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The nuclear reactors explosion sent a radioactive cloud over Europe (Photo: AP)

Japan's Kyushu Electric to scrap aging nuclear reactor

Kyushu Electric will scrap the No.2 reactor at the Genkai plant, about 930 km (580 miles) west of Tokyo.

14 Feb 2019 11:10 AM IST

$Tantalum carbide (TaC) and hafnium carbide (HfC) are refractory ceramics, meaning they are extraordinarily resistant to heat. (Representational image)$ Science

World's most heat resistant material found

Researchers from Imperial College London discovered that the melting point of hafnium carbide is the highest ever...

26 Dec 2016 8:09 AM IST

A file photo of the Monju nuclear reactor in Fukui prefecture, Japan. (Photo: AP)

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Japan to scrap Monju nuclear reactor

It has cost Japan at least $9 billion while operating only 250 days since it started up 22 years ago.

22 Dec 2016 6:12 AM IST