Tokyo, April 6 – The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant, a facility currently being decommissioned, has said it suspended cooling of a spent fuel pool after a pump malfunction triggered an alert.Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) said an alarm for the spent fuel...
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Washington, February 22 – US President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration for Washington, D.C., as the collapse and spill of a sewage line continued to pollute the Potomac River.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced in a press release that federal disaster...
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Washington, February 19 – Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared the month-long Potomac River sewage spill a local public emergency to request federal support.On January 19, a section of the Potomac Interceptor, a major sewage pipeline operated by DC Water – the main water utility that...
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