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VIDEO Ukraine: Missiles hit country's biggest nuclear plant starting major fires
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Typhoon Songda hits southern Japan
As the typhoon made its way towards Kyushu on Sunday morning, Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a mudslide warning for Kagoshima, where recent volcanic eruptions left the ground weak and prone to such events. Kagoshima received 121mm of rain on Saturday. A little further south, Naze had a...- whoosh
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Geiger counters sell out in Japan
The hot, new, must-have item in Japan is not the latest smartphone or computer pad, but a geiger counter - a device that measures radiation. After the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant this week confirmed meltdowns in three of the facility's reactors, geiger counters have sold out in...- whoosh
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A city left to fight for survivalPosted: 09 Apr 2011 08:10
The mayor of the isolated Japanese city of Minamisoma, Katsunobu Sakurai, speaks to DAVID McNEILL LIKE MOST Japanese men, Katsunobu Sakurai read apocalyptic comic-book stories about the future when he was a boy. He never expected to live through one of those stories. A common plot sees a...- whoosh
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Looks Like the FDA Are Wrong
How will the radiation affect fish and seafood that have not yet been fished or harvested? The great quantity of water in the Pacific Ocean rapidly and effectively dilutes radioactive material, so fish and seafood are likely to be unaffected. However, FDA is taking all steps to evaluate and...- whoosh
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VIDEO Radioactivity 10,000 times the limit found from groundwater - 3 Fukushima Nuclear Reactors leaking
Radiation in seawater at new high Radiation 4,385 times higher than the legal standard has been detected in seawater at a location 330 meters south of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company says 180 becquerels per cubic centimeter of radioactive iodine-131...- whoosh
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Anxiety in Japan over radiation in tap water
TOKYO – Some shops across Tokyo began rationing goods — milk, toilet paper, rice and water — as a run on bottled water coupled with delivery disruptions left shelves bare Thursday nearly two weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. The unusual sights of scarcity in one of the...- cybercore
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