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  • Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit


    ABS CBN News - Yoko Kubota - Yoko Nishikawa - 7 minutes ago
    Officials believe the crack could be one soure of the radiation leaks that ... the reactor are fretting that consumers in Japan will reject their crops. ...
    Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit- Hindustan Times
    Missing workers found dead at Japan nuke plant- msnbc.com
    Reuters - CNN International
    all 16555 news articles »

    The Hindu

  • Germany's radioactive boars a legacy of Chernobyl


    Seattle Post Intelligencer - Juergen Baetz - Veronika Oleksyn - 5 hours ago
    While today many Germans are worried about Sushi imported from Japan, ... century after the Soviet Union's Chernobyl reactor spewed radiation across Europe. ...
    French seek to drop probe into Chernobyl fallout- Sify
    all 4 news articles »

  • For Calvert Cliffs, Japan a reminder of potential perils of ...


    Washington Post - 11 hours ago
    The 120000 people who work at the country's 104 commercial reactors supply ... When they stand inside another machine, which measures their radiation levels ...
    Nuclear sites compared to Japan plant- So Md News
    all 17 news articles »

  • State tests for radiation in Metro East


    STLtoday.com - 1 day ago
    ... agency is testing for elevated radiation levels in the Metro East area, ... believed to be related to Japan's earthquake-damaged nuclear power reactors, ...
    Illinois EMA Testing Several Counties For Radiation- FOX2now.com
    Radiation from Japan found in Will County- Chicago Sun-Times
    Illinois detects very low levels of radiation- Chicago Tribune
    Quad City Times - WLS
    all 63 news articles »

  • Media distorts dangers of radiation in Japan


    Lexington Herald Leader - Joseph P. Straley - 44 minutes ago
    Some of the reactors are damaged, and the power company will lose a lot of ... double the dose of radiation people get from naturally existing sources. ...
    UW Physicists Detect Low-Level Radioactivity From Japan Arriving ...- Patch.com
    Moody's cuts rating of Japan nuke plant operator- Newsday (subscription)
    all 4 news articles »

    Lexington Herald Leader

  • Radiation worries hit Japan's farmers hard


    Reuters - David Dolan - 2 hours ago
    Japan's worst crisis since World War II, with the authorities still trying to bring the damaged reactors under control, has sparked widespread fears about ...
    TYO:9501

  • Japan disaster prompts 'atomic tourism'


    The Seattle Times - Leanne Italie - 4 hours ago
    The crisis in Japan has boosted interest in nuclear-related museums and plants, ... about nuclear reactors and nuclear radiation," said Jeanette Miller, ...
    DECEPTION & THE POLITICS OF DENIAL – 2 : Nuclear Safety? Go on ...- The Island.lk (subscription)
    all 10 news articles »

    Mainichi Daily News

  • UMD Panel: United States Safe from Fukushima Plant Radiation


    Patch.com - Andy Marso - 1 hour ago
    The panel of scientists disagreed, however, on how radiation leaking from the nuclear power plant will affect the nearby environment in Japan. ...

  • Jitters over nuke radiation leaks


    The Borneo Post - Nicholas Lo - 2 hours ago
    RADIATION-GUSHING: Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's No.1, 2 and 3 (from right) reactors are located in northeastern Japan. ...
    Radiation Support for Your Immune System: We are under invisible siege- Center for Research on Globalization
    all 2 news articles »

    The Borneo Post

  • Status report: Reactor-by-reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant


    CNN - 21 hours ago
    Radiation levels in the pit have been measured over 1000 millisieverts per ... 2 unit's reactor core, which the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum says has been ...
    Nuclear Energy: At What Cost?- Emporia Gazette
    Reactor Core Was Severely Damaged, US Official Says- New York Times
    all 25 news articles »

    New York Times

  • Radiation not a worry, group tells travellers


    Montreal Gazette - 18 hours ago
    The International Civil Aviation Organization said Friday that the radiation spreading in and outside Japan from damaged nuclear reactors poses no threat to ...

  • Living and Dying Downwind: Radiation, Japan and the Marshall Islands


    Yokwe - 11 hours ago
    When the dangerous dust and gases settle and we discover just how much radiation escaped the damaged Fukushima reactors and spent fuel rods, ...

