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Link RemovedWorkers in Japan are still struggling to limit environmental contamination at the Fukushima plant. The latest problem has been a break that is allowing heavily contaminated water flow directly into the ocean, a leak that has continued despite two attempts to plug it. Meanwhile...

Sawdust. It's not the first thing most people would choose to put between themselves and highly contaminated radioactive water. But a mixture of sawdust — ogakuzu in Japanese — with chemicals and shredded newspaper is precisely what nuclear safety authorities and power plant officials turned to...

So now they are not even bothering to try to store the radioactive water just dump it straight into the ocean !

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japanese officials grappling on Sunday to end the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl were focusing on a crack in a concrete pit that was leaking radiation into the ocean from a crippled reactor. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in...

Link Removed due to 404 Error As Japan's prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave. Nearly every day some new problem at...

Link Removed It is now believed leaks seeping into the soil, fresh water and the sea are continuous. Radiation has found its way into local produce, milk and tap water as far as Tokyo, 220km (140 miles) to the south. Theories on main sources of leaked radiation Reactor 2: Cooling problems...

They house all this nuclear material in massive concrete buildings and thick ,thick metal containers for the reactor cores . Spent fuel is handled in much the same way . Kept well away from the human population in insulated containers . Soon as we have a nuclear dissaster it is all change ! No...

Radiation from Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant has been detected in a growing number of states. Yet government officials keep telling the American public they shouldn’t be worried. From The Christian Science Monitor’s Mark Clayton yesterday: Elevated yet still very low levels of radiation...

The, Japanese so far have no idea how to deal with all the highly radioactive water, used to cool the, reactors down . It is also feared that the water may have now got into the ocean and soil via tunnels under the reactors . If so every effort to cool the plant down is leading to higher and...

The buildup of highly radioactive water in the tunnels beneath the Fukushima complex is hindering efforts to restore power to the facility. Traces of plutonium, w Reporting from Tokyo and Los Angeles— Water with extremely high levels of radiation has been accumulating in a tunnel complex at...

(PhysOrg.com) -- By harnessing the power of the sun, a Monash University graduate has designed a simple, sustainable and affordable water-purification device, which has the potential to help eradicate disease and save lives. Link Removed - Invalid URL The Solarball, developed as Mr...

Exotic fish enthusiast Jack Heathcote owns the largest home fish tank in the country, which he has to dive in to clean out. The salsa teacher from Nottingham was not happy with a simple goldfish bowl so instead splashed out on a massive tank, which he installed in his basement. It cost...

Link RemovedPeople look for food amid empty shelves in a shop in Fukushima on March 13, 2011 Officials with Japan's nuclear safety agency said early Sunday morning there is an emergency at another nuclear reactor at a quake-hit power plant. The agency says the cooling system at the number three...

Most people considering a hotel look at amenities such as swimming pools, spa services and gourmet restaurants -- not the power of the toilets. However, a clogged-up toilet is the sort of thing that people talk about on the, er, back end, according to Richard Senechal, the senior vice...

An elderly woman has survived being trapped in her bathroom in Paris for 20 days, after the door lock jammed. The room had no window or phone so the 69-year-old was unable to tell anyone but she tapped on pipes during the night, hoping to alert her neighbours. They thought the noise was DIY...

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Man gets stuck in toilet trying to retrieve cell phone A Chinese student had to be rescued by firefighters after he got his arm stuck down a toilet trying to retrieve his cell phone. The Chongqing Technology and Business University student was using the toilet in his dorm while on...