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December 16, 2011 Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan has declared an end to the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, saying technicians have regained control of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. “Today, we have reached a great milestone,” Mr. Noda said in a televised address to the nation. “The reactors are stable, which [...]

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10:39 AM, May 11, 2011 You may have seen them in the Triad, across North Carolina, and throughout the United States.  Billboards stating that the end of the world in May 21, 2011.  It’s part of a world-wide publicity blitz by a broadcast ministry called Family Radio, based in Oakland, Calif. The short version: Founder Harold [...]

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17 April 2011 Last updated at 03:37 ET The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control within nine months. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it aimed to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within an extra three to [...]

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17 April 2011 Last updated at 03:37 ET The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control within nine months. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it aimed to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within an extra three to [...]

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March 14, 2011, 2:52 pm One of the most abundant substances in the cloud of radioactive steam released by a failing nuclear power plant is iodine-131—a radioactive form of the element, iodine, that is found throughout nature. Iodine-131 poses a special health risk because of its cancer-causing effect on the thyroid gland. The small, butterfly-shaped [...]

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14 March 2011 Last updated at 05:11 ET A second explosion has hit a Japanese nuclear plant that was damaged in Friday’s earthquake, but officials said the reactor core was still intact. A huge column of smoke billowed from Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor 3, two days after a blast hit reactor 1. The latest explosion, said [...]

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11 March 2011 Last updated at 09:58 ET Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude quake, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. A state of emergency has been [...]

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