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Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi and the Health Effects of Radiation

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi and the Health Effects of Radiation

The meltdown crisis that has gripped Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has reached a heightened level, with radioactive water spewing into the Pacific Ocean from the plant’s reactor two, raising new concerns about the health effects of radiation.  The radioactive leak is just one in a series of cascading disasters (demonstrating the monumental incompetence [...]

Nuclear Power and the Nuclear Meltdowns in Japan

Nuclear Power and the Nuclear Meltdowns in Japan

Following the massive 9.0 scale earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan, nuclear meltdowns in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have led to wide speculation of disaster and a public relations pitch to match (this is just a “partial meltdown” after all which is not as bad as Chernobyl).  After two explosions now at [...]