A large fraction of the affected area received 60,000 to 600,000 becquerels per square meter. 300,000 becquerels per square metre is 5 milliSieverts in the … Radiation Safety?Read more
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We are taking this as a lesson. You?
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to “start from scratch” in … We are taking this as a lesson. You?Read more
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Worst nuclear crisis in Japan
the U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami Friday, a second explosion has hit … Worst nuclear crisis in JapanRead more
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Second explosion in Jap Nuke plant
The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked Japan’s stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Monday, sending a massive column of smoke into the air and … Second explosion in Jap Nuke plantRead more
Posted inFisheries / Japan
Giant Jellyfish
The trawler, the Diasan Shinsho-maru, capsized off Chiba`as its three-man crew was trying to haul in a net containing dozens of huge Nomura’s jellyfish. Each … Giant JellyfishRead more
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Japanese killer
Japan’s whaling catch in its latest Antarctic hunt fell far short of its target after disruptions by anti-whaling activists, the Fisheries Agency said. Japan, which … Japanese killerRead more