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Nuclear Fallout New York Times The threat from nuclear power plants is twofold: grand scale catastrophe and continuing health problems connected with radioactive contamination in our air, water, soil and food supply — both short-term, high-level contamination and the long-term, … See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Invisible threat hangs over people of Fukushima Sydney Morning Herald 1 nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown last March, sending radioactive particles over a wide area. The immediate threat of a catastrophic release has passed, but residents of several towns, including those outside the 20-kilometre exclusion zone, … See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Nuclear meltdown danger kept secret Sydney Morning Herald TOKYO: Just four hours after a tsunami swept into the Fukushima nuclear power plant on March 11 last year, Japan’s leaders knew the damage was so severe the reactors could melt down, but they kept it secret for months. The revelations were in documents … See all stories on this topic »

Japan’s Hamaoka nuclear plant sees tsunami defense in (very big) wall Christian Science Monitor It has been branded the most dangerous nuclear power station in the world by some seismologists. Its operator, Chubu Electric, is determined to reopen the plant as soon as its workers have finished building a six-ft.-thick anti-tsunami wall that will … See all stories on this topic »

Japan tsunami anniversary: the firemen who risked their lives to stop nuclear … Telegraph.co.uk Photo: Androniki Christodoulou By Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo It was late at night after a rigorous training session that Yasuhiro Ishii was informed that he was being sent on a dangerous mission to the heart of Fukushima’s damaged nuclear power plant. See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Radiation still leaks from nuclear power plant Winnipeg Free Press This is life with radiation, nearly one year after a tsunami-hit nuclear power plant began spewing it into Ota’s neighbourhood, 60 kilometres away. She’s so worried she has broken out in hives. “The government spokesman keeps saying there are no … See all stories on this topic »

Is Helen Caldicott’s Nuclear Madness still relevant? The Hindu The Germans have decided to phase out nuclear reactors for energy by 2020 or so — that is within the next 10 years. From her own anti-nuclear testing experiences spearheaded in Australia and the US, Caldicott learned the following valuable lessons … See all stories on this topic »

A year after tsunami, a cloud of distrust hangs over Japan Kansas City Star Even in Tokyo, more than 200 miles from the northeastern region devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that caused radiation to spew from the nuclear plant, residents fear that local schoolyards are laced with dangerous isotopes. See all stories on this topic »

Aging Nuclear Reactors: Are We Doing Enough to Ensure Safety? Huffington Post It had only been ten days since Japan’s 9.0 earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station, washing away the plant’s emergency generators, and forcing the plant into nuclear meltdown. The danger of operating nuclear … See all stories on this topic »

Is nuclear power the demon it’s made out to be? The Hindu Sometimes, the trucks ferrying water came late at night and even those who’d been toiling endlessly at the plant site had to wait to take their shower. Rice cooked in this water had a yellow tinge. But what tormented us the most were the heaps of dust … See all stories on this topic »

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