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4.2 Richter earthquake in Son La
On the evening of May 7, the magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred in Song Ma district (Son La), close to the Vietnam-Laos border area.
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'The culprit' causes earthquakes to be hydropower reservoirs?
After the earthquake in Lai Chau in the last days of April 2011, on May 7, a magnitude 4 earthquake occurred in Son La. Many people question
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Is the earthquake in Lai Chau worrying?
One or two days apart, Lai Chau happened three earthquakes, but scientists said it was only a cyclical earthquake, not worrying.
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Vietnam: 4 days, 10 earthquakes, fault zones active
On the morning of April 28, another earthquake occurred in Lai Chau. This is the third consecutive strong earthquake on 3.5 Richter scale and one of about 10 earthquakes…
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The weakness of the Japanese reactor cooling system
Most nuclear reactors in Japan will not achieve stable conditions in case all operating power sources are lost or cut off, even if managers have prepared new backup powe…
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The Northwest region will suffer many dangerous natural disasters
Earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, pipe floods ... are dangerous natural disasters that will often occur in some provinces of Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, H…
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Ukraine celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
Today, a series of events took place in Ukraine marking the 25th year of the worst nuclear disaster in world history at the Chernobyl plant, amid a world of radioactive…
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Lai Chau continuously earthquakes
April 25-26, Lai Chau province happened two earthquakes, magnitude 3.8 and 3.6 magnitude. Due to the weak intensity, earthquakes do not cause human damage.
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Gulf of Mexico: One year after the oil spill disaster
It has been a year since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, causing hundreds of millions of liters of oil to flow into the sea, but the consequences it has left…
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Use the water coffin to cool the reactor
The chambers inside the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of the earthquake and tsunami plant in Fukushima, Japan, will be filled with water to help cool these ovens - a measure…
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how to behave with nuclear power?
The need for nuclear energy for humanity and the urgency is ever more advanced in terms of nuclear safety and radiation safety.
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Permanently buried Chernobyl nuclear power plant
A burial site will have a arched shape, 105 meters high,
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Tsunami threatens Asian nuclear power plants
Nuclear and geological experts warn that in the future, at least 32 plants in Asia that are operating or under construction are at risk of suffering tsunamis.
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Lao Cai affected aftershocks in Yunnan
At 23 hours 27 minutes of the night of April 19, in the territory of Lao Cai city (Lao Cai province), many people felt the aftershocks of the earthquake with the feeling…
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Nuclear disaster can happen at any time
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned, the nuclear accidents of great caliber such as Chernobyl and Fukushima Dai-ichi are likely to continue, so close international c…