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Turkey to build home-grown nuclear industryTurkey is aiming to build a home-grown nuclear industry over the next decade as it seeks to cut reliance on costly imported oil and gas, even though the nuclear newcomer outsourced its first two atomic power plants to foreign firms, said experts More… |
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Fukushima plant leaking contaminated waterAs much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contaminating the surrounding ground, Tokyo Electric Power Company said on Saturday. The power company h More… |
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US nuke plant declares ‘alert’ on Sandy surgeExelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday. It warned that a further rise in water levels could force operat More… |
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Enec to build UAE's first nuke plant in Q4The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said on Friday that it hopes to start building the country's first nuclear power plant in the fourth quarter if regulatory approval is given by the third quarter. The oil-exporting UAE has More… |
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$67bn lawsuit against Tepco executivesShareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Co, operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, are suing the utility's executives for a record 5.5 trillion yen ($67.4 billion) in compensation, lawyers said. The Fukushima Daiichi plant More… |
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Chubu to build $1.3bn tsunami wall at N-plantJapan's Chubu Electric Power Co said on Friday it aims to complete work on strengthening tsunami defences at its shuttered Hamaoka nuclear plant in December 2012, fulfilling a requirement for restarting its only nuclear power facility. More… |
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Japan likely to shut nuke plant over quake fearJapan's third biggest power company on Monday is expected to shut a nuclear plant because of its vulnerability to a major quake, adding to concerns about electricity supplies after a giant quake and tsunami crippled another nuclear facility More… |
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Highly radioactive water found near N-plantThe operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it had found water with 5 million times the legal limit of radioactivity. Underlining the concern over spreading radiation, the government said it was considering imposin More… |
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Japan finds radioactive water leaking into seaThe operator of Japan's quake-stricken nuclear plant said on Saturday it had found radioactive water leaking into the sea from a cracked concrete pit at its No.2 reactor in Fukushima. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) officials said it was p More… |
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Japan finds plutonium in soil at nuke plantPlutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, while opposition MPs attacked the prime minister for his handling of the disaster. More… |
