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Earthquake of 7.4 strikes the northern coast of Japan once again
Jul 11th
Japan Earthquake: After last March’s disaster quake and tsunami along with nuclear crisis another quake of magnitude 7.4 stroked the north eastern Japan on Sunday once again triggering a Tsunami alert. There was no sign of further damage along the coast or to the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The massive 9.0 earthquake hit March 11th and wreaked havoc on the region including shaking up Japanese nuclear plants and causing cooling system failures and radiation leaks. Thousands had to evacuate the area as plant workers battled to stop the nuclear plants from causing even more damage More >
Japan reactors from Fukushima nuclear power Plant should be burried like Chernobyl??
Mar 18th
World is discussing Japan reactors from Fukushima nuclear power Plant. The cooling of fuel rods is in process. Yesterday authorities attempted to cool the reactors by dropping water from helicopters but unable to control the overheating reactors. Some 330 Fukushima emergency workers were trying to keep the nuclear power plant cooled with seawater, to keep fuel rods from overheating and releasing more radioactive material.
TEPCO has been forced to consider other options—including burying the plant just like Chernobyl. On Tuesday, exposure levels at the nuclear plant reached up to 400 millisieverts of radiation an hour before plunging to 0.6 millisievert an hour, according to the More >
Tokyo Evacuation: Japan disaster sparked nuclear reviews around the world
Mar 16th
Tokyo Evacuation: Countries across the world are concerned about the safety of their citizens in Tokyo. The German and Swiss Embassies have begun to call on their nationals living in the quake-hit regions and the Tokyo metropolitan area to consider evacuating to other nations. France is sending 2 jumbos to Japan to evacuate French nationals in TOKYO. Also advising all French to leave Japan or head south.
And at the Fukushima nuclear plant workers have returned to the damaged plant after an evacuation order was lifted, Tokyo Electric Power Company in order to control the More >