Radiation Crisis

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  From Godzilla To Anime: How Atomic Bombings Shaped Japan's Pop Culture

  From Godzilla's fiery atomic breath to post-apocalyptic anime and harrowing depictions of radiation sickness, the influence of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki runs deep in Japanese popular culture.

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  Superman's 'Kryptonite' Could Solve Earth's Energy Crisis, Scientists Explain

  Unlike the fictional kryptonite, jadarite is white and powdery, emits no radiation, and comes from a region in Serbia.

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  Future Supercontinent Pangea Ultima Could Trigger Mass Extinction, Reveals New Study

  A University of Bristol study warns that Earth’s future supercontinent, Pangea Ultima, may make the planet uninhabitable for humans and mammals. Due to a combination of rising CO₂ levels, increased solar radiation, and vast land area far from oceanic cooling, the supercontinent could experience widespread extreme temperatures. Though millions o...

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  Ukraine Reports Higher But "Not Critical" Chernobyl Radiation

  Ukrainian authorities said Friday that radiation levels had increased in the Chernobyl exclusion zone and warned the seizure of the nuclear plant by invading Russian troops could have "terrible consequences."

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  Fukushima Evacuees Face Hardship As Japan To Slash Subsidies

  Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Japan's Fukushima region, fearing for their health after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, they confront a new potential hardship - the slashing of vital housing subsidies.

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  Tokyo Park Closed After Rocketing Radiation Levels Found

  Extremely high levels of radiation have been discovered in a playground in Tokyo, officials said today, fanning fears for the health of children in the area.

• Fukushima radiation readings hit new high near contaminated tanks

  Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked more than 20 percent to their highest level, Japan's nuclear regulator said, again raising questions about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in 27 years.

• Fukushima inspectors 'careless', Japan agency says, as nuclear crisis grows

  The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant was careless in monitoring tanks storing dangerously radioactive water, the nuclear regulator said on Friday, the latest development in a crisis no one seems to know how to contain.

• 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...

• 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...