In Japan reactor failings, danger signs for the U.S.
Mechanical problems caused critical delay
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In Japan reactor failings, danger signs for the U.S.
Posted on 21 May 2011 by admin
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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsQuake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide
Posted on 12 May 2011 by admin
Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsQuake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide
ISHINOMAKI, Japan (AP) – When water begins to trickle down the streets of her coastal neighborhood, Yoshiko Takahashi knows it is time to hurry home. Twice a day, the flow steadily increases until it is knee-deep, carrying fish and debris by her front door and trapping people in their homes.
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Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide
Posted on 11 May 2011 by admin
Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide
When water begins to trickle down the streets of her coastal neighborhood, Yoshiko Takahashi knows it is time to hurry home.
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Workers enter reactor building at Japan nuclear plant
Posted on 09 May 2011 by admin
Workers enter reactor building at Japan nuclear plant
Workers entered a reactor building at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant Thursday for the first time since an explosion hit the facility a day after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, officials said.
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Japan utility delays decision on halting reactors
Posted on 08 May 2011 by admin
Japan utility delays decision on halting reactors
A Japanese power company postponed its decision Saturday on a government request that it halt three reactors at a coastal nuclear plant until safety measures can be improved to guard against future earthquakes and tsunamis.
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AP IMPACT: Ties bind Japan nuke sector, regulators
Posted on 02 May 2011 by admin
AP IMPACT: Ties bind Japan nuke sector, regulators
Nearly 10 years after Japan’s top utility first assured the government that its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was safe from any tsunami, regulators were just getting around to checking out the claim. The move…
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Japan ‘unlike Chernobyl’
Posted on 27 April 2011 by admin
Japan ‘unlike Chernobyl’
Japan said on Tuesday, the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, that its six-week-old Fukushima nuclear crisis was “different in nature” from the events in Ukraine.
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Water Pumping Begins at Japan Nuclear Reactor
Posted on 25 April 2011 by admin
Water Pumping Begins at Japan Nuclear Reactor
Technicians began pumping highly radioactive water out of the basement of a turbine building at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, but officials cautioned the process would be slow.
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Japan mulls a stricter evacuation zone near plant
Posted on 24 April 2011 by admin
Japan mulls a stricter evacuation zone near plant
Japanese authorities may for the first time strictly enforce their evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear plant, citing concerns Wednesday over radiation risks for residents returning to check on their homes.
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Environmental crises bad business, but not fatal: TEPCO likely to survive Japan nuclear crisis
Posted on 23 April 2011 by admin
Environmental crises bad business, but not fatal: TEPCO likely to survive Japan nuclear crisis
— There are some who would consign the Tokyo utility embroiled in Japan’s worst-ever nuclear plant disaster to the corporate graveyard.
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