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Radioactive leaks at nuclear power plants in France
On April 5, two small fires caused radioactive leaks at France's Penly power plant, on the English Channel near Dieppe harbor, but the leaked radiation was collected bac…
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10 samples of artificial plants reduce city pollution in the future
Exploiting energy by growing artificial plants will certainly be an effective method to be applied in the future.
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KEPCO issues safety timetables for power plants
Director of Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) Makoto Yagi on April 9 submitted to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Yukio Edano the medium and lon…
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Japanese radiation detection off the west coast of the United States
Radioactive iodine is found in kelp off the west coast of the United States, more than a year after the Japanese earthquake / tsunami, causing the worst nuclear crisis i…
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Super tsunami scenario in Japan
A 9-magnitude Richter earthquake originating from the trench Nankai, running along the eastern island of Honshu to the southern island of Kyushu, can create a giant wave…
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Vietnam prioritizes nuclear safety
Nuclear safety is a top priority in the process of developing and applying peaceful nuclear energy, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam confir…
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Dams cause climate change
More and more scientific research shows that reservoirs, especially in the tropics, are a significant source of global greenhouse gas pollution.
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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck yesterday in northern Japan, causing sea levels to change slightly, but authorities did not issue a tsunami warning.
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Striving to increase forest coverage to 45% by 2020
In the afternoon of March 14, in Hanoi, the General Department of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a press conference to introduce the…
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Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after Fukushima
Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after the nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, according to a recently published survey.
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Nearly half of a mangrove forest
In 63 years (from 1943-2007) the rate of loss of mangrove forests in Vietnam is very high. The area of mangroves has decreased from 408 thousand hectares (in 1943) to…
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New step in bioenergy development
US and UK researchers have just completed the genetic mapping of tea plants, a crop that promises to bring the necessary bioenergy to human needs.
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Tourists 'threaten' Antarctica
Scientists are concerned that the Antarctic ice continent is suffering
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The amount of radiation in the Pacific Ocean is 6 times higher
According to a survey by the Japan Marine Survey, published on March 12, the incident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in March 2011 caused the content of radioact…
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Potential threat from old nuclear plants
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that 80% of the world's nuclear power plants have been operating for more than 20 years, a period of time when s…