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Japan labors to cool reactors: Workers, power source added
Authorities battling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant have doubled the number of workers on the site to 100 in an effort to continue cooling the three reactors and the spent fuel pools but have abandoned — at least...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Employees, Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Human Interest
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Another Japan nuclear reactor fails
Another nuclear reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 facility in Japan has lost its emergency cooling capacity, according to the Associated Press, bringing to three the number of reactors at that facility to fall prey to Friday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake and...Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Nuclear Policy, Tokyo (Japan)
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Japan quake: 2nd reactor cooled with seawater to avert meltdown
Japanese officials have begun pumping seawater into a second nuclear reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant 140 miles north of Tokyo to cool the reactor core in a last-ditch effort to stave off a core meltdown.
The action indicates that the reactor's...Tags: Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Companies and Corporations, Nuclear Policy, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Radioactive water spilling into tunnels beneath Japanese nuclear plant; plutonium found in soil
Highly radioactive water is building up in tunnels underneath at least three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, impairing the ability of workers to reestablish power connections at the facility.
Officials of the Tokyo Electric Power...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Employees, Science and Technology, Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Lack of data from Japan distresses nuclear experts
How did Japanese workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant jury-rig fire hoses to cool damaged reactors? Is contaminated water from waste pools overflowing into the Pacific Ocean? Exactly who is the national incident commander?
The answers to these...Tags: Chernobyl Disaster (1986), National Government, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Photography, Missing in Action
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Japan's fishing industry a major casualty of nuclear crisis
Standing on the deck of his 91-foot trawler, veteran fisherman Tomoyuki Kondou winces over reports that radioactivity from Japan's damaged nuclear power plant in nearby Fukushima has contaminated the local food supply after this month's deadly...Tags: Marketing, Fishing, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Seafood, Foods and Beverages
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EGYPT: On anniversary of Khaled Said's death, complaints of police brutality, corruption
Babylon & BeyondPolice brutality was part of what motivated people to take to the streets and protest during Egypt’s revolution, which culminated in the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11. Among the most famous cases was that of 28-year-old...... -
Japan earthquake: International Atomic Energy Agency uses YouTube, Facebook to issue updates on nuclear plants [Video]
L.A. Times Tech BlogThe International Atomic Energy Agency is using Facebook and YouTube to issue updates on nuclear plant damaged in Japan's earthquake and tsunami over the weekend. The IAEA is posting updates in the form of both status messages and notes and has done so... -
Japan Earthquake: YouTube video of 2nd hydrogen explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant
L.A. Times Tech BlogClouds billowed hundreds of feet into the air after a second hydrogen explosion struck the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan on Monday. The Associated Press has posted video, from Japan's NHK news channel, of the blast to its YouTube page which can be seen... -
AT&T and Verizon offer free wireless calls and texting, temporarily, from U.S. to Japan [Updated]
L.A. Times Tech BlogAT&T said on Monday that it wireless calls and text messages sent from the U.S. to Japan will be free for the rest of March, in light of the crisis that has resulted from Japan's earthquake and tsunami. Calls and texts as far back as Friday, March 11,... -
Japan earthquake: YouTube video of fire, explosion, at Fukushima nuclear plant
L.A. Times Tech BlogJapan is working to stave off a potential nuclear disaster after a third reactor experienced an explosion and a fourth caught fire on Monday. Nuclear and health officials have warned of potential health risks, and Japan's Prime Minister has ordered people... -
Sprint and T-Mobile offer free calling, texting to Japan
L.A. Times Tech BlogSprint and T-Mobile are lifting fees for calls and text messages made to Japan in response to the earthquakes and tsunami that have rocked the nation and sent it into a nuclear power plant crisis. Sprint is waiving or crediting fees for wireless calls and...
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