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Five lessons from the nuclear accident in Fukushima
The amount of radioactive waste so far is still very small and not much different from the daily radioactivity that we do not care about, such as when taking x-rays.
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Chernobyl will be sealed with steel
Ukraine has just approved the plan to create a giant steel shell that sealed the Chernobyl reactor, where the worst nuclear disaster in the world occurred in 1986, repla…
Scientific works
China built a power plant near the Chernobyl nuclear grave
Two Chinese companies plan to start construction of a solar power plant in the restricted area around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine.
Scientific works
Philippines' unfinished nuclear dream
The Philippines has been very close to its goal of being the first country in Southeast Asia to produce nuclear power, but the Chernobyl and Fukushima disaster makes the…
Scientific works
Nuclear power movement in the world
After the Chernobyl incident more than 20 years ago, the development of nuclear power in the world seemed to slow down ...
Science story
'Lion' has the nucleus reached itself?
America is making a breakthrough in nuclear power policy. The striving of the nuclear lion will help to stir up the world nuclear community ...
Science story
Chernobyl disaster - 20 years look back
At 1:23 minutes on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in the Republic of Ukraine of the former Soviet Union, there was a unique accident in the history…
Medicine - Health
Cigarettes contain 1,000 times more radiation in Chernobyl
Smoking 30 cigarettes a day, you will receive thousands of times more radiation than plants that live in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster area.
Cancer
Detection of risk of leukemia due to low dose radiation
The Japanese Times reported a recent US study that prolonged low-level radiation exposure was associated with a significant increase in the risk of leukemia (leukemia),…
Cancer
Russia: cases of thyroid cancer double
Cancer cases involving the thyroid gland will double in Briansk region, western Russia, from now until 2010, due to the effects of the Chernobyl atomic explosion in the…
Computer science
The most dangerous computer viruses of the time
Twenty years have passed since the first computer virus appeared, there were many new viruses born but typically only 10 of the most dangerous viruses and cause the high…