WATER

TEPCO To Dump Radioactive Water Into Pacific

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is releasing radioactive water into the ocean so as to leave space in the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for water that is more contaminated.
Fukushima Daiichi From the air

Decommissioning Damaged Reactors Won't Be Easy

Even as Tokyo Electric Power Company acknowledged that it will decommission four of the six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, there is still the problem of a massive cleanup.
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Fukushima Reactor Unit 2

Radioactive Water Found In Two Reactor Buildings

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said it detected several kinds of radioactive material in the water on the floor of reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force CH-47 Chinook helicopters collect water from the ocean to drop on the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima.

Japan now fights radioactive water

Even as the workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant scrambled to remove radioactive water, earthquake-torn Japan now fights apparent nuclear leak into the ocean causing a sharp spike in levels of radioactive iodine.
Wreckages of Japan's Earthquake

Tokyo lifts tap water restrictions

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it has lifted restrictions against using tap water for consumption by infants in Tokyo's 23 wards and 5 adjacent cities, according to a report from public broadcaster NHK.
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Fukushima workers exposed to high-level radiation

Two Japanese nuclear workers have been hospitalized after getting exposed to high levels of radiation while working on the cooling system in one of the damaged reactors, according to reports.
A baby Albatross sits in front of a power plant that survived the "Battle of Midway" on Midway Island

Tsunami killed thousands of seabirds in Hawaii wildlife sanctuary

While the tsunami that crashed into Hawaii did not apparently cause any casualties among humans, it did kill tens of thousands of seabirds, including thousands of albatrosses and other endangered species, at a wildlife sanctuary in the Midway atoll, 1300 miles northwest of Hawaii, according to U.S. wildlife officials.
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Risk of Radiation Exposure In Everyday Life (SLIDESHOW)

The everyday reality of mild-to-serious doses of harmful radiation that people everywhere in the world are exposed to pops into limelight only when a possible Armageddon shakes everyone up! Following is a sneak peek into some of the ways in which human beings are exposed to radiation in their everyday lives:
Charlie Sheen spills on drugs, rehab, 'Men', women in latest interviews

Charlie Sheen's life made into comic

Bluewater Productions has made a Charlie Sheen comic book titled Infamous: Charlie Sheen that will document his life. It is scheduled for release this summer.
Oldest known wild bird a new mom...at 60

Oldest known wild bird raises chick at 60

The oldest known wild bird in the United States - a Laysan albatross estimated to be at least 60 years old - is a new mother, officials said.
Handout photo of Dr. Kelly Gleason with ginger jar from the 19th century shipwrecked whaling vessel Two Brothers

Whaling shipwreck linked to 'Moby-Dick' discovered

Marine archeologists off Hawaii have found the sunken remains of a 19th-century whaling vessel skippered by a captain whose ordeal from an earlier shipwreck inspired the Herman Melville classic 'Moby-Dick'.
Windstar Cruises' Wind Surf sailing cruise is moored in the Monte Carlo harbour

Windstar Cruises offers voyages to new destinations in 2011

Cruise enthusiasts can look forward to sailing across some of the hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world this year as Windstar Cruises offers its guests a choice of diverse itineraries in 2011 and winter 2012.
US Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson at the EPA in Washington, December 7, 2009

EPA to set first-ever standard for perchlorate in water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will develop a first-ever national standard for perchlorate, a naturally occurring and man-made chemical found in rocket propellant, fireworks, explosives and in some drinking water systems.

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