Sentences with phrase «crisis at the nuclear plant»

The crisis at the nuclear plant in Japan, due in part to exposed spent fuel, is forcing U.S. scientists and policymakers to look for safer courses of action

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In 2011, following the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan shut down and reviewed its nuclear energy system.

Japan's Nikkei stock index nose - dived more than 12 percent Tuesday as the earthquake - shattered country faced an unfolding nuclear crisis after a radiation leak was detected at a crippled power plant.

The crisis at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is far from over.

The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, like the accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, is prompting countries around the world to reassess the safety of their plants and their nuclear aspirations.

The crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has revealed gaps in U.S. nuclear safety procedures

The crisis that unfolded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after Japan's megaquake and tsunami is rewriting the nuclear safety guide.

A top U.S. nuclear regulator has now given a dire assessment of Japan's nuclear crisis, saying that radiation from uncovered spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could force emergency workers to abandon their fight to prevent meltdowns there

A few days after the nuclear crisis began to unfold at the Fukushima power station in Japan, Singh, who also serves as minister in charge for atomic energy, ordered a safety review of all 20 nuclear power plants and a half dozen research reactors owned and operated by the government.

Once the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant eases, authorities will begin plotting the endgame: how to dismantle the contaminated complex and dispose of its nuclear fuel.

Two major nuclear power plants are at the heart of the crisis, both of which were hit by the quake and the tsunami.

The top U.S. nuclear regulator, Gregory Jaczko, gave a dire assessment of Japan's nuclear crisis yesterday, saying that lethal radiation from uncovered spent fuel above one of the reactors could force emergency workers to abandon their fight to prevent meltdowns of damaged reactor cores at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Some would contest this bold claim, but given the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, the energy source Sorensen advocates has been thrust into the spotlight.

Three months on, and the impact of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is still unfolding.

In the wake of the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck Japan March 11, games were a relatively trivial concern for a country facing tens of thousands missing or dead and a crisis at a nuclear power plant, and beginning what is sure to be a lengthy recovery process.

At around the sixteenth minute, I illustrate my notion of «an inconvenient mind» by recalling the reactions of two leading environmentalists to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plantAt around the sixteenth minute, I illustrate my notion of «an inconvenient mind» by recalling the reactions of two leading environmentalists to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plantat the Fukushima Daiichi power plants.

Workers are still struggling to control the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northern Japan.