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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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Renewable energy in Africa - great potential is left open
The Black Continent is currently a region with great potential for renewable energy, in which the natural conditions in North Africa are favorable for wind power develop…
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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…
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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.
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…
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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…
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Electric cars are more polluting than gasoline vehicles
Electric cars are being praised as an environmentally friendly transport solution, especially in urban areas. But a study conducted by Tennessee scientists in China show…
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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…
Environment
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…