Fukushima
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Japan utility repairing reactors near Fukushima
World | Jul 04, 2012, 05:08 PM ISTTokyo, Jul 4: The operator of Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant says it is repairing four reactors at a less-damaged nearby plant despite demands from local residents that it be scrapped.Community leaders have demanded that Tokyo
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Japan Declares Tsunami-Crippled Nuke Plant Stable
World | Dec 16, 2011, 09:27 PM ISTTokyo, Dec 16: The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of “cold shutdown” and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced today. Prime Minister Yoshihiko
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Indian Fukushima Possible : Gopal Gandhi
National | Nov 07, 2011, 11:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 7: As protests over the Koodankulam nuclear plant refuse to die down, former West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi today said an “Indian Fukushima” cannot be ruled out and government needs to
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Evacuation Zone At Nuclear Plant Declared Restricted Area
World | Apr 21, 2011, 12:02 PM ISTTokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly
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Will Fukushima Explode Like Chernobyl?
World | Apr 12, 2011, 05:59 PM ISTTokyo, Apr 12: As Japan raised its assessment of crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating of 7 on an international scale, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, the
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People Living Within 12 Mile Radius Of Fukushima Evacuated
World | Apr 12, 2011, 05:54 PM ISTTokyo, Apr 12: Japan is preparing to urge more residents around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to evacuate, because of concerns over long-term exposure to radiation, The New York Times reported. The authorities have already
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Japan Lifts New Tsunami Warning After 7.4 Quake
World | Apr 08, 2011, 12:15 PM ISTTokyo, Apr 7 : Japan's meteorological agency says it has lifted a tsunami warning for the northeastern coast 90 minutes after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck offshore.The quake hit about 11:30 pm today (local time). It
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Toxic Water Leak Plugged At Japan's Crippled N-plant
World | Apr 06, 2011, 05:55 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Apr 6: Japanese workers at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today plugged a crack leaking highly toxic water into the sea from a concrete pit, though authorities were concerned about a possible hydrogen blast
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Japan Disaster Sparks Social Media Innovation
World | Mar 31, 2011, 05:56 PM ISTTokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster
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Workers Evacuated From Japan's N-Plant Amid Radiation Fears
World | Mar 27, 2011, 09:52 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 27: Workers were evacuated from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant today after radiation levels surged 10 million times higher than usual, dealing a major blow to efforts to avoid a meltdown of the
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All 6 Reactors At Fukushima Reconnected To Power Lines
World | Mar 23, 2011, 10:01 AM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22 : Japanese workers struggling to avert a nuclear disaster today succeeded in reconnecting all six reactors to power lines at the quake-hit Fukushima plant, marking a significant progress in the tedious task
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Strong Quake Strikes Near Japan's Troubled Nuclear Plant
World | Mar 23, 2011, 07:55 AM ISTOsaka, Mar 23: A strong earthquake struck near the troubled nuclear power plant at the centre of Japan's radiation crisis early today, the meteorological agency said.The agency said there was no fear of a tsunami
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Radiation Levels In Japan Not Harmful: IAEA
World | Mar 19, 2011, 02:35 PM ISTVienna, Mar 19: Radiation levels currently detected in Japan and beyond in the wake of the nuclear crisis after last week's massive earthquake do not pose any harm to human health, an IAEA expert said."Regular
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Japanese Radiation Level Extremely High: US
World | Mar 17, 2011, 02:06 PM ISTWashington, Mar 17: Expressing deep concern over Japan's nuclear crisis, the US today said that the radiation level of the damaged Fukushima atomic plants is extremely dangerous and pose serious health hazard to a broader
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Thousands Flee Fukushima : Telegraph Report
World | Mar 16, 2011, 02:48 PM ISTTokyo, March 16: Thousands of people have been fleeing nuclear-stricken Fukushima Daiichi due to radiation fears, reports the British daily The Telegraph, whose corerspondent Andrew Gilligan has filed this report from Nasushiobara:"The railway station at
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Japan Evacuates Emergency Workers, Prepares For The Worst
World | Mar 16, 2011, 02:34 PM ISTFukushima/Tokyo, Mar 16 : Radiation levels rose today in Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant where a new fire broke out, forcing the government to withdraw emergency workers engaged in efforts to cool overheating reactors at the
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All 4 Reactors At Fukushima N-Plant Safely Halted
World | Mar 15, 2011, 12:40 PM ISTTokyo, March 15: The operation of all 4 reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima No.2 nuclear power plant has been brought to a halt, Japanese TV NHK reported. Tokyo Electric Power Company says the 4th reactor
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Millions Without Food, Water, Power In Japan
World | Mar 14, 2011, 06:30 AM ISTTAGAJO, Japan Mar 13: The death toll in Japan's earthquake and tsunami will likely exceed 10,000 in one state alone, an official said Sunday, as millions of survivors were left without drinking water, electricity and