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The pitfalls of 'going nuclear'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/07/2024
» Reports that the energy ministry is conducting a feasibility study into developing small nuclear power plants have been met with mixed reactions -- from welcome, mainly by the energy and industrial sectors, to reluctance and fear.
Red dust fiasco
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/03/2023
» After a 10 days search, government agencies found radiated red dust believed to be from the remains of a caesium-137 tube, which disappeared from a power plant on Feb 23.
Platform for a killer
News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2021
» The news that Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will attend the Asean summit in Jakarta is distressing news, not only for the suffering people of Myanmar, but for the credibility -- or what is left of it -- of Asean itself.
Fukushima saddened by Bangkok sushi cancellation
Kyodo News, Published on 25/03/2018
» FUKUSHIMA, Japan: Fishery workers in Fukushima were shocked and saddened after an event serving fish from the northeastern Japan prefecture was cancelled in Bangkok earlier this month due to strong opposition from a local consumer group.
Fretting over fishy business
News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2018
» The government's decision to import fresh fish from a radioactive-contaminated area in Japan's Fukushima prefecture has raised alarm among consumer groups. Such concerns bring no surprise.
Fukushima fish cause a big stink
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/03/2018
» Consumer advocacy groups have called on the authorities to disclose the names of 12 Japanese restaurants that serve fish imported from Fukushima in Japan for the sake of public safety.
Malaysian bauxite rush brings wealth, and worries
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» BUKIT GOH (MALAYSIA) - Malaysian farmer Surin Beris's palm plantation has been razed and bulldozers are tearing into its red soil, releasing potentially hazardous dust into the environment -- yet he couldn't be happier.
Japan lifts evacuation order for radiation-hit Fukushima town
AFP, Published on 05/09/2015
» TOKYO - The Japanese government on Saturday lifted the evacuation order for the first town near the crippled Fukushima reactors, more than four years after ordering mass relocations near the tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant.
Japan nuclear refugees face dilemma over returning home
AFP, Published on 21/07/2015
» NARAHA, JAPAN - More than four years since Satoru Yamauchi abandoned his noodle restaurant to escape radiation spreading from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the Japanese government is almost ready to declare it safe to go home.
Typhoons spread Fukushima fallout, study warns
AFP, Published on 29/11/2013
» Typhoons that hit Japan each year are helping spread radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the country's waterways, researchers say.