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  Japan OKs fuel removal from pool at nuke plant

  World | October 30, 2013 10:52 IST

  Tokyo : 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 | October 25, 2013 19:49 IST

  Chennai: 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 | October 21, 2013 11:55 IST

  Tokyo : 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 | October 06, 2013 15:01 IST

  Tokyo : 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 | October 03, 2013 16:55 IST

  Tokyo: 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 | September 24, 2013 8:43 IST

  Ahmedabad: 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 | September 24, 2013 7:29 IST

  Tehran : 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 | July 20, 2013 13:54 IST

  Tokyo, 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 | July 11, 2013 8:49 IST

  Tokyo, 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 | September 21, 2012 19:37 IST

  New 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 | August 31, 2012 10:26 IST

  Vienna, 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 | June 29, 2012 18:30 IST

  New 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 | February 25, 2012 22:03 IST

  Guwahati/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 | January 12, 2012 12:59 IST

  Tokyo, 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 | September 20, 2011 22:20 IST

  Koodankulam (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 | September 12, 2011 23:41 IST

  Paris, 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 20:58 IST

  Seneca (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 | April 21, 2011 12:02 IST

  Tokyo, 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 | April 20, 2011 7:42 IST

  Mumbai, 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

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  Areva To Sign Jaitapur Agreement By Mid-Year

  India | April 20, 2011 8:52 IST

  Paris, Apr 20: French energy group Areva expects to sign the commercial agreement with state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for supply of nuclear reactors by the middle of 2011 and is ready to