Mumbai: Top officials of the Department of Atomic Energy on Tuesday said India's civil nuclear programme will continue without any compromise on safety parameters, and claimed what happened in Japan's Fukushima plant in wake of the deadly earthquake was not a "nuclear accident". "Safety is the overriding parameter and DAE cannot take any shortcut and Indian plants are safe but after analysing the situation in the nuclear reactors of Fukushima,...
05:55 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Tokyo: Temperature has been rising slightly in two units of Japan's Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant, where four other reactors were already shut following a series of explosions and fire, a government official said on Tuesday. Malfunctions have occurred in the cooling systems of the two units, Kyodo news agency said, citing a top state official. "Temperatures have been rising slightly. This requires attention," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told...
05:08 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Fukushima (Japan): Japan faced a potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km (18 miles) of the facility -- a population of 140,000 -- to remain indoors amid the world's most serious nuclear accident...
11:53 AM, Mar 15, 2011
Soma: Water levels dropped precipitously on Monday inside a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a meltdown, hours after a hydrogen explosion tore through the building housing a different reactor. Water levels were restored after the first decrease but the rods remained exposed on Monday after the second episode, increasing the risk of the spread of radiation and the...
11:26 PM, Mar 14, 2011
A special show with stories from Japan, that suffered a major earthquake, tsunami and is now under a nuclear threat. ...
10:55 PM, Mar 14, 2011
Fukushima: Japan scrambled to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear reactor on Monday after a second hydrogen explosion rocked the facility, just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 10,000 people. Roads and rail, power and ports have been crippled across much of Japan's northeast and estimates of the cost of the multiple disasters have leapt to as much as $ 170 billion. Analysts said...
05:05 PM, Mar 14, 2011
Tokyo: Cars lie scattered at a port, a nearby oil plant spews clouds of smoke and shattered factories burn in northeastern Japan signs of the dire hit the nation's economy is taking from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that has killed thousands. The 8.9-magnitude tremor that struck on Friday triggered a wall of muddy waves that swallowed whole towns. Nuclear power stations were disabled and two reactors at one plant...
12:12 AM, Mar 14, 2011
Tokyo: The Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima is built on the shoreline in northeast Japan. So when an 8.9 magnitude earth quake struck on Friday, the tsunami waves it spawned - as tall as a house and speeding like a jet plane - washed right over the reactors and put them at risk of a meltdown. Engineers were dousing the plants with seawater in a desperate effort to prevent...
10:49 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Oslo: Health risks from Japan's quake-hit nuclear power reactors seem fairly low and winds are likely to carry any contamination out to the Pacific without threatening other nations, experts say. Tokyo battled to avert a meltdown at three stricken reactors at the Fukushima plant in the worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, triggered by Friday's tsunami. Radiation levels were also up at the Onagawa atomic plant. "This is...
10:29 PM, Mar 13, 2011
New Delhi: Glued to TV screens for more than 48 hours now and praying for the well being of their relatives in the tsunami torn Japan, Kenzi Okazaki is a Japanese national working for an automobile firm in Gurgaon. His heart though, is miles away in Saitama, his home town, 300 km north of Tokyo, which also bore the brunt of the devastating earthquake. "The interiors of the house and...
09:55 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Japanese families in India and Indian families with relatives in the tsunami-hit Japan are a worried lot. ...
09:45 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Geneva: As foreign rescue workers combed debris to locate victims of Japan's quake and tsunami, countries offered further aid from field hospitals to atomic physicists to address an unfolding nuclear crisis. Fire-fighters, sniffer dogs, clothing and food have been proposed in an outpouring of solidarity with Japan, with offers pouring in from nearly 70 countries, UN officials said. Even the poor southern Afghan city of Kandahar announced it was donating...
08:59 PM, Mar 13, 2011
New Delhi: Indian lawmakers, artistes and activists on Sunday joined Japanese officials in New Delhi to offer prayers for the victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan which claimed more than 1000 lives and rendered over 2.15 lakh homeless. The vigil saw MPs, journalists, noted activists and artists express their condolences for the victims of the calamity, one of the worst disasters in the recent times. "In this...
07:53 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Sendai: Japan faces a growing humanitarian crisis on a scale not seen since World War Two after its devastating earthquake and tsunami left millions of people without water, electricity, homes or heat. As officials on Sunday predicted the death toll could top 10,000, the country mobilised 100,000 soldiers to deliver food, water and fuel, and pull stranded survivors from buildings and damaged homes. More than 450,000 people had been evacuated....
07:42 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Government officials have warned that a second explosion could occur at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Japanese Prime Minister has ordered widespread power outages to save energy. ...
06:16 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Tagajo: Millions of Japanese were without drinking water or electricity on Sunday, surviving on instant noodles and rice balls, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hammered the northeastern coast, killing at least 1,000 people. Although the government doubled the number of soldiers deployed in the aid effort to 100,000, it seemed overwhelmed by what's turning out to be a triple disaster. Friday's quake and tsunami damaged two nuclear...
11:59 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Tokyo: Police in Japan's northeastern Miyagi prefecture say they estimate that the death toll in Miyagi alone will likely exceed 10,000. Miyagi is one of the areas worst affected by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit on Friday. Miyagi police spokesman Go Sugawara said on Sunday that the prefecture's police chief told a gathering of disaster relief officials that his estimate for deaths in the prefecture was more than...
11:40 AM, Mar 13, 2011
The first wave of US arrived in Japan on Saturday and more aide expected on Sunday. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Tokyo: Japan has been shaken by a strong earthquake off its eastern coast, closer to Tokyo than the massive quake that hit on Friday. The latest temblor swayed buildings in the capital. The US Geological Survey says the temblor had a magnitude of 6.2 and struck at 10:26 am (local time) on Sunday. It was centered about 179 kilometres east of Tokyo, at a depth of 24.5 kilometres. Japan's northeastern...
08:08 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Sendai: Thousands of people fled the vicinity of an earthquake-crippled Japanese nuclear plant after a radiation leak and authorities faced a fresh threat on Sunday with the failure of the cooling system in a second reactor. Operator TEPCO said it was preparing to vent some steam to relieve pressure in the No.3 reactor at the plant 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo -- which would release a small amount...
06:56 AM, Mar 13, 2011
