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March 15, 2013

Fukushima status little improved
Tokyo (UPI) Mar 12, 2013
Radiation is still at dangerous levels in the contamination zone of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, says a witness report. The BBC report on Monday recounts a tour of the Fukushima site taken last week, the second such tour granted foreign TV journalists since an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, crippled the nuclear facility, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. In reactor building No. 4, which BBC referred to as "the most worrying," more than 1,500 spent fuel rods remain ... read more

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Nuclear group Areva insists public trusts sector Two years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis, the head of French group Areva, a leading company in the sector, insisted that public confidence in atomic energy has been re-established. ... more		Fukushima victims sue Japan government, TEPCO Hundreds of people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan filed a class action lawsuit Monday demanding greater efforts to clean up the contaminated region two years on from the disaster. ... more		Japan anti-nuclear marches before tsunami anniversary Anti-nuclear rallies took place across Japan Sunday on the eve of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan's new government to abandon nuclear power. ... more
				Activists fault WHO report on Fukushima radiation Activist physicians on Monday accused the World Health Organization of downplaying the health impact of nuclear fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more		Anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo ahead of tsunami anniversary Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in Tokyo Saturday ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan's new government to abandon nuclear power. ... more

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Budget cuts could hamper nuclear cleanup Federal spending cuts will slow down the cleanup of radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said. ... more		Taiwan stages mass 'No Nuke' rally Tens of thousands of Taiwanese people rallied in the capital Saturday to demand the government heed the lesson of a Japanese atomic crisis and scrap the island's nuclear facilities, organisers said. ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		AREVA produces the first fuel assemblies for the Chinese EPR reactors AREVA has just completed the first production campaign at its Romans plant in France of the fuel assemblies destined for the Taishan 1 EPRTM reactor. These assemblies have been specially desig ... more
				Greenpeace protests at Argentina nuclear plant Some 40 Greenpeace activists were arrested inside an atomic power plant in Argentina on Monday at a protest on the second anniversary of the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, the group said. ... more		Majority in Taiwan against new atomic plant: polls More than half of Taiwan's public want construction of a long-delayed nuclear plant to be halted due to safety concerns, according to two surveys released Thursday ahead of a mass protest. ... more

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Fukushima lags in Japan tsunami recovery: official Recovery in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima is lagging behind other parts of Japan that suffered during the tsunami, an official said Tuesday, adding mental health provision there was insufficient. ... more		Vattenfall axes 2,500 jobs amid low electricity prices The Swedish energy group Vattenfall said Wednesday that it would axe 2,500 jobs, including 1,500 in Germany, by the end of next year owing to excess supply in Europe's electricity market. ... more		Collision of equal sized bodies may explain Mercurys unique composition Gravitino emerges as contender in dark matter search Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life - but they take care to interpret		Nuclear power capacity grew again in 2012: IAEA The world's nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012 after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to a draft new UN atomic agency report seen by AFP Tuesday. ... more
				Japan denies nuclear reactor restart claims Japan's nuclear watchdog Tuesday denied claims the country is planning to restart six reactors, just days before the second anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis at Fukushima. ... more		Areva says Japan to relaunch six reactors in 2013 The head of French nuclear group Areva, a major supplier to Japan, said Monday six reactors would reopen in the country before the end of the year and that most of the country's nuclear plants would eventually be put back on line. ... more

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	US may face inevitable nuclear power exit In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry. Because of the industry's long history of permitting problems, cost overruns, and construction d ... more		Taiwan nuke power plants to face OECD stress tests International experts will run safety checks on Taiwan's three nuclear power plants as parts of efforts to reassure the public following Japan's nuclear meltdowns two years ago, officials said Monday. ... more		Westinghouse Nuclear Team Sign MoU With Local Czech Engineering Firms Westinghouse Electric Company, Toshiba Corporation and Metrostav have announced the signing of three highly significant Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with UJV Rez a.s., SKODA PRAHA Invest s.r. ... more		Slovenia's only nuke plant back on line Slovenia's sole nuclear power plant Krsko resumed energy production on Sunday, six days after being shut down due to mechanical problems, its operator said. ... more

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Areva narrows loss, targets profit in 2013		Two workers die in fall at French nuclear plant		Bulgaria parliament confirms rejection of new nuclear plant		Safety concerns cloud S. Korea nuclear drive		Taiwan to vote on nuclear facility

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Taiwan opposition wants to scrap new nuclear plant

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