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6.1 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan Near First Location
CNNAuthorities issued a tsunami advisory Monday morning for coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan after a quake struck the region at 7:24 a.m. local time. Less than 90 minutes later, CNN's Kyung Lah reported that the "tsunami has already...Tags: Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Isolated and angry amid Fukushima nuclear crisis
An awful realization is setting in for those trapped in the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex: People are afraid to help them.
Residents describe spooky scenes of municipal cars driving down near-empty streets telling people to stay...Tags: Social Issues, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Human Interest, Politics
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Electric power partially restored at Japan nuclear plant
Los Angeles TimesWorking overnight into Sunday, engineers have successfully restored power to cooling pumps in two reactors at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the first genuinely hopeful sign in the week-long battle to prevent a full-scale meltdown...Tags: Nuclear Power, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Los Angeles Times, Career and Workplace
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California has failed to identify thousands of buildings vulnerable to quakes
California has failed to identify and retrofit thousands of brittle concrete buildings despite years of warnings from scientists that the structures are highly vulnerable to collapse during a major earthquake.
Officials have known as far back as the 1971...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Career and Workplace, California, Hospitals and Clinics
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For one quake survivor, self-help in the face of seeming helplessness
Most of the dozens of tsunami-battered towns along Japan's northeastern coast remain mired in mud, but the situation in Ishinomaki is a bit different. Nearly a week after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit the city of 162,000, large portions remain...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Human Interest, Restaurants
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Japan's crisis may have already derailed 'nuclear renaissance'
The nuclear crisis in Japan, even if authorities are able to bring damaged reactors under control, has cast doubts on the future of nuclear power as a clean-energy solution in the United States and around the globe.
Before the recent events in Japan, the...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Los Angeles Times, Princeton University, University of Southern California
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Mother worries about Air Force daughter stationed in Japan
With such devastation and so many lives lost, many around the world are scrambling to get in touch with family members. A local mother is concerned about her daughter who is stationed in Japan, after just leaving a war zone.
Regina Jasiewicz couldn't be...Tags: Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Japan
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Japan still struggling to restore power to cool down reactors
Fighting exhaustion and radiation fears, engineers struggled anew Saturday to complete the crucial task of hooking a crippled nuclear plant to the electricity grid to help cool down damaged reactors. The official count of dead and missing in the quake and...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times, Hospitals and Clinics
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Officials Retract Reports Of Extremely High Radiation At Fukushima Plant
Los Angeles TimesOfficials at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant late Sunday retracted their announcement that they had found puddles at the facility's No. 2 reactor containing 10 million times more radioactivity than would be found in water in a normally...Tags: Nuclear Power, Labor Legislation, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Health and Safety at Work
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Japan Sees Some Progress In Race To Cool Nuclear Reactors
ReutersJapan restored power to a crippled nuclear reactor on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami that are estimated to have killed more than 15,000 people in one area alone. Three hundred engineers have been...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Career and Workplace, Automotive Equipment, Politics
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Japan's nuclear crisis widens
A fresh explosion rocked a crippled nuclear complex as rescuers from around the world converged on Japan's devastated earthquake zone, searching for survivors and ministering to the sick and hungry. With the death toll expected to ultimately reach the...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Los Angeles Times, Human Interest, Explosions
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New progress, worries in Japan nuclear crisis
Japan took a step toward possibly getting its nuclear disaster under control Sunday as electricity to power some reactor cooling systems was restored and previous efforts to lower reactor temperatures with seawater at the battered Fukushima atomic...Tags: Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Los Angeles Times, Human Interest
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