New York: The reconnection of power at the earthquake-damaged reactors in Japan is a big step in managing the nuclear crisis, experts said on Monday, but concerns about radiation in the air, seawater and food showed the dangers are far from over. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on Monday said radiation at much higher levels than normal was found in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
08:00 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Tokyo: Engineers restored electricity to three reactors at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant and hope to test water pumps at the quake-damaged facility soon, the first clear signs of progress in tackling the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years. Japan suffered an estimated $ 250 billion in damage from the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left more than 21,000 people dead or missing, while radiation leaks...
11:27 AM, Mar 21, 2011
Singapore: Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $ 235 billion of damage, the World Bank said on Monday. The March 11 disaster which ravaged northeastern Japan will likely shave up to 0.5 percentage point from the country's economic growth this year, the bank said in a report. The impact will be concentrated in the first half of the...
09:46 AM, Mar 21, 2011
The Japanese government has issued an advisory to a village near Fukushima Daiichi plant not to drink tap water, due to elevated levels of radioactive iodine. ...
07:48 AM, Mar 21, 2011
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit northern Japan on Saturday, broadcaster NHK said. The epicenter was not far from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant. There was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of injuries or damage, NHK added. Kyodo agency reported that a change in the sea level may occur following the quake, but no damage is expected. Japan has been hit by hundreds of...
04:56 PM, Mar 19, 2011
Kiev: A major crash at the Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant may entail the same disastrous aftermath as an awful blast at the Ukrainian Chernobyl nuclear power plant, chairman of the Ukrainian State Committee for Nuclear Regulation Yelena Mikolaichuk told reporters. "The current situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not stabilize and keeps deteriorating, therefore, it is premature to make any conclusions," Mikolaichuk said. The Ukrainian nuclear watchdog...
05:22 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Tokyo: Far from the camera crews, crawling through the radioactive wreckage of a nuclear power plant, a faceless battalion is taking on the most dangerous job in Japan, if not the world. About 300 workers are toiling in Tokyo Electric Power's earthquake-smashed plant, wearing masks, goggles and protective suits whose seams are sealed off with duct tape to prevent radioactive particles from creeping in. They are racing against time to...
04:45 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Desperate efforts were on to contain the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant as radiation levels peaked in the area. ...
11:10 PM, Mar 16, 2011
The latest nuclear disaster in Japan is considered the worst since Chernobyl back in 1986. ...
10:21 AM, Mar 16, 2011
New Delhi: India has ordered imported Japanese food products to be tested for radioactivity, food safety authorities said on Tuesday. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said in an letter to its units at ports the order applied to products shipped out of Japan after March 11. Several other Asian nations like Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines have ordered similar tests. Japan faces the...
09:37 AM, Mar 16, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to FICCI Director General Dr Rajiv Kumar about possible effects of the Japan earthquake on India's economy. ...
10:34 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Tokyo: There are two Naoto Kans who live within the Japanese imagination. One is the crusading health minister of the 1990s who stood up to his own bureaucracy to lift the lid on a horrific AIDS scandal. The other is the uninspiring Prime Minister of today, whose dithering leadership sent his popularity rating below 20 per cent. Now Japan's tsunami tragedy and nuclear crisis are drawing out glimmers of the...
06:56 PM, Mar 15, 2011
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
Talking to CNN-IBN, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Bannerji said Indian reactors have been built to handle seismic activity and tsunamis, and have faced both. He also said India is closely monitoring the situation in Japan. ...
04:53 PM, 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
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
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
