Japan Radiation Exposure

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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.

• Fukushima Monkeys Show Possible 'Effects of Radiation'

  Monkeys near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant have lower blood cell counts than those living further away, possibly because of exposure to radiation, a study said.

• Six more workers may exceed Japan's radiation limit

  Six more workers at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant may have exceeded the radiation exposure limit, bringing the total to eight, the government said Monday.The health and labour ministry released the preliminary results of tests on how much radiation they had been exposed to as they worked at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.Three men are c...

• 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...