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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Wildlife, Science, Japan
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Fukushima nuclear disaster adds only small health risks, WHO says
The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Cancer, Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Health
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On Japanese tsunami anniversary, recalling Fukushima effects on ocean
It’s been exactly two years since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 shaker resulted when a portion of the Pacific plate was pushed into and underneath the North American plate, shifting the position of Earth's axis...
Tags: Japan, Health Organizations, Tsunamis, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Natural Disasters
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8 U.S. sailors sue Japanese firm over radiation from nuclear meltdown
L.A. NOWEight sailors from the Coronado-based carrier Ronald Reagan are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for allegedly lying about the danger from radiation caused by the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to Bloomberg News. The ship was... -
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Japan investigating if Fukushima workers hid radiation exposure
World NowJapanese officials are investigating whether workers cleaning up in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster were pushed to shield their radiation meters so they could keep working for longer on the contaminated plant.... -
Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster
World NowAn independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the reactor meltdowns last year at the tsunami-damaged... -
Japanese utility admits it failed to plan for tsunami disaster
World NowThe Japanese electrical utility that operated the now-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex acknowledged Wednesday that its managers were "too optimistic" that a devastating earthquake- and tsunami-triggered disaster would never occur.... -
Japan to restart nuclear reactors despite widespread fear
World NowIn a nation deeply scarred by nuclear disaster in both its military and civilian iterations, Japanese are deeply skeptical and resistant to government plans to take the first steps toward resuming nuclear energy production this weekend.... -
Japanese more opposed to nuclear power a year after tsunami
World NowSeventy percent of Japanese surveyed by the Washington-based Pew Research Center said they wanted nuclear power reduced or eliminated, while a year ago the nation was nearly evenly divided on the subject, with 44% urging a phaseout and 46% backing... -
Japan radiation report finds mostly 'low' doses; risks unclear
World NowMore than a year after a devastating tsunami inundated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a new report from the World Health Organization says people in most parts of Japan got little added radiation, but estimates much higher doses in some... -
Radioactive water found leaking from Japanese nuclear plant
World NowFukushima Daiichi: Radioactive water continues to leak from Fukushima Daiichi, the stricken Japanese nuclear power plant damaged in March 11 earthquake and tsunami....
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