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Int'l experts say info not enough to assess fault at nuclear plant

Kyodo News InternationalMay 21, 2013 10:01
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority lacks enough information to conclude that a fault running directly underneath a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan is active, international experts commissioned by plant operator Japan Atomic Power Co. to study the issue said Tuesday.

TIMELINE-North Korea's brushes with international community

January 24, 2013 09:30
Jan 24 (Reuters) - Here is a look at North Korea's recent brushes with the Iinternational community as it announced further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States:

South Korea to expand nuclear energy despite growing safety fears

January 8, 2013 10:04
By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - South Korea has no option but to expand its nuclear power plant programme despite growing public concern over safety in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011 and a series of scares that closed two reactors last year. The proportion of South Koreans who considered nuclear power safe fell to 34.8 percent in a survey conducted in November and published on Tuesday, down from 40 percent in April 2011 and 71 percent in January 2010, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said.
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