Fire at Japanese nuclear power plant
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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 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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A fire breaks out at the transformer block of a nuclear plant in northern Germany, police say.
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Officials at a Japanese nuclear power station damaged by an earthquake report 50 separate malfunctions.
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Water containing some radioactive materials leaked from a nuclear power plant in Japan after a strong earthquake Monday, a spokesman for the firm running the facility said.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 12,000 people huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine elderly people, injuring around 1,000 and triggering a leak of contaminated water from a nuclear plant.
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A man protesting at the Japanese government&#39;s lack of progress in talks with North Korea has set his car on fire outside a gate to Japan&#39;s parliament building, witnesses and media say.
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A Japanese nuclear power plant -- the world's biggest -- may be shut down for more than a year while a safety study is made after an earthquake caused radiation leaks and showed that the plant was built above an active fault.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- The mayor ordered that a nuclear power plant hit by a strong earthquake be shut down today until its safety could be confirmed after a long list of problems -- including radiation leaks, burst pipes, and fires -- came to light.
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By RAY LILLEY  WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A Japanese whaling ship caught fire Thursday in icy waters near Antarctica and most crew members were safely evacuated but one was listed as missing, officials said.
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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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Explosions and fire at a hazardous waste management facility prompted town officials to evacuate about 5,000 residents living within a mile of the plant as a precautionary measure early Friday.
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The fire shut down the vessel's nuclear reactor but caused no damage, and there was no radiation leak, officials are reported to have said.
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Japanese nuclear inspectors have identified a new radioactive leak at a power plant that was badly damaged in this week's earthquake, compounding concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear reactors.
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A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant. At least six people were killed and hundreds were injured.
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Firefighters were still at the scene of a chemicals factory blaze this morning.   The fire broke out at around 12.15pm yesterday when an explosion was reported to have taken place at Aztec Chemicals in Crewe, Cheshire. A 200-metre exclusion zone was set up around the premises.
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The world's biggest nuclear power plant may be shut for more than a year for checks after an earthquake in Japan caused radiation leaks, prompting speculation of power shortages and deepening concern about the safety of the industry in the tremor-prone country.