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Fukushima lesson: Prepare for unanticipated nuclear accidentsAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave under extreme conditions, according to a University of Michigan nuclear waste expert and his colleagues. In a review article in this week's edition of the journal Science, U-M's Rodney Ewing and two colleagues call for an ambitious, long-term national research program to study how nuclear fuels behave und ... read more |
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 Responding to the Radiation Threat The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials considered the evacuation of the ne ... more | .. |
  Fukushima prefecture aims for green power As Japan marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the governor of Fukushima prefecture called for terminating nuclear power and promoting renewable energy. ... more | .. |
 Kolkata protest against PM comment on Kudankulam project A group of Kolkata residents Monday held a 12-hour fast against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on agitations centred around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and wrot ... 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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 Activists tap court to block Japan reactor restart A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the restart of a nuclear power plant, a day after the first anniversary of the tsunami that sparked the Fukushima atomic disaster. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea opposition vows to reduce nuclear energy South Korea's top opposition leader vowed Monday to gradually reduce the country's reliance on nuclear energy if her party gains a majority in next month's general election. ... more | .. |
 Protesters link arms around the world to decry nuclear power Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters across the globe called for an end to nuclear power as they marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami at Japan's Fukushima power plant. ... more | .. |
 Prayer, protest at Japan anti-nuclear rally Tens of thousands of people rallied near Japan's crippled Fukushima plant Sunday demanding an end to nuclear power as the nation marked the first anniversary of a disastrous quake and tsunami. ... more |
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 International governance on nuclear safety still requires action One year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi, the World Energy Council (WEC) will publish on Friday, 9 March, a study analysing the impact of the accident on national nuclear energy plan ... more | .. |
 Merkel lauds Germany's nuclear phase-out plan German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday lauded her country's decision to phase out nuclear power, speaking on the eve of the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
  Meltdown intel emerges ahead of Japan anniversary Japan was Saturday preparing to mark the first anniversary of its tsunami, as government papers revealed ministers were warned of the possibility of meltdowns at Fukushima just after the waves struck. ... more | .. |
 Nothing stirs in Japan's nuclear ghost town They used to raise premium beef cattle in Iitate. But a year after Japan's nuclear disaster it is an irradiated ghost town and those who used to call it home have no idea when they will be able to return. ... more |
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 One Year after Fukushima The Fukushima disaster happened one year ago - the impacts are not over yet, neither in Japan nor in Germany. Immediately after the reactor accident became known, KIT established working groups that ... more | .. |
 Vietnam forges ahead with nuclear power Vietnam is pressing ahead with nuclear power, a government official said. ... more | .. |
Japan cabinet was warned of Fukushima meltdown Top Japanese cabinet ministers were warned of possible nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima hours after the tsunami hit last March, government papers have revealed, despite repeatedly denying the risk in public. ... more | .. |
 US orders post-Fukushima nuclear safety upgrades US regulators on Friday ordered operators of nuclear reactors to enhance safety measures in the event of a major accident, two days ahead of the anniversary of Japan's Fukushima crisis. ... more |
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Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and Mars
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No meltdown for nuclear after Fukushima Last year's Fukushima disaster plunged the nuclear industry into its deepest crisis since Chernobyl, but dire predictions that atomic power would have to be abandoned have proved wide of the mark. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima refugees still in limbo one year on A year after being forced to abandon homes and businesses in the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear plant, tens of thousands of refugees are still in limbo, unable to return and having to battle for compensation. ... more | .. |
 RWE earnings hit by German nuclear phase-out RWE, Germany's second biggest-power supplier, said Tuesday earnings last year were hit by a one-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) charge related to the shutdown of some of its nuclear power plants. ... more | .. |
Canada enters nuclear talks with UAE Canada began talks Monday with the United Arab Emirates on nuclear cooperation, hoping to sell the wealthy Gulf state nuclear reactors or technologies for power generation and other civilian purposes. ... more |
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 New Mapping Tool Shows How Severe Nuclear Accident Could Look in US A new mapping tool released by the Natural Resources Defense Council illustrates the potential radiological impacts of a severe accident at the nation's nuclear reactors and flags risk factors assoc ... more | .. |
Seoul nuclear summit to focus on safety after Fukushima South Korea's foreign minister said Monday that the question of how to strengthen global atomic safety following Japan's nuclear disaster would be a key topic at an upcoming summit in Seoul. ... more | .. |
 One year after Fukushima, IAEA says nuclear power safer Nuclear power is safer around the world than it was a year ago at the time of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the head of the UN atomic agency said Monday, while warning against complacency. ... more | .. |
Shareholders sue TEPCO for $67 bn: reports Forty-two shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) are suing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant seeking a record-breaking $67 billion compensation, news reports said Monday. ... more |
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Fukushima disaster pushes France's Areva to record loss French nuclear energy giant Areva reported Thursday a record loss for 2011 after taking massive provisions in the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima disaster but reaffirmed its forecasts to 2016. ... more | .. |
 Radiation fears haunt Japanese food shoppers For Japanese shoppers, food safety was taken for granted until the Fukushima crisis. Now many have lost faith in government guarantees and fear that radiation could have contaminated their diet. ... more | .. |
 Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe - despite the official line. ... more | .. |
  US nuclear oversight too lax: science group A study of safety lapses at nuclear power facilities in the United States found that owners of atomic plants too often either close an eye to problems or fail to adequately address them, a watchdog group said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Japan's nuclear disaster: a timeline As Japan readies to mark the first anniversary of the quake-tsunami that triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant, here are key developments in the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986. ... more | .. |
 NGOs in anti-nuke probe 'diverted' foreign funds: India India said Wednesday criminal cases were lodged against four non-profit groups accused of fuelling protests against planned atomic power stations because they "diverted" overseas donations. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima contamination 'chronic and lasting': French agency Radioactive contamination levels from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have fallen sharply since the accident but will be "chronic and lasting" for many years, a French watchdog said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Japan feared Fukushima could 'finish' Tokyo: panel A worst-case scenario sketched out by the Japanese government foresaw the end of Tokyo in a chain of nuclear explosions that would mean evacuating the city, an independent panel said Tuesday. ... more |
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