Japan has the most sophisticated earthquake detection network in the world — a system of 4,235 seismometers can detect the very first waves from a quake, before estimating its focus, magnitude and seismic intensity.
Phone alerts are then sent out, giving people precious seconds to prepare...
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Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is not fully prepared for heavy rain and winds of a typhoon heading towards the country, officials admit.
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), which runs the plant, said some reactor buildings were uncovered, prompting fears the storm may carry radioactive...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear regulators trusted that the reactors at Fukushima Dai-ichi were safe from the worst waves an earthquake could muster based on a single-page memo from the plant operator nearly a decade ago.
In the Dec. 19, 2001 document — one double-sized page obtained by The...
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North Carolina man corners market on pills that protect the thyroid against radiation. Troy Jones, 46, owner of www.nukepills.com, has sold more than 50,000 doses of potassium iodide in the days since a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked a nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
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Residents in the capital, 150 miles south of Fukushima, prepare for possible lockdown as embassies advise citizens to leave
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News of a serious radiation leak at the Fukoshima nuclear plant has sparked panic buying in Tokyo, as some residents started to leave the capital to escape...