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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...

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Japan Makes New Nuclear Safety Vows after Quake Disaster

08.06.2011 - Japan on Tuesday pledged to overhaul regulation of nuclear power, saying that lax standards and poor oversight had contributed to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986...

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U.N. Body To Probe Fukushima Radiation Impact

24.05.2011 - A U.N. scientific body said on Monday it would study the radiation impact of Japan's nuclear disaster on people and the environment, but it did not expect to detect any major...

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Mitsubishi Chem: Maintenance On Cracker To Start Aug. 31

23.05.2011 - Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical said on Friday that planned maintenance on the No.2 naphtha cracker at its Kashima plant, with capacity to produce 453,000 tons of ethylene per year...

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

18.05.2011 - Japanese engineers are trying to gain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, which was crippled by the huge March 11 earthquake...

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Mitsubishi Chem to Delay Naphtha Cracker Maintenance

17.05.2011 - Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical said on Monday that maintenance on the No.2 naphtha cracker at its Kashima plant, with capacity to produce 453,000 tons per year of ethylene, would be...

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Japan Says Nuclear Policy Must Be Reviewed From Scratch

11.05.2011 - Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that renewable energy would be a key pillar of Japan's energy policy after the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years and that its...

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Merck Resumes Xirallic Production in Japan

10.05.2011 - Merck KGaA resumed normal operations at the Onahama production site in Japan on May 8. Among other products, the Onahama site manufactures Xirallic effect pigments, which are...