Blast At Nuclear Plant

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  Blasts Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant, Says UN Watchdog; Russia Calls It Rumour

  Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of firing around the nuclear plant near the front lines, prompting the IAEA to place experts at all of Ukraine's five nuclear stations.

• Six killed in blasts near Kudankulam plant, case against leading activist

  At least six people, including two children, died on Tuesday night after a crude bomb exploded at a village that has been at the centre of protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

• Anti-nuclear protester booked for explosion which killed 6 near Kudankulam N-plant

  At least six people including two children died as country-made bombs exploded at the Tsunami Colony in Idinthakarai village, the ground zero for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant in the Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu.

• Boston marathon blasts: US nuke plant tightens security

  The only nuclear power plant in Massachusetts has increased security after two bombs exploded in Boston on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens. The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 45 miles (70 kilometres) south of Boston, was already shut down for refuelling when the explosions occurred.

• No blast or deaths at Kudankulam nuclear plant: India's nuclear chief to NDTV

  The Indian Department of Atomic Energy has categorically denied the occurrence of any blasts or deaths at the Kudankulam nuclear plant site in southern India. Rumours are travelling faster than radiation, remarked an analyst.

• France nuclear explosion kills one, no leaks reported

  One person died and another was seriously injured in an explosion on Monday in a site that treats nuclear waste in southern France, the country's nuclear safety body said, adding that no radioactive leaks have been detected.

• Workers strain to retake control after blast and fire at Japan plant

  A small crew of technicians braved radiation and fire through the day on Tuesday as they fought to prevent three nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan from melting down and stop storage ponds loaded with spent uranium fuel pods from bursting into flames.Tokyo Electric Power Company officials announced on Tuesday evening that they were preparing to...

• Japan: Scramble at reactor after new blast

  The risk of partial meltdown at a stricken nuclear power plant in Japan increased on Monday as cooling systems failed at a third reactor, possibly exposing its fuel rods, only hours after a second explosion at a separate reactor blew the roof off a containment building. (Read: Second explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant)The widening problems unders...

• Radiation leaks said to recede after blast at Japan nuclear plant

  An explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building and destroyed the exterior walls of a crippled reactor, but officials said radiation leaks from the plant were receding and that a major meltdown was not imminent. (Watch: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant)Japanese television showed a cloud o...