Fukushima Story

Really well produced NPR story;

Residents Around Fukushima Received 23 Times Radiation Limit

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a6.html

While not considered a "heath risk", they put that lower limit in place for a reason.
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Fukushima Still Leaking..

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120131a1.html

What the hell? Why would you let the pipes freeze??

First Look At Fukushima

What a mess. Clean-up will take decades. Or should I say, it will take decades before a real clean-up can start.

Fukushima Debris Heads To America

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111027a3.html

It's ok, I have seen enough US beaches (even Hawaii) to say; this will look like any other day.  It won't look anything like the picture above BTW.
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Almost 8% Of Fukushima Kids Show Thyroid Problems

It's a little early to tell how bad this will get. It's a real preliminary investigation.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20111005a2.html

Tepco Crisis Manual Was Useless

Uh, ya think??

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20111003a3.html

I would love to review some of the US plant manuals/disaster plans. I wonder how many include instructions for a Zombie Apocalypse?

Fukushima Reactors Close To "Cold Shutdown".

It's an important milestone in securing them! I think this is ahead of schedule too.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110929a2.html

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Japan Opens Up Fukushima

Up to 20KM from the Nuke plant are getting cleaned up.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110928a4.html

You have to start clean-up some time.  It will probably be 10-20 years before any crops or live-stock can be safely sustained there.

Related: Japan's power company Tepco is on the hook for about 4 Trillion Yen (52 Billion US dollars). Not insignificant..

Fukushima Radiation Releases Plummet

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110818a1.html

A bit of good news..

1600+ Workers Over-Exposed At Fukushima.

Funny, we never saw these pics on US TV??

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110728a3.html