  • NRC orders seismic safety review of all 104 reactors in US


    Greenville News - Tim Smith - 21 minutes ago
    2011 2:00AM The nation's 104 commercial nuclear reactors will undergo further seismic reviews as a result of events in Japan, including reactors at the ...
    Japan's nuclear crisis reshapes landscape for Indian Point's ...- The Journal News | LoHud.com
    Can Vermont Keep Its Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Running Safely- Daily News Pulse
    all 3 news articles »

    Daily News Pulse

  • UN nuclear agency to send reactor experts to Japan


    Reuters India - Fredrik Dahl - 22 hours ago
    The IAEA, which has as its wider mandate to help promote safe and peaceful uses of the atom, already has experts in Japan to monitor radiation levels. ...
    Dangerous radiation spreads 40 km from damaged nuke plant- Inquirer.net
    JAPAN: IAEA TO SEND TWO EXPERTS TO FUKUSHIMA PLANT- Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
    High radiation found outside no-go zone- The Japan Times
    Global Security Newswire - Bloomberg
    all 448 news articles »

    USA Today

  • Japanese earthquake - UAE wants to learn from Japan nuclear crisis


    SteelGuru - 1 hour ago
    Japan has battled to contain a radiation leak at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following a massive earthquake and tsunami which ravaged the reactors ...
    Our nuclear past - and future- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    all 5 news articles »

  • Trace amounts of radiation found in Massachusetts air


    Boston Globe (blog) - Gideon Gil - 1 day ago
    ... presumably linked to compromised nuclear reactors in Japan, have been found in Massachusetts's air, state health authorities said today. ...
    The East Edition: Radiation Discovered in Massachusetts Rainwater- my.hsj.org
    Our View: Radiation threat low, but worth watching- The Salem News
    all 25 news articles »

  • Despite Radiation in Japan, Little Shift in Americans' Views on ...


    BusinessWeek - Amanda Gardner - 1 day ago
    ... a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled four nuclear reactors in Japan, ... "The risk of accidents and radiation exposure from nuclear power plants is ...
    HPOL

  • Media meltdown


    ABC Online - 7 hours ago
    So the extent of spread of radiation was much, much more significant that what we're seeing in Japan at the moment. So they are very, very different ...

  • No radiation concerns for North Dakota


    Dickinson Press - Sean M. Soehren - 1 day ago
    Though the trouble with nuclear reactors is across the ocean in Japan, ... Agency claim there are no concerns about increased radiation in the state. ...
    Radiation From Troubled Japanese Reactors Lands in California Milk ...- KTXL
    EPA says radiation levels unharmful in Washington- Western Front
    My TV20 Detroit - BusinessWeek
    all 1928 news articles »

    CTV.ca

  • How much danger is there from Japan's radiation leak?


    Bangkok Post - 1 day ago
    Since radiation leakage is not visible to the naked eye, rumours have spread .... Post Today noted that there were two scenarios that could abrogate a ...

  • Is it time for Wales to turn off nuclear power?


    WalesOnline - Paul Rowland - 1 hour ago
    Wylfa has two nuclear reactors – Wylfa-1 and Wylfa-2 – and generates ... Has the terrifying situation at Japan's Fukushima plant changed any of the plans? ...
    Those nuclear scaremongers are a toxic lot - Fullermoney- Proactive Investors UK
    Nuclear benefits outweigh risks- The Japan Times
    Gibson: Nuclear only one option- Catskill Daily Mail
    all 6 news articles »

  • WV Monitoring Japanese Reactor Radiation ; No Health Danger


    HNN Huntingtonnews.net - 2 days ago
    tor the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan. ... It is important to note that radiation monitors around the country are set to detect ...
    Officials: No radiological threat to W.Va.- Parkersburg News
    Slight nuclear fallout drifts to East Coast- Inside NoVA
    all 35 news articles »

    HNN Huntingtonnews.net

  • Q+A-What's going on at Japan's damaged nuclear power plant?


