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- Japan Damaged Nuke Plants Still Not Under ControlThe fight to control the meltdowns in three of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors continues. Nearly 10 months after Japan suffered a historic earthquake and tsunami, the melted uranium continues to generate radiation and heat.
Travel to Japan Post Fukushima Daiichi Meltdown: Safe or Not?Assessing the safety of travel to Japan post Fukushima Daiichi meltdown can be tricky. These resources might help.- Fukushima's Nuclear Disaster: Radiation Released was Equal to 168 Hiroshima BombsThe Japanese government has revealed that the radiation generated by the nuclear disaster at Fukushima's Daicha power plant was equivalent to 168 Hiroshima bombs.
- Fukushima Families Come to America for Fresh AirAfter the horrors in Japan in recent months, a small grass roots movement has expanded to help host families here in the U.S. Here are a few of their experiences.
- After Fukushima: Monitoring Radioactive ContaminationJapanese citizens living near Fukushima are using dosimeters to monitor levels of radioactive cesium in their homes, gardens and local communities.
- Japan Nuclear Crisis in Fukushima Nets Recklessness by Some Powers-That-BeA Fukushima teacher is driven to quit because he had the "nerve" to try to help his students stay healthier.
- After Fukushima...How Safe Are America's Nuclear Power Plants?Nuclear safety in the US depends on a wonky 'œpatchwork' of regulations developed on the hoof over decades. "Systematic and coherent" controls are urgently needed.
- Japanese Government Bans Sale of Contaminated Beef and Cattle from FukushimaMeat from cattle reared on Japan's east coast has been found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium. The cattle were raised not far from the cracked reactors at Fukushima. Sale of the cattle has been banned.
Fukushima an Ongoing Nuclear CrisisFukushima a disaster now requires a new nuclear alert level to be created.- Buying Fish and SeaFood: How Do You Know If It's Contaminated After the Japanaese Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima?Many consumers who'd worried about the possibility of buying and eating contaminated food from Japan will have begun to relax and forget the possible danger of eating fish and seafood contaminated by radiation.
Nuking FukushimaHiroshima and Nagasaki Became Viable Reconstructed Cities Not Too Many Years After being Nuclear bombed. Chernobyl is not expected to be livable again or to be renewed as an urban area for hundreds of years from now. Could Nukes be the solution?
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Resurrects Chernobyl Memories from 25 Years Ago25 years later, the Chernobyl disaster is being revisited. The worst nuclear disaster in history seriously affected parts of the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.- 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl Observed as World Watches FukushimaThe devastation caused 25 years ago Tuesday by the explosion at the nuclear reactor in Chernobyl is still apparent in parts of the former Soviet Union. Today, Japan is confronting similar disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
- Discussing the Fallout of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster on the Energy IndustryThe faults behind Fukushima crisis are the same as the 2010 BP Gulf Coast oil spill, the 2008 flood of 500 million gallons of coal byproducts in Tennessee and far too many other energy related disasters.
- The Biblical Roots of FukushimaThe dictionary meanings of fuku, shima, and daiichi give us clues to biblical prophesy and advice.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Workers Evacuated After 7.4 QuakeA 7.4 Richter scale earthquake leads to the evacuation of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Nuclear engineers fear additional shocks to the plant's infrastructure may further damage reactors' containment facilities.- U.S. Nuclear Engineers' Worries Increase About Fukushima Daiichi Power PlantThe Fukushima nuclear power plant problems may be fading away as a lead TV news story, but nuclear engineers' worries are increasing by the day. Here is why.
- Fukushima Gov. Sato Criticizes Japanese GovernmentGovernor Sato of the Fukushima prefecture, home of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has demanded that the Japanese government share more information with residents about the ongoing crisis.
- Smoke Seen Billowing from Fukushima Daini, Raising New ConcernsThe Fukushima Daini plant, located six miles from the still-dangerous situation at Fukushima Daiichi, reportedly had smoke billowing from one of its units on Wednesday.
- Officials at Fukushima Nuclear Plant Find Contaminated SoilSoil samples taken around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant revealed that the ground has been contaminated by radiation. Officials are still maintaining that the situation is slowly improving.
- Evidence of Food Contamination Adds to Fukushima Daiichi DisasterThe Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare recently released a report about the radiation contamination of food in that country due to the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Despite Japan's Fukushima Disaster, Nuclear Still SafestAre we being too quick to accept a knee-jerk reaction to Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster?
Japan Radiation Reaches Beyond FukushimaJapan's radiation leak is still not lethal, according to experts, even as the radioactive material spreads into America. However, if Fukushima gets even closer to a meltdown, last ditch efforts may be needed to prevent a more serious leak.- The Fukushima 50 Nuclear Plant Workers Face Possible '˜Lethal Radiation'How will the nuclear crisis in Japan end? Some nuclear reactors there are in danger of a meltdown.
- Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Updates Filled with DoubtThings are bad enough in Fukushima without confusion over just how bad it is. There are doubts over how truthful officials and the government are being, and how dangerous things can get if a greater meltdown occurs.
- Chernobyl Disaster Level Nearly Approached by FukushimaAlthough the Chernobyl disaster was brought up over and over since the Fukushima crisis started, few thought it would be that serious. But now that Fukushima is one level away from Chernobyl's danger level, fears are running more rampant.
- Radiation Exposure in Japan: Prime Minister Naoto Kan Takes Immediate ActionTime Line of Press Conferences Japan News Releases: Tuesday March 15, 2011.
Could the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Happen in America?American nuclear reactors are located in known high-risk earthquake zones. The recent Japan earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster bring to light questions of our own safety in the U.S.- Nuclear Reactor in Fukushima, Japan, Remains in DangerThe aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami has put the Fukushima nuclear power plant in critical condition. Radiation leaked out after an explosion and now they must work to decrease the pressure before a meltdown occurs.
- Meltdown Threatens at Fukushima Nuclear Power PlantThe disaster in north eastern Japan brought about by the earthquake and tsunami is threatening to get a lot worse as a nuclear reactor at Fukushima may be in the process of a meltdown that would release radiation into the containment building.
- Radioactive Gravel from Japanese Nuke Disaster Used in BuildingsGravel stockpiled near the Fukushima nuclear disaster site has been shipped throughout Japan. That gravel was contaminated by radioactive materials and should not have been used.
- RADIATED EARTHWhat is going on in the nuclear industry that so many near misses have been ignored, putting millions at risk.
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Bomb Shelter Business is Booming - Japanese Crisis Sparks InterestThe bomb and survival business is booming as nervous people the world over worry about what is coming next. How about you? Are you making plans for survival in a troubled world?- Man Made DisasterWhat is going on at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Why does the news ask the right question, the questions that the people wish to ask.
The Legacy of Fukushima: Addressing PTSD Before it Sets InLiving in a world where there is a lot of uncertainty-the long term effects of the radiation, the effect of the disaster on the economy has and will contribute to a fractured psyche manifesting in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
So How is the International Press Doing? Reporting on FukushimaReducing confusion in an emergency situation should be the job of the press. Timely, accurate and informative information is needed for residents of emergency areas to make good decisions for themselves and their families.
Fukushima I and the INESThe INES rates the significance of a civilian nuclear incident or accident. How does Japan's Fukushima I disaster compare to accidents of levels 4, 5, 6 and 7?
Fukushima 50Dedicated to the 50 brave and honorable men who stayed behind
