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Over a Year Later, Fukushima's Radiation Is Still Fatal [Fukushima]
What a difference a year makes: none. Reactor #2 at Fukushima Daichi is still leaking enough radiation to kill you.More »
Inside Footage from Fukushima's Deepest Crisis [Video]
PBS' FRONTLINE cringe-inducing documentary, Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, takes you about as far inside Fukushima's rupturing, quake-paralyzed 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 ...
Fukushima Crisis Awakes After Reactor Heats Up Mysteriously [Video]
Just when you thought it was over, the temperature at reactor number 2 at Fukushima's nuclear plant has soared 26.7 degrees Celsius in the last few hours. Worse: they don't know why the temperature is increasing after being stabilized for so long.More »
Oh Great: Chunks of Fukushima's Corroded Radioactive Uranium Could Survive in the Ocean for Years [Science]
Last march when the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant was disastrously damaged by a tsunami, plant technicians used seawater to cool the meltdown situation. At the time, that was probably the best way to avoid an even worse situation.More »
Japanese Officials Peep Damaged Fukushima Reactor, Catch a Glimpse of Gamma Rays [Video]
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.More »
Watch the Fukushima Crisis Unfold Tonight on PBS [Watch This]
Last spring's Japanese tsunami and resultant nuclear meltdown was one of the more significant and significantly unsettling tech stories of 2011—but it already feels long ago. Frontline's documentary on the crisis, "Nuclear Aftershocks," should be a terrific refresher.More »
Japan Prepares to Declare the Fukushima Reactor "Shutdown" [Fukushima]
Japanese officials are preparing to finally declare the Fukushima 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.More »
Japan Unleashing Packs of Wild Monkeys to Test Fukushima Radiation [Fukushima]
Problem: nobody knows just how bad the radioactive contamination is at Fukushima, nine months later. Prediction: still pretty bad. Solution: send in a bunch of monkeys armed with radiation meters and GPS collars, hope for the best. Let's do it!More »
Google's Updated Street View of Fukushima Makes Me Want to Cry [Fukushima]
Just look at the destruction. Seaside towns transformed into inland mountains of rubble. Google's traveled some 44,000 kilometers through tsunami-ravaged Japanese countryside to digitally archive the immense damage. Be sure to have a hanky at the ready when exploring.More »
Another Strong Quake Hits Close To Fukushima Plant [Fukushima]
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck about 60 miles away from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant this morning.More »
