By Andy Johnson | From CTVNews.ca | On Saturday May 19, 2012 More than a year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami triggered a massive nuclear disaster, experts are warning that Japan isn’t out of the woods yet and the worst nuclear…
March 11, 2011: A massive earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan. Thousands die in the chaos that ensues after the quake and resultant 33 foot high tsunami that follows. The reactors located at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sustain significant damage…
By Michael Kitchen| From MarketWatch.com | On April 25th, 2012 Japan could face rolling backouts and forced usage cuts this summer if temperatures are above-average, as the nation is set to shut its last operating nuclear plant next month, Economy Minister Yukio…
After reactor temperatures spiked over the past week, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has begun injecting boric acid into the Number 2 reactor at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in an effort to prevent an accidental chain reaction known as recriticality. Boric…
Japanese nuclear regulators plan to raise the severity of the Fukushima nuclear disaster from the current 6 to the highest level 7. The disaster will then officially be on par with the Chernobyl disaster back in 1986.
A magnitude 7.0 aftershock hit Japan on Monday causing a temporary power outage at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The aftershock hit immediately following a nation-wide moment of silence to mark one month since a massive earthquake and resulting tsunami ravaged…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a statement regarding results from radiation testing being carried out here in the U.S. that is connected to the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster. http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/f118f3b38ec3748d8525786900020035!OpenDocument
The Japanese operator of the devastated Fukushima nuclear power facility plans to dump 11,500 tons of “weakly” radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean as a “safety measure”. Preparations are currently under way despite wide-spread criticism that officials have been less that forthcoming…
A GE head researcher says the radioactive core in Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactor appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and onto a concrete floor.
The radioactive cloud emitted by the damaged Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant has arrived over Southern California. Levels initially detected at the coast show that radiation is 1 billion times lower than what is considered to be dangerous.
