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09:32 AM EDT on January 20th, 2012 |
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Mainichi: Japan now looking to Chernobyl info for help dealing with human health effects of nuclear meltdown — Will enable gov’t to implement “effective measures”
03:37 PM EDT on January 16th, 2012 |
14 comments
“You are a champion of radiation!” doctors tell man in evacuation zone — Tomioka contamination is “superior to Chernobyl” admits gov’t agency
08:12 AM EDT on January 13th, 2012 |
9 comments
PBS: If humans ingest any radioactive hairs they’d be poisoned – Even while around only ‘low-level’ radiation (VIDEO)
09:56 AM EDT on January 7th, 2012 |
50 comments
German Physician: Fukushima larger than Chernobyl — Japan people deceived — Can feel only helpless rage
06:42 PM EDT on January 5th, 2012 |
63 comments
ABC Australia: Physicians call for much wider evacuations in Japan — Gov’t continues to significantly under report radiation levels
08:30 AM EDT on January 5th, 2012 |
23 comments
Japan Times: Alarming gov’t report discussed ‘Tokyo Exodus’ and collapse of Spent Fuel Pool 4 as rods melted through concrete walls
12:00 AM EDT on January 5th, 2012 |
56 comments
WATCH: Fukushima birds unable to fly — Allow humans to approach… as do sickened Alaska seals
09:30 PM EDT on January 2nd, 2012 |
31 comments
Strange: Animals went mad and began attacking humans after exposure to high radiation levels, says Chernobyl scientist — Dogs, foxes, wolves, hogs (VIDEO)
02:52 PM EDT on January 2nd, 2012 |
49 comments
IEEE: Fukushima unprecedented in scope — Situation appeared utterly beyond human control — “Raging fire in a spent-fuel pond”… Yet claims only partial meltdowns?
10:44 AM EDT on January 2nd, 2012 |
72 comments
Radiation Biologist: Tree leaves were gigantic after Chernobyl — “Witch’s Broom” effect (VIDEO)
09:50 AM EDT on December 29th, 2011 |
42 comments
UN Agency’s Fukushima Simulation: “Total release amount was equal to that of Chernobyl nuclear explosion”
09:31 AM EDT on December 28th, 2011 |
28 comments
Prime Minister Kan: If Fukushima reactors melted down, its severity “would far exceed that of the Chernobyl accident”
06:55 PM EDT on December 27th, 2011 |
21 comments
AP: Amount of radiation released from Fukushima is still unknown — Recent studies suggest Japan continues to significantly underestimate scale of disaster
11:59 AM EDT on December 27th, 2011 |
33 comments
Fairewinds: Fukushima dwarfs Chernobyl — Japanese face tragedy of a magnitude world has never experienced
09:59 PM EDT on December 21st, 2011 |
12 comments
Chernobyl Consultant: Fukushima decommissioning more complex since more melted fuel — Level of devastation remains unknown
08:55 PM EDT on December 21st, 2011 |
38 comments
Experts: Contamination from Fukushima worse than Chernobyl — Many people say 2051 goal “unrealistic” given scale of catastrophe… “Will I be alive when it’s completed?”
04:19 PM EDT on December 21st, 2011 |
24 comments
Canada Medical Journal: Experts calling for wider Japan evacuations — Officials would have to evacuate 1,800 km² using Chernobyl standard
12:50 PM EDT on December 21st, 2011 |
19 comments
Australia Professor: Japanese exposed to “unconscionable” health risks — Gov’t has provided public with misinformation
06:20 AM EDT on December 18th, 2011 |
18 comments
LA Times: People just learning that gov’t may be telling fairy tale, says Japan broadcaster — Radiation levels around Fukushima were “almost beyond calculation” — Chernobyl reporters never saw anything like it
11:55 AM EDT on December 14th, 2011 |
48 comments
Congressman at NRC hearing: Fukushima is worst nuclear disaster in world history (VIDEO)
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Top Gov’t Official: Fukushima nuke report was so shocking we decided to treat it as if it didn’t exist -Kyodo
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Top Gov’t Official: Fukushima nuke report was so shocking we decided to treat it as if it didn’t exist -Kyodo
- 10:39 PM EST (Comments: 51)
Comedy Show? Radio: Fukushima very much under control — Notion that Japan is ruined in any way isn’t true unfortunately — Nuclear power not all China Syndrome stuff (VIDEO)
- 09:30 PM EST (Comments: 7)
NYT: Many experts now believe gov’t officials covered up true extent of public health risk from radiation — “Can no longer pull the wool over public’s eyes”
- 05:59 PM EST (Comments: 45)
Study: 90% higher incidence of childhood leukemia around nuclear plants — Authors call for investigation -International Journal of Cancer
- 03:44 PM EST (Comments: 7)
Syracuse Professor: “Chernobyl had an exemplary operating record prior to the accident” — Claims new reactors “inherently safe” — No increased childhood cancer near NPPs — US gov’t spends “hundreds of billions” on renewable energy
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"Just the tip of the iceberg": Van emitting 110 uSv/hr -- Ended up 370 miles from Fukushima in Kobe -- "Dangerously radioactive" vehicles must be resold within Japan
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>>> December 23, 2011
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>>> March 12, 2011
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>>> December 2, 2011
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>>> November 1, 2011
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