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Nuclear radiation rises from Japan’s quake-stricken nuclear plant

A few days after the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, the Japanese government has announced that radiation from the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has reached harmful levels after a third blast occurred at the plant earlier today. The readings at the site rose beyond safe limits- 400 millisieverts per hour (mSv/hr), compared toContinue reading “Nuclear radiation rises from Japan’s quake-stricken nuclear plant”