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Areva To Sign Jaitapur Agreement By Mid-Year
India | Apr 20, 2011, 08:52 AM ISTParis, 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
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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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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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US Nuclear Plants Located Near Geologic Faults
World | Mar 17, 2011, 08:53 AM ISTLos Angeles, Mar 17: Two years before an immense coastal earthquake plunged Japan into a nuclear crisis, a geologic fault was discovered about a half-mile from a California seaside reactor -- alarming regulators who say
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More Governments Advising Citizens To Leave Tokyo
World | Mar 17, 2011, 07:47 AM ISTTokyo, Mar 17: Australia, Britain and Germany advised their citizens in Japan to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling their people it may be safer elsewhere.The
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Germany Shuts Down 7 Nuke Reactors
World | Mar 16, 2011, 09:50 AM ISTBerlin, March 15: German today ordered a temporary shut-down of seven oldest nuclear reactors in the country, a day after it announced a thorough review of the safety systems of all 17 such units in
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Japanese Ordered Indoors In Radiation Leak Crisis
World | Mar 15, 2011, 12:32 PM ISTSoma, Japan, March 15: Radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of
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Second Hydrogen Blast At Japan's Fukushima N-plant
World | Mar 14, 2011, 08:12 PM ISTTokyo, 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
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Explosion At Japan Nuclear Plant: Live TV
World | Mar 14, 2011, 12:42 PM ISTTokyo, Mar 14: An explosion shook a quake-damaged Japanese nuclear power plant today and plumes of smoke rose from the building, live television showed. Japan's nuclear safety agency said the blast, at the number 3
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Quake-Hit Nuke Plant 'May Be In Meltdown'
World | Mar 13, 2011, 11:18 AM ISTTokyo, Mar 12: Japan's nuclear authorities warned today that quake-hit atomic plant Fukushima No. 1, about 250 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, "may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown", media said.Kyodo News agency said radioactive caesium had
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Blast Near Nuclear Plant, Walls Fall, Smoke Pours
World | Mar 12, 2011, 03:01 PM ISTSendai, Japan, March 12 : An explosion at a nuclear power station tore down the walls of one building Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down
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Iran's Nuclear Plant To Start Operations
World | Aug 21, 2010, 05:02 PM ISTTehran: Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a major milestone as Tehran forges ahead with its atomic programme despite UN Sanctions.The weeklong operation to load uranium