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Japan discovered a fire risk in many nuclear reactors
According to the Mainichi Shimbun daily on January 1, the Japan Nuclear Safety Authority discovered defects in the fire system of about 10 nuclear reactors.
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Vietnam nuclear power needs to have standards
The Chairman of the National Nuclear Safety Council asked the relevant units to soon build a legal system and technical regulations for nuclear power.
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Korea closed two nuclear power plants for counterfeit components
On November 5, the South Korean government announced that the country was forced to close two nuclear power plants to replace the parts that were supplied with fake qual…
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Japan's last nuclear reactor stopped working
Since the earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March last year, only one reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido of Japan's…
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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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The island nation of Fiji announced a state of emergency because of the flood
On April 1, the island nation of Fiji announced a state of emergency and warned visitors in the context of heavy rain and strong winds to continue attacking this small c…
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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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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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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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Polluted water threatens Liuzhou City, China
Authorities in China have begun to more closely monitor the level of water safety after discovering the cadmium toxin downstream of the Liujiang River, caused by a minin…
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Ensuring nuclear safety and security in Vietnam
In 2012, the Nuclear Radiation Safety Department continued to complete the project
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Russia strengthens the safety of nuclear power plants
In 2011, the Russian atomic energy industry reaped many achievements by undertaking a policy to improve the safety of existing nuclear plants and build new plants with t…
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Increasing the role of IAEA in ensuring nuclear safety
On August 23, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano affirmed that the IAEA's role in ensuring global nuclear safety must be stre…
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How to not be struck by thunderstorms?
Scientists recommend that, because lightning is random and unexpected, there is no absolute safety position, but people can still actively prevent lightning by simple, e…