Japanese doctors have begun long-term testing on 360,000 children to learn the extent to which radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear power plant may have exposed them to an increased risk of thyroid cancer. The ultrasonic thyroid exams began Sunday at Fukushima Medical University, targeting children in two towns closest to the disabled Fukushima-Daiichi plant. […]
Japan Begins Thyroid Studies on Fukushima Children
Posted October 9th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
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New Study Shows High Radiation 60 Kilometers from Japanese Power Plant
Posted October 5th, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
A new study shows high levels of radioactive contamination in the Japanese city of Fukushima, some 60 kilometers from the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in a quarter-century. Two groups who backed the non-governmental study linked the findings on Wednesday to radioactive leaks at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was battered and […]
IAEA to Help Japan with Nuclear Decontamination
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency is set to visit Japan this week to help expedite the cleanup near a nuclear power plant that began leaking radiation after a massive earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Officials in Tokyo and at IAEA headquarters in Vienna say the 12-member team will visit […]
Japanese Panel to Probe Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Posted September 29th, 2011 at 6:26 am (UTC-5)
Japan’s ruling and opposition parties have agreed to establish a panel with strong powers to investigate the causes of the disastrous Fukushima nuclear power accident. Lawmakers said the 10-member panel will have broad authority to summon witnesses and demand the submission of documents. Agreement to set up the panel came from the ruling Democratic Party […]
Japanese Panel to Probe Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Posted September 29th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Japan’s ruling and opposition parties have agreed to establish a panel with strong powers to investigate the causes of the disastrous Fukushima nuclear power accident. Lawmakers said the 10-member panel will have broad authority to summon witnesses and demand the submission of documents. Agreement to set up the panel came from the ruling Democratic Party […]
Diplomat: Pyongyang Links Nuclear Surrender to Gadhafi’s Defeat
Posted September 28th, 2011 at 3:14 am (UTC-5)
A British diplomat says North Korean officials believe NATO would never have mounted air strikes in Libya if former leader Moammar Gadhafi had not given up his nuclear weapons programs. Peter Hughes, London’s outgoing ambassador to Pyongyang, said Wednesday he heard that analysis in discussions with high-ranking North Korean officials. He said that belief makes […]
US, Ukraine Sign Nuclear Disposal Deal
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
Ukraine and the United States have formalized a deal to dispose of Ukraine’s stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ukrainian Foreign Minster Kostyantyn Gryshchenko signed the agreement Monday in New York. Clinton called it a win-win for both countries, saying it provides benefits for the Ukrainian people and makes the world […]
India Tests Nuclear Capable Missile
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
India says it has successfully tested a short-range nuclear-capable missile. The Indian test range director says the trial of the Prithvi 2 missile was conducted Monday in the eastern state of Orissa. The Prithvi is domestically built and and has been tested for several years. India and Pakistan regularly test missiles, mostly meant for any […]
Japan Finds High Levels of Radiation in Rice
Posted September 24th, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Japanese officials say they have found elevated radiation levels in rice growing near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan’s farm ministry said late Friday that it is ordering more intensive testing of rice crops in the region of the Fukushima Number One nuclear power plant. The facility spewed radioactive cesium after it was damaged […]
Two Koreas Fail to Bridge Differences On Nuclear Talks
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
South and North Korea have failed to narrow their differences on ways to resume the six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament. Nuclear envoys for the two Koreas met Wednesday in Beijing for their second round of talks in the past two months. South Korea said the North must halt its uranium-enrichment program and take […]
