radioactive contamination
April 03, 2012
Water contaminated by radioactivity that entered the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will reach the Hawaiian Islands in March 2014, according to a computer...
January 16, 2012
Concrete with high radiation levels was likely used for the foundation of an apartment building in Fukushima Prefecture, forcing the builder to find new homes for some of the...
November 21, 2011
Some 8 percent of Japan's land area, or more than 30,000 square kilometers, has been contaminated with radioactive cesium from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
October 24, 2011
Radioactive materials from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reached the Kanto region mainly via two routes, but they largely skirted the heavily populated areas of...
September 09, 2011
More than 15 quadrillion becquerels of radioactivity are estimated to have been released from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea between March 21 and ...
September 08, 2011
The belt of high-level radioactive contamination that extended to the northwest of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was the result of weather conditions on the...
September 03, 2011
Rice harvested this year in Fukushima Prefecture went on sale in Tokyo on Sept. 3, with farmers reassuring customers that the grain is free of radioactive contamination from...
August 13, 2011
The Food Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office has proposed a safety standard for lifetime exposure to radiation. A lifetime dose of 100 millisieverts or more is likely to...
August 05, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--Deep in the mountains, a 4-ton dump truck unloads burlap bags that land with a thud in a hole shaped like a swimming pool 25 meters long and more than 2 meters deep.
July 01, 2011
More than 10,000 people have called a radiation hot line since the start of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, including fearful residents from as far away...
April 28, 2011
A government panel will call for broad compensation to farmers and fishermen for damages to their harvests caused by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
April 28, 2011
Researchers are planning to create a detailed map showing levels of radioactive contamination around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
April 27, 2011
Farmers demanding compensation for the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant paraded cattle in front of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s headquarters as bankers and...
April 16, 2011
Fear of radioactive contamination from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is driving down prices of food products from areas near the plant, piling on the misery...
April 09, 2011
The government Friday lifted restrictions for shipments of spinach and "kakina," a leafy vegetable, grown in Gunma Prefecture and milk produced in the Aizu region of Fukushima...
April 09, 2011
The government plans to prohibit rice planting in fields where the concentration of radioactive cesium exceeds 5,000 becquerels per kilogram of soil.
April 08, 2011
A study of soil samples has revealed that as much as 400 times the normal levels of radiation could remain in communities beyond a 30-kilometer radius from the Fukushima No. 1...
April 06, 2011
Four days after fish caught were found to be contaminated with high levels of radioactive iodine, the government on Tuesday set the legal standard for iodine levels in seafood...
March 24, 2011
While the initial crisis at the quake-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has somewhat subsided, radiation leaks from the reactors emerged as a very grave problem.
March 23, 2011
The government has advised people not to eat spinach, broccoli and some other vegetables grown in Fukushima Prefecture after radioactive substances at higher than acceptable...
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