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Fukushima leak may have flowed into Pacific: TEPCO

About 12 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the facility's operator saying Thursday that some may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High grade steel production technologies made Tokyo Sky Tree possible

Although steel production dates back about 4000 years, exploration of steel’s potential abilities is still advancing. With an output of about 45%, China dominates when it comes to basic steel production. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japan lawyer calls for Google autocomplete change

A Japanese lawyer on Tuesday urged Google to makes its "autocomplete" function more flexible, after a court ordered the search giant to modify the feature to prevent embarrassment for his client. ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google mulls Japan court order to tweak auto-complete (Update)

Google said Monday it was reviewing a Japanese court order to modify its auto-complete feature to safeguard the reputation of a man who complained it falsely links him to crimes.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Responding to the radiation threat

Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a promising treatment for safely decontaminating humans exposed to radioactive actinides from a major radiation exposure event, such as a nuclear reactor accident or ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Japan PM: No individual to blame for Fukushima

No individual can be held responsible for the nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima, Japan's prime minister said Saturday, insisting everyone had to "share the pain".

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 13

Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on

To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe -- despite the official line.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Japanese chipmaker Elpida files for bankruptcy

(AP) -- Computer chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc. filed for Japan's largest manufacturing bankruptcy Monday after amassing debts from nose-diving prices, competition from Samsung and flooding in Thailand last ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Japan planned review of tsunami risk, but too late

(AP) -- Four days before a tsunami devastated a Japanese nuclear plant, its operator promised a fuller assessment of the risk of such a disaster - but not for seven months.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator

Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

TEPCO to hold bids for 17 million smart meters: report

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power plans to install about 17 million "smart meters" in customer households by March 2019 in a bid to increase efficiency, a report said Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Bum's the word in Japan security scans

Put your fingerprint scanners away. Stand aside iris measurers. Buttocks are the new way to prove who you are.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tiny particles may illuminate reactor cores

Using particles from space to look into the heart of nuclear reactors - this is the goal of researchers at Nagoya University.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan may put nuclear power firm under state control

Japan's government on Tuesday floated the idea of putting the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under temporary state control, as it asked for $8.9 billion more in compensation aid.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan 'was unprepared' for nuclear disaster: official probe

The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the March 11 catastrophe said Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7