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Japan marks 10th disaster anniversary while still recoveringPeople, some carrying bouquets, walked to the coast or graves to pray for relatives and friends washed away by the tsunami. Emperor Naruhit...
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- Butterflies feeding on leaves with Fukushima radiation dying earlier: Study
Leaves collected one year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster from surrounding regions had sufficient radioactive toxins on them to cause ...
23 Sep, 2014, 12.47 PM IST
Now, CAG focuses on lax nuclear safetyA CAG report on AERB has raised concern about the weak regulatory framework in the country that could pose potential danger like Chernobyl ...
23 Aug, 2012, 08.58 AM IST
- Three generations of mutant butterflies found in Fukushima
Radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster has caused a macabre and hair-raising consequence - butterflies that flitted around...
14 Aug, 2012, 03.35 PM IST
- Radioactive material from Fukushima nuclear reactor tracked 600 km away
Radioactive material found from the crippled Fukushima in tiny sea creatures and ocean water some 600 km off the coast of Japan.
03 Apr, 2012, 07.17 PM IST
- Mushrooms join threats to Japan's food chain from radiation
Mushrooms joined the threats to Japan's food chain from radiation spewed by Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.
15 Aug, 2011, 02.18 AM IST
- Japan nuclear blast: 'One of reactors at crippled N-plant likely damaged'
Concerns over more contamination mounted in Japan as authorities said the core of one of the six reactors at the Fukushima nuke plant may h...
25 Mar, 2011, 02.51 PM IST
- Fukushima gives boost to nay-sayers in Jaitapur
In Madban, a small village close to the coastal town of Jaitapur in Maharashtra, nobody had heard of BBC or CNN till a few weeks ago.
24 Mar, 2011, 07.33 AM IST
- Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises
Gray smoke rose from two reactor units Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to s...
21 Mar, 2011, 07.20 PM IST
- Taiwan finds radiation on imported Japanese beans
Radiation has been detected on fava beans imported from Japan to Taiwan, Taiwanese officials said Sunday, in what appears to be the first c...
20 Mar, 2011, 07.47 PM IST
- Japan detects abnormal radiation levels in food
Japan has detected abnormal levels of radiation in milk and spinach near a stricken nuclear plant, but the foods pose no immediate threat t...
19 Mar, 2011, 06.00 PM IST
- Japan raises accident severity level at plant
Braving the risk of radiation exposure, emergency workers at the quake-stricken Fukushima plant battled to cool the overheating reactors.
19 Mar, 2011, 03.11 AM IST
- Like Bhopal, Fukushima may haunt future
The spectre of lethal radioactive fallout from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima in Japan continued to haunt the country as ripples...
16 Mar, 2011, 08.40 AM IST
- Hydrogen blast at Japan's Fukushima N-plant
Radiation risks mounted in Japan after a second hydrogen explosion rocked the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today leaving 11 workers in...
15 Mar, 2011, 10.47 AM IST
- Japan nuclear blast: Japan warns of 2nd explosion at N-plant; toll cross 10,000
Japan today warned of another explosion at Fukushima plant as it battled hard to avert multiple meltdowns at two of its nuclear reactors.
13 Mar, 2011, 05.45 PM IST