Topic: War and Peace News - on March 15, 2011 at 4:28:00 PM CET
Revolutionary fighter jets destroy 2 Gaddafi warships off the coast of Ajdabiya
Anti-government activists said that rebels commanding fighter jets have destroyed two of Gaddafi's warships off the northeast coast of Ajdabiya.
The opposition also claimed to have hit a third naval ship in the air attack, according to opposition website Libya al-Youm.
A number of army generals and soldiers, particularly in the Libyan Air Force, have defected to join the rebels and have an arsenal of weapons and fighter jets at their disposal.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 4:11:00 PM CET
Japanese nuclear plant hit by fire and third explosion
Amid growing fears that the situation is heading for catastrophe, 70 technicians are still battling to cool reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi facility but non-essential personnel have been ordered to leave and the Kyodo news agency reported that radiation levels have become too high for staff to remain in control rooms. The government has already called in international help in tackling the spiralling crisis.
Early on Tuesday, the power plant in the country's stricken north-east was rocked by an explosion at the No 2 reactor, the third blast at the site in four days. That was followed by a fire that broke out at the No 4 reactor unit, which appeared to be the cause of today's radiation leaks. That reactor was shut down for maintenance before the earthquake, but its spent fuel rods are stored in a pool at the site. The fire was later extinguished but Kyodo reported that the pool was subsequently boiling, with the water level falling. If the water boils off there is a risk that the fuel could catch fire, sending a plume of radiation directly into the atmosphere.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 3:21:00 PM CET
Live: Super-GAU in Japan? NHK World Deutsch
TW1 überträgt das Programm des japanischen Senders NHK und berichtet live von den Ereignissen in Japan - Livestream in
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Topic: NATURE - on March 15, 2011 at 3:14:00 PM CET
Magnitude 6.2 in Shizuoka - Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station
The focus of the quake is in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture and is estimated to be at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 23:05 +0900 (JST)
nhk.or.jp jnes.go.jp/atom-db/en/general/ Hamaoka_Nuclear_Power_Plant
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 3:12:00 PM CET
Das habe die Betreiberfirmer TEPCO mitgeteilt, meldete die Nachrichtenagentur Kyodo heute. Eine weitere Eskalation der Situation drohe.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 12:05:00 PM CET
Germany shuts down seven nuclear reactors
"We are launching a safety review of all nuclear reactors ... with all reactors in operation since the end of 1980 set to be idled for the period of the (three-month) moratorium," Merkel said.
Germany's 17 nuclear power stations are operated by E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Swedish Vattenfall.
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Topic: not on frontpage - on March 15, 2011 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Merkel: Sieben deutsche AKWs gehen vom Netz
Die Konsequenzen aus der am Montag ausgesetzten Laufzeitverlängerung für Deutschlands älteste AKWs gehen weiter als bisher angenommen. Die deutsche Kanzlerin Merkel (CDU) gab am Dienstag nach einem Krisentreffen bekannt, dass alle bis 1980 in Betrieb genommenen Atomanlagen vom Netz genommen werden. Umweltminister Röttgen (CDU) wollte nicht ausschließen, dass die zunächst vorübergehend abgeschalteten sieben AKWs dauerhaft stillgelegt werden könnten. Von der Maßnahme betroffen ist auch das nahe der österreichischen Grenze gelegene bayrische AKW Isar I.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 10:43:00 AM CET
Radiation level falls in Tokyo: city government - Tokyo a city on edge amid nuclear emergency
The level of radiation in Tokyo fell Tuesday afternoon after rising above normal levels in the morning due to radiation emmitted from a quake-hit nuclear power plant, metropolitan officials said.
Tokyo officials said they detected 0.809 of a micro-sievert between 10:00 am (0100 GMT) and 11:00 am in the capital, some 250 kilometres (155 miles) southwest of the troubled Fukushima plant on the Pacific coast.
mysinchew.com Tokyo a city on edge amid nuclear emergencynews.com.au Geiger counter reading Tokyo
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 10:19:00 AM CET
Operator says asks military to put out Fukushima Daiichi No.4 unit fire
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 9:46:00 AM CET
French nuclear agency rates Japan accident 5 or 6
France's ASN nuclear safety authority said on Monday the nuclear accident in Japan could be classed as level 5 or 6 on the international scale of 1 to 7, on a par with the 1979 US Three Mile Island meltdown.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 15, 2011 at 8:34:00 AM CET
Libyan rebels urge west to assassinate Gaddafi as his forces near Benghazi
Libya's revolutionary leadership is pressing western powers to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi and launch military strikes against his forces to protect rebel-held cities from the threat of bloody assault.
Mustafa Gheriani, spokesman for the revolutionary national council in its stronghold of Benghazi, said the appeal was to be made by a delegation meeting the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, in Paris on Monday, as G8 foreign ministers gathered there to consider whether to back French and British calls for a no-fly zone over Libya.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 15, 2011 at 8:30:00 AM CET
£10m bounty to nab Colonel Gaddafi — dead or alive
London: A whopping 10 million pounds bounty has been placed on the head of Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi.
The reward is being offered by special agents to the Libyan who can deliver them Gaddafi -- dead or alive.
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