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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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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