Tag: Plant

TOKYO - Countries across the world shunned Japanese food imports on Thursday as radioactive steam leaked from a disaster-struck nuclear plant, straining nerves in Tokyo. The grim toll of dead and missing from Japan's monster quake and tsunami on March 11 topped 26,000, as hundreds of thousands remained huddled in evacuation shelters and fears grew in the megacity of Tokyo over water safety. The damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant from the tectonic calamity and a series of explosions

TOKYO - Smoke and steam rose from two of the most threatening reactors at Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant on Tuesday, suggesting the battle to avert a disastrous meltdown and stop the spread of radiation was far from won. The world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years was triggered by a huge earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left at least 21,000 people dead or missing. Technicians working inside an evacuation zone around the stricken plant on Japan's northeast Pacific coast

NEW YORK - A nuclear power plant about 40 miles north of New York City must review the earthquake threat and other risks if it wants to operate for another 20 years, New York state's attorney general said on Friday. "While the possibility of an intense earthquake is relatively low, the potential for harm is so catastrophic that it has to be taken into account," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told a news conference. The Indian Point plant, owned by Entergy Corp, is in

TOKYO - Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be a last resort to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge leakages from Chernobyl in 1986. But they still hoped to solve the crisis by fixing a power cable to two reactors by Saturday to restart water pumps needed to cool overheating nuclear fuel rods. Workers also sprayed water on the No.3 reactor, the most critical of the plant's six.
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KARACHI - Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) is gearing up to bring its second production facility on line before the end of April. Its new plant will be the single largest production line of clinker in Pakistan with a production capacity of 7,200 tonnes per day. The total cost of new plant is around Rs 20 billion. FCCL produces 3,700 tonnes per day of clinker in its current plant. To construct the new plant, the company has taken on heavy loans where Fauji Cement had a total long

KARACHI - The federal government has allowed the Engro Corporation to fulfill much of the energy needs of its new urea plant from the provision of natural gas. According to industry sources, the federal government has given the green light to the emerging conglomerate to cater to up to 80 percent of its energy requirements through gas for its newly developed urea plant.
Market analysts opine that a green signal from the government would help Engro commence test production at its

TOKYO - Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew briefly from a stricken power plant because of surging radiation levels and a helicopter failed to drop water on the most troubled reactor. In a sign of desperation, the police will try to cool spent nuclear fuel at one of the facility's reactors with water cannon, which is normally used to quell riots.
Early in the day another fire broke out at the earthquake-crippled

SENDAI - A new explosion at a stricken nuclear power plant hit Japan on Monday as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown after a quake-tsunami disaster that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people. Searchers found 2,000 bodies just in the northeastern region of Miyagi, while millions were left without water, electricity, fuel or enough food. Hundreds of thousands more were homeless after the tsunami drowned whole towns. Panic selling saw stocks close more than six percent lower

SENDAI - An explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant triggered fears of a meltdown on Saturday, after a massive earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead and at least 10,000 unaccounted for.
As workers doused the stricken reactor with sea water to try to avert catastrophe, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the chaos unleashed by Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake was an unprecedented national disaster. The quake, one of the biggest ever recorded, unleashed a terrifying 10-metre

KARACHI - Pakistan would establish a cement plant in Tajikistan to enhance bilateral trade of the construction sector. Tajikistan would appreciate the fresh investment plan of Pakistan in the cement importing country, said the visiting Tajik President Emomali Rahmanove on Wednesday.
The Tajik president, while addressing the newly formed "Tajik-Pakistan Business Forum" here at a local hotel, said that one of the important project of the region 'CASA-1000 power' was going through

SEOUL - A unit of South Korea's Lotte Group plans to spend $400 million to expand its petrochemical plant in Pakistan in the second half of this year at the earliest, a media report said on Friday. Under the investment plan, KP Chemical Corp will increase annual production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) at its Karachi factory to 1.5 million tonnes, from the current 500,000 tonnes, Maeil Business Newspaper said, citing a high-ranking official at Lotte Group.

KARACHI - Navy officials inaugurated a wastewater treatment plant at the Western Wind Golf Club at PNAD Mauripur on Wednesday. The plant has been designed and developed by the National Water Engineering. The project would provide 50,000 gallons per day reusable water for irrigation purpose, saving over millions of rupees to maintain the green lustre of the golf course. The treated water is 99.99 percent bacteria- and virus-free and safe for irrigation. The inauguration ceremony was

PICASSO - In January this year, the Chief Executive of the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) told newsmen that the requirement of electricity for more than 2.25 million consumers in his region was 1,100MW against which GEPCO was providing 800MW, the shortfall being 300MW. He went on to announce that a 425MW power station had been established at Nandipur, which would start functioning within the month.
The Chief Executive of GEPCO appears to have taken the implementation

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),under fire from various quarters for purchasing extremely expensive electricity from rental plants, has decided to stop purchasing electricity from a Dubai-based power company from next month, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Sources told Pakistan Today that KESC officials, during the recently-held public hearing organised by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), confirmed that supply from rental generators will be

LAHORE - The 2nd International Conference of Plant Scientists kicked off at the Government College University (GCU) Lahore on Tuesday under the auspices of Pakistan Botanical Society and GCU Botany Department. Botanists from Germany, Egypt, China, Canada, and Turkey and across Pakistan gathered at the varsity to deliberate on scientific solutions to food and fuel challenges.
GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Aftab chaired the opening session of the three-day conference. The