The Đà Lạt Nulear Research Institute in Lâm Đồng Province. Photo vnexpress.net Nguyễn Tuấn Khải, director general of the Việt Nam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety, talks to Lao động cuối tuần (Weekend Labour) newspaper about his agency’s capacity to operate a nuclear power plant What are the advantages and disadvantages of project VN3.01/13 on strengthening the capacity and effectiveness of the Việt Nam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety? Project VN3.01/13 is in its second phase. The first phase of the project was carried out from 2012-2015 with financial support from the European Union. In the second phase, the project will receive the funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology in addition to the financial support from the European Union. In this second phase, we’ll continue to receive financial support from the EU and technical … [Read more...] about Việt Nam goes for nuclear power
Power plant accident
Four thermal power plant employees die in workplace accident
Xuân Đôn Commune (in red), the scene of the incident. —Photo news.zing.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY –– Four workers at Duyên Hải Thermal Power Plant in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh died of gas suffocation yesterday. Power Generation Corporation 1, under the State-run Vietnam Electricity Corporation, said in a press release that an accident occurred at 12:10 pm at a raw water pumping station owned by the company. Initial results of an investigation showed the deaths were due to gas suffocation during the sludge extraction process. The four workers were rushed to hospital but later died. The company is working with provincial police and other agencies to cordon off the scene, resolve relevant issues and clarify the cause of the occupational accident. ––VNS … [Read more...] about Four thermal power plant employees die in workplace accident
Four workers die at Duyen Hai Thermal Power Plant
Four workers at Duyen Hai Thermal Power Plant in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh died of suffocation on Thursday. The incident happened at around 12:10 pm at a raw water pumping station of the company which is located at Don Chau Commune, Duyen Hai Town. The scence of the accident According to the initial information, the fatalities were caused by gas suffocation during the sludge extraction process at the pumping station. Despite being taken to a local hospital, they died just hours after. The victims are Nguyen Van Quy, 30; Tang Toan Quoc, 28; Kim Minh Thuan, 27 and Kien Ngoc Den, 26 and all are from Tra Vinh Province. The company is co-operating with local authorities to identify the cause of the accident. … [Read more...] about Four workers die at Duyen Hai Thermal Power Plant
Four thermal power plant workers suffocate to death
By Cuu Long  December 28, 2018 | 08:46 am GMT+7 Investigators examine the area at Duyen Hai thermal power plant after four workers died Thursday. Photo by VnExpress/Cuu Long Four workers have died of asphyxiation while clearing mud for a thermal power plant in southern Vietnam. The victims were reportedly part of a group of workers from Duyen Hai Thermal Power Company in Tra Vinh Province, who were tasked Thursday with removing mud from the water collection tank of the company's pumping station. While working, four of the workers fainted and were rushed to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Initial investigation suggests that the victims' cause of death was inert gas asphyxiation. The number of workplace accidents in Vietnam has remained high despite authorities’ efforts to improve labor safety and health. According to the Department of Work Safety, Vietnam saw 8,956 workplace accidents with 9,173 victims and 928 deaths in 2017. In the … [Read more...] about Four thermal power plant workers suffocate to death
Chernobyl Disaster remembered
Viet Nam News On April 26, 1986 the world was shaken by a terrible tragedy – an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine (then part of the USSR). This accident became the worst nuclear catastrophe in human history. The explosion caused the release of large quantities of radioactive materials into the atmosphere that spread over the western USSR and Europe. This radioactive contamination affected the lives of millions of people, and the world is still living with its consequences. The Chernobyl accident is considered the most disastrous nuclear power plant accident in history, both in terms of cost and casualties. It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011. Approximately 100,000 sq.km of land were significantly contaminated with fallout, with the worst-hit regions being in … [Read more...] about Chernobyl Disaster remembered