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November 1, 2011

Japan Gov’t on Containing Radiation: “We don’t have experience in this field” — “We’re talking about such a vast area” — Using methods not seen in U.S. for 5 decades

 November 1, 2012

Japan Prince’s Son: No one died, no one got injured from Fukushima… No one — No one is worried about radiation

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November 2, 2011

“A very bad sign”: ‘Partial’ re-criticality is just TEPCO spin — “We could face a much longer period of instability until the reactors are safe” — Roadmap “cannot be intact”

 November 2 ,2013

Seattle TV: “Warning, video of the (melting) sea stars might be disturbing” — Scientists are “so concerned” about rapidly spreading die off on West Coast — Doubled in just a few days — Jellyfish numbers booming

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 November 3, 2011

Japan unveils plan to develop massive gov’t “backup city” 300 miles west of Tokyo — Room for 200,000 staff — May be built at Itami Airport

Mainichi: Bottle ‘believed’ to contain chunk of radium caused Tokyo hotspot — Yet radiation remains high in 15 places around supermarket, up to 12 uSv/h

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 November 4, 2013

Sardine population plummets along U.S. West Coast — AP: Collapse of species feared — “Canadian Pacific fishermen catch no sardines in 2013

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 November 5, 2012

US Paper: Fukushima kids playing above nuclear waste — Public parks are now unmarked radioactive dumps

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 November 7, 2013

Mystery: Starfish turn to ‘slime’ along Pacific coast — “We’re talking about a loss of millions and millions” — Compared to medieval ‘Black Death’ — Innards become exposed and fall apart — Cases ballooning in Alaska

Fishermen report boats surrounded by hundreds of dead Eastern Pacific green sea turtles — Official says some found swimming in circles as if dazed or confused

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November 9, 2011

Top Indian nuke official: Fukushima “not a nuclear accident”

Decontamination Scandal: Japan experts say gov’t just waiting for radioactivity to decrease by itself — “I really doubt their seriousness” says professor

 November 9, 2012

Photos: Smiling mascot asks Fukushima kids to gargle to ‘stay safe’ from radiation — Radioactive sparkles on happy children

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 November 10, 2011

Senator: We need agressive plan to deal with mass of “toxic debris” headed to US from Japan — Concern over hazards to people, fish & clogged waterways

Largest pieces of radioactive tsunami debris could arrive on West Coast of US and Canada “within days” — Simulation shows it arriving now

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 November 11, 2012

Huge increase in tsunami debris for U.S. and Canada on the way — Still over 100 times more to reach coast over next few months

NHK: Paper towels are best way to decontaminate Japan — Outside of homes wiped down by hand

November 11, 2013

Scientists “Especially Worried”: “We don’t know how the pathogen is doing this” — Sea star broke in half, walked away, then turned to goo — ‘Environmental factors’ to blame? — Hundreds wash up dead in Seattle

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 November 12, 2013

Scientists ‘Alarmed’ and ‘Puzzled’: Hundreds of sea turtles washing up dead on Pacific coast — Dogs “stopped breathing and died almost instantly” when eating them — Researchers analyzing toxicity — Many with reproductive problems

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 November 15, 2013

Experts: Fukushima plume headed to West Coast isn’t just going to pass by like smoke, plant continues to spew into ocean; Pacific to be full of contamination, it’s a gigantic experiment — Host: Amazing how many people are in denial

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 Novermber 17, 2013

CBS News: ‘Immense mystery’ as sea stars being wiped out along West Coast, could be gone for generations — Bewildering disease is spreading and “no idea what’s causing it, or how to stop it” — Timelapse shows all legs lost in 7 hours

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Nov 18, 2013

 Hanford Site

The government's multi-billion-dollar effort to clean up the nation's largest nuclear dump has become its own dysfunctional mess.

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 November 22, 2014

Sailors in Hawaii being asked to monitor Fukushima plumes — TV: New type of debris washing up on islands, “Really looks different… it’s more current driven” — Study: Japan nuclear contamination moving same speed as current

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November 24, 2011

Tepco: Radioactive substances from Fukushima belong to landowners, not us — As November tests show massive contamination far outside evacuation zone

 November 24, 2012

USGS: Rapidly-spreading disease in Hawaii coral — New strain of cyanobacteria blamed — Fish with lesions, turtles having problems — Big concern whether infectious to humans — “Truly an unusual event”

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November 26, 2013

Gov’t model shows West Coast of N. America to get highest level of Fukushima contamination until 2030s

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November 27, 2011

“It’s like Russian roulette”: Only 10 percent of school lunches in Fukushima tested for radiation — Officials didn’t even know testing equipment was available

 November 27, 2013

Expansive ‘death zone’ of birds on Alaska island, perhaps thousands washed ashore — Resident: Radiation’s always on the backs of our minds — Samples sent to lab for testing — Reporter: ‘Facebook alarmists’ fear Fukushima to blame

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 November 28, 2013

Insiders: State secrets bill meant to suppress Fukushima news — Japan public stunned as citizens could face years in prison — Man’s mouth “stuffed with cloth” after voicing opposition — Toxic leaks into ocean seem unstoppable, gov’t must plug the information instead

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November 29, 2012

NBC News: “Wait until you see pictures of what we found on the beach in Hawaii” — “Leading edge of what many fear is an oncoming wave”

 November 29, 2013

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 November 30, 2013

Captain: Massive amount of debris off Hawaii, “You had to be there… just kept going & going… so odd it was in straight line” — Japan Expert: It’s accumulated off islands, warns of fish contamination — Rare dolphin washes up with heart problems & stomach lumps, last examined in 1980s

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May 10, 2014 Update

Japan Times: Fukushima fallout in N. America at 400,000,000,000,000 Bq of Cesium-137 — Study: Hazardous on a ‘continental scale’ — Physicist: “Cancer a certainty” if one radioactive particle ingested