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Tag: Fukushima Prefecture

Japan considers covering Fukushima with fabric to contain radiation

It's already doing so. Japan's Nuclear Safety Agency confirmed radioactive iodine in the sea near Fukushima at 3355 times the normal level. Our correspondent Mark Willacy joins me now from Tokyo. When we spoke an hour or two ago, Mark, Reuters ...

Scientists: Radiation in Japan food poses low risk – USATODAY.com

News about “radioactive” foodstuff in Japan needs to be taken with a grain of salt: The Japanese government has found radiation levels “significantly above” acceptable levels in milk, spinach and kakina, another leafy vegetable, produced near the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power…

How close is your home to a nuclear plant? What is the weighted risk of an earthquake nuclear accident in the United States?

As the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant becomes darker by the day (see Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Update) and the risk of a major meltdown increases, people all over the world ask themselves how great is the danger of a major…