Nuclear Plant
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Earthquake strikes town in Iran near nuclear plant
World | Nov 28, 2013, 10:17 PM ISTTehran, Iran: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 has struck a town in southern Iran near a nuclear power plant. The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor struck Thursday afternoon some 14 kilometers
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Japan OKs fuel removal from pool at nuke plant
World | Oct 30, 2013, 10:52 AM ISTTokyo : Japanese regulators have given a final approval for a plan to remove fuel rods from an uncontained cooling pool at a damaged reactor building considered as the highest risk at the crippled nuclear
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Kudankulam N-plant to reconnect to the grid on Oct 26
India | Oct 25, 2013, 07:49 PM ISTChennai: The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) that tripped Oct 22 is expected to be reconnected to the grid Friday night/Saturday, said informed sources.Two highly-placed sources in the atomic energy establishment
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Japan delaying cleanup of towns near nuclear plant
World | Oct 21, 2013, 11:55 AM ISTTokyo : Radiation cleanup in some of the most contaminated towns around Fukushima's nuclear power plant is far behind schedule, so residents will have to wait a few more years before returning.Environment Ministry officials said
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Japan PM seeks overseas help on Fukushima leak
World | Oct 06, 2013, 03:01 PM ISTTokyo : Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, with leaks and mishaps reported almost
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Fukushima: Overflowing tank cause of new leak at nuclear plant
World | Oct 03, 2013, 04:55 PM ISTTokyo: Another day, another radioactive-water spill. The operator of the meltdown-plagued Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says at least 430 liters (110 gallons) spilled when workers overfilled a storage tank without a gauge that could have
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Bhavnagar farmers organise rally against nuclear plant
India | Sep 24, 2013, 08:43 AM ISTAhmedabad: Farmers and anti-nuclear plant activists organised a vehicle rally in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district yesterday against a proposed nuclear plant in Mithi Virdi village of Bhavnagar district.“Close to 2,000 people from the village participated in
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Iran, Russia agree to build new nuclear plant
World | Sep 24, 2013, 07:29 AM ISTTehran : Iran and Russia have agreed to build a new nuclear power plant, media reported Monday.The agreement was reached in a recent Iran-Russia joint economic commission, Ali-Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation
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Some 2,000 Fukushima workers face increased cancer risk
World | Jul 20, 2013, 01:54 PM ISTTokyo, July 20: Around 10 percent of the nearly 20,000 workers who have taken part in the clean-up of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant were exposed to enough radiation to increase their risk of developing
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Japan: Radioactive water likely leaking to Pacific
World | Jul 11, 2013, 08:49 AM ISTTokyo, Jul 11: Japan's nuclear regulator says radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant is probably leaking into the Pacific Ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by the plant's operator.Officials from
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Fuel loading begins at Kudankulam nuclear plant
India | Sep 21, 2012, 07:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 21: India's nuclear operator has started loading enriched uranium fuel in the first reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project after getting the final clearance from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
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Iran doubles capacity at nuclear plant, says IAEA
World | Aug 31, 2012, 10:26 AM ISTVienna, Aug 31 : Iran has doubled its capacity in an underground uranium enrichment facility, according to a new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report.According to this report, the number of centrifuges at the Fordow
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Two suffer radioactive exposure at Rawatbhata nuclear plant
India | Jun 29, 2012, 06:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 29: Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation. The incident took place on June 23 at
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PM Charge Against US NGOs Evoke Reactions From The US, Russia
India | Feb 25, 2012, 10:03 PM ISTGuwahati/New Delhi, Feb 25: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that some US NGOs were stoking protests at the Kudankulam nuclear plant have evoked reactions with the US saying it will find out the “facts” and
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Quake Hits Eastern Japan; Nuclear Plant Stable
World | Jan 12, 2012, 12:59 PM ISTTokyo, Jan 12 : A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan today near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but did not cause any further problems at the power station, officials said.The quake hit in the Pacific,
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Koodankulam Agitators Snub PM's Emissary
India | Sep 20, 2011, 10:20 PM ISTKoodankulam (TN), Sep 20: Stalemate over the controversial Koodankulam nuclear power project continued despite efforts by the Prime Minister's emissary to break the ice even as the indefinite fast by locals demanding scrapping of the
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1 Dead, 4 Hurt In Explosion At French Nuclear Site
World | Sep 12, 2011, 11:41 PM ISTParis, Sept 12: One person died and another was seriously injured in an explosion today in a site that treats nuclear waste in southern France, the country's nuclear safety body said, adding that no radioactive
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Nuclear Plant Becomes 1st In US To Go Digital
World | May 29, 2011, 08:58 PM ISTSeneca (South Carolina), May 29: The digital revolution is finally reaching America's nuclear power plants.Sometime in the next few weeks, technicians will finish installing digital controls for the operating and safety systems of a nuclear
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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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Rane Blames Sena For Instigating People At Jaitapur
India | Apr 20, 2011, 07:42 AM ISTMumbai, Apr 19 : Maharashtra Industry Minister Narayan Rane today blamed the Shiv Sena for instigating people at Jaitapur against the proposed nuclear power plant, which led to a violent protest killing one.“This was Sena's