World experts on the effects of atomic radiation have agreed to start an assessment of the radiological impact of the events at the TEPCO (Fukushima-Daiichi) nuclear power plant following the ...

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation finally issued a press release on May 31, 2013 stating, “Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at ...

Results of these studies are now beginning to reveal serious biological effects of the Fukushima radiation on non-human organisms ranging from plants to butterflies to birds. Following the 1986 ...

But the amount of radiation released from Fukushima, while sounding big, was too small when spread out over so many miles to have much discernable effect on the Japanese people, now or in the future.

The models showed that most of the ill health effects would be ... cultivation of crops whose radiation exposure exceeded a certain threshhold. A year after Fukushima, how life in Japan has ...

The Fukushima disaster has been rated as a ... s School of Medicine warned of “a large difference in radiation effects on adults compared to children”. Kondo explained the chances of ...

“Most people who make cross-country flights choose to be exposed to a larger amount of radiation than what they’d be exposed to from Fukushima’s effects here,” he said. The men were among ...

A series of photos show the direct effects the nuclear disaster had on marine life. In February 2016, a series of photos purportedly showing the ill effects that the Fukushima nuclear disaster had ...

Emergency responders work amidst the rubble from the 2011 Japan tsunami. Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord Just a few weeks from now will mark the ...

As the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant drags ... And how much do we really know about the long-term effects of radiation exposure? We know enough to say with some confidence ...

Monkeys near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant have ... could contribute to knowledge about the health effects of radiation exposure on humans, the team said. But some commentators ...