    Reuters - Mayumi Negishi - 1 day ago
    The No.2 reactor has posed especially nasty risks, emitting radiation at more than 1000 millisieverts an hour in both the water and air in the basement of ...
    Q+A - What is going on at Japan's damaged nuclear reactor?- Reuters India
    all 24 news articles »

    Reuters

  • Thousands demonstrate in Germany over nuclear power


    Monsters and Critics.com - 14 hours ago
    The demonstrators demanded not only that reactor security must be checked in lights of events in Japan, where radiation has leaked from a facility damaged ...
    German state sued over nuclear closure- Press TV
    all 136 news articles »

    Spiegel Online

  • Local plant sends robots to the rescue


    Boston Globe - Hiawatha Bray - 1 day ago
    The workers fighting to control the damaged reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have robotic reinforcements from ...
    XBox 360 Controllers Send Robots Into Fukushima Nuclear Plant- Inhabitat
    all 11 news articles »

    Inhabitat

  • Rumors fueled fear for days after earthquake in Japan


    Stars and Stripes - Erik Slavin - 10 hours ago
    YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — After her students left for the .... of radiation coming from the Fukushima nuclear reactor before repositioning ...

  • Disaster fuels debate over nuclear accident evacuation plans


    MiamiHerald.com - Curtis Morgan - 4 hours ago
    The disaster in Japan, followed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission urging Americans to evacuate within 50 miles of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors, ...

    MiamiHerald.com

  • Engineers fail to seal leak at Japan nuke plant


    Seattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours ago
    Radiation leaking into seawater from Japan's tsunami-damaged reactor complex reached its highest level yet Wednesday and the president of the plant's ...
    Magnitude 5 aftershock rattles Japan- Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
    all 199 news articles »

    Kansas City Star

  • China expanding nuclear power but lacks emergency planning


    Washington Post - Keith B. Richburg - 8 hours ago
    Officials monitor radiation levels in the air over coastal cities daily now. And planes and ships bringing cargo and passengers from Japan are closely ...
    Chinese looking to improve dissemination of knowledge amid nuclear ...- People's Daily Online
    all 58 news articles »

  • NE Editorial Roundup


    Boston Globe - 14 hours ago
    Vermont health officials monitor radiation in the atmosphere, ... minute traces of radioactive material from the damaged reactors at Fukushima, Japan. ...

  • One of world's largest concrete pumps headed from U.S. to Japan


    CNN International - Rich Phillips - 1 day ago
    The reactors' core were encased in massive amounts of concrete, to prevent the further release of any more radiation. For weeks, similar concrete pump ...
    US Sending World's Largest Pump to Cool Japanese Nuclear Reactor- The Chosun Ilbo
    Nuclear crisis: Japan seeks 'any wisdom available'- Detroit Free Press
    Japan buys giant pumps for Fukushima- MarketWatch
    Atlanta Business Chronicle - Bizjournals.com
    all 298 news articles »

    Fox News

  • Nuclear crisis puts evacuation zones under scrutiny


    USA Today - Rita Rubin - 2 days ago
    The detection of excessive radiation in a village ... questions about whether Japan's recommended evacuation zone is adequate and ...
    Feinstein Urges U.S. Review of Nuclear Waste Amid Japan Crisis- Bloomberg
    Green: Senators Press U.S. Officials on Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel- New York Times (blog)
    Nuclear waste: America's 'biggest security threat'- CNN
    MinnPost.com - Ct Post
    all 67 news articles »

    AFP

  • Canadian inspection agency refuses to test milk for radiation


    Vancouver Sun - Tiffany Crawford - 18 hours ago
    ... nuclear scientist Kris Starosta said radiation from the Japanese nuclear reactor damaged ... All are suspected to be from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant.
    Canada tightens controls on Japanese food, animal feed- Reuters Canada
    CFIA widens restrictions on Japanese food, feed products- Alberta Express
    all 11 news articles »

  • Six times to hell and back in Chernobyl, says nuclear "jumper"


    Reuters Africa - Raju Gopalakrishnan - 4 hours ago
    ... or mend pipes and run to safety before radiation reaches lethal levels. ... in the covered stairway leading to the roof of nuclear reactors 3 and 4. ...

  • Tracking radiation from Japan to the Pacific Northwest: Scientific ...


    OregonLive.com - Joe Rojas-Burke - 1 day ago
    ... dust began crossing the Pacific from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors, ... The national lab developed the radiation monitoring systems used by the ...

