Chernobyl to be covered in steel
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Ukraine approves a giant steel cover over the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl.
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A shipment of 140 kg of United States weapons-grade plutonium arrived in the French port of Cherbourg last night, despite protests by anti-nuclear campaigners who fear it is vulnerable to a terrorist attack.
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Engineers covered in head-to-toe protective gear inserted a neutralizing solution Friday into bombs filled with a nerve agent, officially starting the work of Russia's first plant for destroying the deadly chemicals.
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CHERBOURG, France  - A heavily guarded ship  carrying a large shipment of U.S. weapons-grade plutonium  docked in the French port of Cherbourg on Wednesday, defying  protesters who say the shipment is vulnerable to terrorist  attack.
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Increasing numbers of people are being tested for possible exposure to radiation in the investigation into the death of a former Russian spy as the post-mortem on his body was due to be carried out.
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By Louis Charbonneau VIENNA  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has approved aBrazilian inspection plan that allows it to ensure nothing isdiverted from a uranium enrichment plant in Brazil to an atombomb program, the agency said Thursday.
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KARIWA, Japan  - A Japanese city ordered the world's biggest nuclear power plant to stay closed until safety was assured after an earthquake caused radiation leaks, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog said the utility had misjudged seismic risks.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. Army will study protective measures for supply vehicles and add steel plating to vehicles if necessary, a general said Sunday, after members of a Reserve unit refused to deliver supplies down a dangerous route in Iraq partly because they were concerned their vehicles were in poor shape...
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By JUDITH INGRAM  MARADYKOVSKY, Russia - Engineers covered in head-to-toe protective gear inserted a neutralizing solution Friday into bombs filled with a nerve agent, officially starting the work of Russia's first plant for destroying the deadly chemicals.
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North Korea plans to seal its main nuclear reactor and source of weapons-grade plutonium in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.
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The International Space Station (ISS) is a little better   protected against impact by stray particles today after two Russian cosmonauts installed debris shielding to the station during a 5 hour, 25 minute spacewalk.
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Russia's nuclear chief said on Wednesday he was told to increase vigilance at nuclear facilities following a spate of attacks because it was clear terrorists would not hesitate to use radioactive materials if they could get them.
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Two decades after Chernobyl's Number Four reactor blew, the Ukrainian government is finally replacing the "temporary" containment structure with a more permanent cover. They hope it'll seal off formations that are eating at the current tomb and creating radioactive dust, but it won't be done until 2012.
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CHERBOURG, France : A ship carrying 140 kilograms (308 pounds) of deadly plutonium from weapons arsenals in the United States docked in the French port of Cherbourg, the Areva nuclear processing company announced.
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Plutonium from U.S. nuclear warheads &#151; enough to make nearly 20 Hiroshima-style bombs &#151; is headed for France aboard armed freighters and a new life as commercial fuel that will ultimately light American homes.
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North Korea plans to seal the Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.
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More than 200 times each day, authorities detect radiation in containers arriving off cargo ships at Port Newark. It's in ceramic tiles, granite, pottery, kitty litter &#151; all natural products made from Earth's elements.