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Radioactive leaks at nuclear power plants in France
On April 5, two small fires caused radioactive leaks at France's Penly power plant, on the English Channel near Dieppe harbor, but the leaked radiation was collected bac…
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KEPCO issues safety timetables for power plants
Director of Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) Makoto Yagi on April 9 submitted to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Yukio Edano the medium and lon…
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Super tsunami scenario in Japan
A 9-magnitude Richter earthquake originating from the trench Nankai, running along the eastern island of Honshu to the southern island of Kyushu, can create a giant wave…
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Vietnam prioritizes nuclear safety
Nuclear safety is a top priority in the process of developing and applying peaceful nuclear energy, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam confir…
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Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after Fukushima
Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after the nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, according to a recently published survey.
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The amount of radiation in the Pacific Ocean is 6 times higher
According to a survey by the Japan Marine Survey, published on March 12, the incident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in March 2011 caused the content of radioact…
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Potential threat from old nuclear plants
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that 80% of the world's nuclear power plants have been operating for more than 20 years, a period of time when s…
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Detection of radiation 650km from the Japanese coast
Radioactivity from the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant was discovered about 650 km away from the Japanese coast, in the Pacific Ocean, with a radiation index 1,0…
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Fukushima plant reactor temperature rises
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on February 12 said the thermometer of the No. 2 reactor at Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant increased by 82 degrees.
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The risk of radioactive leakage threatens water resources in the United States
The clean water supply to more than 11 million people is facing the risk of serious pollution due to the leak of radioactive substances at Indian Point Nuclear Power Pla…
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The temperature at Fukushima No.1 reactor increased
According to a reporter in Tokyo, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said that the temperature at the bottom of the pressure chamber of reactor No. 2 at Fukushima nucl…
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Vietnam will use responsible nuclear energy
On January 17, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the British Atomic Energy Agency, the British Embassy in Vietnam, the World Nuclear…
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IAEA assesses the level of nuclear safety in Japan
More than 10 months after the earthquake - tsunami caused a nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima power plant, on January 23, a group of experts from the International Ato…
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Again leaking radioactive water at the Fukushima plant 1
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it has detected about 10 liters of water containing Strontium radioactivity that has been leaked from the water treatment facil…
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Earthquake near the damaged nuclear plant in Japan
A strong earthquake today occurred near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.