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Stronger nuclear safety standards needed: IAEA chief (Reuters)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – International nuclear safety standards will need to be strengthened after the crisis at a Japanese atomic power plant triggered by an earthquake and...
Last stand of the Asian elephant (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Every night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously toward the Himalayan foothills from which the...
General Motors lays off workers at NY plant (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – General Motors Co. on Monday is halting some production and temporarily laying off workers at a Buffalo, N.Y., engine plant, another sign that Japan’s...
Nokia says events in Japan will disrupt product supply (AFP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The world’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Monday that the earthquake and tsunami in Japan would disrupt product supply but would not...
Experts cautious on signs of Japan nuclear progress (Reuters)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Japan’s reconnection of power to its earthquake-damaged reactors is a big step in managing its nuclear crisis, experts said on Monday, but smoke...
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...