    OregonLive.com

  • S.Korea detects radioactive silver


    Sin Chew Jit Poh - 21 hours ago
    South Korea has stepped up monitoring of radiation levels following the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant which was crippled by the March 11 quake ...
    Nuclear safety and near-neighbors- Korea Times
    No Threat From Japanese Radiation Spread Across US- NPR
    Radioactive Trace Elements Spread Across Korea- The Chosun Ilbo
    Voice of America - Yonhap News
    all 371 news articles »

    Fox News

  • Patrick talks about nuclear safety


    WWLP 22News - 1 day ago
    Experts believe the radiation comes from failing reactors in Japan, which uses technology similar to those in New England. "The most important thing is that ...
    Atomic Snowflakes- The Atlantic
    NRC: No Environmental Risks From Extending PSEG's NJ Nuclear ...- NASDAQ
    SC Nuclear Reactors Under Scrutiny- FITSNews
    KAKE - Wall Street Journal
    all 243 news articles » ETR - PEG - SO

    Fox News

  • Radioactive water leaks into sea


    News24 - 14 hours ago
    Radiation levels in the pit were reportedly more than 1 000 millisieverts per hour. "We will also check whether there are cracks at other reactors as soon ...

  • Nation's oldest nuclear plant in harsh spotlight


    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Ameet Sachdev - 2 hours ago
    The plant is one of 23 reactors operating in America that are similar in design and vintage to some of the crippled reactors in Japan. ...

  • What's your definition of safe?


    San Angelo Standard Times - Alex Mills - 8 hours ago
    ... its breath as Japan's damaged nuclear reactors continue to spew radiation," the ... They can't even provide 5 percent of the nation's energy needs today ...

  • GE unlikely to face liability in Japanese nuclear crisis


    Reuters - Andrew Longstreth - 1 day ago
    GE designed the Mark 1 containment systems used in reactors at the ... "We do a lot of radiation litigation and are following the situation in Japan very ...
    Who's to blame for Fukushima?- Los Angeles Times
    all 27 news articles » GE

  • Omaha hospital offers free radiation tests to travellers returning ...


    The Republic - 15 hours ago
    ... free radiation tests to travellers who recently returned from northern Japan. ... parts of northern Japan on March 11, damaging its nuclear reactors. ...

  • BC radiation risk won't be known for a week


    CBC.ca - 3 days ago
    The radiation threat at the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors were set to "maximum ... "We can monitor the situation in Japan and know ahead of time of any ...
    Expert sees little risk from Japan radiation in B.C- Calgary Herald
    Elevated BC radiation levels considered no threat to health- Globe and Mail
    Japanese radiation reaches North Shore- BCLocalNews
    CTV.ca - Straight.com
    all 101 news articles »

    CTV.ca

  • Acclaimed Integrative Oncologist James W. Forsythe Responds to ...


    Business Wire (press release) - 1 day ago
    Meantime, many experts worry the danger from nuclear reactors has intensified ... Japan and across North America are in extreme danger of radiation sickness ...

  • Japan nuclear disaster "somewhere in between" other disasters ...


    KMVT - Benito Baeza - 8 hours ago
    IDAHO - KMVT-TV Japan continues to deal with its damaged ... Keeping the reactor cool is priority number one. The radiation at the site ...

    KMVT

  • Fears continue to mount as radiation drifts over to Vancouver ...


    Nanaimo Daily News - Darrell Bellaart - 18 hours ago
    ... at four nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant March 11, ... It is a small amount compared to natural radiation in the environment, ...

  • International news digest for week


    Business Standard - 22 hours ago
    Tokyo/Fukushima: Battling to contain its atomic crisis, Japan says it will scrap four stricken reactors at its Fukushima nuclear plant, as radiation seeping ...
    Radiation from Japan Now Found in US Milk- OzarksFirst.com
    all 4 news articles »

  • Nuclear radiation: There is no safe dose


    ABS CBN News - Romeo F. Quijano - 1 day ago
    ... Philippines is "safe" from radiation should not be allowed to blind the public to the real dangers brought about by the Japan Nuclear Reactor Disaster ...
    ROGERS: Cautionary radiation tale from the grave- North County Times
    all 2 news articles »

  • Japan's Radiation Contamination Protocols Align with Old Testament ...


    PR-USA.net (press release) - 12 hours ago
    A volcano erupts in southern Japan. A $35 billion hit to the economy. ... Clean means that no radiation was present. Today, in the event of a dirty bomb ...

  • Sorting Out the Alphas, Betas and Gammas of Radiation


    NPR - 1 day ago
    Mr. STEVE SUGARMAN (Radiation Emergency Assistance Center): Hey, thank you very much. How are you today? FLATOW: Fine, thank you. ...

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