Fukushima

Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 rocked Japan early Monday amid growing concern over the levels of radioactive contamination

Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as false readings say radiation levels are 10 MILLION times higher than normal

Nonetheless radiation levels around Fukushima are still dangerously high

Fukushima Reactor No. 3 suffers likely core breach, now leaking water at 10,000 times normal radiation levels

The situation at Fukushima worsened Friday as the radiation threat now nears that of Chernobyl

Japan reactor nuclear core may have breached

Japanese nuclear safety officials raised the possibility of more severe environmental contamination on Friday with their latest announcement

Iodine protects thyroid and glandular system from radiation damage: Here’s where to get some

Why you need to boost your iodine intake and how to do so

Contaminated Tokyo tap water is ‘unfit for babies’

Parents have been warned not to give tap water to babies although it does not pose an immediate health risk to adults

What They’re Covering Up at Fukushima

What They’re Covering Up at Fukushima

“You Get 3,500,000 the Normal Dose. You Call That Safe? And What Media Have Reported This? None!”

Stuxnet Could Harm Nuclear Safety: UN Atom Chief

Did the computer virus intended to disable Iran’s nuclear program play a part in disrupting Fukushima instead?

Thousands Of U.S. Personnel Evacuated From Japan To Western Wash.

An indication of just how seriously officials view the threat of radioactivity from Fukushima, 200,000 U.S. military personnel or their dependents are being evacuated from Japan

Some progress at Fukushima, but no coolant at reactors 3 and 4

Good news and bad from Fukushima

‘Japan may become another Chernobyl’

The “worst case scenario” may be about to become reality

What Can The Japanese Tsunami Teach Us About Prepping For Disasters And Emergencies?

As the Japanese tsunami has shown, disaster can strike anywhere and at any time. No one is immune. Someday it may be your turn. Will you be ready?

Japan nuclear reactor water-bombing has little effect

Radiation levels rising rather than falling after No 3 reactor doused with hoses, while helicopters appear to miss their targe

Japan begins water drop on stricken reactor

Military helicopters succeed in dropping water on the stricken Fukushima reactors

Foreign Nationals Urged to Leave Tokyo

Foreign nationals have been urged by their respective governments to consider leaving Tokyo, as the French government warned that Japan was in danger of losing control of the situation at Fukushima

Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated after radiation spikes

Fresh fires broke out at the Fukushima plant on Wednesday as fears grow in Tokyo over the possible spread of nuclear contamination

Official: Japan’s nuclear situation nearing severity of Chernobyl

The explosion Tuesday at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has elevated the situation there to a “serious accident” on a level just below Chernobyl, a French nuclear official said

Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA

A combination of greed and wilful ignorance could condemn Japan to a spreading nuclear disaster, says one of the scientists involved in the Chernobyl clean-up

Radiation fears after third Japan blast

Radiation ‘has been released into the atmosphere’ by a third explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant, forcing 180,000 flee

Japan crisis: third explosion raises spectre of nuclear nightmare

Another blast rocks the Fukushima nuclear installation making it the third in three days