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High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
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...
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Japan: Radiation in water puts infants at risk
Radioactive iodine detected in the capital's water supply spurred a warning for infants on Wednesday and the government issued a stark new estimate about the costs of rebuilding from the earthquake and tsunami that slammed into the northeast of Japan this month. Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televi...
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Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant
Workers at Japan's ravaged nuclear power plant on Tuesday renewed a bid to bring its command centres back into service and to restore electricity to vital cooling systems, but an overheating spent fuel pool hampered efforts and raised the threat of further radiation leaks. The storage pool at Fukushima Daiichi Power Station's No. 2 Reactor, which h...
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Tokyo battles rising food contamination levels
Tokyo residents shunned fish and prepared to stop buying vegetables as further radiation food contamination was reported on Monday.At the city's traditional Ameyoko market, fishmongers had few customers as they tried in vain to interest shoppers in their wares."Customers do not come to buy fish in this situation," said Tadashi Higano, a 60-year-old...
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Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel.Firefighters also pumped tons of water directly from the ocean into one of the most troubled areas of...
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High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
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...
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Japan: Radiation in water puts infants at risk
Radioactive iodine detected in the capital's water supply spurred a warning for infants on Wednesday and the government issued a stark new estimate about the costs of rebuilding from the earthquake and tsunami that slammed into the northeast of Japan this month. Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televi...
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Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant
Workers at Japan's ravaged nuclear power plant on Tuesday renewed a bid to bring its command centres back into service and to restore electricity to vital cooling systems, but an overheating spent fuel pool hampered efforts and raised the threat of further radiation leaks. The storage pool at Fukushima Daiichi Power Station's No. 2 Reactor, which h...
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Tokyo battles rising food contamination levels
Tokyo residents shunned fish and prepared to stop buying vegetables as further radiation food contamination was reported on Monday.At the city's traditional Ameyoko market, fishmongers had few customers as they tried in vain to interest shoppers in their wares."Customers do not come to buy fish in this situation," said Tadashi Higano, a 60-year-old...
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Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel.Firefighters also pumped tons of water directly from the ocean into one of the most troubled areas of...
