The U.S Geological Survey has confirmed that radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was measured in minimal amounts in precipitation in the U.S. in approximately 20 percent of 167 sites sampled in a nationwide study released earlier this week. The USGS led the study as part of the National Atmospheric Deposition [...]
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President Barack Obama has just given an address dealing with the devastation in Japan following last weekend’s massive earthquake, tsunami, and the impending nuclear crisis. Obama said outside the White House that “we are bringing all available resources to bear” to keep tabs on the situation and help American citizens in Japan. The damaged Fukushima [...]
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It seems that thermonuclear fever is spreading to the U.S. Following the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged much of Japan and left the Fukushima nuclear plant on the verge of a meltdown, Americans now seem to be concerned that harmful radiation could make its way to the States. So how does potassium iodide help? Potassium [...]
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In the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami that have devastated parts of the country, and amid fears of a full-scale nuclear crisis, Japan’s Emperor Akihito gave a rare televised address to the people of his country. A sitting emperor would typically only give such an address in times of crisis or war, so 77-year-old [...]
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As if an earthquake, a tsunami, nuclear reactor explosions, and a volcanic eruption weren’t enough for the residents of Japan, there may now be something else to worry about…nuclear snow. Forecasters are now calling for heavy snow tonight in Fukushima, home of the troubled Fukushima nuclear reactor. In all, over 170,000 people have told to [...]
Even more bad news out of Japan this evening as yet another explosion has occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This is the third explosion to rock the nuclear reactor in the past four days. The blast comes on the heels of two other hydrogen explosions at the plant, the most recent of which occurred [...]
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There has been a second explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The blast at reactor unit number 3 knocked the roof off a containment building. Eleven workers were injured in the explosion, which also damaged one of the pumps crews have been using to pour sea water onto the fuel rods in an attempt to [...]
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Is a nuclear reactor meltdown taking place in Japan? No one seems to know for sure, but given what the country has already endured since Friday’s devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake, a nuclear meltdown is the last thing anyone wants at this point. According to an official with Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, a meltdown may very [...]
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There’s more fallout today from that massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan on Friday. Authorities have now begun evacuating everyone who lives within a 12-mile radius of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant and within a 6-mile radius of a second plant in Futuba. An explosion rocked Fukushima after officials said that the mammoth quake had [...]
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