Fukushima

Wild primates living near the site of 2011’s tsunami-spawned nuclear disaster are showing physiological signs of radiation exposure.

Nuclear engineer in charge at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant during the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl dies at age 58.
 

A new report from the World Health Organization predicts only very minimal increases in cancer risk for residents in the vicinity of the nuclear disaster.

Regulators are warning that the Asian country’s nuclear power infrastructure may still be vulnerable to earthquakes.

Continued leaks, run off from land, and contaminated sediment on the ocean floor are causing radioactivity levels to remain high in the seas around Fukushima.

Researchers have found an increase in butterflies with unusual wing shapes, legs, and antennae than before the nuclear disaster.

Radioactive particles from the Fukushima nuclear disaster provide an unexpected way to track migratory marine species.

Cancers due to radiation will not increase in Japan, according to studies conducted in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Some thoughts about the ecological fallout from Fukushima

Scientists find radioactive elements 600 kilometers from Fukushima—but levels are not harmful to human health.

Radiation in Fukushima Prefecture is reducing bird populations less than 1 year since the nuclear disaster.

The Japanese Prime Minister brings a measure of closure to the accidents at the crippled nuclear power plant.

Scientists near the Fukushima plant are equipping wild monkeys with radiation collars to get better sense of their exposure in the wild.

Researchers map the fallout from Fukushima.

A new analysis suggests that more radioactive contaminants were released from the crippled nuclear power plant then accounted for in official Japanese estimates.

Japan passes over nuclear power as it increases spending on scientific research.

Scientists take to the seas to study the effects of Fukushima radiation on local marine life.