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Fukushima water to be released into the Pacific – Expert Reaction

Fukushima water to be released into the Pacific – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 April 2021

Japan plans to release treated radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown into the Pacific Ocean in about two […]

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Japanese earthquake and tsunami – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 November 201611 April 2018

A tsunami has struck the coast of Japan following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, with further tsunamis expected. The Australian Science […]

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Fukushima and NZ: Five years later – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 March 201603 May 2017

Five years on from the Fukushima meltdown, the SMC asks if we have seen any effects in New Zealand. And […]

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Nuclear expert – Q&A with Prof Robin Grimes

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 21 March 201428 March 2016

Three years on from Fukushima, questions are still being asked about the long term impacts of radiation contamination for local […]

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Fukushima three years on – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 March 201428 March 2016

Three years ago on March 11, 2011, the largest recorded earthquake in Japan’s history struck off the country’s north-eastern coast, […]

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David Krofcheck on the Fukushima radioactive water leaks

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 02 September 2013

Three-hundred tons of highly radioactive water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean every day from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant […]

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Fukushima water leak – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 August 201328 March 2016

Radioactive water is leaking from holding tanks at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan . Minor earlier leaks […]

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Fukushima plutonium ‘presents no significant health risk’ – experts

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 March 201209 March 2012

A new study of contamination at the Fukushima power plant has identified increased amounts of radioactive plutonium in the environment, […]

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Japan’s quake, tsunami one year on – Experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 March 201207 March 2012

On March 11 last year a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan triggering a powerful tsunami. Resulting […]

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Experts on radioactive sulphur from Fukushima

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 August 201116 August 2011

The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has published a paper on radioactive sulphur detected in California, […]

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