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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant, 15 Years After Fukushima
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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These 13 Places Are So Radioactive, Humans Can't Go Near Them
Amid rising global conflicts and concerns about nuclear weapons, some of the world's most radioactive locations pose severe health risks due to human actions like nuclear tests, power generation, and accidents.
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Power Plant Was On "Verge Of Nuclear Accident": Ukraine After Blackout
Ukraine said Saturday that two power lines connecting its electricity grid to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were cut overnight, putting the plant at risk of an "accident".
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Volodymyr Zelensky Warns Of "Catastrophe" In Ukraine Nuclear Plant: Report
A "catastrophe" at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine would threaten the whole of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday.
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Russia Removes US Diplomats From Train Near Secret Test Site Accident
Russia removed three U.S. diplomats from a train near the site of a mysterious military testing accident on Monday because they did not have special permits to be in the area, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists At DRDO's Jodhpur Lab Build Sensor To Detect Radiation Levels
Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Jodhpur laboratory have developed a sensor that can detect radiation levels in case of any nuclear accident.
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France Nuclear Incident Worse Than Known: Report
A 2014 incident in France's oldest nuclear plant, located near the German and Swiss borders, was more serious than previously reported, German media claimed today.
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Ex-Fukushima Execs to Be Charged Over Nuclear Accident
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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Ahead of Obama Visit, India Works for a Major Breakthrough: Report
India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns over exposure to risk.
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Fukushima nuclear accident a 'man-made' disaster: Probe
The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a "man-made disaster" and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said on Thursday in its final report on the catastrophe.
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No insurance for radiation exposure
Even as the threat of nuclear radiation exposure becomes more real in light of the meltdown in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, MiD DAY has found that no insurance company in the country covers the specific outcomes of such an eventuality.'Nuclear radiation' is, in fact, a standard exclusion in the text of most policies.A spokesperson for Tata-AIG ...
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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant, 15 Years After Fukushima
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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These 13 Places Are So Radioactive, Humans Can't Go Near Them
Amid rising global conflicts and concerns about nuclear weapons, some of the world's most radioactive locations pose severe health risks due to human actions like nuclear tests, power generation, and accidents.
-
Power Plant Was On "Verge Of Nuclear Accident": Ukraine After Blackout
Ukraine said Saturday that two power lines connecting its electricity grid to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were cut overnight, putting the plant at risk of an "accident".
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Volodymyr Zelensky Warns Of "Catastrophe" In Ukraine Nuclear Plant: Report
A "catastrophe" at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine would threaten the whole of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday.
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Russia Removes US Diplomats From Train Near Secret Test Site Accident
Russia removed three U.S. diplomats from a train near the site of a mysterious military testing accident on Monday because they did not have special permits to be in the area, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists At DRDO's Jodhpur Lab Build Sensor To Detect Radiation Levels
Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Jodhpur laboratory have developed a sensor that can detect radiation levels in case of any nuclear accident.
-
France Nuclear Incident Worse Than Known: Report
A 2014 incident in France's oldest nuclear plant, located near the German and Swiss borders, was more serious than previously reported, German media claimed today.
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Ex-Fukushima Execs to Be Charged Over Nuclear Accident
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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Ahead of Obama Visit, India Works for a Major Breakthrough: Report
India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns over exposure to risk.
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Fukushima nuclear accident a 'man-made' disaster: Probe
The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a "man-made disaster" and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said on Thursday in its final report on the catastrophe.
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No insurance for radiation exposure
Even as the threat of nuclear radiation exposure becomes more real in light of the meltdown in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, MiD DAY has found that no insurance company in the country covers the specific outcomes of such an eventuality.'Nuclear radiation' is, in fact, a standard exclusion in the text of most policies.A spokesperson for Tata-AIG ...
