TEPCO erects coastal wall around No.1 nuclear reactor,
It’s been one step forward and two steps back for officials trying to restore the Fukushima Daiichi site. Although it will take decades to clean up the power plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has finally completed erecting a coastal wall around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear reactor. The coastal wall spans 780-meters and Read More
How the Fukushima disaster went from bad, to worse, to cursed,
The idea behind synergy is that when two bad things happen, a third event, even worse than the previous two events combined, follows. It has the faint undertones of Murphy’s Law, which states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. These abstract maxims turned into concrete realities at the Fukushima Power Plant, where conditions Read More
Multiple studies confirm exposure to low levels of radiation can cause cancer,
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed what Fukushima Watch has been reporting for quite some time now — namely, that exposure to low doses of radiation overtime increases the risk of cancer. The results of the study, published in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMI), provide “direct evidence about cancer risks after protracted exposures Read More
Surgery could be a death sentence for cancer-afflicted children in Fukushima — more so than the cancer itself,
Opinions about the threat of cancer-causing radiation have communities divided in the Fukushima Prefecture. Conflicting reports have led to an onslaught of diverging viewpoints. The stakes are high, and no one knows what to believe in anymore. After a tsunami demolished three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site, a plume of radioactive debris was Read More
Japanese government pays worker who developed cancer from Fukushima radiation,
It’s no secret that exposure to high levels of radiation increases the risk for cancer. Nevertheless, showing that radiation exposure causes cancer is notoriously difficult. For the first time, the Japanese government has acknowledged that a worker at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant developed cancer from radiation exposure. In 2011, a tsunami struck the coast Read More
Radiation levels peak at Fukushima power plant,
More than four years after the Fukushima disaster, radiation levels in the area still continue to spike. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the company in charge of the power plant, announced Thursday that radiation levels as high as 9.4 sieverts per hour were detected outside a reactor containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 Read More
How to protect yourself from nuclear radiation,
Human beings are bombarded with radiation everyday, some of which is natural, some of which is unnatural. You don’t necessary have to live near a nuclear power plant to be exposed to toxic amounts of radiation. Nuclear fall out wraps around the globe, infesting the air, water supplies and food sources. Although preparing for a Read More
Stress levels not easing down for Fukushima mothers,
When the Fukushima power planet went down, stress levels went up. Stress hasn’t eased down more than four years after the Fukushima disaster. A recent stress survey found that anxiety levels of Fukushima mothers in 2015 was about the same as last year. These fears are fueled by an an invisible blanket of radiation that Read More
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