Nuclear Peril

March 31, 2011 11:55 AM PT

The damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant immediately became the center of human and environmental concerns, amid leaks of radioactive material and the risk of reactor meltdown. Emergency crews began the struggle to contain the crisis and prevent widespread contamination.

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Science & Medicine

Radioactivity surges again at Japan nuclear plant

Work on containing the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex is hampered because the level of radioactive iodine found in water inside exceeds 10,000 times the safety standard, officials say.
Oct. 25, 2012
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World & Nation

Four reactors at Fukushima nuclear complex will have to be scrapped, utility chairman says

Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of the Tokyo Electric Power Co., expresses deep remorse for the problems at the Fukushima plant. Meanwhile, authorities are considering ways to limit radiation damage, including placing a tarp over the reactors and pumping radioactive water into a barge.
March 14, 2014

Nuclear Peril

Radioactivity surges again at Japan nuclear plant

Four reactors at Fukushima nuclear complex will have to be scrapped, utility chairman says

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