Puerto Rico Installing Tsunami Sirens in Capital
Puerto Rico is setting up a tsunami alert system in densely populated San Juan.
As Fukushima Cleanup Begins, Long-Term Impacts are Weighed
The Japanese government is launching a large-scale cleanup of the fields, forests, and villages contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. But some experts caution that an overly aggressive remediation program could create a host of other environmental problems.
Japan Fukushima Plant Clean Up May Take 40 Years
Japan’s government said that it could take 40 years to clean up and fully decommission a nuclear plant that went into meltdown after it was struck by a huge tsunami.
Flotsam from Japanese tsunami reaches West Coast
Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast.
Japan minister questions radioactive water dump
Japan’s industry minister Tuesday rejected a plan by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release low-level radioactive water into the sea without approval by local fishermen…
Incompetent Decontamination Effort Risking Health of Fukushima Residents
Fukushima’s residents are being left to their fate and not enough is being done to protect them against radiation nine months after Japan’s tsunami, environment group Greenpeace said Wednesday.
NASA Finds Merging Tsunami, Doubled Japan Destruction
The discovery helps explain how tsunamis can cross ocean basins to cause massive destruction at some locations, while leaving others unscathed, and raises hope that scientists may be able to improve tsunami forecasts leading to more accurate coastal tsunami hazard maps to protect communities and critical infrastructure.
Fresh Radioactive Runoff At Japan Tsunami Stricken Plant
A fresh leak of radioactive water into the open ocean has been discovered at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear complex, its operator said Monday as cleanup efforts continued.
Fukushima Earthquake Moved Seafloor Half a Football Field
New analysis released in the Dec. 2 issue of the journal Science indicates that the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake that decimated Japan with a monster tsunami, altered the seafloor off the country’s eastern coast much more than scientists had thought.