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Japan plans to bury the reactors
Environment

Japan plans to bury the reactors

On March 18, Japanese nuclear experts admitted, it may be necessary to consider the final option of using sand and concrete to bury the reactors that are having trouble…

December 16, 2018
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
Tsunami comes to America
Environment

Tsunami comes to America

Tsunamis arising from an earthquake near Japan hit the west coast of the United States, destroying at least one harbor and evacuating thousands of people.

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
Volcanic eruption in Japan
Environment

Volcanic eruption in Japan

While Japan is racing against the heavy consequences of the earthquake and tsunami, a volcano in the south works again.

December 16, 2018
How do tsunamis in Japan form?
Environment

How do tsunamis in Japan form?

Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan on March 11 appeared after the Pacific Plate shattered North America's tectonic plates.

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