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  New leak detected at Fukushima n-plant

  World | October 17, 2013 19:40 IST

  Tokyo: Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Thursday that it had found another leak at the site and that levels of radioactivity near a ditch

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  Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level At Par With Chernobyl

  World | April 12, 2011 10:13 IST

  Tokyo, Apr 12:  Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant on Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. An official with the Nuclear

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  Second Hydrogen Blast At Japan's Fukushima N-plant

  World | March 14, 2011 20:12 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 14: A second hydrogen explosion rocked the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant leaving 11 workers injured amid fresh fears of a 'meltdown' as Japan intensified efforts to contain radiation levels.A thick column of smoke