Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 4:15:00 PM CET
Americans in Japan alerted to nuclear evacuation
The US embassy in Tokyo alerted US citizens in Japan Saturday of an evacuation order around a stricken nuclear power plant, the State Department said.
The embassy's message warned Americans living or traveling to Fukushima Prefecture that Japan's Nuclear Industrial Safety Agency "has recommended that people who live within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Okumacho evacuate the area immediately."
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 3:04:00 PM CET
Japanese authorities are making plans to distribute iodine to residents near the Fukushima nuclear plant. This helps to protect against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 1:24:00 PM CET
Japan's nuclear power operator has chequered past
The company at the centre ofa nuclear reactor crisis following the biggest earthquake inJapan's recorded history has had a rocky past in an industryplagued by scandal.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 12:45:00 PM CET
The density of the radiation amount did not increase following the explosion. The earlier reported figure, 1050, was actually inaccurate.
The radiation level actually decreased, he claims, after the explosion.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 11:07:00 AM CET
Japan earthquake live report
News, emergency information, live reaction
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 9:38:00 AM CET
Explosion im AKW Fukushima
In dem japanischen Atomkraftwerk Fukushima I hat sich heute nach Angaben der Nachrichtenagentur Jiji eine Explosion ereignet. Auf TV-Bildern war eine weiße Rauchwolke über dem Gebäudekomplex zu sehen, das von dem schweren Erdbeben gestern beschädigt worden war.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 9:31:00 AM CET
Explosion rocks quake-hit Japanese nuke plant
An explosion was heard and smoke was seen at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant on Saturday, officials said.
Several workers were injured by the blast at Fukushima Unit 1, NHK reported. A trail of white smoke was seen at the site, The Associated Press reported.
Japan earlier warned of a meltdown after the nuclear reactor was damaged when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast.
Experts said any threat of widespread radiation leaks would be contained as long as the reactor's outer container is intact.
Authorities have been scrambling to reduce pressure at two nuclear power plants in Fukushima, 150 miles north of Tokyo, damaged by Friday's devastating quake .
msn.com nytimes.com Live blog: Japan earthquake [aljazeera.net] Plant Specific Data Fukushima Daiichi Unit #1 (439 MWe)
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