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Japan nuke watchdog may raise leak to 'serious'
2013-08-21 14:36:07| Energy - Topix.net
Tokyo - The Japanese nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said they are taking the leakage of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant seriously, and proposed raising the rating to describe it from 'an anomaly' to a 'serious incident.'
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Fukushima leak: Japan 'working to prevent serious or fatal accident' - video
2013-08-21 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The head of Japan's nuclear regulation authority questions whether it is appropriate to use the international nuclear event scale in the context of the latest incident at the Fukushima plant, but acknowledges that officials are working to prevent a leak there from becoming a fatal or serious accident. The plant's operator, Tepco, admits 300 tonnes of toxic water has leaked from a tank on the site in its is most dangerous incident since the 2011 meltdown
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Japan raising Fukushima leak alert
2013-08-21 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Japan's nuclear agency has upgraded the severity level of a radioactive water leak at the Fukushima plant from one to three on an international scale. Highly radioactive water was found to be leaking from a storage tank into the ground at the plant on Monday. It was first classified as a level one incident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (Ines). But Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority proposes elevating it to level three on the seven-point scale. Japanese reports...
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Japan Approves 19GW of Commercial Solar in 2012 After Incentives
2013-08-21 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japan approved almost 19,000 megawatts of non-residential solar applications by the end of the 2012 fiscal year, as part of the nations incentive program for clean energy started in July that year. The country approved a total 21,090 megawatts of clean energy projects, including 18,681 megawatts of non-residential solar, data released today by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed. The approved projects also include residential solar, wind and biomass. Japan is projected to add...
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China says 'shocked' by continuing Japan radiation leaks
2013-08-21 08:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China was "shocked" that Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant was still leaking radioactive water two years after it was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. China "hopes that the Japanese side can earnestly take effective steps to put an end to the negative impact of the after-effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident", the Foreign Ministry said in a statement faxed to Reuters.
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