Fukushima Radiation

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  Fukushima Nuclear Plant Worker Detects High Radiation Levels In Nasal Passage

  This serves as a reminder of the risks associated with the ongoing cleanup efforts at the facility, which was severely damaged in 2011.

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  6 Youth Sue Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant Over Thyroid Cancer Claims

  Six young people sued the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday over claims they developed thyroid cancer due to exposure to radiation after the facility's meltdown.

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  Fukushima Clean-Up Reduces Radiation Levels, But Not All

  Clean-up efforts at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, have significantly reduced radiation levels but untreated forested areas remain a problem, scientists said Thursday.

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  Japan, Fukushima Operator Told To Pay $3.8 Million Over Nuclear Disaster

  A Japanese court has awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.

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  Japan Acknowledges First Radiation Death Among Fukushima Plant Workers

  Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.

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  Statue Of Child In Nuclear Radiation Suit In Japan Sparks Online Furore

  A giant statue of a child wearing a radiation suit in the Japanese city of Fukushima has touched off a storm of criticism online as the nuclear-hit area seeks to rebuild its reputation.

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  'Citizen Scientists' Track Radiation Seven Years After Fukushima

  Beneath the elegant curves of the roof on the Seirinji Buddhist temple in Japan's Fukushima region hangs an unlikely adornment: a Geiger counter collecting real-time radiation readings

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  Fukushima Evacuees Face Hardship As Japan To Slash Subsidies

  Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Japan's Fukushima region, fearing for their health after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, they confront a new potential hardship - the slashing of vital housing subsidies.

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  Pacific Ocean Radiation Back Near Normal After Fukushima: Study

  Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids into the sea, a study showed Monday.

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  Locals Eating Radioactive Food 30 Years After Chernobyl: Greenpeace Tests

  Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels.

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  Radiation From Japan Nuclear Disaster Spreads Off US Shores

  Radiation from Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is increasing at previously identified sites, although levels are still too low to threaten human or ocean life, scientists said on Thursday.

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  Tokyo Park Closed After Rocketing Radiation Levels Found

  Extremely high levels of radiation have been discovered in a playground in Tokyo, officials said today, fanning fears for the health of children in the area.

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  Fukushima Operator Finds New Source of Radiation Leak Into Sea

  The operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it had found a pool of highly contaminated water on the roof of a plant building and that it had probably leaked into the sea through a gutter when it rained.

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  Fresh Leak Detected at Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan

  Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant's operator announced Sunday, highlighting difficulties in decommissioning the crippled plant.

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  'Significant Progress' in Decommissioning Fukushima: UN Agency

  Japan has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a UN review mission said today as it again advised the country to consider discharging treated water into the sea.