Japan quake-hit plant may be shut a year or more
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The world's biggest nuclear power plant may be shut for more than a year for safety checks after an earthquake in Japan caused radiation leaks, prompting speculation of power shortages and prompting a run on the firm's shares.
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Japanese authorities today suspended the operation of a nuclear power plant damaged by yesterdayâs earthquake.
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A reactor at a Russian atomic power station which was closed after a malfunction resumed work on Saturday, the station said.
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Japanese officials Saturday inspected a nuclear plant that leaked small amounts of radioactive material after a major earthquake.
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A Monday-morning earthquake that registered 6.8 on the Richter scale is causing trouble with communications across Japan.
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TOKYO - Japanese police on Saturday searched a Kansai Electric Power Co 9503.T nuclear plant for evidence of any negligence that might have led to a deadly accident there last month, public broadcaster NHK said.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level   alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power   plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may   carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on   Saturday, citing government sources.
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A strong earthquake shut down a nuclear reactor Thursday in central Japan, where the toll from an earthquake last month rose to 39, officials said.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Thousands of weary survivors of  Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade prepared for a third  tense night in makeshift shelters and outside as rain  threatened and aftershocks raised fears of another big tremor.
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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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Citigroup Inc. said Monday it will close its trust banking unit in Japan within a year, after Japanese authorities ordered the US financial services giant to suspend its private banking business there.
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A car components plant in west Wales could close with the loss of 470 jobs unless it cuts costs.
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A warning center such as those used  along the Pacific Rim could have saved most of the thousands of  people who died in Asia's earthquake and tsunami, a U.S.  Geological Survey official said on Sunday.
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TOKYO The operators of a Japanese nuclear plant say there was no evidence of danger at the plant before a deadly explosion this month.
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Japan&#39;s major electronics companies had found no serious damage to their facilities after a series of powerful earthquakes shook Niigata prefecture, northwest of Tokyo.
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The recent earthquake in Japan and accidents at two German power plants raise questions on the safety of nuclear energy as a cleaner alternative.
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Toyota Motor Corp.  expects to lose 55,000 units of vehicle production through the stoppage of most of its domestic factories through Tuesday after last week's earthquake in Japan, President Katsuaki Watanabe said on Monday.