NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...
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How a critical recent milestone proved India doubters wrongIndia has achieved a major milestone with its new fast-breeder nuclear reactor reaching criticality. This marks a significant step in a dec...
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At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioningIn the coastal area of the plant, two seawater pumps are in action, gushing torrents of seawater through sky blue pipes into the big header...
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Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish: Kyodo news serviceJapan's fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable level...
26 Aug, 2023, 01.54 PM IST
Fukushima: Why is Japan releasing water and is it safe?Japan has begun the process of pumping over a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power pla...
24 Aug, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
The Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing radioactive wastewater into the seaIn a live video from a control room at the plant Thursday, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings showed a staff member turn on a seawater p...
24 Aug, 2023, 10.49 AM IST
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant prepares to release diluted radioactive water into the seaWorkers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan have made final preparations for the discharge of treated radioactive water into th...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.50 PM IST
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Fukushima farmers fear contaminated water could hurt business 10 years after nuclear disasterJapan plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima plant into the sea from 2023 as part of an effor...
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Japan's nuclear cleanup stymied by water woesOnly a tiny fraction of the workers are focused on key tasks such as preparing for the dismantling of the broken reactors and removing radi...
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- Radioactive material from Fukushima nuclear reactor tracked 600 km away
Radioactive material found from the crippled Fukushima in tiny sea creatures and ocean water some 600 km off the coast of Japan.
03 Apr, 2012, 07.17 PM IST
- China says Japanese N-plant leak contaminated its sea waters
China claimed that its sea waters have been contaminated by the radioactive materials emanating from Fukashima nuclear power plant.
16 Aug, 2011, 02.35 PM IST
- Radioactive leak into sea was 20,000 times above limit: TEPCO
It is the first time that the plant operator has issued data on the level of radioactive materials contained in the leak, which the utility...
22 Apr, 2011, 02.47 PM IST
- New 5.9 quake jolts Japan; Zeolite dropped in Pacific
Japanese engineers began dumping zeolite mineral to check sea water contamination, even as desperate efforts were launched to combat surge ...
16 Apr, 2011, 09.04 PM IST
- Workers engaged in sealing radiation leaking crack at N-plant
Japanese workers struggled to block a crack leaking high radiation into the sea from a stricken reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant, as ...
03 Apr, 2011, 04.16 PM IST
- Radiation levels surge in seawater near Japan's N-plant
Amid efforts to stabilise Japan's Fukushima plant, radiation levels have surged in seawater near the nuclear reactors north-east of the cap...
26 Mar, 2011, 06.56 PM IST
- Japan nuclear blast: 'One of reactors at crippled N-plant likely damaged'
Concerns over more contamination mounted in Japan as authorities said the core of one of the six reactors at the Fukushima nuke plant may h...
25 Mar, 2011, 02.51 PM IST