Staff / TruthdigMar 20, 2011
Adding to safety fears for those in Japan, the government there has reportedly found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in the tap water of six areas, including Tokyo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 19, 2011
The continuing crisis at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has led Japan to raise the alert level there to five on a seven-point scale of atomic hazard severity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Derek Lazzaro / TruthdigMar 18, 2011
Here are the latest headlines from Japan's struggle to prevent nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant as of early Friday morning (Japan time). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigMar 16, 2011
A reporter, describing the devastation of one city in Japan, wrote: "It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence I write these facts as a warning to the world" The reporter was Wilfred Burchett, writing from Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept 5, 1945. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 16, 2011
Corporate interests might have played a big part in the design and maintenance of Japan's nuclear complex at Fukushima, according to Russian nuclear accident expert Iouli Andreev, who knows a thing or two from Chernobyl's example . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 16, 2011
On Tuesday's "Democracy Now!" broadcast, Japan's burgeoning nuclear crisis was once again the most pressing issue of the day, as experts urged Japanese authorities to expand the evacuation areas around volatile reactors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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