Japan admits that Fukushima worker died from radiation

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Contamination experts work at the site of the Fukushima disaster.
 Contamination experts work at the site of the Fukushima disaster. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.

A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in March 2011, triggering a tsunami that killed about 18,000 people and the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl 25 years earlier. Tiếp tục đọc “Japan admits that Fukushima worker died from radiation”

China warned over ‘insane’ plans for new nuclear power plants

He Zuoxiu, a leading Chinese scientist, says the country is not investing enough in safety controls after lifting of post-Fukushima disaster reactor ban

Changjiang nuclear power plant
Construction works at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan province, China. Three Chinese provinces have chosen locations for new plants as part of the country’s nuclear expansion plans. Photograph: AP

Theguardian – China’s plans for a rapid expansion of nuclear power plants are “insane” because the country is not investing enough in safety controls, a leading Chinese scientist has warned. Tiếp tục đọc “China warned over ‘insane’ plans for new nuclear power plants”