Japan set to conduct stress tests on its reactors in operation RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED July 06, 2011 Stress tests will be conducted on all Japanese nuclear power plants following the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Jiji Press said on Wednesday citing Japanese economics minister Banri Kaieda. The move is to ease concerns of residents, living in the vicinity of the plants. A 9.0-magnitude quake struck off Japan's northeast coast on March 11, triggering a tsunami and explosions at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which caused the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. Other news: U.S. lifts market restrictions against Rosatom Rosatom will no longer be required to get a special license from the U.S. Department of Commerce to cooperate with American companies. New chemical elements synthesized by Russian team recognized Element 114 was first synthesized in December 1998 by bombarding plutonium nuclei with calcium nuclei, which have 94 and 20 protons respectively. Russia lacks personnel to dismantle nuclear sites Russia is to decommission and dismantle 42 nuclear facilities by 2015 and 188 by 2020, Rosatom department head Yevgeny Komarov said. |
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