Czech nuclear plant leak deemed harmless
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More than 500 gallons of radioactive water leaked at a nuclear power plant, but did not contaminate the environment, an official said Thursday.
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A small amount of water used to cool radioactive spent fuel rods at a Japanese nuclear reactor leaked into the Sea of Japan as a result of a massive earthquake that struck the country yesterday, though officials of Tokyo Electric Power insisted it posed no danger.
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A nuclear power plant in Michigan was shut down Monday after a coolant leak was detected, officials said.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- An earthquake-racked nuclear power plant was ordered closed indefinitely yesterday amid growing anger over revelations that damage was much worse than initially announced and mounting international concern about Japan's nuclear stewardship.
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By Bill Graham, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 25--Explosions and a fire Sunday at a chemical plant in Richmond left no air pollution problems that could harm residents or firefighters, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
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MINSK. Feb 26 (Interfax) - The natural resources and environmental protection minister of Belarus claimed on Monday that a proposed nuclear power plant to be built in Belarus would pose no environmental threat.
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The Russian government claimed on Monday that a nuclear waste dump in the Russian Arctic is safe, responding to a Norwegian environmental group's warning that the site may be in danger of exploding because of corrosion from salt water.
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Sweden's top nuclear officials on Friday decided U.N. experts should be invited to inspect the country's atomic power plants after a string of malfunctions raised concerns about safety. The relatively minor incidents have not posed any threat of radioactive leaks. But the frequency of the problems have sparked calls for a review of the safety controls at the power plants, which generate about half of Sweden's electricity.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 17 (IPS) - The European Commission (EC) has given a positive  opinion on construction of a nuclear plant at Belene by Russian  Atomstroiexport, controlled by Gazprom.
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The Czech Republic said on Tuesday it  would not be intimidated by Russia over plans to site parts of  a U.S. missile defense system on its territory and said  attempts at "blackmail" by Moscow would backfire.
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WARSAW - The Czech Republic said on Tuesday it would not be intimidated by Russia over plans to site parts of a U.S. missile defense system on its territory and said attempts at "blackmail" by Moscow would ...Comment
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A fire on board a Russian nuclear   submarine in the Barents Sea killed two crew members but there   was no threat of a radiation leak, the navy said on Thursday.
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COLOGNE, Germany - The chemical leak in the International Space Station earlier this week was much less dramatic than it initially appeared and did not cause anyone to fall ill, German astronaut Thomas Reiter said Friday.
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A reactor at the Czech Republic's Temelin nuclear power station was restarted Monday after a three day shutdown, officials said.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that it is unlikely significant amounts of radiation would be released in a deliberate crash of a jetliner into a nuclear power plant, but that engineering tests have not entirely ruled out the possibility of radioactive releases.
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BELGRADE, Nov 17 (IPS) - Two reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in  Bulgaria that are considered dangerous will shut down Dec. 31.  And just in time, as Bulgaria joins the European Union the next  day, together with neighbour Romania.
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KARIWA, Japan  - A Japanese nuclear power plant was ordered to stay closed until safety was assured after an earthquake caused radiation leaks, while the U.N. nuclear watchdog said the operator had misjudged the risks.