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Today's oil prices jump over Japan's stimulus plan; investors eye China data

2013-04-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Oil prices increased today after Japan announced plans to boost its economy, which is anticipated to increase liquidity in the markets. However, weak US jobs data capped a further rise.

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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant finds second tank leak

2013-04-07 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Sunday. The utility, known as Tepco, said the volume of the latest leakage is believed to be small. On Saturday, it said as much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from another nearby storage tank. The plant's seven storage tanks are lined with water proof sheets meant to keep the contaminated water from leaking into the soil....

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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water

2013-04-06 09:58:26| Energy - Topix.net

As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contaminating the surrounding ground, Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday.

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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water

2013-04-06 05:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contaminating the surrounding ground, Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday. The power company has yet to discover the cause of the leak, detected on one of seven tanks that store water used to cool the plants reactors, a spokesman for the company, Masayuki Ono, said at a press briefing. The company plans to pump 13,000 cubic meters of water remaining in the tank to other...

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