CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

(240326) -- BOAO, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shi Bing, vice president of China General Nuclear Power Group, speaks at a panel discussion themed on "Accelerating Transition toward Zero-Carbon Power" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

Discharge of tritium from Fukushima to harm human body: scientists

STORY: Discharge of tritium from Fukushima to harm human body: scientists DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference in Seoul 2. various of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAUN BURNIE, Senior nuclear specialist at Greenpeace East Asia STORYLINE: Multiple scientists have voiced concern that the discharge of tritium from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will severely harm human bodies. At a press conference in Seoul, Timothy Mousseau, a professor at the University of South Carolina, said that consistent ingestion of tritiated water discharged from the Fukushima plant can lead to cell and tissue damage of the human body. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina "When tritium gets inside the body, it's a

Amari known as industrial policy expert, nuke power advocate

Amari known as industrial policy expert, nuke power advocate

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27 after being retained in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuttled Cabinet. Amai is known as an expert in industrial policy and an advocate of nuclear power and economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region.

Nuclear power Asia confab

Nuclear power Asia confab

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The two-day annual Nuclear Power Asia Conference of the World Nuclear Association begins in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 15, 2013.

Hitachi, GE to sign strategic tie-up on nuclear business

Hitachi, GE to sign strategic tie-up on nuclear business

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Kazuo Furukawa (L) and Rudolph Villa, president of GE Energy's Nuclear Energy-Asia, shake hands at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 13. They said that the two companies will set up joint ventures in Japan and the United States to construct nuclear power plants under a strategic tie-up to promote nuclear business operations based on boiling water reactors.

Hitachi, GE to sign strategic tie-up on nuclear business

Hitachi, GE to sign strategic tie-up on nuclear business

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Kazuo Furukawa (L) and Rudolph Villa, president of GE Energy's Nuclear Energy-Asia, shake hands at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 13. They said that the two companies will set up joint ventures in Japan and the United States to construct nuclear power plants under a strategic tie-up to promote nuclear business operations based on boiling water reactors. (Kyodo)

Amari known as industrial policy expert, nuke power advocate

Amari known as industrial policy expert, nuke power advocate

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27 after being retained in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuttled Cabinet. Amai is known as an expert in industrial policy and an advocate of nuclear power and economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region. (Kyodo)