Japan: nitrogen injected into nuclear reactor to avoid hydrogen explosion
April 7th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) on Thursday said it had successfully injected nitrogen into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor in its effort to ... Read more...
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Dead bodies of two missing workers found at Fukushima nuke plant
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 3 (ANI): Two dead employees of the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation have been found at the troubled Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.TEPCO officials said that both had died of bleeding from ... Read more...
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Complications arise in radioactive water removal at Japan’s Fukushima nuke plant
March 31st, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar. 31 (ANI): The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency in Japan has said that complications have risen in efforts taken to remove radiation contaminated water from a reactor building at the ... Read more...
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China detects ‘extremely low level radiation’ from Japan
March 29th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar.29 (ANI): China has detected extremely low levels of radioactive material in the air from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.According to a statement issued by China's National Nuclear Emergency Coordination ... Read more...
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Japan: high level radiation found in water near shore
March 28th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Monday said high level radiation exceeding 1,000 millisieverts per hour were found in water in a trench outside the No. 2 ... Read more...
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Fresh coolant to be injected into Japan’s Fukushima No. 2-reactor
March 26th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.26 (ANI): Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) will inject fresh water into Fukushima No. 2 nuclear reactor core, to enhance its cooling efficiency.Earlier, it was revealed that highly radioactive water ... Read more...
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Japan earthquake: death toll over 10,000
March 25th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- The death toll in Japan has reached over 10,000, two weeks after the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck the country, officials said Friday.Japan's National Police Agency said ... Read more...
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Scientists report declining biodiversity in Chernobyl exclusion zone
July 31st, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): Mammals are declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a wildlife census reveals.The study, the largest of its kind, aimed to establish the ... Read more...
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Scientists observe insect decline in Chernobyl two decades after nuclear meltdown
March 18th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 18 (ANI): New research by scientists has determined that two decades after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, radiation is still causing a reduction in ... Read more...
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Vitamin D may protect against nuclear radiation
November 8th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): A radiological health expert has suggested that an active form of vitamin D can protect against damage from low levels of radiation.Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New ... Read more...
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Germans detect radioactivity in exported Naples garbage
June 5th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Hamburg, June 5 (DPA) Staff at a German incinerator that is burning rotting garbage from Naples have detected radioactivity in one of the containers, city of Hamburg environment officials said Thursday. A ... Read more...
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