Fukushima
02/16/2018
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By David Williams
More melted fuel found at Fukushima 7 years later: Underwater robot captures images that prove at least some of the fuel breached the core
It has been seven years since the worst industrial disaster in all of human history happened in Fukushima, yet its devastating effects are still being felt to this day. As a matter of fact, experts have just discovered that more melted fuel can be found at the site, and that it may take a long […]
10/19/2017
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By D. Samuelson
U.S. nuclear regulators caught VASTLY underestimating the risk of radioactive material storage fires that could devastate the U.S.A.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is responsible for all “policies and regulations governing nuclear reactor and materials safety,” reports NRC.gov. With a budget of $1 billion and 4000 employees, they are also in charge of licensing and litigation issues for the ninety-nine existing nuclear power plants in America. Within the confines of these aging nuclear facilities, reports the Orange County Register, there […]
05/05/2017
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By Jayson Veley
Observers worried that “nuclear chain reaction” could still occur at Fukushima… cleanup could take 100 years or more
On March 11, 2011, terror struck northeastern Japan in the form of a massive magnitude-9 earthquake, which in turn unleashed a devastating tsunami that wiped out virtually everything in the city of Sukuiso. The effects of the earthquake were felt around the entire world, and even years later, the people of Japan were still finding […]
02/22/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Fukushima could poison the planet for the next 1,000 years
Radiation levels inside of a damaged nuclear reactor at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant have reached alarming heights. Recent readings from nuclear reactor 2 indicate that the radiation inside is hundreds of times higher now than ever before — six years after the fateful nuclear catastrophe in 2011. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) the facility’s operator, […]
02/15/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Fukushima catastrophe continues to worsen after six years of ongoing meltdowns
The “unimaginable” levels of radiation at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant have been widely reported on; in early February 2017, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) reported that the radiation levels inside reactor 2 had reached a devastating 530 sieverts per hour. Just a mere five sieverts is enough to be lethal in a matter of months, […]
02/14/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Fukushima radiation so high a robot would be destroyed in two hours
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, first commissioned in 1971, was one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world, until it sustained massive damage when Japan was hit first by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and then a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2011. Close to 16,000 people died in the disaster, with […]
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