Mar 19, 2011 Reuters) – A sample of tap water from the Japanese capital shows a tiny level of radioactive iodine after an earthquake and tsunami damaged a nuclear power plant 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, the government said on Saturday. The sample contained 1.5 becquerals per kg of iodine 131, well below [...]

Mar 19, 2011 WSJ By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU, PHRED DVORAK, YUKA HAYASHI and ANDREW MORSE TOKYO—Crucial efforts to tame Japan’s crippled nuclear plant were delayed by concerns over damaging valuable power assets and by initial passivity on the part of the government, people familiar with the situation said, offering new insight into the management of the [...]

But first readings are far below levels that could pose health hazard, says diplomat with access to U.N. radiation tracking Mar 18, 2011 (AP)  LOS ANGELES – Government experts in the United States are keeping a close eye on any radioactive particles that could travel from Japan, and they may already be seeing trace amounts. [...]

By ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA Associated Press FUKUSHIMA, Japan March 19, 2011 (AP) Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel. The food was taken [...]

Mar 18, 2011 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – Dangerous radiation has the potential of spewing uncontrollably from open-air pools storing spent nuclear fuel at Japan’s crippled Fukushima power plant, according to a U.S. expert. About one-third of U.S. nuclear facilities are designed in the same way, said Robert Alvarez, a senior U.S. [...]

By David Derbyshire Last updated at 2:13 AM on 19th March 2011 The boss of the company behind the devastated Japanese nuclear reactor today broke down in tears – as his country finally acknowledged the radiation spewing from the over-heating reactors and fuel rods was enough to kill some citizens Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety [...]

Leftist resort to the courts is sign of desperation By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times 7:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2011 Leftists are rushing to the judiciary as a refuge against efforts to undermine their global-warming tax schemes. In the current economic environment, the idea of massive hikes in the price of gasoline and [...]

By Ann Coulter (Archive) · Thursday, March 17, 2011 With the terrible earthquake and resulting tsunami that have devastated Japan, the only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now probably much less likely to get cancer. This only seems counterintuitive because of media hysteria for the [...]

High Radiation Levels Hinder Latest Attempts to Cool Troubled Fukushima Reactors, Fuel Ponds By DAVID MUIR, JESSICA HOPPER, LEEZEL TANGLAO and BEN FORER March 17, 2011 Japanese officials suspended helicopter flights spraying water over Japan’s troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant due to high radiation levels, the latest foiled attempt to contain the nuclear crisis. The [...]

Mar 15, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (CNET) — The intensifying nuclear crisis in Japan is raising anxieties on both sides of the Pacific over the potential impacts of radiation exposure, and a relative dearth of official information on radiation levels is leading some to turn to crowdsourced options. Japanese officials warned residents living near the Fukushima [...]