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Detecting a molten nuclear fuel at Fukushima
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Detecting a molten nuclear fuel at Fukushima

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on July 23 said that a large number of hardened plaques and deposits were found for the first time at the bottom of the primary prot…

December 18, 2018
What is 'nuclear melting'?
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What is 'nuclear melting'?

The melting of nuclear fuel rods when the temperature in the reactor's core rises to an extremely high level is called

December 18, 2018
Terrors of molten nuclear fuel
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Terrors of molten nuclear fuel

Fuel rods in Japanese nuclear reactors damaged by earthquakes and tsunamis are in danger of being completely melted and causing unintended consequences.

December 18, 2018
The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel
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The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel

India is planning to build a nuclear power plant using new materials, thorium, which has a low radioactivity, safer than using uranium.

December 17, 2018
Nuclear expert criticizes China's breakthrough
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Nuclear expert criticizes China's breakthrough

China has not been able to apply a technology to recycle nuclear fuel that has been used on a large scale, a senior expert from the International Atomic Energy Agency (I…

December 17, 2018
Vietnam pays nuclear fuel to Russia
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Vietnam pays nuclear fuel to Russia

According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam has just finished putting the last 11kg of highly enriched uranium from the Da Lat Nuclear Research Institut…

December 16, 2018
First move nuclear fuel in Fukushima
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First move nuclear fuel in Fukushima

Japanese media on July 18 reported that workers working at the Daiichi incident nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture for the first time have moved nuclear fuel here sin…

December 16, 2018
US: Call for recycling nuclear fuel
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US: Call for recycling nuclear fuel

Recycling not only helps to exploit energy value significantly but also reduces the volume and radioactive toxicity of nuclear waste.

December 15, 2018