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60 billion bq of radiation leaks into the Pacific every day
This statement is in stark contrast to recent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement that the Japanese government is controlling the problem of leaking radioactive water…
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Very high radiation index at Fukushima
According to TEPCO, the highest radiation index has just been detected up to 1,800 millisievert (mSv) an hour in one of the containers, a dose that can be fatal if expos…
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Close to the radiation water crisis in Fukushima
About 300 tons of highly contaminated radioactive water leaked from a reservoir in the Fukushima No. nuclear power plant area. 1. This incident has caused Japan to raise…
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US - Japan cooperates to monitor radiation
UPI news agency said that US and Japanese agencies have collaborated to develop a new method to analyze airborne data to monitor radiation after a nuclear accident.
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Radiation detection is 10 times higher in Japan
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on July 7 that it has detected triti radioactive toxins with high concentrations in groundwater at Fukushima nuclear power…
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Confused in investigating the Fukushima incident
Of the approximately 420,000 people the authorities have completed to date, the re-calculation shows that 12,469 people were exposed to higher doses of radiation while 3…
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Nuclear laboratory in Japan leaked radiation
Japan's nuclear regulatory agency (NRA) on May 25 announced radioactive substances from a nuclear physics laboratory in Tokai village, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the eastern…
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Accumulated contamination of Fukushima workers is still high
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on March 1 that the cumulative radiation exposure of workers at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant for a period of one year…
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Japan: Radioactivity in fish is still high
Results from a recent study show that many fish species in Japan still contain high levels of Cesium (Cs) radiation, even though it has been more than 1.5 years since th…
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Detection of ultra-high levels of radiation at Fukushima 1
On October 10, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced measurements at the No.1 reactor of the Fukushima 1 Power Plant, whereby the radioactive concentration meas…
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The first beach in Fukushima opened after the disaster
On July 16, in the jubilantly welcoming Sea Day - the national holiday of Japan, Iwaki city government, Fukushima Prefecture opened a beach to welcome the public.
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Fukushima workers died not because of radiation
The UN representative said the cause of death of six workers who worked at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and died after the earthquake disaster - the tsunam…
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Radiation in Japan is no longer dangerous
One year after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the amount of radiation in Japan has fallen below the level of cancer, most of Japan is no longer in da…
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Radiation reduction with corn cobs
Researchers from the sunrise country found that activated carbon, produced from corn cobs, is effective in absorbing radioactive substances, heavy metals and pesticides.…
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More than 20 Fukushima schools are highly radioactive
More than 20 schools in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fusushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant is located, have