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Japan planted radiation-resistant sunflowers
Environment

Japan planted radiation-resistant sunflowers

Last March earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a nuclear disaster that made Cesi (Cs) radioactive material quite high in Fukushima prefecture and surrounding areas.

December 16, 2018
48 US nuclear power plants leak tritium
Environment

48 US nuclear power plants leak tritium

Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has leaked into groundwater from at least 48 of the 65 nuclear power plants in the United States.

December 16, 2018
Disaster management, the need to learn
Environment

Disaster management, the need to learn

Recently, disasters occurred in many places in the world as well as in Vietnam. For example, earthquakes and tsunamis and then nuclear disasters in Japan. In Vietnam, th…

December 16, 2018
Unable to stabilize Fukushima nuclear plant
Environment

Unable to stabilize Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on May 30 that the stability period of the crisis at the nuclear power plant by the end of this year is not possible.

December 16, 2018
Explosion at Japanese nuclear power plant
Environment

Explosion at Japanese nuclear power plant

An explosion occurred at Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant complex, however the level of radiation did not increase as no one was injured.

December 16, 2018
Japan has underestimated the risk of tsunamis
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…

December 16, 2018
'Ninh Thuan nuclear power will be secured'
Environment

'Ninh Thuan nuclear power will be secured'

Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant was built with an environmental-friendly radioactive isolation system, Sergey A. Boyarkin, deputy general director of Russian atomic energ…

December 16, 2018
Japan: Fukushima I's No. 1 reactor core has melted
Environment

Japan: Fukushima I's No. 1 reactor core has melted

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the coordinator of the Fukushima I power plant, yesterday admitted for the first time that nuclear fuel has completely melted in on…

December 16, 2018