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Chernobyl protective shield loses confinement ability after drone strike:
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A drone strike in February severely damaged Chernobyl's protective New Safe Confinement shield, causing it to lose key safety functions. The IAEA urged major repairs, though core structures remain intact. The arch was built to contain radiation decades after the 1986 disaster and cost about
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Trump says "tariffs equal national security", repeats claims of settling I
Updated : 5 months ago IST
US President Donald Trump has yet again made his claims of settling eight wars, reiterating his long-held belief that tariffs and trade had resolved five of them, including the May escalation between India and Pakistan.
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Japan starts releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear po
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The contentious decision was made at a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning because a sizable volume of water has accumulated at the site since the nuclear disaster in 2011, which was brought on by a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami
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Japanese PM announces release of Fukushima nuclear plant water on Aug 24
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The contentious decision was made at a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning because a sizable volume of water has accumulated at the site since the nuclear disaster in 2011, which was brought on by a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami
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Amid fear of nuclear disaster, last reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nucl
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 11 (ANI): In the wake of increasing fears of nuclear disaster, the last operational reactor at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has been entirely shut, the state agency in charge of the plant, Energoatom said on Sunday.
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Ukraine shells Zaporizhzhia NPP again to create threat of nuclear disaster
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow, August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Kiev has shelled the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) again to create a threat of a nuclear disaster, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urges world leaders to stop Russia from comm
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 4 (ANI): Amid worsening fight between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday urged world leaders to stop Russia "before this becomes a nuclear disaster" in a Facebook video post.
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UK plans to lift post-Fukushima import restrictions on Japanese food
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is planning to lift import restrictions on Japanese farm products that were imposed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
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Japan govt approves energy plan, seeks to double ratio of renewables in de
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government on Friday approved its latest energy plan, which sets out a road map for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, local media reported Friday.
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Quad Summit: PM Suga thanks US for lifting ban on imports of food products
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 25 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga thanked President Joe Biden at the Quad Summit for lifting the ban on imports of food products from Japan imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Japan's Fukushima recovers from 2011 nuclear disaster
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Fukushima [Japan], April 8 (ANI): Fukushima Prefecture which is famous for its agricultural and livestock industry in Japan has recovered from the 2011 nuclear disaster as radiation measurement and inspection of saltwater fish and freshwater fish marked zero level or lowest level.
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Japan court acquits 3 former executives over 2001 Fukushima nuclear disast
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Sept 19 (ANI): A court in Japan on Thursday acquitted three former executives at the company which runs the Fukushima nuclear power facility that melted down during the 2011 tsunami disaster.
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