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“EPR technology proposed for Jaitapur has to be evaluated”
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairperson Srikumar Banerjee on Monday said the EPR technology proposed at Jaitapur would have to be evaluated for safety from the context of earthquakes and tsunamis coming together. Addressing a press conference here,
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:59P
Fukushima 'unlikely' to be new Chernobyl: IAEA
The crisis at Japan's earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant is "unlikely" to turn into a new Chernobyl, which was the world's worst nuclear accident, the UN atomic watchdog said on Monday. "Let me say that the possibility that the development of this
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:59P
Mother and baby injured by 'out of control' car
The 35-year-old woman sustained "horrific head injuries" in the crash along the northern footpath of Princes Highway, in St Peters. She was pushing her baby in a pram at about 3.50pm when the Maroon Lexus sedan smashed into her from behind.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:58P
Putting the pieces together
describing the world as he wished it was, before the accident that threw him off balance. Sometimes he would try for “do-overs,” by replaying the actions that led up to the catastrophe: “You want to go back in the living room and come into the kitchen
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:58P
I survived the Hawaii tsunami
As a Southern California native I can recall the complete panic when walls shake, vases crash, and pendant lamps sway violently. But then to have a thrust of water filled with deadly moving debris seems too horror-movieish to contemplate.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:58P
Man walks away from Northland plane crash
A small plane has crashed at Dargaville airport this morning but police say the pilot was able to walk away. A police spokesman said it appeared the pilot - the sole occupant - had clipped a fence. It was unclear at this stage whether he was taking off
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:58P
Court avoids ruling on US gunman's immunity
The government refused to back the US claim yesterday, leading the high court to dismiss the case and bounce it to a lower criminal court trying Davis for murder. “The matter about immunity will be decided at the trial court,” Justice Ijaz Ahmed
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:58P
US scribe to depose on Dhaka trial
Veteran American journalist and writer Lawrence Lifschultz will depose before Dhaka high court about a military court trial that he reported in 1976 before being expelled from the country by the then military-led government. Lifschultz, who arrived in
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:58P
Japan grapples with N-crisis
The nuclear accident, the worst since the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine in 1986, sparked criticism that authorities were ill-prepared and the threat that could pose to the country's nuclear power industry. Jiji news agency said fuel rods at the No.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:57P
Des Plaines woman dies after crash
A 73-year-old Des Plaines woman died Saturday of a hemorrhage a day after she was involved in a minor two-car crash in Niles, authorities said Monday. Jozefa Miskiewicz-Majka of Des Plaines died at 3:17 pm Saturday at Advocate
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:57P
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