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July 17, 2014

Japan nuclear watchdog says two reactors safe to switch back on
Tokyo (AFP) July 16, 2014
Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that two atomic reactors were safe enough to switch back on, marking a big step towards restarting the country's nuclear plants which were shuttered after the Fukushima crisis. But fresh protests - and accusations that the regulator is a puppet of the powerful atomic industry - have highlighted the challenges Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in bringing back a technology that many Japanese have forever sworn off. Abe has been trying to persuade a wary pub ... read more

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Clock ticking on Iran nuclear talks: Kerry Time is running short to reach a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, and negotiations will not be extended merely as a foot-dragging ploy, top US diplomat John Kerry warned Tuesday. ... more		Japan city launches legal bid to halt reactor build A Japanese city on Thursday sought a court injunction to prevent a nuclear plant from being built, in a country that remains deeply suspicious of the technology three years after Fukushima. ... more		Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape? Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist		Improved method for isotope enrichment would better secure supplies Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a new method for enriching a group of the world's most expensive chemical commodities, stable isotopes, which are vital to medical imagi ... more
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	Japan satellites to monitor Fukushima, Chernobyl Two Japanese satellites will be launched from Russia late Thursday to monitor environmental damage near the crippled nuclear plants in Fukushima and Chernobyl, officials said. ... more		France unveils ambitious energy bill for greener nation France on Wednesday unveiled a much-anticipated bill to reduce the country's dependency on nuclear energy and fossil fuels, after months of intense debate over one of the Socialist government's pet projects. ... more

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