Posts Tagged ‘ Technology ’

Japan aims to restart nuclear reactors in April

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Japan aims to restart two nuclear reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi power plant around April, the Yomiuri newspaper reports, which would mark the first reactor restart since the Fukushima disaster almost a year ago. read more (more here…) Related items Japan’s electricity crisis will continue to deteriorate Cooling interrupted at Fukushima No....

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Watch: Inside Japan's Fukushima Exclusion Zone

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Few signs of life as ABC News tours Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone. (more here…) Related items Japan's Nuclear Exclusion Zone Shows Few Signs of Life Bird numbers plummet around stricken Fukushima plant Soldier Technology Conference – Military and defense exhibitions Japan seeks UN nuclear agency presence in Fukushima Japan to Allow 60-Year Reactor Lifespan...

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Glencore, Xstrata Deal Set to Squeeze Japan Coal Post Fukushima

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Glencore International Plc’s proposed takeover of Xstrata Plc, making it the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter, poses a new threat to Japanese utilities forced to buy more of the fuel after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. (more here…) Related items Glencore, Xstrata Deal Set to Squeeze Japan Power Utilities Post Fukushima Japan, India strike currency...

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Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan earthquake and tsunami

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In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami last March that damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help. But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC’sWeb site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American...

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Japan's technology giants faced down disaster – but the new enemy is doubt

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Industrial recovery from the tsunami has been remarkable, but the competition from Korea's burgeoning electronics industry is becoming relentless The circuit board of skyscrapers in Tokyo's tech district glints in the winter sunshine, with the Sony Technology Centre seemingly reaching up to the sky. It stands proudly alongside the other titans of Japan Inc...

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Japan says no reactor restarts yet, report suggests April

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's trade minister said on Tuesday he had not set deadlines to resume operations at nuclear reactors after a media report said the government aimed to restart two reactors around April, the first since the Fukushima disaster almost a year ago. The Yomiuri newspaper, citing government sources, said the government intended...

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