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Japanese nuclear pollution will last for decades
Environment

Japanese nuclear pollution will last for decades

AFP news agency on March 21 led the news that the French Nuclear Safety Agency (ASN) said radioactive contamination leaking from Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant…

December 16, 2018
Lessons from Japanese nuclear disaster
Environment

Lessons from Japanese nuclear disaster

'Uncertain graphics'. The saying that old people are moving into the Land of the Rising Sun. Japan has been a victim of nuclear technology - atomic bomb 65 years ago, an…

December 16, 2018
Japan started to respond to nuclear radiation
Environment

Japan started to respond to nuclear radiation

The Japanese government took the first steps to respond to the threat of radiation from the No. 1 blast furnace of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant, located 274 km fr…

December 16, 2018
Earthquake shook south of Japan
Environment

Earthquake shook south of Japan

Two strong earthquakes occurred in Japan tonight, the first in southwest Tokyo, leaving at least two people injured; the second match off the coast of Fukushima, which w…

December 16, 2018
The IAEA approved a nuclear safety plan
Science Events

The IAEA approved a nuclear safety plan

On September 13, the Board of Directors of the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved a global action plan to enhance nuclear safety after the inci…

December 15, 2018
Japan trains nuclear power for Vietnam
Science Events

Japan trains nuclear power for Vietnam

Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd. has just announced the launch of an international human resource training program linked to Tokyo Institute of Technology in the fiel…

December 15, 2018
Germany closed all nuclear power plants by 2022
Science Events

Germany closed all nuclear power plants by 2022

On May 30, German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen announced that by 2022 all nuclear power plants in the country would be shut down. Thus, Germany will become the…

December 15, 2018
Robbing the robot in a nuclear accident in Japan
Science Events

Robbing the robot in a nuclear accident in Japan

Japan is the world's center for robotics, from playing robots to kissing robots, but none of the robots have been deployed to cure the reactors that are contaminated wit…

December 15, 2018
Japan: Save the successful reactors 5 and 6
Science Events

Japan: Save the successful reactors 5 and 6

After announcing the closure of the Fukushima-1 power plant, Japanese officials said the plant's No. 5 and No. 6 reactors were in stable condition.

December 15, 2018