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The March 11, 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant’?attracted thousands of reporters and photographers from around the world, but most have since gone home hoping to forget about the indelible and poisonous stain left on the town of Okuma, Japa…

Bluefin tuna migrate across the Pacific as they mature. NOAA The same factor that put the Fukushima power plants at risk—proximity to the ocean—ensured that a sizable fraction of the radioactivity liberated from the plants ended up in the Pacific. …

In the wake of the Fukushima disaster many Japanese people are concerned about lasting radiation. The memory of the atomic bomb and its effects is all too recent in their minds. As such, many are worried that the government’s numbers about the radiatio…

With the concern over radiation contamination, this might prove to be a popular selling point for the new phone.Source : TreehuggerExplore : Asia, Environment, Sciences, Tree Hugger, World

A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Sandia researchers had worked around the clock…

Bluefin Tuna photo from Shutterstock Low levels of radiation from last year’s Fukushima Diaichii disaster in Japan have been discovered in bluefin tuna swimming of the California coast. Scientists say the trace amounts are not necessarily harmful to …

Scientists have found trace elements of radioactive isotopes in Pacific bluefin tuna migrating from coastal Japan to the shores of Southern California, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The amount of radioactivity in the fish was one-tenth the …

… up in U.S. waters. And see this . CNN reports today: Low levels of radioactive cesium from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident turned up in fish caught off California in 2011, researchers reported Monday. The bluefin spawn off Japan, and m…

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Bluefin tuna which fed in the waters near damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant was contaminated with radioactive material from the plant. However scientists say that the contamination will decline over the years as the radioactive material cesium 10 d…

Bluefin tuna contaminated from the March 2011 meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant migrated 6,000 miles to North America, the Associated Press reported,Source : World Current NewsExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Detectable amounts of cesium-137 and cesium-134 were found in bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California about four months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, US scientists reported on Monday. The timing is important because it shows th…

Japanese mobile carrier Softbank has unveiled a smartphone capable of measuring radiation levels. The device, set to go on sale in the summer, is aimed at those concerned about environmental contamination following the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster …

Scientists amazed that bluefins swimming in Pacific contained tiny amounts of caesium five months after Japanese disaster Bluefin tuna contaminated with radiation believed to be from Fukushima Daiichi turned up off the coast of California just five mon…

Traces of nuclear radiation have been found in bluefin tuna that fed off Japan’s coast after the Fukushima meltdown First Post Ben Raworth LAST UPDATED AT 09:44 ON Tue 29 May 2012 LOW LEVELS of nuclear radiation from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima power…

It’s been over a year since the Fukushima meltdown. There have been radiation fears and fear mongering. Both have certainly impacted the lives and psyche of those living in Fukushima as well as people elsewhere. More »Source : KotakuExplore : Asia, J…

Bluefin tuna has carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the US.Source : The TelegraphExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Naoto Kan urges Japan to abandon nuclear power, as the industry attempts to bring closed reactors back into operation Japan’s prime minister at the height of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis has admitted he often felt « helpless » during the early da…

Tuna carry Fukushima radiation to US Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away — the first time a huge migr…

Low levels of nuclear radiation from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima power plant have turned up in bluefin tuna off the California coast, suggesting that these fish carried radioactive compounds across the Pacific Ocean faster than wind or water can.Sour…

This sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but, alas, it is real: There are now radioactive Bluefin tuna swimming off the shores of the United States. How did they get that way? It happened as a result of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Da…

Howdy, I have a question about the American Redoubt in light of the pending and probable total failure of the Fukushima reactors spent fuel rod pool. When this thing goes, the release will be massive and long term. [I…Source : SurvivalBlog.comExplore…

Increased levels of radioactivity from last year’s Fukushima accident have been found in Pacific bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California.Source : BBC NewsExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As the sovereign debt crisis in Europe dominates media coverage of both financial and main street news, Washington’s deliberate cover up of a far more serious(…) Read the rest of Fukushima, Washington Hides ‘Bla…

Fukushima and Chernobyl: Myth versus Reality A good approach to explaining facts vs. myths. http://www.ne.anl.gov/jp/ fukushima-facts-and-myths. shtmlSource : Michele Kearney’s Nuclear WireExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Picture Japan: Edano in Fukushima Accident Probe Panel http://blogs.wsj.com/ japanrealtime/2012/05/28/ picture-japan-edano-in- fukshima-accident-probe-panel/Source : Michele Kearney’s Nuclear WireExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Pacific bluefin tuna migrating last year from coastal Japan to the waters off Southern California contained radioactive cesium isotopes from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, scientists reported.Source : The Wall Street JournalExplore : Asia, Business, …

Kan says pro-nuclear mentality to blame for Fukushima disaster TOKYO — The grip of the nuclear lobby in Japan before the Fukushima disaster was akin to that of the military in the run-up to World War II, the prime minister at the time of last year’…

Scientists say the bluefin tuna absorbed radioactive cesium from swimming in contaminated waters and feeding on contaminated prey such as krill and squid.Source : TheJournal.ie – Read, Share and Shape the newsExplore : Asia, Japan, World