Dr O'Connell's call came as a new website - internetsafetyzone.com - offering internet safety tips for parents and children was launched.

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The Japanese nuclear accident has come at a delicate time for the nuclear-power industry, growing globally, for the first time in decades as a new generation of "passive" designs is being embraced as offering more safety.

WSJ: Nuclear Industry Likely to Reassess Safety Systems

The Post Office, for its part, would act as a safety net, offering banking to the far-flung and financially excluded.

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