Japan to have new n-regulatory panel
September 11th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 11 (IANS) The Japanese cabinet Tuesday decided to have a new nuclear regulatory commission. The decision comes a year and a half after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.The new ... Read more...
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Mexico slaughters 3.8 mn chickens to stem bird-flu outbreak
July 19th, 2012 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Guadalajara (Mexico), July 19 (IANS/EFE) Around 3.8 million chickens have been slaughtered as part of the effort to contain a bird-flu outbreak in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico's food ... Read more...
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Mines safety agency to help rescue Meghalaya miners
July 14th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 14 (IANS) A team from the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) will now oversee the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in ... Read more...
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Mexico bird-flu outbreak costs economy $50 mn
July 13th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Guadalajara (Mexico), July 13 (IANS/EFE) An outbreak of avian flu in the western state of Jalisco has claimed 2.5 million chickens and caused $50 million in losses, a representative of ... Read more...
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Radioactive water leaks at Japan nuclear plant
March 19th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 19 (IANS) Japan's nuclear safety watchdog Monday said a leakage of about 1.5 tonnes of low-level radioactive water occurred at a plant of Japan Atomic Power Co. in ... Read more...
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Nuclear safety tests in Japan appropriate: IAEA
February 1st, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 1 (IANS) An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) group has found the safety tests it had overseen at Japan's idled nuclear reactors to be in line with international ... Read more...
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Cancer cases found in women with French brand implants
December 31st, 2011 - 5:28 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Dec 31 (IANS) Health authorities in France have confirmed to have come across at least 20 cases of cancer among women having breast implants of a French brand.As of ... Read more...
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N-reactor shut down in Japan
July 17th, 2011 - 6:39 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, July 17 (IANS) A nuclear reactor of a power company in Japan was shut down Saturday after problems started in its cooling system, Xinhua reported.
The No.1 reactor of the ... Read more...
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No increased radiation in India: atomic panel
April 12th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) There is no increase in radiation levels in India over and above the natural, the country's nuclear regulatory authority said Tuesday, even as Japan raised the ... 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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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits northeast Japan
April 12th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, April 12 (IANS) A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake jolted northeastern parts of Japan Tuesday afternoon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The temblor occurred at 2.07 p.m. (0816 GMT), Xinhua reported. ... Read more...
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Japan to pump radioactive water into sea by Sunday
April 10th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 10 (ANI): Japan will pump radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant by today, a day later than previously planned, said Nuclear and Industrial Safety ... Read more...
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Radioactive water spills out of Japan nuke plant after quake
April 8th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 8 (ANI): Radioactive water spilled from pools holding spent nuclear fuel rods at the Onagawa power plant in Miyagi Prefecture after an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale rocked ... Read more...
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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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Japan nuke crisis not as bad as Chernobyl, but worse than Three Mile Island: Experts
April 7th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr.7 (ANI): Wolfgang Weiss, UN Chairman of the Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation has said that the ongoing nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi complex, is not as ... Read more...
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Japan nuke plant could continue releasing radiation for months
April 4th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 4 (ANI): The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan could continue to release dangerous radiation into the air for several months, said Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency officials.Chief Cabinet Secretary ... Read more...
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Fukushima Governor slams Japan’s nuke agency for late radioactive data
April 3rd, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 3 (ANI): Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato has criticized the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency for its late release of radioactivity data related to local farm produce shipments, which have ... Read more...
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Radioactive water leaks from Japan n-plant
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, April 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Highly radioactive water is leaking into the sea from Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator said Saturday.The Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it ... Read more...
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Radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plant leaking into sea: TEPCO
April 2nd, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 2(ANI): Radioactive water is leaking into the sea from a 20-centimetre crack in a containment pit at Japan's quake and tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator Tokyo Electric Power ... 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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Japanese operator says it will “scrap” four reactors at tsunami hit nuke plant
March 30th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 30 (ANI): Tokyo Electric Power Company's Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumatahas said that four of its six reactors at the earthquake-cum-tsunami nuclear plant in Japan will completely be 'scrapped'."We have no ... Read more...
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Radioactive iodine 3,355 times legal limit found in sea water near Fukushima nuke plant
March 30th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 30 (ANI): The Japanese government's nuclear agency has claimed that radioactive iodine-131 at a concentration of 3,355 times the maximum allowable level under the law has been detected in the ... Read more...
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Radioactive trench water not confirmed to have overflowed: Japan’s nuke regulatory body
March 29th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 29(ANI): Radioactive water that has been filling up underground trenches connected to the crippled reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has not been confirmed to have overflowed, the country's ... Read more...
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Radioactive levels at Fukushima lower than earlier reported:Kyodo
March 28th, 2011 - 4:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Levels of radioactive iodine in water at Fukushima's reactor 2 are 100,000 times above the normal levels, Kyodo Japanese news agency said.Earlier Sunday the levels ... Read more...
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Japanese Government criticizes nuke plant operator for lacking transparency
March 27th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar. 27 (ANI): The Japanese Government has criticized the operator of radiation-leaking nuclear plant for lack of transparency and also for failure to protect the workers.Government has revealed a series of ... Read more...
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Radiation levels no danger to marine life: Japan
March 26th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Japan's marine life is in no danger regardless of the radiation levels in the waters near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, government spokesman Yukio ... Read more...
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Three workers at Japan n-plant exposed to radiation
March 24th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 24 (IANS) Three workers have been exposed to 170-180 millisievert of radiation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, Xinhua reported Thursday.The affected workers were trying ... Read more...
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Work resumes to restore power and key cooling functions at Fukushima Plant in Japan
March 24th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.24 (ANI): The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has resumed work to restore power and key cooling functions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan.Critical work at the plant was ... Read more...
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Several strong quakes rocks northeastern Japan
March 23rd, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 23 (ANI): Several strong earthquakes shook northeastern parts of Japan on Wednesday morning, days after a devastaing 8.9 magnitude earthquake-cum-tsunami rocked the country on March 11, the Japan Meteorological Agency ... Read more...
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Japan struggles to tame n-fallout, hikes alert level (Night Lead)
March 18th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 18 (IANS) Fire trucks sprayed jets of water on the overheated Fukushima nuclear plant Friday as Japan's battle to contain a nuclear fallout from the quake-hit reactors entered ... Read more...
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Japan upgrades nuclear accident intensity
March 18th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 18 (IANS) Japan Friday raised from level four to five on an international scale the measure of the nuclear accident at its earthquake-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.The radioactive ... Read more...
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Radiation levels decline near Japan nuke plant
March 18th, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.18 (ANI): Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has said radiation levels near the damaged Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant are declining following water-dousing measures taken to cool down the ... Read more...
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Radiation on decline near reactor No.1 in Japan
March 18th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 18 (IANS) Radiation near the damaged No.1 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has seen a steady decline following water-dousing measures taken Thursday, the Nuclear ... Read more...
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Fresh blast in Japan n-plant; 2,000 more bodies found (Third Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) An explosion rocked another Japanese reactor in Fukushima Monday, injuring 11 people as technicians scrambled to tackle the cooling problem in a third reactor.The toll is ... Read more...
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11 hurt, 7 missing in Japan’s N-plant blast (Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) At least 11 people were injured and seven others were missing in a second hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, Xinhua reported ... Read more...
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