The first scientific analyses of the deadly event confirm its power and suggest what might happen next
Source: Scientific American
Date: May 19, 2011
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On March 11, the seafloor 130 kilometers off Japan's eastern coast slipped more than 20 meters beneath the crust that makes up the Pacific plate, pulling the island nation as much as 4.3 meters closer to California and its coast 66 centimeters down.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
5/19/2011 | Many U.S. Nuclear Plants Ill-Prepared to Handle Simultaneous Threats
The U.S. government finds that many U.S. nuclear plants would fail to face multiple challenges at the same time as happened at Fukushima Daiichi
Source: Scientific American
Date: May 19, 2011
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On April 26, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff did a safety "walkdown" of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on southern California's coast, part of NRC inspections of all U.S. reactors that were triggered by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan.
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Source: Scientific American
Date: May 19, 2011
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On April 26, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff did a safety "walkdown" of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on southern California's coast, part of NRC inspections of all U.S. reactors that were triggered by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan.
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5/19/2011 | Viewpoint: Possible future scenarios for Tokyo Electric
Source: BBC News
Date: 19 May 2011 Last updated at 12:07 ET
by: Penn Bowers, CLSA Asia Pacific
Just as the conditions at the Fukushima nuclear plant are fluid, so are Tokyo Electric's financial prospects.
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Date: 19 May 2011 Last updated at 12:07 ET
by: Penn Bowers, CLSA Asia Pacific
Just as the conditions at the Fukushima nuclear plant are fluid, so are Tokyo Electric's financial prospects.
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5/19/2011 | Radioactivity In The Oceans After Fukushima Disaster
Source: Irish Weather Online
Date: Thu May 19, 1:43 pm
by: MARK DUNPHY
Among the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A result of the loss of electricity, overheating at the power plant led to significant releases of iodine, cesium and other radioisotopes to the environment.
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Date: Thu May 19, 1:43 pm
by: MARK DUNPHY
Among the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A result of the loss of electricity, overheating at the power plant led to significant releases of iodine, cesium and other radioisotopes to the environment.
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5/19/2011 | Japan’s Fukushima Reactor May Have Leaked Radiation Before Tsunami Struck
Source: Bloomberg
Date: May 19, 2011 5:21 AM CT
by: By Yuji Okada, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shunichi Ozasa
A radiation alarm went off at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima nuclear power plant before the tsunami hit on March 11, suggesting that contrary to earlier assumptions the reactors were damaged by the earthquake that spawned the wall of water.
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Date: May 19, 2011 5:21 AM CT
by: By Yuji Okada, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shunichi Ozasa
A radiation alarm went off at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima nuclear power plant before the tsunami hit on March 11, suggesting that contrary to earlier assumptions the reactors were damaged by the earthquake that spawned the wall of water.
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5/19/2011 | Workers enter No.3 reactor
Source: NHK World
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:47 +0900 (JST)
Workers have entered the Number 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for the first time since a hydrogen explosion 3 days after the March 11th quake and tsunami.
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Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:47 +0900 (JST)
Workers have entered the Number 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for the first time since a hydrogen explosion 3 days after the March 11th quake and tsunami.
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5/19/2011 | Workers enter building of reactor 2
Source: The Japan Times
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Kyodo
Workers trying to restore the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Wednesday entered the building of the troubled No. 2 reactor for the first time since it suffered an explosion in the early days of the nuclear crisis.
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Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Kyodo
Workers trying to restore the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Wednesday entered the building of the troubled No. 2 reactor for the first time since it suffered an explosion in the early days of the nuclear crisis.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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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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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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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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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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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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
5/17/2011 | Nearly 3,000 taken to hospitals by ambulances from quake shelters
Source: Japan Today
Date: Tuesday 17th May, 11:00 AM JST
TOKYO — Nearly 3,000 evacuees living in shelters in three of the northeastern Japan prefectures worst affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been taken to hospital by ambulance, according to a Kyodo News survey released Tuesday.
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Date: Tuesday 17th May, 11:00 AM JST
TOKYO — Nearly 3,000 evacuees living in shelters in three of the northeastern Japan prefectures worst affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been taken to hospital by ambulance, according to a Kyodo News survey released Tuesday.
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