5/19/2011 JST | Radiation tests lacking / Nuclear plant workers unsure of internal exposure levels

Source: Daily Yomiuri
Date: May. 19, 2011 JST
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun

Nearly two months after the start of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, only 10 percent of workers there had been tested for internal radiation exposure caused by inhalation or ingestion of radioactive substances, due to a shortage of testing equipment available for them.
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5/19/2011 JST | Hiroshima A-bomb victim voices anger over handling of nuclear crisis

Source: The Mainichi Daily News
Date: May 19, 2011 JST

FUKUSHIMA -- Atsushi Hoshino, an 83-year-old A-bomb victim from Hiroshima, harshly criticized the government's handing of the ongoing crisis at the nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, calling for a sweeping review of the nation's energy policy and people's ways of life.
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5/18/2011 | PM: Japan's nuke regulators need more independence

Source: The State: South Carolina's Homepage via AP
Date: Wednesday, May. 18, 2011
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan's prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the recent nuclear accident underscored that his country's nuclear regulators need more independence from the industry to ensure safety.
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5/18/2011 | Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake

Source: The Physics arXiv Blog
Date: 05/18/2011

Infrared emissions above the epicenter increased dramatically in the days before the devastating earthquake in Japan, say scientists.
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