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Japan's government said on Tuesday it was on track with efforts to take control of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant but cautioned that a final clean-up of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl would take many years. The update on progress to shut down six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi …
The first phase of work to bring the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control has been completed as scheduled, a Japanese minister said.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Monday said that despite the nuclear disaster in Japan following the recent tsunami, Bangladesh has not abandoned its proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant project with Russian assistance. Replying to a question at a regular press briefing yesterday afternoon, she said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will …
Erratic supplies from KG D6 and limited import options have led to a fall in power output of gas-based plants in June, said a Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report. The gross monthly generation by thermal, nuclear and hydro power stations, however, witnessed a positive growth in the period under consideration. …
The fate of a civil nuclear deal between India and Japan has become uncertain. Tokyo is learnt to have decided to suspend talks with India and four other countries concerning the sale of Japanese-made nuclear power equipment and technology after Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Rawatbhata (Rajasthan), 17 JULY: India will begin construction of its 25th nuclear power plant with the first pour of concrete for the 700-MW indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) here tomorrow. The 700-MW PHWR will be the seventh nuclear plant at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS), which already has …
Peculiarities of the electricity system in New York State, including its unusual independent status, would make it difficult and expensive to replace electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plant if Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo succeeds in shutting it down, experts on the grid warn. The Indian Point nuclear power …
A strong earthquake jolted on Sunday the same area of northeastern Japan that was hit by a massive quake in March, but there was no sign of further damage along the coast or to the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, officials said. The Japan Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami alert …
The annual meeting of NGOs, under the banner of Konkan Vinashkari Prakalp Virodhi Samiti (KVPVS) in Ratnagiri, was allegedly disrupted on Sunday by Congress goons. The Samiti, which is vehemently opposing the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), has claimed that the goons are close associates of industries minister Narayan …
Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan on Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The port towns of Soma and Of unato saw 10-cm tsunami waves triggered by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that …
Shutting down the Indian Point nuclear power plant would lead to significantly dirtier air and higher electric bills for New York City residents, according to a report commissioned by the city that is circulating among state officials in Albany. The report, a copy of which was obtained on Tuesday by …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has found loopholes in the relief and rehabilitation package offered to villagers affected by the Tarapur atomic power station but said that the government would soon rectify the problem. In the backdrop of the Japanese quake and the subsequent disaster, the authority also announced …
Los Alamos: A wildfire near the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb advanced on the Los Alamos laboratory and thousands of outdoor drums of plutonium-contaminated waste as authorities stepped up efforts to protect the site and monitor the air for radiation. Officials at the premier US nuclear-weapons lab gave assurances …
An invasion of jellyfish into a cooling water pool at a Scottish nuclear power plant kept its nuclear reactors offline on Wednesday, a phenomenon which may grow more common in future, scientists said. Two reactors at EDF Energy's Torness nuclear power plant on the Scottish east coast remained shut a …
The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant met with angry shareholders on Tuesday, offering profuse apologies as hecklers shouted abuse from a rowdy floor. But a motion that would have forced the company to abandon its nuclear program was defeated. The management of the operating company, Tokyo Electric …
