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WHO Is Deeply Concerned That H5N1 Scientific Information Falls Into The Wrong Hands
Dec 31st
Highlighting the fears of the bird flu H5N1, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, it was ‘deeply concerned’ about the danger of scientific information could fall into the wrong hands.
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Japan Has Never Anticipated That Severe Nuclear Disaster Could Be Caused By A Tsunami
Dec 26th
Japanese government regulators, [the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency] and the operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, [Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO)] did not take precautionary measures in anticipation that a severe nuclear disaster could be caused by a tsunami such as the one that hit the nuclear power plant facility.
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North Korea’s Enigmatic Leader Kim Jong Il Is Dead
Dec 19th
The news of the North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Il’s death came as state television announced it from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
Gaddafi’s Death Reveals More Than US$ 200 Billion Portfolio He Stashes Away From Libya’s Coffer
Oct 22nd
Gaddafi’s death ended the local armed uprising that started in February.
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Japanese Public Officials’ Insensitivity About Radiation Pushes Its Citizens To Act
Aug 23rd
Razuyoshi Sato, a councilman has long opposed the nuclear industry, an unpopular stance in a city where many people were employed at the Daiichi plant, suspected that the farmer Mrs. Kiyoko Okoshi’s fears were founded.
Female Worker At Fukushima Nuke Plant Exposes To High Radiation Limits
Apr 27th
One of its female employees At Fukushima was exposed to radiation doses far above the legal limit at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Japan Sets A 20-Kilometer Radius ‘No Entry Zone’ On Crippled Fukushima Nuke Plant
Apr 21st
Japan imposed a no-entry zone midnight Thursday prohibiting residents from remaining within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to enhance control of evacuees amid continued fears of radiation leaks, Kyodo reported.
Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Upgraded To Crisis Severity 7, Same As Chernobyl
Apr 13th
The government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency upgraded its provisional evaluation based on an estimate that radioactive materials far exceeding the criteria for level 7 have so far been released into the external environment, but added that the release from the Fukushima nuclear plant is about 10 percent of that from the former Soviet nuclear plant, Kyodo reported.
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Nitrogen Injected Into Fukushima Reactor To Reduce Explosion Risk
Apr 6th
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Thursday started injecting nitrogen into one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, Kyodo News reported.
