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Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi Plant Outlines Shutdown Plan [VIDEO]

Japan Equates Nuclear Crisis Severity to Chernobyl

TOKYO -- Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an international scale - the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster - even as it insisted Tuesday that radiation leaks are declining at its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. The higher rating is an open acknowledgement of what was widely...

Preventing Blasts a Focus at Japan Nuclear Plant

TOKYO -- After notching a rare victory by stopping highly radioactive water from flowing into the Pacific, workers at Japan's flooded nuclear power complex turned to their next task early Thursday: injecting nitrogen to prevent more hydrogen explosions. Nuclear officials said Wednesday there was no immediate threat of...

Japan Nuclear Plant Plugs Highly Radioactive Leak

TOKYO -- Workers at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant on Wednesday finally stemmed a tide of radiation that was pouring into the Pacific and exacerbating concerns over the safety of seafood. High levels of contamination have been measured at the shoreline of the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex in recent days,...

Japan Nuke Plant Dumps Millions of Gallons of Radioactive Water Into Pacific

TOKYO -- Workers began pumping more than 3 million gallons of contaminated water from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, freeing storage space for even more highly radioactive water that has hampered efforts to stabilize the reactors. It will take about two days to pump most of the...