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Japan : Fukushima nuclear power plant director is sick
The director of Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is stepping down because of illness, the plant's operator said Monday, without revealing whether...
Japan city to give radiation counters to children
Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation measuring devices to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant...
Chernobyl pilots knew risks
The pilots who flew over Chernobyl to limit the danger from the destroyed reactor were aware of the risks despite huge radiation doses and...
Lancet letter : store blood cells from Fukushima workers
A group of Japanese doctors on Friday urged workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant to have their blood stemcells stored as a safeguard should...
WHO eyes 20 year nuclear health watch in Japan
The World Health Organisation is seeking studies for up to 20 years to keep watch over public health in Japan following the Fukushima nuclear...
Japan atomic plant worker in hospital
A worker battling to cool overheating reactors at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant was taken to hospital on Sunday after complaining of feeling sick, the...
WHO says ready to help Japan in nuclear crisis
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was ready to help Japan, which is grappling with a nuclear emergency after some reactors were damaged...
Options : nuclear contamination
Evacuation, temporary shelter and iodine pills are the chief weapons for protecting civilians against nuclear fallout, experts say.
A blast on Saturday that wrecked...
Japan PM vows to protect public health near nuke plant
Japan's Premier Naoto Kan on Saturday urged calm among people living near a nuclear power plant hit by an explosion and vowed the government...
Areva to begin US trial of cancer-fighting isotope
A subsidiary of the French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it had received US clearance to begin a clinical trial of an isotope that...
India : insurance cover for nuclear accidents
Insurance regulator IRDA is in the early stages of drafting a regulation for covering nuclear accidents. The move assumes significance as India is expected...
