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- Response: Climate change could spell the end for nuclear power, not vice versa Fri, 18 Mar 11, 6:59pmThe nuclear industry can offer no guarantee against a repeat of Japan's disasterJulian Glover says of the Fukushima crisis: "This accident may prove nothing but could signify everything: the illogical fear that the nuclear...
- Quiet voices must be heeded to avert a future Fukushima | Alister Scott and Jim Watson Fri, 18 Mar 11, 12:13pmJapan's nuclear disaster shows us false assurances are counter-productive. Risky technologies must be debated honestlyJapan's part-natural, part-human disaster is an extraordinary event. As well as dealing with the consequences...
- Japan's nuclear battle continues as extra workers drafted in Fri, 18 Mar 11, 6:20amRace is on to restart cooling systems with emergency power after dropping water on damaged reactors has little effectHelicopter crews and teams of police officers in water cannon trucks are battling intense radiation at the...
- Japan nuclear crisis deepens as radiation keeps crews at bay Fri, 18 Mar 11, 6:20amRace is on to restart cooling systems with emergency power after dropping water on damaged reactors has little effectHelicopter crews and teams of police officers in water cannon trucks are battling intense radiation at the...
- Fukushima workers labour round the clock in effort to avert catastrophe Fri, 18 Mar 11, 8:02amThe 200 technicians left at the power plant are battling intolerable conditions and threatened by radiation exposureThe population of Japan is with them in spirit and, according to reports, colleagues of the estimated 200...
- 'Erratic' information from Japan about nuclear crisis creates conflicting advice Fri, 18 Mar 11, 4:55amInternational frustration mounts at Japanese authorities as embassies, scientists and governments give conflicting information to their citizensOfficial and public dismay mounted on Thursday at the conflicting advice and...
- Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief Fri, 18 Mar 11, 5:57amConnie Hedegaard says declining cost of offshore wind energy makes it genuine alternative to crisis-hit nuclear industryGenerating energy from wind turbines at sea would be cheaper than building new atomic power plants, Europe's...
- Chinese panic-buy salt over Japan nuclear threat Thu, 17 Mar 11, 11:06pmBeijing supermarkets have run out of salt after false rumours circulated that iodised salt can help ward off radiation poisoningWorried shoppers stripped stores of salt in Beijing, Shanghai and other parts of China on Thursday...
- Japan nuclear emergency: a timeline of the crisis Thu, 17 Mar 11, 7:01amThe key events in the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the earthquake and tsunami struckFriday 11 March2.46pm (5.46am GMT): 8.9 magnitude earthquake hits at 2.46pm (5.45am GMT), about six miles below...
- Radiation leak thwarts bid to regain control of reactors Thu, 17 Mar 11, 8:23amDangerous levels force workers to take shelter – and crisis hampers relief efforts for local residentsJapan embarked on a desperate series of initiatives to regain control as conditions at its failing nuclear plant deteriorated...
- Lessons for Japan from the Chernobyl catastrophe Thu, 17 Mar 11, 8:44amThe Fukushima nuclear plant crisis appears less dangerous than the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – but the risk of radiation spreading wide remainsThe worsening crisis at the Fukushima power station in Japan has led to inevitable...
- Japan nuclear crisis should not carry weight in atomic energy debate | George Monbiot Thu, 17 Mar 11, 4:11amNuclear power remains far safer than coal. The awful events in Fukushima must not spook governments considering atomic energyThe nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan is bad enough; the nuclear disaster unfolding in China could...
- Japan to use water cannon at nuclear plant as international concern grows Thu, 17 Mar 11, 5:27amPolice to help douse No 4 reactor after strong winds and high radiation levels thwart attempts to spray plant from helicopterWorkers battling to prevent nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant will use a police water...
- After Japan's quake and tsunami, freezing weather threatens relief efforts Thu, 17 Mar 11, 5:32amAs the world focuses on the Fukushima nuclear emergency, many of the disaster-stricken lack blankets, food and fuel, raising fears of a quiet but deadly humanitarian crisisFreezing winds, hail storms and thick snow are the...
- Fukushima nuclear power plant emergency – in pictures Wed, 16 Mar 11, 4:46amContainment efforts are continuing at the Japanese nuclear crippled by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami