A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Tuesday morning, briefly disrupting nuclear fuel cooling functions at the Fukushima No. 2 power plant and generating tsunami … Northeast Japan dodges bullet from M7.4 quakeRead more
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Fukushima Radiation Has Contaminated The Entire Pacific Ocean
What was the most dangerous nuclear disaster in world history? Most people would say the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, but they’d be wrong. In … Fukushima Radiation Has Contaminated The Entire Pacific OceanRead more
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Chernobyl and Fukushima: side by side
Pripyat in northern Ukraine was a young and promising town. Established in 1970 it had all the markers of a great place to raise a … Chernobyl and Fukushima: side by sideRead more
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Five years on and the Fukushima crisis is far from over
Scotland is over 9,000 km from Japan, but there’s something the two countries have in common. Along the Scottish coastline, buried in riverbeds, and mixed … Five years on and the Fukushima crisis is far from overRead more
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What’s Really Going on at Fukushima?
Fukushima’s still radiating, self-perpetuating, immeasurable, and limitless, like a horrible incorrigible Doctor Who monster encounter in deep space. Fukushima will likely go down in history … What’s Really Going on at Fukushima?Read more
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Kids Near Fukushima 20-50 Times Higher Rates of Thyroid Cancer
A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant during the 2011 meltdown have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate between … Kids Near Fukushima 20-50 Times Higher Rates of Thyroid CancerRead more
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Chernobyl fires threaten release of radioactivity equivalent to major nuclear accident
If the fires spread to the heavily contaminated forests and land areas around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the release of radioactive material into the … Chernobyl fires threaten release of radioactivity equivalent to major nuclear accidentRead more
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TEPCO Dumps Fukushima Groundwater Into Pacific Ocean
Despite the objections of environmentalists and after overcoming local opposition from fishermen, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pumped more than 850 tons of groundwater … TEPCO Dumps Fukushima Groundwater Into Pacific OceanRead more
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Fukushima Disaster “Man-Made” & “Preventable”
A Japanese parliamentary inquiry has concluded last year’s nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “a profoundly man-made disaster — that could … Fukushima Disaster “Man-Made” & “Preventable”Read more
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TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: four years of an ongoing nuclear crisis
Tomorrow, March 11th 2015, is a somber anniversary for the people of Japan: four years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, sparking a tsunami, … TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: four years of an ongoing nuclear crisisRead more