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China opposes Japanese decision to release nuclear-contaminated water into
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 23 (ANI): China has expressed concerns over what it called Japan's unilateral decision to discharge the nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, calling on Tokyo to "rescind the wrong decision".
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Russia detects Pakistan move to illegally procure dual-use material for it
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] November 19 (ANI): Pakistan's attempt to procure dual-use material from Russia got a rude jolt, it is learnt that there was a deal between private companies of Pakistan and Russia for procurement of 'hand-foot contamination indicator' by Pakistan, the Russian side backed ou
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Japan's new Prime Minister visits crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida travelled on Sunday to the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the country's quake-and-tsunami-hit northeast.
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China suppressing negative media coverage on damaged nuclear plant: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 17 (ANI): As Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks to increase exports of nuclear reactors to other countries, Beijing is restricting media reports on fuel rods being damaged at a nuclear plant, informed sources familiar with the developments on Thursday.
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French firm raises alarm over 'imminent radiological threat' after Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 15 (ANI): A French operator of a Chinese nuclear plant located in Guangdong province has warned US officials of an "imminent radiological threat" following a leak at the plant, according to multiple media reports.
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China says radiation levels normal at Taishan nuclear plant; US assessing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): China has said radiation levels remained normal at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province and there were no safety concerns, after the station's French operator and part-owner reported a gas build-up.
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Will the sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility harm both Iran's nuclear
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], April 19 (ANI): A day after the Iranian government unveiled its new uranium enrichment centrifuges in the Natanz nuclear plant, on April 11 the facility was sabotaged by an explosion causing damage both to the central power and the emergency power cable as well as to an unk
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Japan asks IAEA to verify safety before Fukushima nuclear plant can releas
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 23 (ANI): Japan's industry ministry requested the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday to review the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant so that it can release radioactive water into the sea.
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Fire at Iran's nuclear facility slows down development of advanced centrif
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 6 (ANI): A fire that broke out at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment plant would slow down the development of advanced centrifugal machines, Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Sunday (local time).
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4.9 magnitude quake jolts Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit near the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran on Wednesday.
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5.1 earthquake hits near Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 27 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale struck near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey.
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Spent fuel of Kudankulam Nuclear plant to be stored far from reactor: Jite
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The government informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday that there was need of 'Away From Reactor' facility for spent fuel of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant as the in-house capacity will be full by 2022 and it will not be a dumping site.
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