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Japan court blocks restarting of two nuclear reactors
2015-04-14 10:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A Japanese court on Tuesday issued a landmark injunction against the restarting of two atomic reactors, after the country's nuclear watchdog had given the green light to switch them back on. The district court in the central prefecture of Fukui made the temporary order in response to a bid by local residents to halt the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant, a court official said. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) last December approved the restarting...
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Japan court to decide on nuclear plant, crucial to atomic future
2015-04-14 04:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an injunction to prevent the restart of two reactors citing safety concerns, in a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to return to atomic energy four years after the Fukushima crisis. It is the second court ruling in less than a year against reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power, the country's most nuclear-reliant utility before Fukushima. The ruling is a snub to Japan's beefed up nuclear safety after Fukushima and threatens to set back government plans...
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Japan denies reactor restart for Takahama nuclear power plant
2015-04-14 01:00:00| Power Technology
Kansai Electric Power has been denied permission to restart two of its nuclear reactors at the Takahama nuclear power station, citing safety reasons.
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US government blocks Intel, Chinese collaboration over nuclear fears, national security
2015-04-13 15:29:06| Extremetech
The US government has effectively killed a planned upgrade to the most powerful supercomputer in the world over claims that it's being used for banned research. The Chinese-built Tianhe-2 was set to be updated with new Xeon Phi hardware, but that's not going to happen for the foreseeable future.
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Areva to support nuclear reactor installations in Maharashtra, India
2015-04-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
French power firm Areva has signed a pre-engineering agreement (PEA) with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to set up two evolutional pressurised reactors (EPR) at the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra, a state in India.
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