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Smoke, steam rising from 2 Japanese reactors
Efforts to restore power systems and cool overheated reactors at Japan's Fukushima I nuclear plant today were interrupted for the second time in the past 24 hours after…
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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…
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How serious is the explosion at Japanese nuclear power plants?
Japanese nuclear safety officials assess damage at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the non-serious earthquake by a nuclear accident on the Three Mile Island i…
Science Events
Explosion a third time at the Japanese nuclear power plant
A big explosion occurred early this morning at Japan's Fukushima I nuclear plant, the level of radiation around the plant is now increasing.
Science Events
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.
Science Events
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…
Scientific works
Japan spent 970 million USD to build a place to store contaminated soil
Japan is planning to spend about 970 million USD to set up facilities to store thousands of tons of radioactive soil from the Fukushima disaster.
Scientific works
Japan builds an offshore wind power plant
Japan yesterday started the first turbine in the offshore wind power plant complex, 20km from the coast of Fukushima Prefecture.
Science story
The robot also died at the radioactive area of Fukushima
Robots sent to the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan cannot tolerate high levels of radioactive material causing the wires to dry.
Science story
Japan once rejected a proposal to help resolve the US nuclear incident
During the nuclear incident at the Fukushima power plant last year, the United States proposed to send a nuclear support specialist, but Japan refused for fear of touchi…
Medicine - Health
Japan acknowledged the first death due to radiation at Fukushima
For the first time, Japan confirmed a worker working at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, once destroyed during the earthquake and tsunami more than 7 years ago, was ki…
Medicine - Health
Radioactive material from the Fukushima disaster is found in California
After the disaster of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011, radioactive substances leaked into the surrounding areas, causing water and food to be contaminated with…
Medicine - Health
Fukushima children have 20 times more cancer
Researchers found that children who lived near the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident in 2011 had a higher, even 50-fold higher risk of thyroid cancer than elsewhere…
Medicine - Health
Products from Fukushima no longer trace radiation
To prove this, Japan's largest travel agency organized a study-survey trip at Fukushima. The delegation visited a 10,000-hectare farm, once in a state of complete destru…
Medicine - Health
Fukushima children are exposed to radiation below the danger threshold
The NIRS team also produced the above calculation results through various data, including thyroid test results for about 1,000 children in Fukushima Prefecture, where th…