Mar 31 Japan's Radioactive Leak: What Are the Long-Term Consequences? By Talea Miller Fukushima nuclear power plant. Environmental and nuclear scientists in the U.S. are watching apparent leakage discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor site this week with a concerned eye, for both health effects and impact on the environment. Japanese safety… Continue reading
Mar 31 Radioactivity in Seawater Near Nuclear Plant Reaches New High 1 p.m. ET | Tepco said Thursday that the water beneath the damaged reactor has radioactivity measuring at 10,000 time the legal limit, though it still believes the drinking water supply to be safe. French and U.S. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch NOVA Explores Science Behind Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami NOVA looks at the scenes behind the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan. Continue watching
Mar 30 Four Reactors to Be Decomissioned, Seawater Radiation Levels Rise By News Desk Tokyo Electric Power Company has said four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant cannot be fixed and will be decommissioned as efforts to contain the spread of radioactive water continue at the facility. Meantime, seawater… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 11:42 Revisiting Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster Site of Epic Proportions By PBS News Hour The nuclear crisis in Japan has renewed interest in the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien travels to the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, which is approaching its 25th anniversary. Continue watching
Mar 29 Explainer: What Is the Difference Between Radiation and Radioactive Contaminants? The damage caused at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has created a host of potential hazards for workers and residents. Radiation and radioactive contaminants can have serious effects on humans, and can spread… Continue reading
Mar 29 Japan in 'Maximum Alert' as It Struggles to Contain Nuclear Crisis By News Desk Photo by Tokyo Electric Power Company Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his government was "in a state of maximum alert" as the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant continues to spread, with radioactive contamination in the air, soil… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Long-Term Impacts of Fukushima Reactor Could Linger For 'A Generation or More' Japanese officials reported that radioactive water has spread beyond a damaged building at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and had contaminated the ground near the site. Jeffrey Brown talks to Columbia University's David Brenner and the Carnegie Endowment for International… Continue watching
Mar 28 Radiation Levels Spike Near Japan Plant, Detected in Seawater 12:05 p.m. ET | Tepco officials say small amounts of plutonium have been detected in the soil near the Fukushima plant, but that those levels do not yet pose a public risk. Workers are racing to… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch News Wrap: Fukushima Workers Hospitalized After Possible Breach of Nuclear Core A synopsis of the day's other top news stories. Continue watching