Fukushima: Radioactive Strontium Up To 240 Times Legal Concentration Detected In Seawater

- High level of strontium found at Fukushima plant (Japan Times/Kyodo News, June 13, 2011): Radioactive strontium up to 240 times the legal concentration limit has been detected in seawater samples collected near an intake at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday. The utility said the substance was also [...] continue reading world news

Fukushima Workers’ Exposure Tops 650 Millisieverts (Internal Exposure Accounts For More Than 80% Of The Figures)

- Fukushima workers’ exposure tops 650mSV (NHK, June 10, 2011): Detailed tests have found that 2 workers who were exposed to radiation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant received doses of more than twice the government-mandated emergency limit. The men in their 30s and 40s were each found in early June to have been exposed [...] continue reading world news

Heartbreaking Evacuations As Fukushima’s Nuclear Fallout Spreads – Thousands Living Just Outside The No-Go Zone Are Now Packing Up And Evacuating

- Heartbreaking evacuations as Fukushima’s nuclear fallout spreads (ABC NEWS, Tuesday, June 7, 2011): BRENDAN TREMBATH: Japan has doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation spewed out by the Fukushima nuclear plant in the week after the crisis began. It comes after confirmation that plutonium has been found outside the facility for the first [...] continue reading world news

Chile: Puyehue Volcano Erupts, Prompting Mass Evacuation

- Puyehue volcano in Chile erupts, prompting mass evacuation (Guardian, June 5 2011): Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes after a volcano which has been dormant for decades started erupting in southern Chile. Large columns of smoke reached more than six miles from the crater of the Puyehue volcano, which lies about [...] continue reading world news

Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission Ready to Loosen Already-Loose Radiation Safety Limits for Food

- #Fukushima I Nuke Accident: Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission Ready to Loosen Already-Loose Radiation Safety Limit for Foods (EX-SKF, June 3, 2011): The Nuclear Safety Commission headed by Haruki “Detarame (‘Falsehood’; his cute nickname by the irate Japanese citizens)” Madarame has proposed that the Japanese government loosen the provisional safety limits for foods, as the [...] continue reading world news

Japan: Two Drugs To Help Expel Plutonium From The Body To Be Approved In July

- #Radiation in Japan: 2 Drugs to Help Expel Plutonium from Body to Be Approved in July: It seems like an oblique way for the Japanese government to admit plutonium (and other transuranium elements such as americium and curium) has been released from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant and dispersed in wide enough areas to [...] continue reading world news

Independent Scientist Leuren Moret On The Horrendous Events At Fukushima And The Ever Present Dangers Of Nuclear Energy

Leuren Moret, PhD Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:52:00 — 78.7MB) | Embed The basis of this conversation is the horrendous events at Fukushima and the ever present dangers of nuclear energy. The positive note behind it all is that when we bond together, we can turn these disasters into opportunities and [...] continue reading world news