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Radioactive Water Leak at Fukushima Plant

21.08.2013 - Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of...

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Fukushima Daiichi: What's Going On At Japan's Crippled Nuclear Power Plant?

11.07.2011 - Japanese engineers are inching towards gaining control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, triggering the...

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Mitsubishi Chem Delays Cracker Restart By 3 Days

29.06.2011 - Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical said on Tuesday that it expects to restart its 375,000 tons per year No.1 naphtha cracker at its Kashima plant on Thursday, three days later than...

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IAEA Head Sees Wide Support For Stricter Atom Safety

27.06.2011 - The U.N. atomic agency chief said on Friday he had broad support for his plan to strengthen international safety checks on nuclear power plants to help avoid any repeat of Japan's...

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UN Atom Chief Yukiya Amano Urges Nuclear Safety Inspections, Tests

21.06.2011 - The U.N. nuclear chief proposed international safety checks on reactors worldwide to help prevent any repeat of Japan's atomic crisis, a plan which may face resistance from nations...

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Banri Kaieda: Japan Economy Will Suffer If Nuclear Power Axed

21.06.2011 - Japan's economy will suffer major damage if it reduces output from nuclear power stations to zero in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, its trade minister said on Monday. Routine...

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Japan May Crude, LNG Imports Jump On Nuclear Shutdowns

20.06.2011 - Japan's oil and gas imports gained sharply in May from a year ago to fuel power plants running hard to compensate for nuclear reactors either crippled by the March earthquake and...

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Radiation Spike Halts Work at Japan Nuclear Plant

20.06.2011 - A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power station on Saturday hours after it got under way, a fresh setback to efforts to...