Kudankulam safety steps a matter of public interest, says SC
September 20th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday told the government not to treat as an adversarial litigation the petition seeking implementation of all safety steps before the commissioning ... Read more...
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SC refuses to stop fuel loading in Kundankulam plant (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Declining to put on hold for now the loading of fuel rods in one of the two reactors of Kundankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil ... Read more...
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Five killed in Chhattisgarh power plant accident
July 21st, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 21 (IANS) Five labourers were killed on the spot and many others injured Saturday in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district as a platform of an under-construction cooling tower of the ... Read more...
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1 killed in Adani power plant accident in Maharashtra
May 7th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Gondia (Maharashtra), May 7 (IANS) At least one person was killed and another injured in an accident at the Adani Power Plant in Gondia, police said here Monday.An official of ... Read more...
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Low levels of radioactive particles detected in Europe, source unknown
November 11th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by BNO News
VIENNA (BNO NEWS) -- Low levels of radioactive iodine-131 have been detected over parts of Europe in recent days, officials confirmed on Friday, but the source remains unknown. There is not believed ... Read more...
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New method tracks radiation levels faster
November 9th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Nov 9 (IANS) Researchers have hit upon a new way of tracking radiation faster and more efficiently at nuclear power plant accident sites.Seiichi Yamamoto and Jun Hatazawa from Kobe ... Read more...
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Japan n-plant crisis may be worse than Chernobyl (Second Lead)
April 12th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, April 12 (IANS) The crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the level of which has been raised from five to seven, the worst on an international scale, may ... Read more...
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Fukushima crisis level raised to highest level-7 (Lead)
April 12th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, April 12 (IANS) The crisis level of the accident at the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has been raised from the earlier five to seven, the worst ... Read more...
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20 killed in Chhattisgarh power plant accident (Third Lead)
September 23rd, 2009 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 23 (IANS) At least 20 workers were killed and some 50 were trapped under debris when a chimney of an under-construction power plant of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) collapsed ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Russia power plant accident
August 17th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (RIA Novosti) At least seven people were killed and 11 injured Monday when two water conduits broke at a power station in Russia's southern Siberia, officials said.
The accident occurred ... Read more...
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Two Chinese among five killed in thermal plant accident
August 16th, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Aug 16 (IANS) Two Chinese nationals and three labourers were killed in a thermal power plant accident in this Haryana town Sunday, police said.
According to police, three labourers, two from ... Read more...
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Hiroshima radiation led to thyroid cancer in survivors at onset of adulthood
August 30th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 30 (ANI): A new research has led to the discovery that an atomic bomb explosion in a particular area can lead to thyroid cancer in survivors at the onset ... Read more...
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Hiroshima bomb behind adult onset of thyroid cancer
August 29th, 2008 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Radiation from the atomic bomb detonations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 possibly rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to ... Read more...
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