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Japan's nuclear crisis 'extremely serious': IAEA chief
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief says he views Japan's nuclear crisis as an extremely serious accident requiring international cooperation.IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said on Friday that he plans to meet with top Japanese officials and to visit the area struck by the devastating earthquake and tsunami a week ago that knocked out power for t...
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Chile keeps to nuclear script despite Japan crisis
Chile's president insisted Wednesday on signing a nuclear accord with the United States during President Barack Obama's visit next week, saying the country must keep reactors as a potential option for fuelling the booming economy despite anxieties about Japan's disaster.Governments around the world are re-evaluating nuclear energy because of radiat...
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These 50 workers may be Japan's last chance
A small crew of technicians, braving radiation and fire, became the only people remaining at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Tuesday -- and perhaps Japan's last chance of preventing a broader nuclear catastrophe.They crawl through labyrinths of equipment in utter darkness pierced only by their flashlights, listening for periodic expl...
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Japan's multiple crises as death toll keeps rising
Anxiety mounted in Japan on Tuesday as the country struggled to come to grips with the scope of the natural disaster that struck last Friday and the nuclear crisis it unleashed. The National Police Agency said Tuesday afternoon that, so far, 2,722 people were confirmed to have died in the earthquake and tsunami, and many thousands remained missing....
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Japan radiation levels rise after explosion
Japan's nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday after an explosion damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core at one reactor and a fire at another spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to statements from Japanese government and industry officials.In a brief address to the nation at 11 am Tokyo time, Pr...
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Japan quake: Danger posed by radioactivity hard to assess
The different radioactive materials being reported at the nuclear accidents in Japan range from relatively benign to extremely worrisome. (Watch: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant)The central problem in assessing the degree of danger is that the amounts of various radioactive releases into the environment are now unknown, as are the winds ...
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Radiation leaks said to recede after blast at Japan nuclear plant
An explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building and destroyed the exterior walls of a crippled reactor, but officials said radiation leaks from the plant were receding and that a major meltdown was not imminent. (Watch: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant)Japanese television showed a cloud o...
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Japan's nuclear crisis 'extremely serious': IAEA chief
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief says he views Japan's nuclear crisis as an extremely serious accident requiring international cooperation.IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said on Friday that he plans to meet with top Japanese officials and to visit the area struck by the devastating earthquake and tsunami a week ago that knocked out power for t...
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Chile keeps to nuclear script despite Japan crisis
Chile's president insisted Wednesday on signing a nuclear accord with the United States during President Barack Obama's visit next week, saying the country must keep reactors as a potential option for fuelling the booming economy despite anxieties about Japan's disaster.Governments around the world are re-evaluating nuclear energy because of radiat...
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These 50 workers may be Japan's last chance
A small crew of technicians, braving radiation and fire, became the only people remaining at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Tuesday -- and perhaps Japan's last chance of preventing a broader nuclear catastrophe.They crawl through labyrinths of equipment in utter darkness pierced only by their flashlights, listening for periodic expl...
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Japan's multiple crises as death toll keeps rising
Anxiety mounted in Japan on Tuesday as the country struggled to come to grips with the scope of the natural disaster that struck last Friday and the nuclear crisis it unleashed. The National Police Agency said Tuesday afternoon that, so far, 2,722 people were confirmed to have died in the earthquake and tsunami, and many thousands remained missing....
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Japan radiation levels rise after explosion
Japan's nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday after an explosion damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core at one reactor and a fire at another spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to statements from Japanese government and industry officials.In a brief address to the nation at 11 am Tokyo time, Pr...
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Japan quake: Danger posed by radioactivity hard to assess
The different radioactive materials being reported at the nuclear accidents in Japan range from relatively benign to extremely worrisome. (Watch: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant)The central problem in assessing the degree of danger is that the amounts of various radioactive releases into the environment are now unknown, as are the winds ...
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Radiation leaks said to recede after blast at Japan nuclear plant
An explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building and destroyed the exterior walls of a crippled reactor, but officials said radiation leaks from the plant were receding and that a major meltdown was not imminent. (Watch: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant)Japanese television showed a cloud o...
