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    Mar 11, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. No more Fukushimas

    The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a meltdown of the spent fuel pools sitting atop the reactors more than of the reactors themselves, according to an aide to then-prime minister Naoto Kan. Spent fuel pools, unlike nuclear reactors, are enclosed in no primary containment building. The one atop Reactor 4, which also has the "hottest fuel," sits directly exposed to the elements after an explosion blew the roof off the building March 15.
    The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...

    Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Environmental Issues, Waste, Natural Disasters, Tokyo Electric Power Co.

  2. Dec 27, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  3. Report: Japan, utility at fault for response to nuclear disaster

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    Japan's response to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was flawed by poor communication and delays in releasing data on dangerous radiation leaks, a government-appointed investigative panel has found....
  4. Jan 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  5. Independent panel to probe Japan nuclear disaster

    World Now
    Nuclear meltdown: A scientific panel appointed by the Japanese government will conduct an independent investigation of last March's nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant....
  6. Jan 26, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  7. Japanese officials kept nuclear report on evacuations secret

    World Now
    Japan, nuclear, tsunami, earthquake, Fukushima: Japanese officials hushed up a government report last year warning that tens of millions of people might need to evacuate if the Fukushima nuclear crisis took a turn for the worse, the Associated Press...
  8. Sep 19, 2011 |Story| Daily American
  9. Japan marks 6 months since earthquake, tsunami

    Associated Press
    TOKYO (AP) — Up and down Japan's devastated northeast coast, survivors prayed and communities came together Sunday to mark six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, a date that changed everything for them and their...

    Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Tokyo (Japan), Health and Safety at Work

  10. Jun 5, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call
  11. The Sunday Brunch.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Sunday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Here's a few, carefully selected stories for you to snack on. Hope you enjoy the day. Here At Home: There's officially two horses in the race for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. Philadelphian Dan......
  12. Mar 17, 2011 |Story| WXIN-LTV
  13. Commentary: Don't panic the people

    In the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11.
    Special to CNN
    In the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11. In testimony to Congress,...

    Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Bird Flu, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Earthquakes

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