Japan: NRA ignored local requests on “complex disasters” in evacuation plans

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) did not include “complex disasters”, a situation when nuclear accidents happen simultaneously with natural disasters, in its draft evacuation...

FMD outbreak in Slovakia: update

On March 25, the Slovak government confirmed a fourth case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on a farm in the village of Lúč...

India: 5 children dead from mysterious disease in Jharkhand village

Five children have died of a mysterious disease in a Jharkhand village. The village is in Sahibganj district and has been gripped by the...

National action plan on pesticides launched in the UK

A new pesticides action plan has been launched in the UK to reduce environmental risk from pesticides by 10% in the next five years....

Japan: new rules for extending nuclear reactor lifespans

Japan’s economy ministry proposed new rules for the extension of nuclear plants’ lifespans beyond the current 60-year limit. The rules aim to implement new...

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