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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it will take full control of Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd., a Japanese nuclear fuel supplier, by the end of June.
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The operator of the Genkai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan says it has found a hole in a reactor pipe where a steam leak was detected on Friday.
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The total decommissioning tally came in at US$75 billion (8 trillion yen), as estimated by the specially set up Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp
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In the sleepy coastal town of Kaminoseki, population circa 3,000, one of Japan’s most divisive political debates – the future of nuclear power – is being played out in microcosm
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Today in 1979, reactor two at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania experienced a partial meltdown that is still considered o
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An article about the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident on 28 March 1979 and its eerie similarities to the just-released move The China Syndrome.
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Kyushu Electric Power Co stopped generating and supplying electricity at its nuclear reactor in southwestern Japan on Saturday after detecting a steam leak the previous day. The utility said there has been no radiation leak and that it will inspect the reactor, which resumed operation only a week ago at…
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck Japan's Ibaraki prefecture on Friday
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After used nuclear fuel is removed from a reactor, it emits heat for decades and remains radioactive for thousands of years. The used fuel is a mixture of major actinides (uranium, plutonium), fission products (mainly assorte
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At a small plant intended to help revitalise a town ravaged by the 2011 earthquake, Nissan Motor Co is giving its costly electric vehicle (EV) batteries new life after they pass their peak performance. Global automakers are looking for ways to make cheaper EVs and prolong the life of their…
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Incorrectly installed clamps must be fixed before reactor starts up again
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The sentinel mutations from the Three Miles Island nuclear accident
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TATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - Citing market challenges," electric utility FirstEnergy says it will close three nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania, while at the same time asking the Department of Energy for immediate help to keep its fleet of coal and nuclear plants open.
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Four US Air Force flights carrying highly enriched uranium from Dounreay power station in the Scottish Highlands are said to have left Wick John O'Groats airport bound for South Carolina
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These durable, extra-secure panels are far more effective than their predecessors. They are not susceptible to damage by wildlife, corrosion, trees, or vehicles
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If you were to ask someone to name a new technology that emerged from MIT in the 21st century, there's a good chance they would name the robotic cheetah. Developed by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering's Biomimeti
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The Japanese government plans to say in its long-term energy strategy that renewables are a "major" energy source while continuing to support nuclear power because of its zero carbon emissions, according to a draft of the plan. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry presented the draft to a roundtable…
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The discovery suspended loading of the newly-designed Holtec canisters at San Onofre and other U.S. nuclear plants.
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As the nuclear option looks less and less sensible, it becomes harder to explain Whitehall’s enthusiasm. Might it be to do with the military?
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Work to scrap the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and deal with radioactive water buildup at the site is expected to cost around 220 billion yen annually over the three-year period from fiscal 2018, a source close to the matter said Thursday. It is the first time that Tokyo Electric…
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Romania’s nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica has said its Unit 2 reactor automatically disconnected from the power grid after a glitch in the electric system, Reuters reports.
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Radioactive water continues to flow into the ocean from the Fukushima plant at around 2 billion becquerels a day, more than seven years after the nuclear crisis, a study by a Japanese professor said Wednesday. The amount of leakage of radioactive cesium 137 has decreased from some 30 billion becquerels…
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Shikoku Electric decided to shutter the reactor at its Ikata plant in Ehime Prefecture because safety investments would make it too expensive to keep in service.
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