http://www.newsvine.com/japan-nuclearNewsvine - japan-nuclearen-usCopyright 2013Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:29:32 +0000Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:58:37 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10469936-nrc-officials-doubted-us-claim-on-japan-crisishttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10469936-nrc-officials-doubted-us-claim-on-japan-crisisusnuclearcrisispoliticsnuclear-regulatory-commissionnuclear-crisisjapan-nucleartop-nuclear-regulatory-commissionTue, 21 Feb 2012 21:53:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/25/10238177-japan-cabinet-oks-bill-to-cap-nuke-reactor-lifehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/25/10238177-japan-cabinet-oks-bill-to-cap-nuke-reactor-lifebusinessjapannuclearinternational-atomic-energy-agencyworld-newsasjapan-cabinetas-japanjapan-nuclearThu, 26 Jan 2012 01:52:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant No. 3, right, and No. 4 reactors are seen in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, north of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests" &#8212; a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>Workers of the Ohi nuclear power plant wait for experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to demonstrate to use an emergency air-cooled power generator at the plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. A 10-member of the IAEA began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>Workers, right, of the Ohi nuclear power plant start a demonstration to use an emergency air-cooled power generator in front of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during their inspection of the plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. A 10-member of the IAEA began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Jozef Misak, third from right, and Charles Casto, second from right, walk past an emergency air-cooled power generator as they inspect the Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. A 10-member IAEA team began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant No. 2, right, No. 3, center, and No. 4 reactors are seen in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, north of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests" &#8212; a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team leader James Lyons, center, speaks during a press conference following their inspection tour of Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The IAEA experts on Thursday began their first inspection of a Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests" &#8212; a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant No. 3 reactor stands in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, north of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>FILE - This July 16, file 2011 photo shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 3, right, and No. 4 units of the Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. A 10-member IAEA team was inspecting the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the plant. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA</p><p>International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) members, James Lyons, front, Charles Casto, arrive at the Ohi nuclear power plant for inspection in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Experts from the IAEA began their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Jozef Misak, third from right, and Charles Casto, second from right, walk past an emergency air-cooled power generator as they inspect the Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan. Japan's Cabinet approved bills Tuesday, Jan. 31, aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year's Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors as IAEA experts generally endorsed "stress test" results following their inspection tour to the plant. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant No. 3, right, and No. 4 reactors are seen in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, as experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency conduct their first inspection of the Japanese nuclear power plant that has undergone official "stress tests," a key step required to restart dozens of nuclear plants idled in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. Japan's Cabinet approved bills Tuesday, Jan. 31, aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year's Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors, as an IAEA experts generally endorsed "stress test" results. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)</p><p>James Lyons, right , director of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), shakes hands with Hiroyuki Fukano, director-general for nuclear power of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency during a meeting with Japanese nuclear officials on the IAEA's safety assessment review mission of the Ohi nuclear power plant with regards to the latest stress tests in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)</p><p>James Lyons, left, director of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to Hiroyuki Fukano, director-general for Nuclear Power of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency during a meeting with Japanese nuclear officials on the IAEA's safety assessment review mission of the Ohi nuclear power plant with regards to the latest stress tests in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9113918-study-shows-deeper-meltdown-at-japan-nuke-reactorhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9113918-study-shows-deeper-meltdown-at-japan-nuke-reactorjapancrisisworld-newsasnuclear-crisisjapan-nuclearWed, 30 Nov 2011 13:04:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/08/8230760-paper-shows-japan-feared-aftershocks-at-nuke-planthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/08/8230760-paper-shows-japan-feared-aftershocks-at-nuke-plantjapannuclearcrisisinternational-atomic-energy-agencyworld-newsasnuclear-crisisjapan-nuclearSun, 9 Oct 2011 02:51:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A boy is taken by his mother to Fukushima Medical University Hospital for a thyroid test in Fukushima, northern Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Local doctors began a long-term survey of children for thyroid abnormalities, a problem associated with radiation exposure. Officials hope to test some 360,000 people who were under the age of 18 when the nuclear crisis began in March, and then provide follow-ups throughout their lifetimes. Japanese on the board reads: a thyroid test entrance. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA</p><p>A no-entry zone is set up on a sidewalk Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in Tokyo's Setagaya district where officials found a radiation hotspot Wednesday. Officials investigating the hotspot have tracked down its source Thursday to old bottles stored in an empty house's basement. The words on a traffic corn reads "Setagaya Civil Engineering Office." (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/12/7070973-govt-panel-changes-needed-at-us-nuclear-plantshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/12/7070973-govt-panel-changes-needed-at-us-nuclear-plantsusnuclearreportpoliticssafetynuclear-regulatory-commissionnuclear-safetyjapan-nuclearWed, 13 Jul 2011 00:25:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/30/6375001-un-high-radiation-outside-japans-exclusion-zonehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/30/6375001-un-high-radiation-outside-japans-exclusion-zoneunjapannuclearhealthworld-newsjapan-nuclearWed, 30 Mar 2011 15:04:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post