Japan Contaminated Water

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  Radioactive Contaminants From Fukushima Found At Alaska's Bering Strait

  Radioactive contamination from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday.

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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.

• Fukushima operator says six workers contaminated in latest leak

  Six workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant were exposed to leaking radioactive water after one of them mistakenly removed a pipe to a water treatment system, the plant's operator said on Wednesday.

• Japan nuclear regulator slams Fukushima operator for leakage

  Japan's atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima-operator TEPCO today for a public dressing down over sloppy standards at the crippled nuclear plant, as yet another problem with contaminated water emerged.

• Fukushima radiation readings hit new high near contaminated tanks

  Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked more than 20 percent to their highest level, Japan's nuclear regulator said, again raising questions about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in 27 years.

• New radiation spike found near Fukushima nuclear plant water tanks

  Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, said today that a patrol of workers had found a new area of high radiation near tanks used to store contaminated water.

• Fukushima water release unavoidable: Japan nuke watchdog

  Japan's nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday that contaminated water from the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant must be released into the ocean eventually, warning the plant remains fragile with many risks.

• New high-radiation spots found at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant

  The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday new spots of high radiation had been found near storage tanks holding highly contaminated water, raising fear of fresh leaks as the disaster goes from bad to worse.

• Radioactive water may overflow at Japan's Fukushima plant

  The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it is struggling with its latest efforts to stop contaminated underground water leaks from running into the sea.

• Japan tries to stem leak of radioactive water

  Workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant piled up sandbags and readied emergency storage tanks on Tuesday to stop a fresh leak of highly contaminated water from reaching the ocean, opening up another front in the battle to contain the world's worst nuclear accident in decades.As fears of further contamination grew, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said hi...

• Japan fears Nuclear reactor is leaking contaminated water

  Highly contaminated water is escaping a damaged reactor at the crippled nuclear power plant in Japan and could soon leak into the ocean, the country's nuclear regulator warned on Monday.The discovery poses a further setback to efforts to contain the nuclear crisis as workers find themselves in increasingly hazardous conditions. In another new findi...

• High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant

  Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...

• Tainted water at two reactors increases alarm for Japanese

  Japan's troubled effort to contain the nuclear contamination crisis at its stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a setback on Sunday when alarmingly high radiation levels were discovered in a flooded area inside the complex, raising new questions about how and when recovery workers could resume their tasks.Tokyo Electric Power Company, the oper...

• Japan: Radiation in water puts infants at risk

  Radioactive iodine detected in the capital's water supply spurred a warning for infants on Wednesday and the government issued a stark new estimate about the costs of rebuilding from the earthquake and tsunami that slammed into the northeast of Japan this month. Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televi...