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Ask Tom why: Does the release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan pose a danger to the United States?
Dear Readers, Many of you — too many to list — have written to this column expressing concern about the release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Does this pose a danger to the...Tags: Japan, Alaska, Nuclear Power, Hawaii
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Tsunami-hit rice farmers face challenges in Japan
SENDAI, Japan (AP) — The rice paddies on the outskirts of this tsunami-hit city are ankle-deep in a black, salty sludge. Crumpled cars and uprooted trees lie scattered across them.
His house destroyed, rice farmer Shinichi Shibasaki lives on a...Tags: Politics, Japan, Government, Food Industry, Tsunamis
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Radiation discovery fans food fears in Japan
TOKYO (AP) - At a bustling Tokyo supermarket March 20, wary shoppers avoided one particular bin of spinach. The produce came from Ibaraki prefecture in the northeast, where radiation was found in spinach grown up to 75 miles (120 kilometers) from the...Tags: Japan, Politics, Health, Health Organizations, Fava Beans
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Commentary: This is no Chernobyl
Special to CNNThere has been a lot of speculation about what impact the problems facing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan will have on the future of the United States' nuclear industry. Some have compared the event to Chernobyl and declared the...Tags: Politics, Japan, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
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FDA Bans Milk, Produce From Japan Amid Radiation Fears
KTLA NewsTokyo -- Japan's Health Ministry reported Tuesday finding radioactive materials at levels "drastically exceeding legal limits" in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima Prefecture, including broccoli and cabbage, according to Kyodo News Agency. None of...Tags: Japan, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Washington (U.S. state)
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Lack of data from Japan distresses nuclear experts
How did Japanese workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant jury-rig fire hoses to cool damaged reactors? Is contaminated water from waste pools overflowing into the Pacific Ocean? Exactly who is the national incident commander?
The answers to these...Tags: Politics, Japan, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government
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Radiation discovery fans food fears in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — At a bustling Tokyo supermarket Sunday, wary shoppers avoided one particular bin of spinach. The produce came from Ibaraki prefecture in the northeast, where radiation was found in spinach grown up to 75 miles (120 kilometers) from...Tags: Japan, Politics, Health, Health Organizations, Fava Beans
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Radiation lessons from the Japan nuclear crisis
As workers struggle to shut down the nuclear reactors in Japan, Michigan is closely watching the failure at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex.
While grave, the accident in Japan is two orders of magnitude lower than the 1986 Chernobyl incident, said Dr....Tags: Michigan, Japan, X-rays, Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Indiana colleges consider pulling out students in Japan
Fox59At least one Indiana college is directing students studying abroad in Japan to return to the U.S., and several others are considering similar options. The move comes as a response to the U.S. government urging Americans to consider leaving Japan due to...Tags: Japan, Education, Indianapolis, Manufacturing and Engineering, Colleges and Universities
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Local sailors deliver supplies despite radiation danger
SAN DIEGO -- Navy crews from the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Force delivered 17 tons of supplies Tuesday despite the continuing danger of radiation spread by Japan's crippled nuclear plant, military officials said.
Helicopter crews from the...Tags: Japan, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ronald Reagan, Employees
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Anger and abandonment in a Japanese nuclear ghost town
Hoshi Jyunichu lives in a nuclear ghost town.
On a recent afternoon, he calmly swept the entrance to his downtown coffeehouse, even though only one solitary soul had crossed the threshold the entire day. His customers, his neighbors, even his family,...Tags: Japan, Politics, Health, Disasters and Accidents, Los Angeles Times
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USS Ronald Reagan moved after detecting radiation
SAN DIEGO -- The Navy said Monday that it has moved its ships and planes away from a damaged Japanese nuclear plant after the USS Ronald Reagan detected low-level radioactive contamination.
Tests detected the radioactivity on 17 U.S. Navy helicopter...Tags: Japan, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Navy
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