After The Media Has Gone: Fukushima, Suicide And The Legacy Of 3.11

- After The Media Has Gone: Fukushima, Suicide and the Legacy of 3.11 (Japan Focus, May 7, 2012): For the media, time is of the essence in a news story.  The March 11, 2011 disaster attracted thousands of reporters and photographers from around the world.  There was a brief deluge of Japanese and international media [...] continue reading world news

Radioactive Japan: Minamisoma Is 122 Times More Contaminated Than Mandatory Evacuation Zone In Belarus

- Minamisoma is 122 times more contaminated than mandatory evacuation zone in Belarus (Fukushima Diary, May 9, 2012): Mr. Oyama, a Minamisoma city councilor measured cesium 134 / 137 of the soil of Minamisoma city. ??????????????????????????????134?137???????? The analysis was done by a laboratory of Minamisoma local government. ??????????????????? The result is like this graph below. [...] continue reading world news

BP Oil Spill Photos Posted By Greenpeace Following Freedom Of Information Request

- BP Oil Spill Photos Posted By Greenpeace Following Freedom Of Information Request (Huffington Post, May 8, 2012) continue reading world news

If Fukushima Unit 4 Falls, Hazardous Radioactive Cesium-137 Release Could Be Eight Times Worse Than Chernobyl – Reactor’s Ability To Withstand Another Earthquake Rated As ‘ZERO’

- If Fukushima Unit 4 Falls, Hazardous Radioactive Cesium-137 Release Could be Eight Times Worse Than Chernobyl (Enews Park Forest Service, May 4, 2012): Reactor’s ability to withstand another earthquake rated as “zero” TAKOMA PARK, MD–(ENWESPF)–May 4 – Beyond Nuclear today joined with concerned Japanese citizen groups and US Senator, Ron Wyden (D-OR), urging that [...] continue reading world news

Radioactive Japan: 124.8 MicroSieverts/Hour In Lidatemura AFTER Decontamination

- 124.8?Sv/h in Iidatemura after decontamination (Fukushima Diary, May 3, 2012)   continue reading world news

The Perigee ‘Super Moon’ On May 5-6, 2012 (NASA ScienceCast Video)

- Perigee “Super Moon” On May 5-6 (NASA, May 2, 2012): May 2, 2012: The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealing through drapes. If a moonbeam wakes you up on the [...] continue reading world news

Geiger Counter-Wielding Fukushima Hipsters Make Monitoring Nuclear Fallout Cool, Detect Elevated Radiation Levels Around Kids Playing Barefoot In A Stream (Video)

Related info: - Thyroid Nodules Rate 20 Times Higher In Fukushima Than In Chernobyl - Geiger Counter-Wielding Fukushima Hipsters Make Monitoring Nuclear Fallout Cool (Gawker,April 30, 2012): It’s been more than a year since the Japanese tusnami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the clean-up continues. But a bit of background radiation [...] continue reading world news