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WaPo: “Many” spots 15 km out have higher radiation than at Fukushima front gate — Risk ‘minimal’, day in no-go zone like 12-hr plane ride

Suspected damage to fuel assembly racks in Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 — See anything missing? (VIDEO)

Radiation expert: “I’m not ruling out a nuclear bomb-type explosion” at Fukushima (VIDEO)

“Huge steam explosions” if nuclear fuel hits water… Just a matter of time before corium melts through Fukushima station: Former secretary of UK gov’t committee (VIDEO)

Highest Yet: 1,600 millisieverts/hr detected in Reactor No. 3 — Radiation coming from floor (VIDEO)

China syndrome inevitable says architect of Fukushima Reactor No. 3 — Warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion — Melted fuel inevitably sank underground

Top Japan Official: There have been various discussions on location of melted fuel — We ‘think’ we are able to cool fuel inside primary containers and pressure vessels

Yomiuri: Unknown how much nuclear fuel has melted through Fukushima reactors and ‘dispersed’ — Questionable to assess that as nearly a ‘cold shutdown’

33.53 microsieverts/hr in Koriyama city (VIDEO)

33.53 microsieverts/hr in Koriyama city (VIDEO)

Yomiuri: 451 deaths “due to physical deterioration triggered by the disaster” — Number expected to increase dramatically — From “long-term fatigue and worsening of chronic diseases”

Air Filter Friday: Radioactivity at 300% of normal background in Los Angeles-area dust — 350 CPM in St. Louis-area Ionic Breeze (VIDEOS)

Air Filter Friday: Radioactivity at 300% of normal background in Los Angeles-area air filter dust — 350 CPM in St. Louis-area Ionic Breeze (VIDEOS)

Fukushima Diary: Like others, I’ve had diarrhea for months… coughing and sore throat too

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NRC 100 hours after quake: We hear radiation levels are up, even in Tokyo — Reports that spent fuel pools 1, 2 and 3 started to boil

SOURCE: Nuclear Regulatory Commission via Enformable

ANOTHER incident at NC nuke plant: Condition at Reactor 2 significantly degraded plant safety — Local news mentions concern about health threats to public (VIDEO)

Another incident at NC nuke plant: Condition at Reactor 2 “significantly degraded plant safety” — Local news mentions concern about health threats to public (VIDEO)

Fukushima TV news host quits after becoming pregnant — Had reported Fukushima was safe: “Children ate cherries even without washing them”

Japan to use military troops for decontamination? Koide: “It is impossible to decontaminate — Region’s land itself has been contaminated — It is impossible to move the land”

DPA: Japan protesters refuse to leave gov’t ministry until all reactors close, camping for last two months — 1,300 formed human chain — Crowd boos as authorities try to remove two women in 60s

NRC says strontium-90 found in fish by nuclear plant on Connecticut River is not a conclusive indication of presence of strontium-90

Local TV: “They believe radioactive water is leaking from the top of the vessel” at North Carolina nuke plant — Significant because it goes directly through reactor core (VIDEO)

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Kyodo: Number of births declined significantly in Fukushima and Tokyo between April and June

ABC calls radiation plume over Europe “massive, but harmless” — IAEA now claims Hungary lab likely source of iodine-131 — “Extremely unlikely” says director

Internal NRC emails on Mar. 15: “Are we still looking at a possible total meltdown and big release” from Fukushima? — As US regulator was debating whether Level 4 or 5 accident… Ended up Level 7, the highest

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