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No quick fix seen at Japan’s nuclear plant (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Officials raced Monday to restore electricity to Japan’s leaking nuclear plant, but getting the power flowing will hardly be the end of their battle:...
Nokia sees shortages as some Japan plants restart (Reuters)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Nokia faces shortages of some phones due to disruption caused by Japan’s devastating earthquake, although the mobile phone maker said the impact on...
Radiation discovery fans food fears in Japan (AP)
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
AP – At a bustling Tokyo supermarket Sunday, wary shoppers avoided one particular bin of spinach.
Food fears spread amid progress at nuclear plant (AP)
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
AP – Two units at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant safely cooled down Sunday, though pressure unexpectedly rose in a third unit’s reactor and traces of...
Japan sees some progress in race to cool nuclear reactors (Reuters)
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Japan restored power to a crippled nuclear reactor on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami that are...
Glimpses of Hope in Japan
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
NEW YORK – One nuclear plant is now stabilized—and, miraculously, a woman and her grandson were found alive after nine days in the rubble. Lennox Samuels...
Pakistan coal mine blasts ‘kill 5, trap 43’
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) – At least five miners were killed and 43 others trapped underground when explosions triggered a collapse in a coal mine in Pakistan's...
Japan restores power to nuclear reactor
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
Japan restored power to a crippled nuclear reactor on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami that are estimated to have...
Developments in Japan’s disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
AP – • REACTOR PRESSURE THREATENS NEW VENTING. An unexpected rise in pressure inside the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant’s leaking Unit 3...
Japan nuclear plant ‘improving’
maart 20, 2011by latadmin
Reactors at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant were showing some improvement but the situation remains uncertain, Japan’s deputy chief cabinet...