A powerful aftershock that rocked an area of Japan already reeling from last month’s earthquake and tsunami disaster killed two people and injured more than 100, broadcaster NHK said on Friday. The quake was initially measured at magnitude-7.4, though the US Geological Survey later downgraded it to 7.1. Either way, it was the [...]

A fish was caught on Friday midway between Fukushima and Tokyo that contained dangerously high levels of radioactive iodine and high levels of cesium. This catch has prompted Japan to announce its first legal limits for radiation in fish, according to the AP. Previously Japan had said it was enough to ban fishing in the near [...]

Workers’ desperate struggle to plug a gush of highly contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, using sawdust, shredded newspaper and an absorbent powder, appeared to be failing late Sunday as the radiation threat from the crippled plant continued to spread. Water containing high amounts of radioactive iodine has been spewing directly into [...]

This story broke on Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 3:28 AM EST. Japan‘s chief cabinet secretary says it could be several months before radiation stops leaking from Fukushima nuclear plant Missing workers found dead at Japan nuclear plant Two missing Fukushima nuclear plant workers were found dead on Sunday as more highly radioactive water spilled [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration say that very low levels of radiation have turned up in a sample of milk from Washington state. But federal officials say consumers should not worry. The FDA said such findings are to be expected in the coming days because of the nuclear crisis in [...]