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July 10, 2013

Fukushima radioactive groundwater readings rocket
Tokyo (AFP) July 09, 2013
Toxic radioactive substances in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have rocketed over the past three days, its Japanese operator said Tuesday, admitting it did not know where the leak was coming from. Samples taken on Monday showed levels of possibly cancer-causing caesium-134 were more than 90 times higher than they were on Friday, at 9,000 becquerels per litre, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) revealed. Levels of caesium-137 stood at 18,000 becquerels per litre, 86 times higher th ... read more

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Man who battled Fukushima disaster dies of cancer The former boss of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, who stayed at his post to try to tame runaway reactors after the 2011 tsunami, died of cancer on Tuesday, the operator said. ... more		Japan nuclear operators ask to restart reactors Japanese power companies on Monday asked for permission to restart 10 nuclear reactors, a move that could presage a widespread return to atomic energy more than two years after the Fukushima disaster. ... more		Toxic radiation again in groundwater at Fukushima: TEPCO Toxic radioactive substances have once again been detected in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said on Sunday, the latest in a series of incidents at the tsunami-battered complex. ... more
				S. Korean nuclear reactor shuts down A South Korean nuclear reactor shut down Friday after a technical malfunction, operators said, at a time when the government is already warning of serious power shortages because multiple reactors are offline. ... more		Fukushima operator rebuked over nuclear restart plan The boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday met local leaders to ask for their blessing to restart the world's biggest nuclear plant after a public tongue-lashing for bypassing them this week. ... more

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French ex-minister blames energy lobbies for sacking Former French environment minister Delphine Batho on Thursday blamed her sacking - the first in President Francois Hollande's government - on powerful pro-nuclear energy and shale gas lobbies. ... more		Westinghouse Completes First SMR Fuel Assemblies And Will Begin Testing Westinghouse Electric Company has completed the manufacturing and assembly of two nuclear fuel test assemblies for the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR) at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facil ... 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		WELTEC Biomethane Plant in Arneburg Feeds in Gas From the economic, ecological and technological perspective, biomethane is the energy source of tomorrow. The commissioning of the biomethane refinery in Arneburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, underlines ... more
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Westinghouse Lauds Efforts Of US Government In Support Of New Nuclear Construction In India Westinghouse Electric Company has lauded the efforts of a range of United States government officials and agencies in helping Westinghouse and other U.S.-based companies pursue business in the globa ... more		Small fire at Japan crippled nuclear plant: TEPCO A fire broke out in a rubbish pile at Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear complex on Tuesday, the operator said, the latest in a series of incidents at the crippled plant. ... 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		Japan gets first MOX nuclear shipment since Fukushima A vessel under armed guard and loaded with reprocessed nuclear fuel from France arrived at a Japanese port on Thursday, the first such shipment since the Fukushima disaster as utilities lobby to restart their atomic reactors. ... more
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	Japan gets first MOX nuclear shipment since Fukushima A vessel under armed guard and loaded with reprocessed nuclear fuel from France arrived at a Japanese port on Thursday, the first such shipment since the Fukushima disaster as utilities lobby to restart their atomic reactors. ... more		New radioactive water leak at Fukushima: TEPCO Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear complex has suffered another radioactive water leak, its operator said Friday, the latest in a series of incidents at the crippled plant. ... more		US state in new alert over nuclear waste leak Heightened radioactivity levels were found outside a nuclear waste tank in the US state of Washington, officials said Friday, in a new alert about a site used to make Cold War-era bombs. ... more		Romania to sell stake in nuclear plant operator Romania will sell a 10 percent stake in Nuclearelectrica, the company that operates a nuclear power plant in Cernavoda, the government said Wednesday. ... more

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S. Korea's top nuclear plant operator sacked

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More radioactive leaks reported at Fukushima plant

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