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Explode again at the Japanese nuclear power plant
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Explode again at the Japanese nuclear power plant

The second explosion at Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant has just happened, due to hydrogen gas. There are 7 people missing and three people injured in the explos…

December 15, 2018
Vietnam measures radiation levels
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Vietnam measures radiation levels

Immediately after the explosion at the nuclear plant in Japan, the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute today requires facilities to measure the level of radiation in the env…

December 15, 2018
Solution to prevent nuclear disaster
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Solution to prevent nuclear disaster

The ability to prevent the spread of wide-area radioactivity at Japan's nuclear power plant depends very much on the luck and the timeliness of the intervention.

December 15, 2018
Fire in kiln No. 4 Japanese nuclear power plant
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Fire in kiln No. 4 Japanese nuclear power plant

Fires took place at the No. 4 reactor at the Japanese nuclear power plant, after three explosions also at the plant. Radiation levels around the plant skyrocketed and co…

December 15, 2018
Japan moved 4 meters, the earth turned faster
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Japan moved 4 meters, the earth turned faster

Many coastal areas of Japan moved up to 4 meters to the east, most of the coast subsided to a few dozen centimeters; Earth axis shifts; the planet is spinning faster.

December 15, 2018
Nuclear radiation cannot spread to Vietnam
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Nuclear radiation cannot spread to Vietnam

In some incidents of a nuclear power plant, radioactive substances such as iodine (iodine 131 and iodine 129) and cesium (Cesium 137), if left unchecked in the furnace o…

December 15, 2018
Germany closed nearly 5,000 farms
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Germany closed nearly 5,000 farms

On January 6, the German government ordered the closure of 4,709 livestock farms across the country to prevent the risk of dioxin contamination after the eggs of dioxin…

December 15, 2018