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Very high radiation index at Fukushima
Environment

Very high radiation index at Fukushima

According to TEPCO, the highest radiation index has just been detected up to 1,800 millisievert (mSv) an hour in one of the containers, a dose that can be fatal if expos…

December 16, 2018
Close to the radiation water crisis in Fukushima
Environment

Close to the radiation water crisis in Fukushima

About 300 tons of highly contaminated radioactive water leaked from a reservoir in the Fukushima No. nuclear power plant area. 1. This incident has caused Japan to raise…

December 16, 2018
US - Japan cooperates to monitor radiation
Environment

US - Japan cooperates to monitor radiation

UPI news agency said that US and Japanese agencies have collaborated to develop a new method to analyze airborne data to monitor radiation after a nuclear accident.

December 16, 2018
Radiation detection is 10 times higher in Japan
Environment

Radiation detection is 10 times higher in Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on July 7 that it has detected triti radioactive toxins with high concentrations in groundwater at Fukushima nuclear power…

December 16, 2018
Confused in investigating the Fukushima incident
Environment

Confused in investigating the Fukushima incident

Of the approximately 420,000 people the authorities have completed to date, the re-calculation shows that 12,469 people were exposed to higher doses of radiation while 3…

December 16, 2018
Nuclear laboratory in Japan leaked radiation
Environment

Nuclear laboratory in Japan leaked radiation

Japan's nuclear regulatory agency (NRA) on May 25 announced radioactive substances from a nuclear physics laboratory in Tokai village, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the eastern…

December 16, 2018
Fukushima workers died not because of radiation
Environment

Fukushima workers died not because of radiation

The UN representative said the cause of death of six workers who worked at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and died after the earthquake disaster - the tsunam…

December 16, 2018
Radiation in Japan is no longer dangerous
Environment

Radiation in Japan is no longer dangerous

One year after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the amount of radiation in Japan has fallen below the level of cancer, most of Japan is no longer in da…

December 16, 2018
Radiation reduction with corn cobs
Environment

Radiation reduction with corn cobs

Researchers from the sunrise country found that activated carbon, produced from corn cobs, is effective in absorbing radioactive substances, heavy metals and pesticides.…

December 16, 2018