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Radiation levels down at Fukushima
18 Mar 2011
Efforts to bring safety systems of damaged nuclear reactors back into action continued at the Fukushima nuclear park and authorities said radiation readings have displayed a downward trajectory through Friday morning.
143 nuclear power plants in 14 EU countries to undergo stress tests
17 Mar 2011
European Union (EU) countries have started a rethink on their nuclear energy policy following the disaster at Japan’s nuclear power plants
New initiatives to contain damage at Fukushima
17 Mar 2011
A series of new initiatives are being launched to avert full-scale meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear park, including helicopters to drop water on heated reactors, water cannons from Tokyo and UAV flights to assess reactor damage.
GE’s reactor design sees it absorb collateral damage
16 Mar 2011
General Electric’s association with the Fukushima nuclear reactors as their designer has spooked investors and the firm has lost $5.2 billion in market value since Friday.
Low-energy bulb wins Oscar of design world
16 Mar 2011
Japan’s perfect storm of troubles continues
16 Mar 2011
Japan’s perfect storm of troubles mounted with a earthquake jolting the Kanto region Wednesday afternoon and workers abandoning a stricken nuclear plant to escape rising radiation levels.
Fukushima: Lack of transparency worries experts
15 Mar 2011
With the nuclear crisis gaining momentum by the hour questions are now being asked as to how transparent the Japanese authorities are in disseminating information?
Fukushima: Burning spent fuel rods spiked radiation levels
15 Mar 2011
Burning spent fuel rods, which are radioactive and still lying in a pool adjoining a nuclear reactor, may have been responsible for a spike in radiation levels at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear park.
Suzlon promoters sell off 2.25 per cent stake
15 Mar 2011
Japan’s nuclear crisis worsens with third explosion
15 Mar 2011
Japan's nuclear crisis worsened with a third explosion at the Fukushima nuclear park and officials acknowledging that radioactive fuel inside one of the damaged reactors was in jeopardy of melting down.
Radiation normal, situation under control at Fukushima: IAEA
14 Mar 2011
Allaying fears of a nuclear meltdown, the IAEA has said that radiation levels at the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear park in Japan, hit by a second hydrogen explosion, are "normal."
Second hydrogen explosion at Japan n-plant
14 Mar 2011
A second hydrogen explosion in three days has rocked Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant with no report on the extent, if at all, of radiation released through the explosion.
Kenersys opens its Baramati plant
12 Mar 2011
Failed pumping system, not reactor, caused nuclear plant blast
12 Mar 2011
The explosion at an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant at Fukushima was not caused by damage to the nuclear reactor but by a failed pumping system.
Explosion at Japan's nuclear plant
12 Mar 2011
Raising spectres of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, one of Japan’s quake affected nuclear reactors has suffered an explosion, which has blown the roof off the building that houses it.
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