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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.
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The weakness of the Japanese reactor cooling system
Most nuclear reactors in Japan will not achieve stable conditions in case all operating power sources are lost or cut off, even if managers have prepared new backup powe…
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Gulf of Mexico: One year after the oil spill disaster
It has been a year since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, causing hundreds of millions of liters of oil to flow into the sea, but the consequences it has left…
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Radiation is still in agricultural products after 25 years
Radioactive dust from the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 still exists in food in northern Ukraine, the Green Peace Organization confirmed yesterd…
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Again a fire in the Japanese nuclear plant, the danger increased
This morning, the second fire broke out at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant's No. 4 reactor - the latest in a series of incidents at the plant, causing the threat of…
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'I'll be away from home for a while!'
Bringing in the amount of radioactivity that can be lethal at any time, a 59-year-old 'suicide force' encourages his wife with e-mail rushes: 'You and I continue to live…
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Lessons from Japanese nuclear disaster
'Uncertain graphics'. The saying that old people are moving into the Land of the Rising Sun. Japan has been a victim of nuclear technology - atomic bomb 65 years ago, an…
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Climate change due to nuclear war
Nuclear explosions can lead to changes in the earth's environment and climate, leading to incalculable natural disasters.
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China: Oil spreads over 400km2 of sea surface from a pipeline explosion
The oil pipeline explosion last Friday in China has caused oil to spread from one of the country's largest ports to 430km2 ...
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Oil spreads to the US coast of Florida
The oil trail behind BP's rig explosion came close to the famous white sand beaches in Florida state yesterday
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The scene of oil spill from the universe
After the explosion of an oil rig off the US, oil is covering an area of thousands of kilometers of sea.
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Consolidating the hypothesis that the Tunguska explosion in 1908 was caused by comets
New Cornell University study, the United States is almost certain that the 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by a comet falling into the atmosphere. The explosion is de…
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Clean water is a big challenge for Asia
Population explosion, poor resource management, flood and drought are turning clean water into luxury for hundreds of millions of Asians.
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Dust storms from the Sahara desert cause an explosion of plankton in the East Atlantic Ocean
Scientists working on RRS Discovery are studying sand dust from the Sahara desert blown off the coast of Africa and causing an explosion of plankton in the eastern Atlan…
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Ukraine: The second 'Chernobyl disaster'
Twenty people were hospitalized and hundreds evacuated after a yellow phosphorus train dislocated and caught fire in western Ukraine, creating a cloud of toxic gas cover…