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Japan restarts first nuclear reactor after 2-year hiatus

​Japan restarted a nuclear reactor in the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, at 10:30 a.m. local time Tuesday, making it the first utility in the country to do so though anti-atomic sentiment remains strong following the 2011 Fukushima crisis.

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Foreign firms to jointly build coal-fired power plant in Myanmar

​Firms from Myanmar, India and Singapore forming a public-private joint venture will build a coal- fired power plant in Kyauktan township, south of Yangon, an official report said Sunday.

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China-funded power plant transforms towns in Sri Lanka

​A.W Rajarathna, a resident of Puttalam, situated in the northwestern province of the country, is a happy man today. After suffering years due to the shortage of electricity in his small home, he now gets an uninterrupted supply making his life easier.

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Indonesia to develop coal-fired power plant project despite emission concerns

​Indonesia planned to commence the mega coal-fired power plant project in Batang, Central Java province with a capacity of 2,000 Mega Watt (MW) despite calls from environmentalists to reconsider the project as it was assessed of contradicted with the nation's target to reduce carbon emission.

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Japan clears two more idled nuclear reactors to be restarted

​Japan's nuclear regulator on Thursday gave safety clearance to two more nuclear reactors that were idled in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which will be a boon for the government who has been trying to bring the nation's reactors back online to alleviate the huge burden of imported fossil fuels.

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Arson suspect caught after bus fire injures 12

Police have arrested a suspected double-arsonist after a bus fire left 12 injured in east China's Fujian Province on Thursday.

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Foxconn's workers arrested for trying to force entry into plant in S. India

​Some 168 Indian workers from Foxconn India were arrested on Monday as they attempted to force entry into the mobile phone plant earmarked for closure at the end of the month.

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Austrian steel company Voestalpine to build new plant in China

​Austrian steel-based technology company voestalpine AG announced Wednesday it has decided to invest about 180 million U.S. dollars to build a new plant in China.

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Emission concerns grow over Indonesia's major power plant project

​Environmentalists voiced concerns over the massive carbon emission that the would-be-constructed major coal-fired power plant in Indonesia's Central Java province would bring about, saying it may hinder the nation's emission reduction target.

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Fast food chains act over meat concerns

Fast food chains have stopped using products supplied by a Shanghai meat processing plant over allegations that it was supplying stale meat and mislabeling expiration dates.

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TEPCO votes down motions to abandon nuclear power at shareholder meeting

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) vowed to its shareholders Thursday that it would push to restart its idled reactors under a new turnaround initiative, with the reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, the world's largest nuclear complex, being viewed by the utility as indispensable to providing power in Japan and ensuring the company's survival.

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Taiwan halts nuclear construction amid protest

The Taiwan authority on Sunday afternoon agreed to halt the construction of the island's fourth nuclear power plant that triggered safety concerns.

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Strike collapses at S China IBM

The strike at an IBM plant in Shenzhen,in south China's Guangdong Province, subsided on Tuesday, its ninth day,  as some employees accepted a new compensation scheme.

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Japan's NRA blast TEPCO for serious safety problems

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority blasted Tokyo Electric Power Co. Wednesday for its inappropriate handling of fuel rods at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture which caused some of the highly volatile rods to be damaged.

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Poland adopts nuclear power program

The Polish government adopted a national nuclear power program on Tuesday, the Economy Ministry said in a statement.

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Iran proposes nuclear cooperation with Gulf states

He suggested a non-governmental organization (NGO) be set up to resolve any doubts and concerns of the Gulf states about Iran's " civilian" atomic activities scientifically.

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Myanmar invites int'l companies to develop SEZ project

Myanmar has revised its plan of developing its Dawei Special Economic Zone in southern Tanintharyi region, inviting international companies to bid for the project following the pull-out of the sole developer, Italian- Thai Public Company, which had failed to keep on with the project work.