"We hope China to dominate the denuclearization process of northeast Asia," Fujita said, referring to Beijing's historical friendly ties with Pyongyang. Since the DPJ came to power in September, ties between Tokyo and Washington have seen shaky ground. He
"Of all the official events that have been created during the past 200 years of modernization, the peace ceremony has the greatest degree of moral seriousness. " Kenzaburo Oe, NYT 8/5 2010. [...] "what about the bombing victims who will fill the venue?
the deformation in a 3.3-metric-ton cylinder now stuck in the Monju reactor vessel in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 9. A major test of the reactor, shut down since a 1995 sodium leak, was planned for July 2011 -- already 1.5 months behind schedule. H
William Pentland, Forbes, Mar. 11 2011 - 7:23 pm Image by Hyougushi via Flickr The United States military and other nations are scrambling to support the government of Japan’s efforts to avoid a nuclear meltdown at a nuclear facility affected by the massi
12 March 2011, 10:20 GMT +2 / JST 17:20 A few minutes ago, Asahi TV: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant: Sound of explosion between the reactor building and turbine building. White smoke. Workers are injured
The extent of the ongoing danger from the explosion at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, 170 miles northeast of Tokyo, is unclear. Authorities pumped seawater mixed with boron into the damaged nuclear reactor, a strategy nuclear engineering experts in the U
Sunday morning at 7am GMT+2 Chris Hogg BBC News, TokyoThere are now problems at the number three reactor - the concern is that it is overheating. They're trying to pump sea water through it at the moment. ... the plant's Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said
0235 CET, 13 March 2011 Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that Units 1, 2, and 4 at the Fukushima Daini retain off-site power. Daini Unit 3 is in a safe, cold shutdown, according to Japanese officials. -- CORRECTED An earlier version of this r
Gives backgroun, but is partly outdated, because: "unlike all of the other reactors in trouble, Unit 3 (of Fukushima I) has been using plutonium-based MOX (mixed oxide) fuel since September 10, 2010. (www.nirs.org)
J-M Matagne: "Now nobody will be able to say: "French citizens, vote for me, I will sell plants (and weapons) to Libya, a modern democratic country. I will sew a nuclear hem around the Mediterranean. I will sell Brazil a nuclear sub and Rafale airplanes.