EEV: Please review bottom links also… Getting mixed reports on the severity, from serious to of no concern. Photo: EPA Radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown is expected to reach the West Coast by next month, according to… Read More ›
Fukushima
Breaking: Radioactivity level spikes 6,500 times higher at Fukushima well than readings taken on Wednesday
Published time: October 18, 2013 02:08 Fukushima Governor Yuhei sato (orange helmet) inspects the contaminated water tanks at Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture on October 15, 2013. (AFP… Read More ›
Fukushima Industries unveils new mascot with an unfortunate name
By Preston Phro Oct. 15, 2013 – 07:00AM JST TOKYO — Meet the newest mascot at Fukushima Industries. This cute, winged egg is the perfect face for a company that manufactures the kind of industrial refrigerators, blast chillers, freezers and… Read More ›
Radiation levels near Japan’s damaged Fukushima reactor hit two-year high
Friday, Oct 11, 2013 Reuters TOKYO – Radiation levels in seawater just outside one of the damaged Fukushima reactors spiked this week to the highest level in two years, the operator of the crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Thursday.Radiation… Read More ›
Radioactive water at Fukushima an emergency / Contaminated water could rise to the ground’s surface within three weeks
Watchdog says radioactive water at Fukushima an emergency By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito National Aug. 06, 2013 – 06:45AM JST ( 29 ) TOKYO — Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant… Read More ›
Fukushima Nuke Plant manager dies of cancer
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Masao Yoshida (AFP Photo / Japan Pool via JIJI Press) The ex-head of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Masao Yoshida, 58, died at a Tokyo hospital of esophageal cancer on July 9, 2013…. Read More ›
Almost third of US West Coast newborns hit with thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster
Published time: April 03, 2013 19:56 A boy receives a radiation scan at a screening center in Koriyama in Fukushima prefecture (AFP Photo / Go Takayama) Researchers have discovered that the Fukushima nuclear disaster has had far-reaching health effects more… Read More ›
Fukushima loses cooling power
No electricity to pumps that feed ponds where spent nuclear fuel rods must be kept underwater at a safe temperature Associated Press in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 March 2013 00.38 EDT A damaged reactor building at the Fukushima power plant… Read More ›
WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents : German physician
Jiji BERLIN — A German doctor and member of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicians’ group has criticized a World Health Organization report on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe for underestimating its impact on human health. In a research paper, Alex Rosen… Read More ›
Mistakes found in all radiation projections
Kyodo The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday a thorough review of its mistake-plagued projections for the spread of radiation turned up errors in the data for every atomic power plant in Japan. The regulatory body examined the data in detail… Read More ›
Cesium in trout 110 times over limit
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 Kyodo A mountain trout caught in the Niida River in Fukushima Prefecture contained 11,400 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, more than 110 times above the government limit for food products, a survey by the Environment… Read More ›