A cold front may bring late-day thunderstorms to the DMV, some severe with damaging winds, hail and heavy rain. TOKYO (AP) - Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an ...
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the ...
TOKYO -- Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an international scale -- the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster -- even as it insisted Tuesday that radiation leaks ...
A: The decision was based on new assessments of radiation leaks since the crisis began, rather than on deteriorating conditions. The new data showed emissions exceeding the threshold for a "major ...
VIENNA/OSLO (Reuters) - The release of two types of radioactive particles in the first 3-4 days of Japan's nuclear crisis is estimated to have reached 20-50 percent of the amounts from Chernobyl in 10 ...
The problems at Japan's nuclear power plants, while serious, are unlikely to cause a massive radiation release. "It's simply impossible to imagine... Sizing Up Japan's Nuclear Emergency: No Chernobyl ...
TOKYO -- Japan's top government spokesman said Japanese regulators will soon announce a revision of the severity of the crisis at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, amid reports ...
TOKYO -- Japan raised the severity level of the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing cumulative radiation leaks contaminating the air ...
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - As Japan considers burying its destroyed nuclear reactors in concrete, as at Chernobyl, other aspects of the disaster at Fukushima have also drawn comparisons with the ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TOKYO • Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant today to rank it on par ...
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How Japan Faced Its Own Chernobyl Disaster
In 1999, Japan faced its worst nuclear disaster at Tokaimura, later called “Japan’s Chernobyl.” This documentary explores how a simple mistake led to deadly radiation exposure and long-lasting ...
Forty years ago, a reactor taught the world what arrogance and opacity can do to atoms under pressure. Forty years on, the world is turning back to nuclear power again — whether that proves wise or hu ...
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