese Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi said the progress in Japan had been remarkable in the six months since an earthquake and tsunami left 20,000 dead or missing and sparked a nuclear crisis on its Pacific coast. ... more | .. |
Japan will share lessons of nuclear disaster: PM Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stressed Friday that Tokyo would share with the international community all the lessons learned from the nuclear accident at Fukushima. ... more |
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Flammable gas detected in Fukushima pipe: TEPCO Flammable gas has been detected inside a pipe linked to a nuclear reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima atomic power plant, its operator said Saturday. ... more | .. |
UN agency to aid Fukushima clean-up The UN atomic agency said Monday it was hoping to send in early October a team of experts to assist in making safe "properly" the area around Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
UN agency sets up nuclear safety 'action team' The UN atomic agency said Monday it would set up a "action team" to help prevent nuclear accidents around the world following the Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
 Anti-nuclear demonstrators demand plant in Tokyo Dozens of demonstrators rallied in Tokyo on Sunday, challenging Japanese authorities to build an atomic power plant in the capital to demonstrate their sincerity about nuclear safety. ... more |
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US, Ukraine sign nuclear cooperation deal Ukraine and the United States signed a deal Monday formalizing the intent of their leaders to cooperate in preventing the spread of nuclear technology and securing loose nuclear material. ... more | .. |
Iran says in talks with Russia on new nuclear plant Iran is in talks with Russia to build a second nuclear plant in the Islamic Republic, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday. ... more | .. |
For nuclear, Fukushima was a just bump in the road Japan's Fukushima accident six months ago provoked major worries worldwide about nuclear power, but now that the dust has settled it is clear that atomic energy still has a rosy future. ... more | .. |
Rosatom not worried about Siemens move Russian nuclear power company Rosatom says it isn't worried about its partner, German engineering conglomerate Siemens, opting to leave the nuclear industry. ... more |
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  Japan typhoon kills 11, spares nuclear plant A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 11 people including a woman aged 101, officials and reports said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Japan carrier unveils smartphone radiation gauge Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is to unveil a smartphone with changeable "jackets" that measure bad breath, body fat and even radiation levels. ... more | .. |
 France calls for mandatory international nuclear checks France on Thursday called for an international rapid reaction force to handle nuclear crises and for mandatory international inspections of civilian nuclear programs. ... more | .. |
 Nobel Laureate may have suppressed evidence on radiation effects in 1946 University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental toxicologist Edward Calabrese, whose career research shows that low doses of some chemicals and radiation are benign or even helpful, says he has un ... more |
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Traces of Japan nuclear fallout in California rainwater Low levels of radioactivity showed up in rainwater in northern California two weeks after the Japan nuclear disaster in March but soon returned to normal, said a US study out Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Typhoon batters Japan but nuclear plant safe A powerful typhoon smashed into Japan on Wednesday churning through the stricken Fukushima nuclear power station but failed to damage the already battered plant, its operators said. ... more | .. |
 China to restart nuclear projects in 2012: report China will start approving new nuclear power projects next year after suspending them in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima atomic plant, state media said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Poland presses on with nuclear power debut Poland is pressing on with its nuclear power debut by launching a technology tender valued at 25 billion euros ($34 billion) later this year, the state-owned energy group Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Despite Fukushima, India bullish on nuclear Nuclear energy remains vital for developing countries even after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, India's atomic energy chief told the UN atomic agency's annual gathering on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea court rejects bid to shut nuclear reactor A court Tuesday rejected a bid by local residents to force South Korea's oldest nuclear reactor to shut down immediately over fears of radioactive leaks. ... more | .. |
Czech power giant CEZ to press ahead with atomic energy Czech state-run power giant CEZ will press ahead with nuclear energy in order to assure the country's future energy independence, its top executive said in a newspaper interview Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 No leak of key info in Mitsubishi cyber attack: Japan Japan's defence minister on Tuesday said cyber attackers who breached security at defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had not got their hands on any sensitive information. ... more |
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