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Japan official pledges government action to stop leaks of radioactive water from nuclear plant
2013-08-26 13:17:27| Energy - Topix.net
Japan's industry minister visited the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant and promised Monday that the government would take urgent action to curb leaks of radiation-contaminated water.
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Nuclear waste can't wait
2013-08-25 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In the 1957 Isaac Asimov short story "Silly Asses," Earthlings are added to a galactic book of planetary races that have reached maturity -- defined as those that have developed nuclear capability. But then the keeper of the book learns that atomic tests are being conducted on Earth and crosses the planet off the list. Asimov was writing during the A-bomb years, before the construction of nuclear power plants. How unacceptable would it seem to the fictional keeper of the book that we have been building...
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Operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant cites seam problem as possible cause of ta...
2013-08-24 20:54:21| Energy - Topix.net
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says deteriorated seams and a possible contortion of a tank might have caused a recent massive contaminated water leak.
Japan: Nuclear Operator Raises Alarm on Crisis
2013-08-24 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The operator of Japans tsunami-hit nuclear power plant sounded the alarm on the gravity of the deepening crisis of containment at the coastal site on Friday, saying that there are more than 200,000 tons of radioactive water in makeshift tanks vulnerable to leaks, with no reliable way to check on them or anywhere to transfer the water. The latest disclosures add to a long list of recent accidents, leaks and breakdowns that have underscored grave vulnerabilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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Tainted water from Japanese nuclear power plant appears to have reached ocean
2013-08-24 00:20:22| Energy - Topix.net
Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced Friday that radiation levels higher than those found in nearby areas were detected in water from a drainage ditch near a tank at its crippled Fukushima No.
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