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Bioenvironmental techs test for toxins near Tokyo
Among the typical crews for disaster relief in mainland Japan is an atypical crew. Amid concerns for the environment, two Airman from the 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron’s Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight has responded to the disasters there. While other crews from here perform search-and-rescue operations and work to restore power in the neighboring cities, the 18th
Russia, US begin data exchange under New START
The United States and Russia have begun exchanging information on their nuclear stockpiles under a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty, a senior U.S. official said. “With entry into force of the Treaty, we have begun implementing an extensive regime of mutual monitoring and information exchange,” Rose Gottemoeller, the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control,
Toll rises as Japan battles nuclear, humanitarian crisis
Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis Friday as engineers worked to restore power to a stricken atomic plant while the toll of dead and missing from the quake and tsunami topped 16,000. Half a million people made homeless when the monster waves razed Japan’s northeast coast were suffering in appalling conditions, struggling to stay
Crisis Continues at Crippled Japanese Nuclear Power Plants
Japan’s military failed on Wednesday a first attempt to drop water from helicopters on one of the damaged reactors at its crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in what officials acknowledge is a desperate move to try to stem radiation leaks from the facility. In a risky mission, Japan’s military tried to air drop
Nuclear crisis deepens in disaster-struck Japan
Japanese crews grappling with the world’s worst nuclear incident since Chernobyl temporarily pulled out Wednesday as radiation rose following feared damage to a reactor containment vessel. The evacuation order at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, where a tall stack of white cloud billowed high into the sky, deepened the crisis gripping Japan after an earthquake
Radiation Forces US 7th Fleet to Reposition Ships
The U.S. 7th Fleet has temporarily repositioned its ships and aircraft away from Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant after detecting low-level contamination in the air and on its aircraft operating in the area. The source of this airborne radioactivity is a radioactive plume released from the power plant, officials said. In a statement announcing
Most US, EU policy-makers may accept nuclear Iran
A majority of European and US policy-makers would prefer a nuclear-armed Iran over taking military action if diplomatic efforts failed, a survey showed Tuesday. The survey of public officials from both sides of the Atlantic found that opinions diverged between decision-makers and the public on dealing with Iran if non-military options do not work. Around
New blasts, fire escalate Japan’s nuke crisis
Japan’s nuclear crisis escalated Tuesday as two more blasts and a fire rocked a quake-stricken atomic power plant, sending radiation up to dangerous levels. Radiation around the Fukushima No.1 plant on the eastern coast had “risen considerably”, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, and his chief spokesman announced the level was now high enough to endanger
Japan nuclear plant rocked by second blast
An explosion rocked an earthquake-hit nuclear plant Monday, as Japan struggled to avert a catastrophic reactor meltdown caused by a quake and tsunami feared to have killed more than 10,000. A new tsunami scare triggered evacuations on the devastated northeast coast after a large wave was spotted rolling in to shore, but authorities said they
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