Japan Nuclear Plane

Japan plans to dispatch military aircraft to take samples of air to detect radiation in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test on Tuesday, officials and news reports said.

Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...

Japan plans to dispatch military aircraft to take samples of air to detect radiation in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test on Tuesday, officials and news reports said.

Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...