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Extremely low levels of radioactive iodine from the tsunami-hit Japanese nuclear plant have been detected in parts of the UK. A statement from the Health Protection Agency said the "minutest traces of iodine" were being seen in the UK, with low levels detected at monitoring stations in...

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RADIATION levels that can prove fatal were detected outside reactor buildings at Japan’s Fukushima No.1 plant for the first time, complicating efforts to contain the worst disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. Water in an underground trench outside the No.2 reactor had levels exceeding one sievert...

Newport and West coast dogs reported to be acting strange in the wake of the recent Tsunami Oregon authorities have issued new strong warning to keep humans and pets away from all dead sea life found on any Oregon coast beach, “as they could become infected by a disease that’s hitting the...

Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years after high radiation levels complicated work at its crippled nuclear plant. Engineers have been battling to control the six-reactor Fukushima complex since it was damaged by a March 11...

Reuters) - Workers were evacuated on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the plant's operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co, the plant's operator, said radiation 10 million times...

130,000 more urged to relocate beyond 19 miles Japan's PM praises workers 'risking their lives' Two Japanese travellers arriving in China found to be contaminated Almost 10,000 now dead and 17,000 feared missing Russia and Australia among countries halting food imports Low-level radioactive...

The most difficult thing in a nuclear crisis, the Tokyo firefighter said, was the inability to sense where the danger was. The Tokyo Fire Department's elite rescue team was among those called in to cool down a nuclear plant north of the capital that was badly damaged by a March 11 earthquake...

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...

Efforts to restore power to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan were stalled by smoke billowing from reactors yesterday. A cable that could allow cooling systems to be restored was attached to reactor No.2 – one of six at the tsunami-hit facility. But engineers had to...

Electricity has been restored to three reactors at the Japanese nuclear plant wrecked by fire and explosions after the 11 March quake and tsunami. However the cooling systems are not yet operating, and the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, says the situation remains "very serious". Some workers...

Link Removed due to 404 Error 20:00 JST March 19: One of six tsunami-crippled nuclear reactors appeared to stabilize on Saturday as Japan raced to restore power to the stricken power plant to cool it and prevent a greater catastrophe. Engineers reported some rare success after fire trucks...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Explosions. Radiation. Evacuations. More than 30 years after Three Mile Island, the unfolding crisis in Japan has brought back some of the worst nightmares surrounding nuclear power — and restarted a major debate about the merits and the drawbacks of this energy...

Japan has reclassified the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant, now placing it at five on the International Nuclear Events Scale. A level four event is classified by the International Atomic Energy Agency as being an accident with local consequences, while a level five incident is...

Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan's nuclear safety agency on Friday worsened its assessment of problems at the Fukushima nuclear power plant as soldiers and utility workers continued a frantic effort to hose down overheating nuclear fuel with water cannons. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised...

Chernobyl, the infamous atomic power plant in northern Ukraine, is getting ready for an anniversary. It will be 25 years next month since Reactor No. 4 exploded, causing the worst nuclear disaster in human history. A huge section of Europe was covered in a carcinogenic haze after the April 1986...

March 16, 2011, Tokyo, Japan]-----50 evacuated workers at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant are reportedly back on the job Wednesday, desperately trying to avert a nuclear meltdown. U.S. experts say the situation there is dire and workers may be on a suicide mission, as they may likely be...

A spokesman says the fourth reactor at a damaged nuclear plant is now on fire; more radiation has been released, and it's enough in nearby areas to have an impact on health. Japan's prime minister says radiation has spread from the damaged reactors and warned of risks of more leaks. People...

How much radiation is dangerous? Radiation is measured using the unit sievert, which quantifies the amount of radiation absorbed by human tissues. One sievert is 1,000 millisieverts (mSv). In the U.S., the average person is exposed to about 6.2 millisieverts a year, mostly from background...

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. Link Removed...