Temblor in Japan causes fire, leak at nuclear plant
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast yesterday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea -- an accident not reported to the public for hours.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic - 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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The company running the Japanese nuclear plant hit by a fatal accident is to close its reactors for safety checks.
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Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spewed a sticky substance that residents were warned not to touch.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Explosions that killed five employees at a central Illinois chemical plant in 2004 were caused by a worker mistakenly opening a valve on a high-temperature processing unit, a federal agency said Tuesday.  The U.S.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea _ an accident not reported to the public for hours.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 12,000 people prepared for a second night in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake the previous day killed nine people, injured more than 1,000 and triggered radioactive leaks from a nuclear plant.
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"At this stage we believe the fire was caused by oil dropping onto the pipes"  Helsinki- A small fire caused the automatic shutdown of one of two nuclear reactors at Olkiluoto, south-western Finland, the operator said Thursday. via Earth Times
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 13--A chlorine leak at a chemical plant on Tacoma's waterfront Monday night sent a large force of firefighters and medical personnel to the scene and forced the evacuation of the industrial area around the plant.
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Japan&#39;s central and western regions were shaken by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, following two strong temblors that hit the area on Sunday.
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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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Nuclear leaks after Japan's July 16 earthquake awaken insecurities
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Workers extinguish a fire at Japan's Kashiwazaki nuclear plant, closed since it was hit by an earthquake in July.
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Emergency comes a week after earthquake caused radioactive spill at separate facility.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - A strong earthquake flattened houses in northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least six people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and sparking a small fire at the world's biggest nuclear power plant.
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TOKYO : A strong earthquake shut down a nuclear reactor in central Japan, where the toll from an earthquake last month rose to 39.
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Officials in Japan are investigating a possible second radioactive leak at an earthquake-hit nuclear plant.