Highly radioactive cesium detected in northeastern Fukushima, Japan

Highly radioactive cesium detected in northeastern Fukushima, Japan

Radioactive cesium fivefold higher the permitted levels have been detected in a black rockfish found in northeastern Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, a local fishing association announced on Monday, February 22, 2021. Roughly 500 becquerels per kilogram of cesium was…

Fukushima radiation contamination ongoing on numerous new ocean sites

Fukushima radiation contamination ongoing on numerous new ocean sites

Higher numbers of ocean sites along the US West Coast are showing signs of radiation contamination from Fukushima nuclear accident, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reports. However, the measured radioactivity levels still remain well below the US…

Massive radiation plume from Fukushima continues drifting to US West Coast

Massive radiation plume from Fukushima continues drifting to US West Coast

By 2016, nearly as much radiation from the Fukushima disaster will have reached the North American West Coast as was initially scattered over Japan during the nuclear explosions, according to professor Michio Aoyama of Japan's Fukushima University Institute of Envir

Fukushima world’s radiation nightmare

Fukushima world’s radiation nightmare

Fukushima is Japan's and the world’s radiation nightmare that will not go away in our lifetimes nor our children’s or grandchildren’s. The Fukushima nuclear power plant is hemorrhaging radioactive toxic waste into the ocean and though we are told n

Never before seen levels of radiation reported near Pacific

Never before seen levels of radiation reported near Pacific

Operator of crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said on Thursday, February 13, that the latest samples of water tested inside the complex contained radioactive cesium at levels never seen before by the embattled utility.

TEPCO, while admitting there may be a

More radioactive leaks from Fukushima after recent typhoon

More radioactive leaks from Fukushima after recent typhoon

A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said heavy rain during a recent typhoon has flooded one of the tank holding areas.

Asahi reports that the tanks were filled to about 98.6 percent of capacity, leaving very little space between the top of the water and