Posts Tagged ‘ Radiation Levels ’

Calm urged as radiation spreads across Asia 

March 30, 2011
Calm urged as radiation spreads across Asia 

A shopper checks the producing area of vegetables at a supermarket in Tokyo on March 29, 2011 after the government ordered a halt to shipments of certain foods following abnormal radiation levels found in products near the quake-hit nuclear plant Small amounts of radiation from Japan’s leaking nuclear power plant have spread across Asia, authorities [...]

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Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor 

March 29, 2011
Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor 

Reactors No. 1 to 4 are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Fukushima in this satellite file image, taken and released by DigitalGlobe March 18, 2011 Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after radiation in water at the crippled nuclear power plant reached potentially lethal [...]

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US halts Japan food imports, Tokyo water contaminated 

March 25, 2011
US halts Japan food imports, Tokyo water contaminated 

A Japanese tsunami survivor stands in front of messages displayed on the wall of a relief center in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture. Japanese authorities advised against allowing infants to drink tap water in Tokyo due to raised radiation levels and the United States became the first nation to block some food imports from Japan. The crisis [...]

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Japan sees some stabilization in nuclear crisis 

March 20, 2011
Japan sees some stabilization in nuclear crisis 

A police officer stands at an area destroyed in Kesennuma city, Miyagi Prefecture, March 18, 2011. One of six tsunami-crippled nuclear reactors appeared to stabilize on Saturday as Japan raced to restore power to the stricken power plant to cool it and prevent a greater catastrophe. Engineers reported some rare success after fire trucks sprayed [...]

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Radiation fears spark panic buying, evacuations in Tokyo 

March 15, 2011
Radiation fears spark panic buying, evacuations in Tokyo 

Commuters stand in line to board other trains at Yokohama Station, southwest of Tokyo, March 14, 2011 Radiation wafted from an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant toward Tokyo on Tuesday, sparking panic in one of the world’s biggest and most densely populated cities. Women and children packed into the departure lounge at an airport, supermarkets ran [...]

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Blast strikes Japan plant; 2,000 bodies found on coast 

March 14, 2011
Blast strikes Japan plant; 2,000 bodies found on coast 

An "SOS" signal is written on the sports field of a high school after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011 A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, compounding a [...]

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Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces new threat 

March 13, 2011
Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces new threat 

Evacuees hold blankets as they stand in a line to enter a temporary shelter after radiation leaked from an earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor, in Koriyama, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011 Japan faced a fresh radiation threat at an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant on Sunday after the cooling system failed at a second reactor in what could [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...