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IAEA enhances the ability to analyze nuclear materials
On May 7, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it could meet the increasingly complex challenges of nuclear verification for at least the next 30 years. Th…
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Improving the quality of propaganda for nuclear power development
On April 19 in Hanoi, the Department of Atomic Energy (Ministry of Science and Technology) held a meeting to consult the ministries and agencies concerned to finalize th…
Environment
Potential threat from old nuclear plants
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that 80% of the world's nuclear power plants have been operating for more than 20 years, a period of time when s…
Environment
Vietnam will use responsible nuclear energy
On January 17, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the British Atomic Energy Agency, the British Embassy in Vietnam, the World Nuclear…
Environment
Prospects to extract oil from microalgae
Research creates biofuels from microalgae that have strong growth potential, especially when Japan is looking for alternative energy sources to reduce dependence on atom…
Environment
Russia strengthens the safety of nuclear power plants
In 2011, the Russian atomic energy industry reaped many achievements by undertaking a policy to improve the safety of existing nuclear plants and build new plants with t…
Environment
Japanese nuclear power plant needs 30 years to
An expert panel of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission concluded that the Fukushima nuclear power plant could only stop completely after at least three decades.
Environment
Japan will stop licensing nuclear power projects
Japanese environmental director Akira Kondo said that because of the earthquake, the Japanese government is studying the whole of its new nuclear energy policy.
Environment
The reactors at Fukushima No.1 are basically stable
According to Reuters, Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on September 12 that the reactors at the current Fukushim…
Environment
Concerns increase with US uranium enrichment plans
General Electric (GE) is seeking permission to build a uranium enrichment plant using a $ 1 billion laser technology.
Environment
Increasing the role of IAEA in ensuring nuclear safety
On August 23, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano affirmed that the IAEA's role in ensuring global nuclear safety must be stre…
Environment
Radiation from Japanese factories is 168 times the atomic bomb
A newspaper in Japan said that radioactive cesium-137 leaked from Fukushima I nuclear power plant equivalent to more than 168 atomic bombs falling on Hiroshima city duri…
Environment
Energy from Puyehue volcano is equal to 70 bombs
The eruptive energy of Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic cluster in Chile is equivalent to 70 atomic bombs or 2% of global electricity.
Environment
Japan has underestimated the risk of tsunamis
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded that Japan has overlooked the risk of tsunami in the design and operation of the Fukushima I. nuclear power p…
Environment
Radiation detection in leaves in Hanoi
A monitoring station of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute yesterday discovered radioactive concentrations in leaves in Hanoi, in small amounts, do not affect human hea…