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EXPLAINER: Power cuts raise risk at Ukraine nuclear plant via ABC News

ByFRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN — A Ukrainian nuclear power plant that has been surrounded by Russian forces lost power Wednesday morning when a Russian missile damaged a distant electrical substation, increasing the risk of radiation disaster, according to the plant’s … Continue reading

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High iodine distribution, low intake among children after Fukushima nuclear accident via Healio

[…] In Miharu, health care professionals distributed stable iodine to 3,134 households (94.9% distribution rate) after explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant caused by the 2011 earthquake in eastern Japan, along with instructions provided by the local government. Screening and … Continue reading

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Japan’s nuclear watchdog weighs giving children priority in distribution of iodine tablets via Japan Times

Japan’s nuclear regulation body decided Wednesday to review the nation’s distribution system for iodine tablets against radiation exposure, with an eye on giving priority to children. Current rules say iodine tablets should be in principle distributed in advance to all … Continue reading

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How a Tsunami in Japan Endangered Children in Cambodia via The New York Times

The tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, now threatens the developing brains of children in Cambodia — but not for reasons that were ever expected. Cambodia has long struggled with iodine deficiency. The element is crucial to early brain … Continue reading

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Analysis of WHO report on Fukushima catastrophe via IPPNW

Analysis of WHO report on Fukushima catastrophe Dr. med. Alex Rosen* University Childrens Clinic Düsseldorf August 3rd, 2012 On May 23rd, 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) published what it called a “Preliminary dose estimation from the nuclear accident after … Continue reading

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European iodine mystery solved via World Nuclear News

The cause of trace detection of radioactive iodine-131 in Europe has been identified as ‘most probably’ a release from a Hungarian factory making medical isotopes. Authorities in that country today informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of their theory … Continue reading

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Japan’s Nuclear Radiation and the Pentagon’s Free Medical Clinics in Kauai: Connection? via The Buzzflash.com

(excerpt) Terming Fukushima Japan’s “second massive nuclear disaster,” novelist Haruki Murakami said “this time no one dropped a bomb on us” but instead “we set the stage, we committed the crime with our own hands, we are destroying our own … Continue reading

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