Incidents

A spokesman for a Washington nuclear power plant has said that a small amount of hydrogen gas trapped in a pipe ignited in a brief, six-inch flame Thursday when workers cut into the pipe, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

The latest strong aftershock to hit Japan Thursday night damaged Onagawa NPP, which now leaks radioactive water, Kazakhstan Today reports.

The gunman who allegedly opened fire in a Rio de Janeiro school this morning killed 12 children before shooting himself, officials said, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Tokyo for over a minute on Thursday night, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Some South Korean schools close amid fears over radioactive rain, Kazakhstan Today reports.

5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on April 6, 2011, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Japan injected nitrogen into a crippled nuclear reactor Thursday, trying to prevent more hydrogen explosions, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A small bomb exploded near Egypt's pyramids on Wednesday, injuring three people that police said were trying to open the casing of the old abandoned munition, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Engineers have stopped highly radioactive water leaking into the sea from a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant, its operator reports on Wednesday, Kazakhstan Today reports.

The Fukushima technicians injected liquid dye into Unit 2 reactor in an attempt to trace the route of highly radioactive water flowing from a reactor into the sea, Kazakhstan Today reports.