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Anniversary Of Tsunami In Japan Marked By Mournful Ceremony
Japan is honoring the victims of the disaster, which killed 19,000 people and displaced 300,000 more.
Read more...Can We Cope With A Terror Attack In Los Angeles?
Comments (8) | Chernobyl, CREATE, Fukushima, Japan, Japan earthquake, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Financial District, man-made disasters, National, natural disasters, Science
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Public fear has the potential to cost 15 times more than the original wreckage of a "dirty bomb" attack.
Read more...Fukushima Radiation Readings Highest Since The Start Of The Crisis
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Radiation levels in Fukushima Daiichi's reactor No. 1 were more than four times the yearly allowance for plant employees.
Read more...Chernobyl 25 Years Later: Ukrainians Pay Tribute
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Many Eastern Europeans are still feeling the effects of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Read more...Japan Raises Crisis Rating of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
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Now officials say this crisis is equivalent to 1986's Chernobyl disaster.
Read more...Highly Radioactive Water Found Outside Fukushima Plant
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One more setback in the Japanese attempt to curtail the failing nuclear plant.
Read more...Death Toll From Japan Quake, Tsunami Tops 10,000; Thousands Still Missing
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Smoke billows from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Photo from Flickr via daveeza)
Japan also continues to deal with a nuclear crisis.
Read more...Japan Radiation Reaches Iceland, Less Than Chernobyl
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Experts say minuscule particles from Fukushima have reached Europe.
Read more...Japan Increases Nuclear Crisis Level At Power Plant
VIDEO: Reports of unrest and public anger are on the rise as fear of danger spreads.
Read more...Why Japan's Fukushima Is Not Chernobyl
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How similar are the two disasters? Not very, experts say.
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