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The US nuclear waste storage tank moved because of the earthquake
The rare earthquake in the east coast of the United States last month caused many nuclear power plants' waste tanks to move a few centimeters, but have not caused any da…
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Concerns increase with US uranium enrichment plans
General Electric (GE) is seeking permission to build a uranium enrichment plant using a $ 1 billion laser technology.
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Japan established a restricted area around the Fukushima I factory
The area around Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant may become a forbidden area for several decades because the concentration of radiation there has reached a very d…
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The earthquake caused the US nuclear power plant to close
The seismic in Virginia caused a nuclear power plant near the epicenter to stop working, fuel rods that were immediately cooled by the standby power system as planned.
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Radiation from Japanese factories is 168 times the atomic bomb
A newspaper in Japan said that radioactive cesium-137 leaked from Fukushima I nuclear power plant equivalent to more than 168 atomic bombs falling on Hiroshima city duri…
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Radiation from the Fukushima 1 plant has spread to the United States
On August 16, Kyodo news agency said US scientists have discovered a small amount of radioactive sulfur dispersed from Japan's No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant on the…
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Japan restarted nuclear power after the tsunami
Japan yesterday approved the first nuclear reactor to resume operations after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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Earthquake triggers tsunami warning in Japan
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has just happened on the northeast coast of Japan, right in the double disaster area in March, causing a tsunami warning to be made.
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The richest carnivorous marsh in the world
With about 1 million prey species belonging to at least 14 species, the Green Marsh Conservation Area (Florida State, USA) is one of the most concentrated carnivorous fl…
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Half of Fukushima children are radioactive
Nearly a quarter of the medical samples of children living in areas of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Japan) give positive results for…
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New sources of fresh water from the sea?
Seawater desalination is expected to be the solution to the problem of water shortage for 1.8 billion people who will live in dry areas by 2025.
Environment
Japan has just developed a new radioactive material
New materials in the form of silicon dioxide compounds (SiO2) can absorb radioactive iodine and strontium by changing the compound type.
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Record high radiation at Japanese nuclear power plant
Toyko Electric Company (TEPCO) said yesterday it recorded a record high radiation level at the Fukushima I. nuclear power plant.
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Japan wants to sign an emissions agreement with Vietnam
The Nikkei newspaper on July 19 reported that Japan wanted to sign a document with Vietnam on the exchange of gas quotas.