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Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant

TOKYO — Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world’s second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive...

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NSC construction progress

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: Assembling of basic and supporting structures of the Arch; Assembling of guiding slide supports for Lifting...

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Vasya Pogrischuk

Born on: 08/03/2002. Disease: Ewing’s sarcoma. Vasya needs 2,441.50 UAH ($310) for MRI for further diagnostics. One of the recent patients is Vasya Pogrischuk from Ternopil, who recently survived...

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New Safe Confinement. Construction progress

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: Assembly of the Arch metal structures (for 2nd lifting) According to the design – 4,097 tons 3,793.15 tons...

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Rising radioactive spills leave Fukushima fishermen floundering

Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the...

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Iran’s Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view

Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm an atomic bomb; Israel, which has bombed such construction sites around the Middle East before, may try to stop the plant being...

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Fukushima plant operator reverses claim groundwater not contaminated

(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Tuesday it had detected radioactive caesium in groundwater flowing into its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant, reversing an earlier finding that any...

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Fukushima survey lists 12 confirmed, 15 suspected thyroid cancer cases

An ongoing study on the impact of radiation on Fukushima residents from the crippled atomic power plant has found 12 minors with confirmed thyroid cancer diagnoses, up from three in a report in...

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Norway will cooperate with Ukraine in the field of nuclear safety

On June 5, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law “On ratification of the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Kingdom of Norway on cooperation in the field of...

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Another radioactive leak found at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

A discharge of contaminated water has been discovered at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It is the latest in a string of incident hindering the clean up of the worst nuclear disaster...

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THE SECOND LIFTING OF THE ARCH IS STARTED

The second lifting of the eastern part of the Arch with weight 3788,6 tons is started today at Chernobyl NPP “Shelter” object site. Lifting operations are performed in two stages: June 12 Arch will be...

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NSC construction progress

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Second lifting of the Arch is performed - Arrangement of inclined piles in the serviced area (northern slip...

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Fukushima nuclear plant: Toxic isotope found in groundwater

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed Strontium-90 was...

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New Safe Confinement: current status

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Load transfer from the Arch lifting system jacks to the locking devices; - Arrangement of inclined piles in...

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NSC construction progress

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Assembling of metal structures of eastern end wall of the Arch; - Installation of girders for internal casing;...

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New Safe Confinement: current status

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Assembling of metal structures of eastern end wall of the Arch; - Installation of girders for internal casing;...

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NSC construction progress

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Preliminary assembling of the Arch metal structure panels; - Assembling of the Arch metal structures; -...

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Chernobyl’s legacy recorded in trees

Exposure to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl accident had a lasting negative legacy on the area’s trees, a study has suggested. Researchers said the worst effects were recorded in the “first few...

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After Chernobyl, complexity surrounds local health problems

(CNN) — Yulia Gorelik describes her 8-year-old son, Daniel, as “a very clever boy.” He plays “Fur Elise” with elegant ease on the piano and enjoys eating McDonald’s chicken nuggets. Mother and son...

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New Safe Confinement: current status

Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Preliminary assembling of the Arch metal structure panels; - Assembling of the Arch metal structures; -...

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