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Nuke agency likened radioactive fallout to ‘agitated wife’ via The Japan Times

The government entity in charge of nuclear research and development has dropped a page from its website after it triggered harsh criticism for comparing radioactive material with an “angry and agitated wife” quarrelling with her husband. The Japan Atomic Energy … Continue reading

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Nuclear agency under fire for donations from industry body via The Japan Times Online

Donations to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency from an electric utility industry federation and 11 companies in the industry have raised the possibility of a conflict of interest. The federation and 11 companies, including electric utilities and firms constructing and … Continue reading

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Vietnam’s Nuclear Dreams Blossom Despite Doubts via The New York Times

HANOI, Vietnam — Inside an unheated classroom at the Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology here about 20 young government technicians from Vietnam’s incipient nuclear power industry kept on their winter jackets on the first morning of a 10-day workshop … Continue reading

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