08:21 PM EST on October 15th, 2011 | 225 comments - (Comments are closed)

Leaked TEPCO report: 120 billion Becquerels of plutonium, 7.6 trillion Becquerels of neptunium released in first 100 hours — Media concealed risk to public

09:55 AM EST on October 4th, 2011 | 42 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan Gov’t: Plutonium will no longer be measured — Almost impossible for normal person to detect, geiger counters ineffective

10:12 AM EST on October 2nd, 2011 | 58 comments - (Comments are closed)

Gov’t: Plutonium dose at 27 microsieverts in Namiemachi — Will remain “for about 50 years” (MAP)

SOURCE: Daily Yomiuri
07:22 AM EST on October 2nd, 2011 | 48 comments - (Comments are closed)

New Scientist: “Plutonium from Fukushima was expected to rapidly disperse in the Pacific Ocean — Instead, it seems that the levels remain high”

08:53 AM EST on October 1st, 2011 | 41 comments - (Comments are closed)

WSJ: “A potentially disturbing turn” — Plutonium discovered far from Fukushima reactors

05:56 AM EST on September 27th, 2011 | 15 comments - (Comments are closed)

Takashi: Plutonium evaporated and spread around as gas after Fukushima meltdowns

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08:52 AM EST on September 20th, 2011 | 146 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan lawmaker: Plutonium certainly went deep within basement of Reactor No. 3 — Anyone’s guess where it’s at now

01:59 PM EST on September 3rd, 2011 | 33 comments - (Comments are closed)

Plutonium-238, 239, 240 detected at Fukushima playground on August 15 — TEPCO admits they consider it to be from triple meltdown

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06:15 AM EST on August 29th, 2011 | 74 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: 76 trillion becquerels of Plutonium-239 released from Fukushima — 23,000 times higher than previously announced

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08:15 PM EST on August 22nd, 2011 | 77 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nuclear engineer: NRC now says reactors and containments have breached and released plutonium off-site — “Much worse” than if from spent fuel pools (VIDEO)

NRC: Most likely that chunks of radioactive materials “were from the reactor cores rather than spent fuel pools” — “Much worse” than if from SFPs, says nuclear engineer (VIDEO)
06:56 AM EST on August 15th, 2011 | 106 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Neptunium-239 found in soil about 40 km from meltdown — “Several thousand becquerels” — Similar to levels detected at front gate of Fukushima plant

06:02 PM EST on August 10th, 2011 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Panel: Nuke plant operator behind fake email campaign also destroyed documents sought by investigators about public support for MOX fuel

05:11 AM EST on August 9th, 2011 | 24 comments - (Comments are closed)

Kyodo: “Unit 3 MOX likely melted through” — Mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel may have “dribbled” out after melting again

05:59 PM EST on August 8th, 2011 | 45 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nationwide TV in Japan: Toxicity of plutonium “not very different than salt” — “So safe you can drink it” (VIDEO)

National TV in Japan: Toxicity of plutonium “not very different than salt” — “So safe you can drink it” (VIDEO)
12:12 PM EST on August 3rd, 2011 | 67 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Gleeful Vultures”? England’s Sellafield plutonium (MOX) facility to close because of Fukushima — 50% of fuel was for TEPCO

10:00 AM EST on July 19th, 2011 | 89 comments - (Comments are closed)

“It is so critical now”: Local Japanese official sends S.O.S. concerning plutonium, strontium and other radionuclides (VIDEO)

“It is so critical now”: Local Japanese official sends S.O.S. concerning plutonium, strontium and other radionuclides (VIDEO)
08:05 PM EST on July 14th, 2011 | 147 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Monsoon rains threaten to flood Los Alamos area with plutonium, uranium — “Frantic” sandbagging effort under way in some communities (VIDEO)

11:51 AM EST on July 12th, 2011 | 60 comments - (Comments are closed)

Los Alamos lab begins removing radioactive soil from canyons to prevent contamination from spreading after fire

11:07 AM EST on July 1st, 2011 | 38 comments - (Comments are closed)

NBC: Photo of barrels with plutonium-contaminated waste inside plastic tent at Los Alamos ‘Area G’ — “When they assure you there’s nothing to worry about I think I’d be somewhat worried” says former DOE official (VIDEO)

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07:13 PM EST on June 29th, 2011 | 54 comments - (Comments are closed)

Time.com: Is Los Alamos Lab really safe from wildfire? — Additional plutonium problems?

06:11 PM EST on June 29th, 2011 | 69 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Very high concentrations” of hot particles in Pacific NW during April, May — Includes plutonium and americium (AUDIO)

04:24 PM EST on June 28th, 2011 | 23 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Radioactive tritium very close to Los Alamos fire, about half a mile away — Lab would be the last to tell you if there was a serious problem (VIDEO)

Report: Radioactive tritium very close to Los Alamos fire, about half a mile away — Lab would be the last to tell you if there was a serious problem (VIDEO)
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