April 12 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Tuesday that they are concerned that the radiation leakage could eventually exceed that of the 1986 ...

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s coast, triggering one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant was overwhelmed by the waves, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday raised the severity level of its nuclear crisis to put it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world's worst nuclear power disaster. But for all their ...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has been a hot bed of genetic study, as scientists examine how various species react to long-term radiation exposure. While the the 1,000-square-mile zone has been host to ...

A recent study reveals that current radiation levels in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone are not significantly impacting the age, stress levels, or aging rate of local wildlife, particularly the Eastern ...

Chernobyl wolves are growing resistant to cancer despite their high radiation exposure. The wolves are exposed to six times the legal safety limit of radiation for humans. Decades after the nuclear ...

Greenpeace is investigating the radiation levels at Chernobyl following the Russian occupation of the area. Russian forces seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—the site of one of the worst nuclear ...

The severity level at the crippled, radiation-seeping Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station may be raised from a level five to a level seven on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale ...

Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Sean Gallup/Getty Images Dogs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are "genetically ...

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