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Radiation Surges in Japan as Police Search for Bodies

TOKYO - A new glitch in the cooling of used fuel at Japan's crippled nuclear plant prompted a surge in radiation, but an overall decline in leaks allowed police Thursday to search for missing tsunami victims closer to the complex than ever before. Police in protective gear scoured a 6-mile radius around the Fukushima...

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,...

US Workers Join International Team Tackling Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency / AP

Who's willing to kiss their family goodbye and fly halfway around the world into a radioactive cauldron, toiling at 12-hour shifts in potentially life-threatening conditions and surviving on emergency rations, all in the hopes of saving Japan from nuclear disaster? More people than you might think. Nuclear workers from...

Low Levels of Radiation Found in West Coast Milk

WASHINGTON -- Low levels of radiation have turned up in milk samples from two West Coast states. Traces of radioactive Iodine-131 were found in milk in California and Washington, according to federal and state authorities who are monitoring for contamination as the nuclear crisis unfolds in Japan. But the officials say...

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Fukushima Deaths Not Caused By Radiation, UN Says

A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none of the six former reactor workers who have died since the catastrophe perished due to the effects of radiation.

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06/04/12 Mystery 8th-century cosmic blast captured in cedar... Source: Andhra News In the late eighth century, Earth was hit by a mystery blast of cosmic rays, say Japanese scientists who found a relic of the powerful event in cedar trees.
06/04/12 Getting a better picture of sun's rays Source: TimesofMalta.com - Malta Special sensors installed at Marsaxlokk will give a better picture of the strength of the sun's rays.
06/04/12 Extreme UV Radiation Exposure Expected Monday Source: Cerritos-Artesia Patch - Cerritos-Artesia CA Monday's ultraviolet index level in the Los Angeles area will be 11, an extreme level that is rarely seen, according to the National Weather Service.
06/03/12 National âº Radioactivity: Japan's invisible enemy... Source: Japan Today Before March 11, 2011, procuring food for an average Japanese household was a pretty straight-forward affair.
06/03/12 Giant eagle rays tagged and tracked by Mote Source: Herald Tribune - Sarasota FL A dark figure glides past the boat and across a shallow sandbar off New Pass.
The crew aboard springs to action, dropping a seine net into the water and steering the boat in a swift circle.