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Fireproofing ‘inadequate’ at Japan nuclear reactors

People march during a demonstration in downtown Tokyo denoucing the Japanese government's plan to resume nuclear power use on October 13, 2012. (AFP)

Japanese regulators have found inadequate fireproofing at more than one fifth of the nuclear reactors that went offline after the 2011 Fukushima crisis, a major daily said on Tuesday. The finding could delay their restart by several years in some cases, the Mainichi Shimbun said. More than 10 of Japan’s…

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Hitachi to buy British nuclear power venture for $628 million

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Japanese engineering giant Hitachi is set to buy Horizon, a joint venture planning to build nuclear reactors in Britain, in a deal valued at 50 billion yen ($628 million), reports said Saturday. The Japanese firm has nearly finalised an agreement with the firm’s German owners, RWE and E.ON, the Asahi…

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Tens of thousands protest Japanese nuclear reactor restart

Tens of thousands of people rallied outside the Japanese prime minister's residence in Tokyo, in one of the largest demonstrations held against the restart of nuclear reactors

Tens of thousands of people rallied outside the Japanese prime minister’s residence in Tokyo Friday in one of the largest demonstrations held against the restart of nuclear reactors. The protesters, carrying placards which read “Rise up against the restart” and “The nuclear era is over,” lined the streets aroundPrime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s residence…

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Japan will restart two nuclear reactors

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A controversial decision to restart two nuclear reactors in western Japan moved closer on Thursday when the mayor of a town near the plant gave his approval, reports said. Japan’s entire stable of 50 working reactors is currently offline after a backlash against nuclear power following the quake-tsunami that sparked…

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EU plans ‘stress test’ of all nuclear reactors

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Concern over a nuclear crisis developing in Japan has led the European Union to agree to “stress test” all of their nuclear reactors. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Tuesday that “there was a general agreement” to conduct the stress tests. “Nobody spoke against the stress test proposal,” he said.…

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