06:39 PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 144 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nuclear Expert: Everybody is now paying attention to Unit 4 because we have four years to go before fuel removed — If water lost, a beacon of radiation will bathe site in ‘sky shine’ from gamma rays (AUDIO)

05:40 PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

Gundersen: “The water is steaming and boiling” still at Fukushima; “Yes, there’s some radiation being given off ” (AUDIO) — Visible in recent Tepco webcam footage? (VIDEO)

02:26 PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)

Financial Times: “A ‘No-Nuclear Scenario’ could not be ruled out for Japan” -IEA — Public “remains sceptical”

01:11 PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)

Paper: Physicist warns even if No. 4 Spent Fuel Pool survives another major quake, “failure of jury-rigged inadequate piping installed after disaster could put cooling system out of commission”

12:18 PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

The Economist: Japan is without nuclear power for first time in 50 years — “A silent majority speaks” — Analysts say anti-nuclear party could soon vault to national prominence

11:02 AM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Telegraph: Japan public “has turned fiercely against nuclear power” — 89-year-old author and nun joined hunger strike outside METI

06:40 PM EST on May 2nd, 2012 | 88 comments - (Comments are closed)

Coalition requests Japan gov’t immediately ask UN for help with Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 before it becomes too late

03:22 PM EST on May 2nd, 2012 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

NYTimes: Radiation in “small doses could actually be disproportionately worse” says report — “Doses spread out over time might be more dangerous than doses given all at once” — Renewed importance after Fukushima

01:42 PM EST on May 2nd, 2012 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

Radiation triples at Tokyo monitoring station — Levels spike at multiple locations in last two hours

01:25 PM EST on May 2nd, 2012 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

World Leader in Decommissioning Reactors: “There is no technology which may be directly applied” at Fukushima

02:38 AM EST on May 2nd, 2012 | 46 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan will no longer be a developed country in less than 40 years: Most Powerful Japanese Business Organization

01:42 AM EST on May 2nd, 2012 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cleaning up radiation hopeless, says writer: “There is no end” — “We adults have to bear a responsibility for the future” — “Impossible to decontaminate vast forested areas, and Japan is a country of forests and mountains”

11:45 PM EST on May 1st, 2012 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Caldicott: Plants in Tokyo died from Fukushima fallout — “See these spots? That’s from radiation falling on the ginkos” (VIDEO)

09:26 PM EST on May 1st, 2012 | 108 comments - (Comments are closed)

Coalition requests UN intervention to stabilize Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 at Fukushima — Endorsed by nuclear experts

02:01 PM EST on May 1st, 2012 | 55 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Tepco taking vacation from Fukushima for week-long holiday?

06:12 AM EST on May 1st, 2012 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

Asahi: Fukushima chief Yoshida felt “explosion occurred in the containment vessel” at Reactor No. 2 — Yet none of 4 special investigations have explained why it will only hold 2 feet of water

07:17 PM EST on April 30th, 2012 | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)

Hydrogen levels continue rising at Reactor No. 2 — Now above .50%, highest in months — Explosion risk at 4%

06:10 PM EST on April 30th, 2012 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japanese musicians film as children play barefoot in elevated radiation levels -Gawker (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)

11:11 AM EST on April 30th, 2012 | 71 comments - (Comments are closed)

Anonymous Interview: Medical doctors working in Fukushima say lots of people are dying — “Bleeding, losing hair, and having a bad health condition” (VIDEO)

09:56 AM EST on April 30th, 2012 | 44 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan Physicians Demand Answers: 90% of urine samples contaminated with cesium in city 200km from Fukushima

07:05 AM EST on April 30th, 2012 | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)

Fukushima Gov’t: Over 35% of young people tested have thyroid cysts or nodules

06:45 PM EST on April 29th, 2012 | 36 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nuclear Expert: All it takes is coolant to stop circulating at Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 for extensive fuel damage to occur — Doesn’t have to leak, crack, or fall for fuel to overheat

« First255074757677100125150175Last »