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Explosion lethal in the French nuclear power plant
At least one person died and four were injured in a nuclear power plant explosion in southern France today.
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The reactors at Fukushima No.1 are basically stable
According to Reuters, Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on September 12 that the reactors at the current Fukushim…
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False earthquake warning due to positioning software
Acknowledging that the warning about the August 25 earthquake in Phu Yen was flawed, the head of the Tsunami Earthquake Reporting Center said that part of the software w…
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The US nuclear waste storage tank moved because of the earthquake
The rare earthquake in the east coast of the United States last month caused many nuclear power plants' waste tanks to move a few centimeters, but have not caused any da…
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The earthquake caused the US nuclear power plant to close
The seismic in Virginia caused a nuclear power plant near the epicenter to stop working, fuel rods that were immediately cooled by the standby power system as planned.
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Radiation from the Fukushima 1 plant has spread to the United States
On August 16, Kyodo news agency said US scientists have discovered a small amount of radioactive sulfur dispersed from Japan's No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant on the…
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Japan restarted nuclear power after the tsunami
Japan yesterday approved the first nuclear reactor to resume operations after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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Record high radiation at Japanese nuclear power plant
Toyko Electric Company (TEPCO) said yesterday it recorded a record high radiation level at the Fukushima I. nuclear power plant.
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Earthquake in Fukushima, Japan power plant area
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean early this morning, near the area once destroyed by seismic and tsunami in Japan.
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Alarms from nuclear power plants in the US: Contaminated water leaks into the environment
The US Congress alarmed that three-quarters of the 65 nuclear power plants in the United States are experiencing radioactive water leaking to the outside environment for…
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48 US nuclear power plants leak tritium
Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has leaked into groundwater from at least 48 of the 65 nuclear power plants in the United States.
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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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'Ninh Thuan nuclear power will be secured'
Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant was built with an environmental-friendly radioactive isolation system, Sergey A. Boyarkin, deputy general director of Russian atomic energ…
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Nuclear power is more dangerous because of climate change
Capital is considered a clean energy solution to address climate change, but in fact, nuclear power plants are very vulnerable to climate change.
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Japan announced a new roadmap to troubleshoot Fukushima I
The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) have just announced a new roadmap for troubleshooting at the Fukushima I nuclear power plant, on the sam…