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Higher Radiation Found Outside Japan Nuclear Plant

Mar 30th 2011 – 11:59PM
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TOKYO -- New readings show radiation levels continue to rise in the ocean outside a leaking nuclear plant in Japan's northeast, officials said Thursday, as they debated whether to broaden the evacuation zone around the tsunami-damaged facility. Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said it was looking into a report...

Gregory Jaczko: 5 Facts on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman

By Steven HofferMar 17th 2011 – 1:57PM
AP

AP

Gregory Jaczko is spending more time in the public eye than usual. As the aftermath of Japan's latest earthquake and tsunami continues to unfold, Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been called on to assess the destruction and to assure U.S. senators that a nuclear disaster such as the one...

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