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Fukushima rice crop grown in QueenslandABC OnlineThe Burdekin is already Australia's northern food bowl, and now the success of this small rice growing trial has raised hopes it could become a lifeline to displaced farmers in nuclear affected Fukus…

1 Fukushima beach to reopen this summerThe Daily YomiuriFUKUSHIMA–Only one of 17 beaches in Fukushima Prefecture will be opened for swimming this summer, following their closure last year due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the crisis at Tokyo …

RTCesium-137 contamination: Fukushima amounts to four ChernobylsRTTEPCO's new estimates suggest that its Fukushima reactor has released more than quadruple the amount of radioactive cesium-137 leaked during the Chernobyl disaster. But the method us…

DBKP – Death By 1000 PapercutsUN Report: Fukushima Workers Didn't Die From RadiationDBKP – Death By 1000 PapercutsBy LBG1 [Photo-Image, March 12, 2011, explosion at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant; one of four explosions that rocked the plant…

BetaNewsFukushima Radiation Higher Than Previous EstimatesWall Street JournalBy MITSURU OBE TOKYO—The amount of radiation released from the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in northern Japan was higher than previous government figu…

Christian Science MonitorGregory Jaczko's Parting Message: Fukushima Was “A Wake-Up Call”Energy CollectiveIn his actions on Yucca Mountain and his strong response to the Fukushima disaster, Jaczko has come under fire for alleged aggressive beha…

Christian Science MonitorGregory Jaczko's Parting Message: Fukushima Was “A Wake-Up Call”Energy CollectiveIn his actions on Yucca Mountain and his strong response to the Fukushima disaster, Jaczko has come under fire for alleged aggressive beha…

Fukushima radiation higher than first estimatedChicago TribuneBy Kevin Krolicki TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) – The radiation released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost 2-1/2 times the amount first estimated by Japanese safety re…

Fukushima radiation higher than first estimatedReutersBy Kevin Krolicki | TOKYO May 24 (Reuters) – The radiation released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost 2-1/2 times the amount first estimated by Japanese safety regulator…

Spiegel OnlineThe World from Berlin Merkel Faces 'Herculean' Task on Green EnergySpiegel OnlineAs last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to the catastrophe by announcing nothing sho…

Spiegel OnlineThe World from Berlin Merkel Faces 'Herculean' Task on Green EnergySpiegel OnlineAs last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to the catastrophe by announcing nothing sho…

Fukushima workers well, UN findsUPI.comVIENNA, May 24 (UPI) — The United Nations said workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan showed few visible effects of radiation exposure. A magnitude-9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami trigg…

No Visible Radiation Effects On Fukushima Plant Workers, UN Assessment FindsRTT News(RTTNews) – The preliminary findings of a major United Nations assessment into the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year found that al…

Stars and StripesFukushima meltdown hastens decline of nuclear powerPeople & the PlanetThe March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown shattered public confidence in atomic energy, thus far making it politically im…

RTHard lessons for US nuclear safety from Fukushima meltdownCNN InternationalThe meltdowns of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors ended Japan's plans to produce half of its electricity through nuclear energy. All of Japan's remaining reactors are of…

The GuardianFukushima's Estimated Radiation Leak Doubles Versus GovernmentBusinessWeeks crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may have released twice as many radioactive particles than Japan's government estimated, the utility said in a report today…

Daily MailCatastrophic nuclear reactor meltdowns like Chernobyl or Fukushima could …Daily MailBy Jamie Mcginnes Devastating nuclear reactor meltdowns like those at Chernobyl and Fukushima could happen every decade, according to a disturbing new study…

AsiaOneJapan's hotter weather to boost power demandReutersPower demand is in focus as nuclear power generation has fallen gradually to zero since last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km…

Stars and StripesFukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear PowerREVEThe March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown shattered public confidence in atomic energy, thus far making it politically impossible to res…

Chinese tourists affirm safety of nuclear accident-hit FukushimaMainichi Daily NewsIWAKI, Japan (Kyodo) — Many Chinese tourists on just-completed tour of Fukushima Prefecture support the view the area is a wonderful and safe place to visit, after seei…

WHO Report: Most Fukushima Radiation Doses Below Cancer-Causing LevelsThe Chosun IlboThe World Health Organization says radiation exposure due to last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster is below cancer-causing levels in most of Japan. A WHO prelimin…

WHO releases Fukushima radiation reportIndependent OnlineBy Stephanie Nebehay Geneva – Spikes in radiation caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster were below cancer-causing levels in almost all of Japan, but infants in one town appear to be at a highe…