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Debating future of Japan's electronics industry
2013-04-22 16:26:04| Electronics - Topix.net
As Japan's ailing electronics manufacturers continue to lay off engineers by the thousands, the next move here is a focus of intense speculation around the global electronics industry.
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Manufacturers: Japan's Move on TPP Raises the Stakes
2013-04-12 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Linda Dempsey, NAM Vice President of International Economic Affairs, issued statement after the United States and Japan announced an agreement to allow Japan to enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks. According to Dempsey, the commitments that Japan has made to address longstanding challenges are encouraging, and we will continue to work vigorously with the U.S. government to ensure a level playing field for all manufacturers in the United States. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Leaks spur Japan's crippled nuclear plant to expand storage
2013-04-11 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tokyo Electric Power, the utility that operates the Japanese nuclear plant devastated two years ago by an earthquake and tsunami, is scrambling to build more tanks to safely store radioactive water after leaks were found at makeshift pits. Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant have so far filled up more than 80 percent of the 325,000 metric tons (1 metric ton = 1.102 tons) of available storage with groundwater contaminated by the damaged nuclear reactors. Leaks in the current water transfer...
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Radioactive Water Leaks From Japans Damaged Nuclear Plant
2013-04-10 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Government of Japan has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to fix fresh radioactive water leaks at its damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Leaks in three underground storage pits at Fukushima Daiichi have released an estimated 32,000 gallons of radioactive water since Friday, TEPCO officials report. The underground tanks contain water that became radioactive when it was sprayed into the Fukushima Daiichi reactors continuously for months to cool the nuclear fuel after the earthquake...
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Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant "losing faith" in leaking water pits
2013-04-09 07:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits for radioactive water - but it doesn't have anywhere else to put it. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it had found a new leak at one of the pits at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Three out of seven storage pits are now leaking, compounding clean-up difficulties after the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. "We cannot deny the fact that...
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