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US - Japan cooperates to monitor radiation
Environment

US - Japan cooperates to monitor radiation

UPI news agency said that US and Japanese agencies have collaborated to develop a new method to analyze airborne data to monitor radiation after a nuclear accident.

December 16, 2018
Confused in investigating the Fukushima incident
Environment

Confused in investigating the Fukushima incident

Of the approximately 420,000 people the authorities have completed to date, the re-calculation shows that 12,469 people were exposed to higher doses of radiation while 3…

December 16, 2018
Nuclear laboratory in Japan leaked radiation
Environment

Nuclear laboratory in Japan leaked radiation

Japan's nuclear regulatory agency (NRA) on May 25 announced radioactive substances from a nuclear physics laboratory in Tokai village, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the eastern…

December 16, 2018
Leakage of radioactive waste in six US tanks
Environment

Leakage of radioactive waste in six US tanks

According to AFP, the Washington state government said on February 22 that at least six radioactive waste tanks are leaking, urging the federal government to help furthe…

December 16, 2018
Japan: Radioactivity in fish is still high
Environment

Japan: Radioactivity in fish is still high

Results from a recent study show that many fish species in Japan still contain high levels of Cesium (Cs) radiation, even though it has been more than 1.5 years since th…

December 16, 2018
Fukushima workers died not because of radiation
Environment

Fukushima workers died not because of radiation

The UN representative said the cause of death of six workers who worked at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and died after the earthquake disaster - the tsunam…

December 16, 2018
Radiation in Japan is no longer dangerous
Environment

Radiation in Japan is no longer dangerous

One year after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the amount of radiation in Japan has fallen below the level of cancer, most of Japan is no longer in da…

December 16, 2018
Radiation reduction with corn cobs
Environment

Radiation reduction with corn cobs

Researchers from the sunrise country found that activated carbon, produced from corn cobs, is effective in absorbing radioactive substances, heavy metals and pesticides.…

December 16, 2018