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Major US Paper: Time to quit nuclear power altogether — “Threatens the very existence of human civilization as we know it”

Head of Fukushima plant hospitalized suddenly from unnamed illness — “I had no choice but to be hospitalised at very short notice”

Report: TEPCO reveals Reactor No. 2 temperature has gone “over scale” — “Unusual atmosphere” at press conference — Japan journalists suspicious something crucial is being hidden (VIDEO)

65 microsieverts per hour in front of Tsushima junior high school (VIDEO)

WATCH: 65 microsieverts per hour in front of Tsushima junior high school (VIDEO)

NYT on Spent Fuel Pools: Nuke promoters admit “it’s just gone on for so long, and there’s so much of it” in UK

FORUM: Extended Discussion Thread for November 28 – December 12, 2011

Asahi: Gov’t funded researchers “have sounded the alarm” — Calling for “immediate” monitoring — 175 Billion becquerels flow PER DAY in just one river in one city 60 km from meltdowns

MOX Scandal: Japan Times on “latest revelation of attempts to rig public opinions on nuclear power” — “Collusive ties” between gov’t and nuke industry

MOX Scandal: Japan Times on “latest revelation of attempts to rig public opinions on nuclear power” — “Collusive ties” between gov’t and nuke industry

Interview with California’s ‘Nuclear Terminator’ — Ben Davis shut down nuke plant in ’89, now he’s at it again (VIDEO)

Interview with California’s ‘Nuclear Terminator’ — Ben Davis on the Nuclear Hotseat (VIDEO)

Report: Journalist dies of acute lymphocytic leukemia — Was living inside 30 km zone to support Fukushima

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Asahi: Almost 1,000,000 times more radioactive fallout in Ibaraki soil than in 2009 — Low estimate?

Gov’t Survey: Shinjuku, Tokyo has third highest cesium levels of all testing locations throughout Japan — “Large amounts of radioactive dust fell in Tokyo”

“It’s like Russian roulette”: Only 10 percent of school lunches in Fukushima tested for radiation — Officials didn’t even know testing equipment was available

Busby: We are going to take some kind of libel action against George Monbiot’s advisers and Imperial College (VIDEO)

Busby: We are going to take some kind of libel action against George Monbiot’s advisers and Imperial College (VIDEO)

Asahi: Gov’t survey shows Fukushima fallout has spread throughout Japan — Now confirmed at Okinawa 1,700 km away

Mainichi: Decontamination workers not showing up, worried about health — Went from 33 companies down to 2 — Radiation levels persisting — Expected to take much longer

????: Gov’t claims Strontium in Yokohama NOT from Fukushima because no short-lived Strontium-89 — Yet 59 Bq/kg was detected

Tepco: Radioactive substances from Fukushima belong to landowners, not us — As November tests show massive contamination far outside evacuation zone

WATCH: Nuclear protest goes very wrong — Violent battle of police vs. anti-nuclear groups

19.8 microsieverts per hour in Tokyo air on Nov. 15 — Nearly 200 times normal level — Incineration of radioactive debris suspected

AP: Strong quake hits near Fukushima nuclear site