Kashiwazaki Kariwa inspections continue

There was much media attention when the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant was hit by an earthquake in July. The latest reports from Tepco show just how robust the plant was. A fuel assembly and control rod have proved difficult to remove, but none of the minor damage...

Japanese quake city orders nuclear plant to stay shut

    View Larger Image   Workers walk past near No.2 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Japan, July 18, 2007. Officials at the world's biggest nuclear...

Japanese Nucleur Plant Sits On Fault Line

" * sWorldAsia * My Profile * Offers * Sitemap From The Times July 19, 2007 Nuclear crisis in Japan as scientists reveal quake threat to power plants Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near a nuclear reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa...

Six killed in Japan quake

Tokyo: Six people were killed and more than 700 injured in a powerful earthquake that rattled Japan on Monday, according to the Kyodo News agency.  National broadcaster NHK said two of those who died were...

Radioactive water 'leaked' from Japan nuke plant after quake

"KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (AFP) - Water containing some radioactive materials leaked from a nuclear power plant in Japan after a strong earthquake Monday, a spokesman for the firm running the facility said. "We have...

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