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Japan, TEPCO accused of ignoring nuclear accident risksTokyo (AFP) July 23, 2012 Japanese officials and Tokyo Electric Power ignored the risk of an atomic accident because they believed in the "myth of nuclear safety", a government-backed report on the Fukushima crisis said Monday. The study, compiled by a panel of scholars, journalists, lawyers and engineers, also said officials were poorly trained to deal with the crisis after the plant's reactors went into meltdown last year. "The fundamental problem lies in the fact that utilities, including TEPCO and the government, hav ... read more |
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 Stanford researchers calculate global health impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster Radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause anywhere from 15 to 1,300 deaths and from 24 to 2,500 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford researchers have calcu ... more | .. |
  Japan sets compensation for Fukushima evacuees Japan on Friday set compensation guidelines for tens of thousands forced to evacuate an area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant last year, with some able to claim the full value of their home. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima a 'Wake-Up Call' Seen for Sleeping US Nuclear Regulators The same underlying "man-made" problems that contribute significantly to the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan are in place in the United States and require preventative actions that go far beyond ... 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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 Nuclear fears galvanise usually sedate Japan Japan's usually sedate society is angry and getting organised against nuclear power, with the kind of snowballing protest movement not seen for decades. ... more | .. |
 Japan's TEPCO gets go-ahead for power bill boost The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday was told it could hike household bills by around 8.5 percent, as the president insisted his company was misunderstood by the public. ... more | .. |
 Japan to probe 'active faults' under nuclear plants Japan's nuclear safety watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into claims the country's only working nuclear power station sits on an active tectonic fault. ... more | .. |
 UAE to begin constructing two nuclear reactors The UAE will begin building two of four nuclear power plants in partnership with a South Korean consortium, the first of which will begin production in 2017, the Gulf state announced Wednesday. ... more |
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 US nuclear plant problem worse than thought: report US nuclear regulators published an update on California's troubled San Onofre power plant Thursday, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious than first thought. ... more | .. |
 Finnish firm TVO says EPR nuclear reactor not ready in 2014 Finnish electricity company TVO revealed on Monday a new delay in the operation of an EPR nuclear reactor being built by Areva and Siemens which is already five years late. ... more | .. |
 Lithuania to hold referendum on new nuclear plant Lithuania's parliament on Monday called a referendum on plans for an atomic power plant to replace a Soviet-era facility closed under the terms of Lithuania's entry into the European Union. ... more | .. |
 Massive anti-nuclear rally staged in Tokyo Tens of thousands of people rallied in Tokyo on Monday demanding an end to nuclear power, the latest in a series of anti-atomic gatherings following the tsunami-sparked disaster at Fukushima last year. ... more |
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 90 percent of Megatons to Megawatts complete Russia and the United States have completed 90% of the volume covered in an agreement on Russia processing highly enriched uranium to supply nuclear power plants in the U.S. according to press state ... more | .. |
Vattenfall says suing Germany over nuclear exit Swedish power group Vattenfall said Thursday it was joining bigger rivals E.ON and RWE in filing a complaint with Germany's top court seeking compensation for Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Japan govt, media colluded on nuclear: Nobel winner Nobel-winning author Kenzaburo Oe said Japan's post-war government and media colluded to give nuclear power a stranglehold, as activists readied for what they hope will be the biggest rally in decades. ... more | .. |
  Natural gas is a much needed tool to battle global warming No matter how you drill it, using natural gas as an energy source is a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy from win ... more |
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Venus' Cloud Aerosols Contain Reservoirs of Water and Iron
Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and Mars
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EU warns Lithuania over nuclear decommissioning A top European watchdog on Thursday warned Lithuania that Brussels may freeze funds aimed at helping it decommission a Soviet-era nuclear reactor unless the Baltic state improved its management. ... more | .. |
 Report faults Fukushima response A Japanese parliamentary panel has determined that the Fukushima plant nuclear crisis was a "man-made" disaster. ... more | .. |
Japan pushes ASEAN to lift export restrictions Japan pressed Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday to lift curbs on its exports imposed after last year's earthquake and subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
S. Korea prosecutors charge 32 over nuclear graft South Korean prosecutors said Tuesday they had charged 32 people with corruption involving the state nuclear power agency and its contracts with suppliers. ... more |
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 Canada nuclear scientists strike More than 800 nuclear scientists and engineers went on strike on Monday, warning of "dire consequences" for Canada's nuclear industry after contract talks broke down with Candu Energy Inc. ... more | .. |
 Swiss nuclear safety watchdog gives stations the all-clear Switzerland's four nuclear power stations are fit to withstand a major earthquake and pose no threat to the population and the environment, inspectors said on Monday. ... more | .. |
Japan reactor back to full power after nuke shutdown A nuclear reactor in western Japan began full operations Monday, the first restart since the country shut down its atomic stations in the wake of last year's crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. ... more | .. |
Reactor at Bulgarian nuclear plant shut down A 1,000-megawatt reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant was temporarily shut down early Saturday due to a turbogenerator problem, but no rise in radioactivity was recorded, a statement said. ... more |
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France's Areva to bid for British nuclear plant venture France's nuclear power group Areva and other companies including China's CGNPC will bid for the British joint venture dropped by Germany in March, Areva boss Luc Oursel said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Habia Cable secures new nuclear contract in Korea Habia Cable is maintaining its leading position in the Korean nuclear market with another new contract. The company recently signed a contract with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) to supply nuc ... more | .. |
 AREVA submits its offer for construction of two EPR reactors for Temelin 3 and 4 project AREVA is pleased to announce that it has submitted its official bid to the Czech utility CEZ for the construction of two EPR reactors, units 3 and 4, on the Temelin nuclear power plant site. The sco ... more | .. |
Japan Diet to publish Fukushima disaster probe A Japanese parliament probe into the nuclear disaster at Fukushima is expected to say the then prime minister fanned chaos in the opening days of the crisis when it publishes its final report Thursday. ... more |
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Fukushima was 'man-made' disaster: Japanese probe Last year's Fukushima nuclear accident was a man-made disaster caused by Japan's culture of "reflexive obedience" and not just the tsunami that hit the plant, a damning parliamentary report said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Electricity flows from restarted Japan reactor Electricity generated from nuclear fission began flowing in Japan on Thursday, ending a nearly two-month hiatus in the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdowns, the operator said. ... more | .. |
Japan readies nuclear reactor as protests mount Japan prepared to bring nuclear power back online by reactivating one of its idled reactors on Sunday, defying growing public protests since last year's meltdowns at Fukushima. ... more | .. |
  Japan opens solar energy parks Japan opened several solar energy parks on Sunday as a new law came into force requiring companies to purchase renewable energy at a fixed price in a push for alternatives to nuclear power. ... more |
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