First look: Reporters get their first glimpse Saturday of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, including the badly damaged reactor 4 building, which contains a large spent fuel pool. Below: Tepco employees and journalists tour the complex … Continue reading →
Kyodo, Staff report CHIBA — The science ministry said Sunday that the high radiation detected on city-owned land in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, is emanating from cesium that was probably ejected by the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contradicting the city’s earlier … Continue reading →
Well, imagine everybody’s relief to find out the unusually high radiation levels found in Yokohama weren’t from Fukushima, but were instead radioactive materials being stored in the basement. Could happen to anyone. Sigh. ** Radiation ‘no link to Fukushima’ ** … Continue reading →
YOKOHAMA — Radioactive strontium exceeding normal levels has been detected in sediment from atop an apartment building in Yokohama, some 250 km from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, city officials said Wednesday. While the discovery of 195 becquerels … Continue reading →