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TEPCO receives $12.8 billion public bailoutTokyo (AFP) July 31, 2012 The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was effectively nationalised Tuesday as it received one trillion yen ($12.8 billion) of taxpayer money to stay afloat. The public bailout of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in the wake of last year's tsunami-triggered accident gives the government 50.11 percent of the utility's voting rights. And the deal has an option which allows the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund to raise the stake up to 75.84 percent to impose strong ... read more |
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 EnBW says won't sue Germany over nuclear exit German power group EnBW said Monday it will not join other utility companies in filing a complaint with Germany's top court over compensation for Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Automatic shutdown at S. Korea nuclear reactor A South Korean nuclear reactor went into automatic shutdown on Monday apparently after a malfunction, plant operators said, while ruling out a possible radiation leak. ... more | .. |
 Anti-nuclear protesters surround Japan parliament Thousands of demonstrators holding aloft candles and lights formed a human chain around Japan's parliament on Sunday in a new protest against nuclear power after last year's Fukushima atomic crisis. ... 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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 Saudis, Emirates push nuclear power plans Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with its ambitious plans to develop nuclear power to meet rising electricity demand and save oil for export. ... more | .. |
Convoy taking Italian spent nuclear fuel to France: reports A rail convoy carrying highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel from Italy to France set off from the northern Italian town of Saluggia overnight, Italian media reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Opportunity after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Japan's energy policy is now at its most critical juncture since the inception of nuclear power in 1966. Nearly 16 months after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station - the worl ... more | .. |
 AREVA and Northrop Grumman Announce Plans to Provide Cybersecurity Support to U.S. Nuclear Facilities AREVA Inc. and Northrop Grumman have joined forces to provide cybersecurity protection support for the nuclear industry. The alliance is in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's call for c ... more |
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  Japan probes claim workers' radiation levels faked Japan's labour minister on Tuesday ordered an investigation into claims that subcontractors at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant told workers to lie about their radiation exposure. ... more | .. |
40 India nuclear plant workers contaminated: firm More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have been exposed to tritium radiation in two separate leaks in the past five weeks, company managers said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 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, TEPCO accused of ignoring nuclear accident risks 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. ... more |
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 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 | .. |
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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 |
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