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Japan emissions rising after atomic crisis: report

Japanese manufacturer's greenhouse gas emissions are rising after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, hurting the country's carbon reduction goals, a report said Sunday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan

About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (8) | comments 44

Japan minister questions radioactive water dump

Japan's industry minister Tuesday rejected a plan by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release low-level radioactive water into the sea without approval by local fishermen.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radioactive water leaked at second Japan plant

A Japanese nuclear plant leaked 1.8 tonnes of radioactive water from its cooling system, the government said, heightening safety worries as an atomic crisis continues at another plant.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Japan plant operator mulls new nuclear water dump

Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was considering dumping more nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the sea.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tokyo 'not doing enough' for Fukushima: Greenpeace

Fukushima's residents are being left to their fate and not enough is being done to protect them against radiation nine months after Japan's tsunami, environment group Greenpeace said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fukushima radioactive water 'leaked to Pacific

Highly radioactive waste water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has leaked to the Pacific, its operator said Tuesday, promising to prevent similar incidents.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swiss nuclear shutdown to cost $22.5bn: study

Shutting down Switzerland's five nuclear power stations will cost about 20.7 billion Swiss francs (16.8 billion euros, $22.5 billion) and take about 20 years, Swiss authorities said on Thursday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Future cancers from Fukushima plant may be hidden

(AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Firm makes iPhone Geiger counter for worried Japanese

A Japanese company Tuesday unveiled a cheap Geiger counter for the iPhone to enable people worried about the March Fukushima nuclear accident to check their environment for radiation.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan opens Fukushima reactors to outside eyes

Japan took a group of journalists inside its crippled nuclear plant for the first time on Saturday, stepping up efforts to prove to the world it is on top of the disaster.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan firm unveils robot suit for nuclear workers

The Japanese maker of an exoskeleton robot suit to assist walking on Monday unveiled a model that could help nuclear workers weighed down by heavy anti-radiation vests in contaminated zones.

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated

A new report says the Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Greenpeace criticises Japan radiation screening

Greenpeace called on Tokyo to toughen radiation screening and food labelling rules on Thursday after it said low levels of radiation had been detected in seafood sold at Japanese stores.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Six years and 12,000 holes: Cyprus mapped

It was a marathon project that took six years and the collection and analysis of some 12,000 soil samples, but an international team of geologists has managed to create the Geochemical Atlas of Cyprus.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0