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Japan, India agree to move talks forward on civilian nuclear pact The Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 2011/10/31 by snasser

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan and India agreed Saturday to move forward bilateral talks to conclude a civilian nuclear power pact and to continue promoting cooperation in the development of rare earth minerals. Japan’s bilateral negotiations with India and four other … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Fukushima plant dismantling needs over 30 yrs via Reuters

Posted on 2011/10/31 by snasser

Oct 28 (Reuters) – Japan will likely need more than 30 years to dismantle the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Atomic Energy Commission said on Friday, underscoring its prolonged challenges after the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Continue … Continue reading →

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Vietnam, Japan nuclear project intact despite Fukushima via Reuters

Posted on 2011/10/31 by snasser

Oct 31 (Reuters) – Japan and Vietnam on Monday reaffirmed their plan to build a nuclear power plant in the Southeast Asian country using Japanese technology, even as Tokyo still struggles to put the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 … Continue reading →

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Belgium agrees on conditional nuclear exit plans via Reuters

Posted on 2011/10/31 by snasser

(Reuters) – Belgium’s political parties have reached a conditional agreement to shut down the country’s two remaining nuclear power stations, owned by GDF Suez unit Electrabel, a government spokeswoman said Monday. The plan for a shutdown of the three oldest … Continue reading →

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Prospects Dim for India’s Nuclear Power Expansion as Grassroots Uprising Spreads via Reuters

Posted on 2011/10/26 by snasser

When India’s central government passed the long-delayed Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement in 2008 and implemented plans to add 40 gigawatts of nuclear power by 2020—10 times its current capacity—it certainly didn’t foresee what would happen next. A rare grassroots uprising led … Continue reading →

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KKNPP: residents stage demonstration via The Hindu

Posted on 2011/10/26 by snasser

Hundreds of people from different parts of the district staged a demonstration here in support of people who were observing relay fast at Idinthakarai on Monday. Fishermen of the district did not venture into sea for fishing in support of … Continue reading →

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Panel to back protest against Jaitapur plant via The Hindu

Posted on 2011/10/26 by snasser

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), some other political parties, scientists and activists have joined hands to set up a national committee to support the struggle against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear project in Maharashtra. A 15-member national committee in support … Continue reading →

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‘Thiruvananthapuram faces high risk from Koodankulam plant’ via The Hindu

Posted on 2011/10/26 by snasser

Thiruvananthapuram faces high risk from Kudankulam nuclear plant and people of the city will have to be evacuated if an explosion occurs at Kudankulam nuclear plant, T. Shivaji Rao, Director, Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, has said. If the wind … Continue reading →

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High levels of radiation detected at 2 schools in Chiba Prefecture via The Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 2011/10/26 by snasser

High levels of radiation have been detected on the premises of two elementary schools here, local education authorities have revealed. According to the Abiko Municipal Board of Education, 11.3 microsieverts of radiation per hour was detected just above the surface … Continue reading →

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Dominion Says Nuclear Reactors Ready To Restart via NPR

Posted on 2011/10/24 by snasser

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two Virginia nuclear reactors shut down since an earthquake hit the state in August did not suffer damage that would prevent them from running and are ready to restart, the plant’s operator told the government Friday. … Continue reading →

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