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Fukushima Explosion Was Concealed By Japanese Government Until Right Before It Happened

Newly released evidence from Japanese utility company TEPCO shows that the Japanese government ordered it not to tell anyone that Fukushima reactor 3 was about to explode until right before it happened. Could better procedure have made this disaster less catastrophic?

15 August 2012

Science

Mutant Butterflies Link Fukushima Meltdown To Human Disease

The nuclear meltdown at Fukushima in March 2011 released huge amounts of radiation into the surrounding environment. Here’s the first evidence that people exposed to the radiation could suffer serious health problems like the survivors of other intense nuclear catastrophes.

18 July 2012

Science

Scientists Calculate The Global Health Impact Of Fukushima

Since the Fukushima nuclear crisis occurred, there has been widespread speculation about the global impact of the disaster. Fortunately, a team of Stanford researchers has thrown their brains at the problem, and the answers are fairly reassuring.

6 July 2012

News

Japanese Government: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Was A Man-Made Disaster

The failures, explosions, leaks and subsequent radioactive dead zone that will stain Japan for decades all started with an earthquake. Nobody can stop earthquakes. But after a thorough review, the Japanese government admits humans are responsible for the entire mess.

29 March 2012

Science

A Year Later, Fukushima’s Radiation Is Still Fatal

What a difference a year makes: none. Reactor #2 at Fukushima Daichi is still leaking enough radiation to kill you.

1 March 2012

News

Inside Footage From Fukushima’s Deepest Crisis

PBS cringe-inducing documentary Nuclear Aftershocks takes you about as far inside Fukushima’s rupturing, quake-paralysed nuclear plant as you want to get. We’ve pulled together the most jarring moments here, where Japanese workers struggled to prevent a disaster from exploding further.

7 February 2012

News

Fukushima Crisis Awakes After Reactor Heats Up Mysteriously

Just when you thought it was over, the temperature at reactor number 2 at Fukushima’s nuclear plant has soared 26.7C in the last few hours. Worse: they don’t know why the temperature is increasing after being stabilised for so long.

26 January 2012

Science

Japanese Officials Peep Damaged Fukushima Reactor, Catch A Glimpse Of Gamma Rays

TEPCO officials attempted to peer inside the damaged #2 Fukushima reactor this week but couldn’t discern the level of destruction on account of all the Gamma radiation present. Good thing they didn’t lower Bruce Banner in there.

16 December 2011

News

Japan Prepares To Declare The Fukushima Crisis Over

Japanese officials are preparing to finally declare the Fukiushima power plant in a state of cold shutdown as early as 9am tomorrow (GMT). Now they can begin the estimated 40-year process of dismantling the site and repopulating the area.

15 December 2011

Cameras

Toshiba’s Gamma Camera Reveals Radioactive Hotspots

Using radiation meters to map out radioactive hotspots is a time consuming process. So to assist the cleanup efforts around Fukushima City, Toshiba has developed a portable video camera that provides real-time visualisations of where those dangerous hotspots might be.

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