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Japan reportedly to rate nuclear crisis at highest level

Japan reportedly to rate nuclear crisis at highest level

Japanese authorities planned Tuesday to raise their rating of the severity of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis to the highest level on an international scale, equal to that of the 1986 Chernobyl ...

 

End to Japan nuke crisis is years, a fortune away

Once Japan's leaky nuclear complex stops spewing radiation and its reactors cool down, making the site safe and removing the ruined equipment is going to be a messy ordeal that could take decade...

 

Japan nuclear crisis ebbing, U.S. experts say

Although the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is far from stabilized, evidence suggests that a complete meltdown is unlikely, Obama administration experts say. Meanwhile, a 7.1 aftershock rattles Japan, killing two and injuring more than 130.

 

Japanese nuclear plant continues its radioactive spill into ocean

For a second day, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were unable to plug a leak of radioactive water.

 

Rolling blackouts for Tokyo all summer

Rolling blackouts for Tokyo all summer

The loss of two nuclear power plants means the Tokyo region will face the summer peak demand with a loss of about 20% of capacity, the plant's owner said Thursday.

 

US sending robots to Japan to help nuclear plant

The U.S. government is sending some robotic help to Japan to help regain control of the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant....

 

Japan finds plutonium at stricken nuclear plant

Japan finds plutonium at stricken nuclear plant

Plutonium found in soil at the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's protracted battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years.

 

Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan

Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan

Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials ...

 

Large spike in radiation detected at Japan nuke plant

Large spike in radiation detected at Japan nuke plant

Radiation levels tested in a building at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are 10 million times above normal, a power company official said.

 

Breach in reactor suspected at Japanese nuke plant

A suspected breach in the core of a reactor at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant could mean more serious radioactive contamination, Japanese officials revealed Friday, as the prime minister called the country's ongoing fight to stabalize the plant "very grave and serious."...

 

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