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12:07 AM EST on February 22nd, 2012 | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report indicated five Fukushima workers have most likely received a fatal dose of radiation -NRC Transcript

10:28 PM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

News Agency: "After working in affected areas, four workers have died, victims of leukemia or heart attack" -NHK TV

07:40 PM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Journalist: Almost every day a worker would keel over with heat exhaustion and be carried out

05:11 PM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 34 comments - (Comments are closed)

AP: Radiation contamination detected 400 miles from Fukushima coast — Levels up to 1,000 times above normal — IAEA says safe to drink

03:31 PM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 33 comments - (Comments are closed)

WSJ publishes NRC transcript: Explosion “leveled the structure for Unit 4 spent-fuel pool all the way down to approximate level of the bottom of the fuels” — “So, there’s no water in there whatsoever”

02:01 PM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)

Former Tepco executives say company has always known they were working with yakuza

12:02 PM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 60 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Unthinkable”: Reports surfacing of radioactive sheep in parts of Norway containing 4,000 Bq/kg

10:51 AM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 36 comments - (Comments are closed)

Book: Mentally handicapped working at Fukushima plant after meltdowns — Often given worse radiation suits than regular employees

10:08 AM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Telegraph: Tepco raised “safe” radiation exposure limits at Fukushima plant to over 500 times original level — From 180cpm to 100,000cpm — Often reported as 2.5-fold increase

09:11 AM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 34 comments - (Comments are closed)

Tepco to begin coating seafloor with cement mixture (PHOTOS)

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02:38 AM EST on February 21st, 2012 | 25 comments - (Comments are closed)

NHK: 42% of residents’ radiation exposure tops annual limit — Survey excluded people working in places with high radioactivity — Only used 4 months of data

11:24 PM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 17 comments - (Comments are closed)

Anonymous Fukushima Employee: Workers were dropping like flies in the heat while clearing debris and watering reactors

12:26 PM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 192 comments - (Comments are closed)

Experts particularly concerned about weight of fuel in No. 4 pool in building with possible quake damage — Destruction blamed on Reactor No. 3 explosion

10:45 AM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 49 comments - (Comments are closed)

Telegraph: US gov’t was secretly planning to evacuate 90,000 citizens from Japan — Fukushima 50 forbidden from speaking publicly — Terrified of agonising death from radiation poisoning — New BBC doc Thursday

09:32 AM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 60 comments - (Comments are closed)

WSJ: Striking fact that many of Fukushima’s reactors are still off-limits — 1,500 microsieverts per hour — Still too dangerous for workers to enter

08:25 AM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)

More journalists tour Fukushima: Parking lot areas “too contaminated” — Told to stay on metal plates so radiation is shielded somewhat

07:26 AM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 45 comments - (Comments are closed)

Radiation dose spikes to 48 sieverts per hour at Reactor No. 1 — Highest level in months — Remained stable until 10-fold increase — Instrument failure?

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05:47 AM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)

Tokyo Professor: Gov’t was in fact lying to us constantly

12:15 AM EST on February 20th, 2012 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

25km from Tokyo: Radiation now 10 times higher at many locations in Kashiwa compared to pre-Fukushima levels — Only includes external dose (INTERACTIVE MAP)

11:23 AM EST on February 19th, 2012 | 175 comments - (Comments are closed)

4 quakes in 90 minutes near Fukushima — Began several hours after intensity 5- quake in Ibaraki

10:55 AM EST on February 19th, 2012 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)

Mystery Continues: Original 295 microSv/h black substance remains untested — Locals getting suspicious?

08:58 AM EST on February 19th, 2012 | 65 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan emperor has heart surgery, irregular pulse detected in muscle — Health worsened after March 11

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