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01:40 PM EST on August 14th, 2013 | 45 comments

Ex-Fukushima Worker: High risk they’ll break fuel rods in Unit 4 pool — Gundersen: Moving fuel risks nuclear chain reaction; You can’t stop it, no control rods to control it

12:41 PM EST on August 14th, 2013 | 59 comments

Reuters: Corrosion is weakening Fukushima Unit No. 4 — Concern quake to ‘topple’ bulging structure — Holds 14,000 Hiroshima bombs worth of cesium-137

04:07 PM EST on August 13th, 2013 | 30 comments

CBS: Dire Warning from Fire Commander — Landfill fire near nuclear waste would threaten entire St. Louis region with radioactive smoke — “Potential for something very tragic”

02:29 PM EST on August 13th, 2013 | 29 comments

Japan Reporter: Engineers only have ‘vague idea’ where Fukushima nuclear fuel is after world’s first triple meltdown — “A vast experiment” — Problems are enormous (AUDIO)

01:27 PM EST on August 13th, 2013 | 49 comments

Tokyo Professor on CBC: Latest Fukushima crisis is threatening public health — Gov’t response “totally abysmal” (AUDIO)

11:57 AM EST on August 13th, 2013 | 30 comments

NHK: Groundwater levels continue rising at Fukushima plant — Gov’t warns Tepco about typhoons — “We can’t do anything” if rainfall overwhelms pump — Contaminated water could overflow and move “extremely fast” into Pacific (VIDEO)

07:32 AM EST on August 13th, 2013 | 30 comments

MSN: Nuclear experts call for testing U.S. West Coast waters and Pacific seafood for Fukushima contamination — “I definitely recommend FDA and EPA increase their vigilance”

03:29 AM EST on August 13th, 2013 | 91 comments

TV: They are turning ground into quicksand at Fukushima plant — Engineers warn reactor units may topple (VIDEO)

11:48 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 28 comments

Tepco “deeply apologizes for mistake” — Admits ‘sprayed’ Fukushima workers actually exposed to 5 times ‘safe’ radiation limit — Radioactive dust to blame, not water spray? (VIDEO)

08:40 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 65 comments

Radiation Expert: Enormous amount of contamination flowing from Fukushima will probably imperil entire Pacific Ocean — Threatens other countries, food chain — Absolutely can reach U.S. and Canadian shores (VIDEO)

06:31 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 41 comments

NHK Special Report on Fukushima: “We are still in an emergency… Not much time left… We can’t afford to wait” (VIDEO)

04:49 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 18 comments

AP: ‘Time bomb’ in leaking Fukushima trenches — If Tepco removes extremely contaminated water as planned, it will only make more flow in since reactor buildings connect to trenches

03:12 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 9 comments

Over 15 quadrillion becquerels of radioactive substances suspected in trench that Tepco now admits is leaking into groundwater at Fukushima

01:39 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 17 comments

Contamination sprayed on men at Fukushima plant — Alarm sounds over radioactivity levels — Worker: They never told us Reactor 3 building was steaming, “I found out about it on TV” (VIDEO)

12:10 PM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 15 comments

Tepco: Trench connected to Unit No. 2 is what’s contaminating groundwater at Fukushima — Has extremely high levels of over 3 billion Bq/liter of radioactive substances — Water is flowing in from reactor building (VIDEO)

12:18 AM EST on August 12th, 2013 | 37 comments

Fukushima Workers: Another accident is inevitable — There’s always risk of another explosion, I fear that a lot (AUDIO)

07:43 PM EST on August 11th, 2013 | 39 comments

Korea Times: Quarter-billion liters of Fukushima contaminated water flowed into Pacific — Japan cover-up could violate international law — Hid global issue of environmental concern?

01:39 PM EST on August 11th, 2013 | 241 comments

Report: The people of Japan are responsible for poisoning of world’s food chain due to Fukushima catastrophe — They have to stand up and take action — “The buck has to stop somewhere” (VIDEO)

12:16 PM EST on August 11th, 2013 | 56 comments

NBC Nightly News: Urgent situation after frightening discovery at Fukushima — Planned ice wall shows Tepco is grasping at straws and can’t stop plant leaking like a sieve — Now almost 900 straight days of contamination flowing in Pacific (VIDEO)

10:24 AM EST on August 11th, 2013 | 25 comments

TV: China, Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, and others are going to want to know just how out of control this newly revealed radiation emergency is at Fukushima (VIDEO)

09:16 AM EST on August 11th, 2013 | 14 comments

“Nuclear leaks poison the Pacific” — “We’re talking about the Pacific Ocean, so it’s not just Fukushima that’s affected” — “Criticism will be worldwide” if contamination keeps flowing from plant

08:01 AM EST on August 11th, 2013 | 44 comments

FDA “paying attention to the leaks” at Fukushima — “Do not worry about radioactive fish” — Will test seafood “as needed”

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