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Japan Begins Release Of Fukushima Water
The beginning of the discharge of around 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water into the Pacific over several decades is a big step in decommissioning the still highly dangerous site 12 years after one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.
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Tokyo Olympics: Fans Allowed To Attend Torch Relay, But No Cheering
Spectators will be allowed to watch the flame pass, but will be required to wear masks, avoid crowding and only attend segments of the torch relay near their home.
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Coronavirus: Fate Of Olympic Torch Relay In Balance As Virus Worsens
The Olympic torch relay, due to begin Thursday from a symbolic site in Fukushima, will proceed as scheduled but organisers said they would re-assess in the coming days.
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India Will Decide Site Of Second Nuclear Plant Soon: Russian Official
India is soon expected to inform Russia of its choice for a second nuclear power plant site, a senior official involved in the project said today. This would be the second site after the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu
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Radiation From Japan Nuclear Disaster Spreads Off US Shores
Radiation from Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is increasing at previously identified sites, although levels are still too low to threaten human or ocean life, scientists said on Thursday.
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Japan Nuclear Plant Worker Dies After Falling Into Tank
A worker at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant died after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a growing number of accidents at the site still struggling to clean up the mess from the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Japan Braced for More Aftershocks of Giant 2011 Earthquake
Seismologists said an earthquake that struck near Japan's shuttered Fukushima nuclear site early on Saturday was an aftershock of the tremor that sparked 2011's deadly tsunami, and warned of more to come.
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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.
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Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel.Firefighters also pumped tons of water directly from the ocean into one of the most troubled areas of...
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Japan had been warned about nuclear plant safety
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Japan two years ago that a strong earthquake could pose a "serious problem" for its nuclear power stations, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported.An IAEA expert expressed concern that the Japanese reactors were only designed to withstand magnitude 7.0 tremors, according to a December 2008 US diploma...
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Japan Begins Release Of Fukushima Water
The beginning of the discharge of around 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water into the Pacific over several decades is a big step in decommissioning the still highly dangerous site 12 years after one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.
-
Tokyo Olympics: Fans Allowed To Attend Torch Relay, But No Cheering
Spectators will be allowed to watch the flame pass, but will be required to wear masks, avoid crowding and only attend segments of the torch relay near their home.
-
Coronavirus: Fate Of Olympic Torch Relay In Balance As Virus Worsens
The Olympic torch relay, due to begin Thursday from a symbolic site in Fukushima, will proceed as scheduled but organisers said they would re-assess in the coming days.
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India Will Decide Site Of Second Nuclear Plant Soon: Russian Official
India is soon expected to inform Russia of its choice for a second nuclear power plant site, a senior official involved in the project said today. This would be the second site after the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu
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Radiation From Japan Nuclear Disaster Spreads Off US Shores
Radiation from Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is increasing at previously identified sites, although levels are still too low to threaten human or ocean life, scientists said on Thursday.
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Japan Nuclear Plant Worker Dies After Falling Into Tank
A worker at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant died after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a growing number of accidents at the site still struggling to clean up the mess from the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Japan Braced for More Aftershocks of Giant 2011 Earthquake
Seismologists said an earthquake that struck near Japan's shuttered Fukushima nuclear site early on Saturday was an aftershock of the tremor that sparked 2011's deadly tsunami, and warned of more to come.
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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.
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Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel.Firefighters also pumped tons of water directly from the ocean into one of the most troubled areas of...
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Japan had been warned about nuclear plant safety
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Japan two years ago that a strong earthquake could pose a "serious problem" for its nuclear power stations, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported.An IAEA expert expressed concern that the Japanese reactors were only designed to withstand magnitude 7.0 tremors, according to a December 2008 US diploma...
