Japan Radiation

• 10 exposed to radiation at Japanese nuclear plant

  Ten workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant were exposed Monday to small amounts of radiation while conducting cleanup activities, the plant's operator said.

• At least four exposed to radiation after Japan laboratory leak: agency

  At least four people, and possibly up to 55, were exposed to radiation when radioactive material leaked during a laboratory experiment in Japan, the facility's operators said on Saturday, although authorities were not told of the leak for two days.

• Radiation traces found in Japanese baby formula

  Traces of radiation spilled from Japan's hobbled nuclear plant were detected in baby formula Tuesday in the latest case of contaminated food in the nation.

• Six more workers may exceed Japan's radiation limit

  Six more workers at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant may have exceeded the radiation exposure limit, bringing the total to eight, the government said Monday.The health and labour ministry released the preliminary results of tests on how much radiation they had been exposed to as they worked at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.Three men are c...

• Radiation near Japan reactors too high for workers

  A pair of thin robots on treads sent to explore buildings inside Japan's crippled nuclear reactor came back Monday with disheartening news: Radiation levels are far too high for repair crews to go inside.Nevertheless, officials remained hopeful they can stick to their freshly minted "roadmap" for cleaning up the radiation leak and stabilizing the F...

• Sea radiation is another blow to Japan's fishermen

  Fishermen who lost their homes and boats in Japan's tsunami now fear radioactive water gushing into the Pacific Ocean from a crippled nuclear plant could cost them their livelihoods.The contaminated water raised concerns about the safety of seafood in the country that gave the world sushi, prompting the government to set limits for the first time o...

• Govt suspends food imports from Japan for three months

  The government today suspended import of food items from Japan, hit by a nuclear disaster, for three months or till such time as the radiation hazard in that country has subsided to acceptable limits.The decision to suspend the imports was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of P I Suvrathan, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Author...

• India bans food imports from Japan over radiation fears: Press statement

  Concerned over radiation affecting food items imported from Japan, the government today banned import of food items from the quake-hit country battling a nuclear crisis. The ban will be in effect for three months.Here's the press statement released by the government on the issue:Import of food articles coming from Japan stand suspended with immedia...

• Japan releases low-level radioactive water into ocean

  Tokyo Electric Power Company began dumping more than 11,000 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday, mostly to make room in storage containers for increasing amounts of far more contaminated runoff.The water, most of it to be released over two days, contains about 100 times the legal limit...

• Japan reactor leaking radioactive water into ocean

  Highly radioactive water is leaking directly into the sea from a damaged pit near a crippled reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, safety officials said Saturday, the latest setback in the increasingly messy bid to regain control of the reactors. Although higher levels of radiation have been detected in the ocean waters near the pla...

• Radioactivity 10,000 times standard at Japan plant

  Officials with the company that operates Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant say radioactive contamination in groundwater underneath a reactor has been measured at 10,000 times the government health standard.A spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. says the company doesn't believe any drinking water supply is affected.Contaminated...

• Japan: Nuke agency says radiation high outside 20-km zone

  U.N. nuclear agency officials say that readings outside the exclusion zone of the Japan nuclear disaster shows radiation exceeding recommended evacuation levels by the agency.The officials emphasize that the readings, at Iitate village, were sporadic and were registered only at one measuring point.Elena Buglova, one of the officials of the Internat...

• Japan fears Nuclear reactor is leaking contaminated water

  Highly contaminated water is escaping a damaged reactor at the crippled nuclear power plant in Japan and could soon leak into the ocean, the country's nuclear regulator warned on Monday.The discovery poses a further setback to efforts to contain the nuclear crisis as workers find themselves in increasingly hazardous conditions. In another new findi...

• 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...

• Japan encourages a wider evacuation from reactor area

  Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...