By Mandie Sami, wires A worker at Japan’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has died. It brings the total number of deaths at the complex to three since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck in March. The man, aged in his 60s, […]
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Another Evacuation as Smoke Rises from Another Japanese Nuke Plant, Japanese Protest
Smoke was spotted at another nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The company said smoke was detected in the turbine building of reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant around 6 p.m. (5 […]
Continue readingRadiation from Japan Nuclear Meltdown detected in rainwater in the US
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Sunday that very low concentrations of radioiodine-131 that were likely from the Japanese power plant severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month have been detected in a sample of rainwater. Officials did […]
Continue readingUnion of Ontario Indians protest plans to ship radioactive waste over Great Lakes
By Eartha Jane Melzer The Union of Ontario Indians will battle a plan to ship 1,600 tons of radioactive waste from the Bruce nuclear power complex to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the group announced this week. UOI, […]
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