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All posts tagged "Radioactive Iodine"

Highly radioactive water spreads at Japan plant

Highly radioactive water spreads at Japan plant

OSAKA, Japan (AFP) – Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor turbine building at a stricken nuclear plant in Japan, the operator said Monday, adding to fears the liquid is seeping into the environment.

Tokyo water unsafe for babies, farm food blocked

Tokyo water unsafe for babies, farm food blocked

TOKYO (AFP) – Tokyo on Wednesday warned that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water due to the disaster at a quake-hit nuclear plant northeast of Japan's capital.

Battle to cool Japan plant as food jitters grow

Battle to cool Japan plant as food jitters grow

KITAKAMI, Japan – Engineers racing to cool a stricken nuclear plant in Japan partially restored power to a control room on Tuesday, as radioactivity in more foodstuffs fuelled anxiety over product safety.