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Japan Reactor Refuelled for Restart, Despite Opposition
Atomic fuel was being loaded into a reactor in southern Japan today as its operator prepared to restart operations despite widespread public opposition to the technology.
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Japan nuclear plants to undergo 'stress tests'
Japan said Wednesday it will conduct "stress tests" on all the country's nuclear plants to ease heightened concerns about disaster preparedness after this year's tsunami sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan knocked out power at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, sending it toward melt...
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Radiation levels in seawater off Japan 1,850 times above normal
Levels of radioactive material detected in the sea near a stricken nuclear power station in northeastern Japan rose to 1,850 times above normal, the government said Sunday.That level of radioactive iodine-131 concentration was measured in seawater sample taken Saturday off the coast of the Fukushima 1 power plant that was damaged by the March 11 ea...
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Japan encourages a wider evacuation from reactor area
Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...
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Japan tries to ease fears about safety of its tap water
The Japanese authorities are considering a plan to import bottled water from overseas, a government official said Thursday morning, a day after spreading contamination from a crippled nuclear plant led to a panicked rush to buy water in Tokyo. Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary, indicated at a news conference that importing water was among th...
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Japan nuclear crisis: Reactor design in Japan has long been questioned
The warnings were stark and issued repeatedly as far back as 1972: If the cooling systems ever failed at a "Mark 1" nuclear reactor, the primary containment vessel surrounding the reactor would probably burst as the fuel rods inside overheated. Dangerous radiation would spew into the environment. Now, with one Mark 1 containment vessel damaged at t...
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Fire at reactor adds to challenges as Japan weighs new plans to cool fuel
The company that runs the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan announced on Wednesday that a fire was burning there, just hours after officials said flames that erupted on Tuesday had been doused. (In Pics: Japan earthquake triggers tsunami)Soon after that announcement, a government official at Japan's nuclear watchdog agency said...
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Japan Reactor Refuelled for Restart, Despite Opposition
Atomic fuel was being loaded into a reactor in southern Japan today as its operator prepared to restart operations despite widespread public opposition to the technology.
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Japan nuclear plants to undergo 'stress tests'
Japan said Wednesday it will conduct "stress tests" on all the country's nuclear plants to ease heightened concerns about disaster preparedness after this year's tsunami sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan knocked out power at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, sending it toward melt...
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Radiation levels in seawater off Japan 1,850 times above normal
Levels of radioactive material detected in the sea near a stricken nuclear power station in northeastern Japan rose to 1,850 times above normal, the government said Sunday.That level of radioactive iodine-131 concentration was measured in seawater sample taken Saturday off the coast of the Fukushima 1 power plant that was damaged by the March 11 ea...
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Japan encourages a wider evacuation from reactor area
Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...
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Japan tries to ease fears about safety of its tap water
The Japanese authorities are considering a plan to import bottled water from overseas, a government official said Thursday morning, a day after spreading contamination from a crippled nuclear plant led to a panicked rush to buy water in Tokyo. Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary, indicated at a news conference that importing water was among th...
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Japan nuclear crisis: Reactor design in Japan has long been questioned
The warnings were stark and issued repeatedly as far back as 1972: If the cooling systems ever failed at a "Mark 1" nuclear reactor, the primary containment vessel surrounding the reactor would probably burst as the fuel rods inside overheated. Dangerous radiation would spew into the environment. Now, with one Mark 1 containment vessel damaged at t...
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Fire at reactor adds to challenges as Japan weighs new plans to cool fuel
The company that runs the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan announced on Wednesday that a fire was burning there, just hours after officials said flames that erupted on Tuesday had been doused. (In Pics: Japan earthquake triggers tsunami)Soon after that announcement, a government official at Japan's nuclear watchdog agency said...
