US gov’t secretly injected people with plutonium — Disabled school children fed radioactive oatmeal (VIDEO)

Tepco releases video of Spent Fuel Pool No. 4: Debris that fell on racks of fuel rods “apparently” caused no damage (VIDEO)

9th Grade Author on Total Opposites: It felt so strange hearing “evacuate immediately”, then “there’s no immediate effect — It’s safe” (VIDEO)

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Tepco prepares to film Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 — “You can vaguely discern the fuel rods” says worker

Japan Media: “Wasteland” at Fukushima Daini perfect place for Tepco to set-up decontamination factory

Yomiuri: Fukushima Daini was ‘near meltdown’ admits head of plant — “At the moment, I can only say we’ll maintain a STATE of cold shutdown”

Explosion at Reactor No. 1 reportedly caused by damage from quake: NRC

Gundersen: Top lifted off Reactor No. 1 containment BEFORE explosion? (VIDEO)

Fairewinds: Nuclear expert believes top lifted off Reactor No. 1 containment BEFORE explosion (VIDEO)

NHK: No active fuel was inside Reactor No. 4 when quake hit

WSJ: Tepco to suspend all nuclear operations

NHK: Fear that “partial meltdown” might have occurred in Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 last March

Japan TV: Professor detects 104 microSv/h near where kids walk to school — “Absurd reality” where children are right next to high-level contamination (VIDEO)

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Officials make 1st inspection of Fukushima Daini: Still using temporary cooling — Cores didn’t “seriously” overheat — Most important task is keeping reactors in ‘cold shutdown’

Freelance Journalist in Japan: Fukushima gov’t dumping tons of radioactive mud from decontamination into river at night

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Kyodo: Highest radioactivity levels detected in Aichi since March 14 — Greater Tokyo area also increased (CHARTS)

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Yomiuri: Melted fuel might have “cracked due to some shock” or “dropped down and changed shape” at Reactor No. 2, leading to recent temperature spike -Tepco

U.S. University: Low-level radiation appears to have had immediate effects on bird populations in Fukushima Pref. — Areas surveyed are mostly still open to human occupation — Worse than expected — More pronounced than Chernobyl

Japan Professor: 25 times more Fukushima fallout detected in Tokyo Bay mud than maximum level found in nearby lake after nuclear bomb explosions — Cesium flow in rivers won’t peak for another 1-2 years

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Asahi: Reactor No. 2 temperature stays high despite Tepco’s stabilization effort — Was back up to 72°C

Tokyo Professor: Every organism in Fukushima Prefecture is contaminated with radiation — 1,373,000 Bq/kg detected in worm feces 60 km from meltdowns

Kyoto Professor: Areas in Reactor No. 2 may be over 100°C — Fuel probably as melted as mud, increasing water injection may move it around — Can’t see inside for decades (VIDEO)

Japan Times: “Massive amounts of slurry, a mixture of sand and water, have been prepared to contain radioactive materials as a last resort”