Tag Archives: Korea

South Korean minister calls Japan ‘immoral’ for covering up Fukushima leaks via Japan Daily Press

Posted on 2013/10/02 by norma field

Short of calling the Japanese government a liar, South Korea’s fisheries minister strongly blasted Japan on Monday for trying to downplay and cover up the now high-profile contaminated water leaks at the disaster stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Yoon Jin-sook, … Continue reading →

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S. Korea expands ban on fish from northeastern Japan, citing radiation concerns　via The Washington Post

Posted on 2013/09/06 by norma field

By Chico Harlan SEOUL — South Korea on Friday banned imports of fish from a long coastal strip by Japan’s still-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in a sign of widening fears in the region about an environmental disaster that the … Continue reading →

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16 nuclear reactors to be ready by 2030 via Arab News

Posted on 2013/08/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Saudi Arabia intends to become a leader in renewable energy by building 16 nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 22GW, which is about half of the Kingdom’s current electricity output. The project is estimated to cost of more than … Continue reading →

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State [Kenya] sends 11 to Korea for training on Nuclear power via Standard Digital News

Posted on 2013/05/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NAIROBI, KENYA: A team of nuclear scientists have been dispatched to Korea for capacity building in an attempt to increase power generation from alternative sources. Kenya is looking into Nuclear Energy sources to boost its electricity generation capacity to over … Continue reading →

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Japan Could Reprocess Nuclear Fuel from Korea via Energy Tribune

Posted on 2013/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Japanese government is considering reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods from Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries, the Tokyo Shimbun reported Sunday. Japan is the only country in the world that has no nuclear weapons but the facilities to reprocess … Continue reading →

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Secrecy cloaks South Korea’s civil nuclear program via Reuters

Posted on 2012/11/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Until 2011, the polls were published annually, but since the March 2011 Fukushima accident, the world’s second worst nuclear disaster after Chernobyl, no survey has been published. Opposition legislators say that the ministry cannot be trusted with running the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear regulator grants construction permission for Emirates’ first atomic power plant via The Washington Post (AP)

Posted on 2012/07/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates geared up Wednesday to begin construction of its first nuclear energy plant after the oil-rich country’s nuclear regulator gave its blessing for work to begin. The green light by the UAE’s … Continue reading →

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Kori-1 nuclear power plant waiting for final approval to resume operation via The Korea Herald

Posted on 2012/07/02 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Experts say putting the nation’s first nuclear plant back into action will relieve power shortage Controversy is growing again over resuming the operation of the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant Kori-1, which was shut down on March 13 following an … Continue reading →

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[Editorial] Nuclear cover-up via Korea Herald

Posted on 2012/03/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A nuclear power plant, whose operation had been suspended for an inspection, experienced a temporary cutoff in the power supply, an accident which, if prolonged, could have caused a horrendous disaster. No less serious was that the accident had been … Continue reading →

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New nuclear plants face public backlash via The Korea Herald

Posted on 2012/01/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Civic groups, environmentalists, residents stage protests, voicing safety concerns The government’s plan to install new nuclear reactors in the country’s eastern shore faces stiff opposition from residents, stoking safety concerns in the aftermath of a Japanese disaster. Last week, the … Continue reading →

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