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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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Japanese radiation detection off the west coast of the United States
Radioactive iodine is found in kelp off the west coast of the United States, more than a year after the Japanese earthquake / tsunami, causing the worst nuclear crisis i…
Environment
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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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck yesterday in northern Japan, causing sea levels to change slightly, but authorities did not issue a tsunami warning.
Environment
Radiation at Fukushima 1 is extremely dangerous
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has reported the radioactivity measured in the 2nd reactor at Fukushima 1 power station to 73 svert / hour, which is extremely dange…
Environment
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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Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan
According to AFP, on March 8, scientists deployed a seabed research program off Japan, where a strong earthquake struck the tsunami last year, to observe the disturbance…
Environment
Japan still faces the risk of super-earthquakes
A year after the tsunami earthquake, Japanese people in Tokyo still have to live in a sense of anxiety when scientists in the country recently issued a warning about the…
Environment
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…
Environment
Earthquake shook Japan, causing tsunami warnings
A series of earthquakes rocked the capital of Tokyo and northeastern Japan on the evening of March 14 leading to a tsunami warning several places, but no damage or casua…
Environment
Many earthquakes will happen near Fukushima
The recollection of the Japanese people's earthquake and tsunami disaster in March 2011 has not yet eased, and there are further forecasts that there will be many earthq…
Environment
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…