Indian firms pause to assess their nuclear plans as concerns mount over radiation leaks from Japan, reports

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Nuclear experts in India are watching the surging nuke leak levels spinning out of control in Japan with a growing sense of dismay.

Tokyo Electric has gone public to admit that five of their workers have died since the quake with another 22 injured for "various reasons" though they have not elaborated what these are.

Another worker was hospitalised after holding his chest in pain and complai

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New Delhi: Despite the potential nuclear catastrophe in Japan, Russia has ruled out any delay in Moscow

Chennai: The safety review of nuclear reactors which the Prime Minister announced in the wake of the tragedy in Japan is now officially under way.

The Prime Minister's Office has given state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India two weeks to submit a report on measures needed to ensure safety of all existing and proposed nuclear projects, a government official said.

The announcement was the clearest sign yet that the crisis at Japan's quake-ravaged nuclear complex would slow China's ambitious nuclear expansion, by far the world's largest

HRIS BUCKLEY BEIJING China has sus March 16: China has suspended approvals for proposed nuclear power plants and is making a comprehensive safety check of atomic plants following Japan

After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance in the Parliament on the safety audit of all atomic plants in the country in the aftermath of Japan's nuclear crisis, multilevel safety measures have been put in place at the Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka on the west coast near Karwar in Uttara Kannada district.

Japan On Brink Of N-Catastrophe As 3rd Reactor Explodes In 3 Days, 3 More On Boil

Tokyo: A small crew of technicians braved radiation and fire through the day on Tuesday as they fought to prevent three nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan from melting down and stop storage ponds loaded with spent uranium fuel pods from bursting into flames.

Tokyo Electric Power Company officials announ