Japan inches closer to starting contentious nuclear waste dump

2022-05-18T15:04+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

ISTANBUL Japan has moved one step closer to executing its controversial plan to dump treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority endorsed the proposal, paving the way for official approval once the “regulator hears submissions from the public,” Kyodo News reported on Wednesday.

Japan inches closer to starting contentious nuclear waste dump Japan inches closer to starting contentious nuclear waste dump

2022-05-18T14:22+0200aa-en (en)

ISTANBUL Japan has moved one step closer to executing its controversial plan to dump treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority endorsed the proposal, paving the way for official approval once the “regulator hears submissions from the public,” Kyodo News reported on Wednesday.

Japan Inches Closer To Starting Contentious Nuclear Waste Dump

2022-05-18T13:30+0200haberler-en (en)

Japan has moved one step closer to executing its controversial plan to dump treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The country's Nuclear Regulation Authority endorsed the proposal, paving the way for official approval once the "regulator hears submissions from the public," Kyodo News reported on Wednesday.

. Quake survivor Strong Pig, now plasticized, greets Sichuan museum visitors

2022-05-18T08:59+0200chinadailyhk (en)

Strong Pig, now preserved by plastination, is on display in the Jianchuan Museum in Sichuan province, on May 12. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Visitors to the Jianchuan Museum in Dayi county, Sichuan province, on Thursday had a pleasant surprise. They were able to see the legendary Zhu Jianqiang,....

Quake survivor Strong Pig, now plasticized, greets Sichuan museum visitors

2022-05-18T03:39+0200chinadaily (en)

Strong Pig, now preserved by plastination, is on display in the Jianchuan Museum in Sichuan province, on May 12. [Photo/ China Daily] Visitors to the Jianchuan Museum in Dayi county, Sichuan province, on Thursday had a pleasant surprise. They were able to see the legendary Zhu Jianqiang, also known....

In April, various natural disasters caused 2.254 million people to suffer direct economic losses of 2.8 billion yuan

2022-05-17T03:43+0200tellerreport (en)

China News Service, May 17, according to the WeChat public account of the Ministry of Emergency Management, recently, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Natural Resources and other departments and units, conducted....

While studying | General Secretary "Special Love"

2022-05-16T03:08+0200tellerreport (en)

Xinhuanet reporter Pan Zidi. [During the study] In China , the number of disabled persons of various types exceeds 85 million. General Secretary Xi Jinping once said that disabled people are a group with special difficulties and need special care and attention. May 15th is the National Day of Helping the Disabled.

MIL-OSI China: No tsunami threat as Fijians feel earthquake

2022-05-14T04:12+0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

Source: China State Council Information Office. There is no threat of a tsunami after people felt an earthquake in the central part of Fiji on Saturday morning, news reports said. At around 7:40 a.m. local time, people living in Fiji’s capital city of Suva felt the ground shake strongly.

Small tremor of magnitude 3.1 just reported 6 miles northeast of Ridgecrest, California, United States

2022-05-13T22:09+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Just 9 minutes ago, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded around noon on Friday, May 13th, 2022, at 12:45 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 4.5 miles below the surface. The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.