Japan's nuclear watchdog disqualifies a reactor for the first time since Fukushima disaster
Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...
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Japan nuclear reactor in 2011 disaster-hit area restarted after halt
The Onagawa unit cleared safety screening in February 2020 under stricter safety standards set after the 2011 nuclear ...
Why Canada could become the next nuclear energy 'superpower'
With its rich resources, uranium mining companies want Canada to play a key role in fuelling nuclear reactors worldwide.
Japanese Nuclear Reactor Disqualified Under Post-Fukushima Safety Standards
This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.
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Hanford Site: The "Apocalypse Factory" At The Heart Of The Manhattan Project
T he atomic explosion that struck Nagasaki in 1945 can be traced back to the Hanford Site, an unsuspecting desert in ...
Robot Grabs Melted Fuel Sample From Fukushima Reactor
More than 13 years after an earthquake-turned-tsunami triggered the second-largest nuclear accident in global history, a ...
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A Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Was Nearly Destroyed by A Massive Inferno
In 1969, a devastating fire erupted on the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, as it prepared for a ...
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with searching the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has retrieved a sample of melted nuclear fuel.
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Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
All of Japan’s 54 commercial nuclear power plants were shut down after the Fukushima disaster for safety checks and upgrades.
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Onagawa Nuclear Plant Reactor Resumes Operations; First Eastern Japan Plant to Restart Since 2011 Disaster (UPDATE 1)
It was also the first restart for a boiling water reactor (BWR), the same type used at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. BWRs have a ...
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Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts
A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the disaster ...