The solar sector will experience aftershocks from the earthquake in Japan, including disruptions in polysilicon supplies and near-term impact on demand, Piper Jaffray analyst Ahmar Zaman writes in a research note this morning.

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Generalising from Japan's experience would be risky.

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Russian nuclear disaster experts from Rosenergoatom and the Nuclear Safety Institute who gained their experience from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown in 1986 Ukraine will also be going to Japan, Ria Novosti reported.

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Several Koreans from the Citizens Alliance for 2000 General Elections came to Japan to exchange views, holding lectures about their experience throughout the country for a week in May.

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