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IAEA experts to assist with Fukushima decontaminationVienna (AFP) Oct 4, 2011 The UN atomic agency IAEA said Tuesday it was sending 12 international experts to Japan on October 7-15 to assist the country with clean-up efforts after the nuclear accident of Fukushima in March. The experts "will go to several locations in the Fukushima Prefecture and conduct meetings in Tokyo with Japanese officials to provide assistance to Japan in its plans to manage remediation efforts (and) review the country's remediation strategies, plans and work," the IAEA said in a statement. The m ... read more |
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  Nuclear reactor shut down in Japan, cause unknown A nuclear power reactor was shut down automatically in western Japan on Tuesday, but the cause of the suspension was not immediately known, its operator said. ... more | .. |
Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert Britain's chief scientific adviser voiced concern Wednesday at moves to abandon nuclear power after Japan's Fukushima crisis, saying it remains vital to combat global warming. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO told to cut jobs, costs after Fukushima disaster Tokyo Electric Power Co. will have to cut 7,400 jobs and slash costs by $33 billion over the next 10 years to pay damages for the Fukushima nuclear accident, a government-commissioned panel said Monday. ... more | .. |
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 Plutonium detected outside Fukushima plant: government A limited amount of plutonium has been detected in soil outside Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant which was crippled by the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, the government said Friday. ... more | .. |
Japan eases evacuation advisory for zones near nuclear plant Japan on Friday lifted evacuation advisories for five areas near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant as it looks to convince tens of thousands of residents that it is safe to return home. ... more | .. |
French EDF refuses Russian nuclear plant offer: Lithuania France's energy giant EDF has refused a Russian offer to build a nuclear power plant, Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said after meeting his French counterpart Francois Fillon. ... more | .. |
 India better prepared for nuclear crisis: watchdog India has improved procedures to deal with a nuclear emergency in the wake of the Fukushima crisis in Japan, the country's atomic energy watchdog said Thursday, after criticism of its preparedness. ... more |
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Quake rocks Japan's crippled nuclear power plant A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook an area of northeast Japan which includes the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday but there were no reports of damage to the facility, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria to fix control rod problem at nuclear plant 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. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 |
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