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TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Japan put its nuclear calamity on a par with the world's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, on Tuesday after new data showed that more radiation leaked from its ...

The worst nuclear disaster in history was handled poorly, Donvan says. March 17, 2011— -- Though there are complaints that too little information is getting out about Japan's nuclear power plant, ...

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 -- Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an international scale -- the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster -- even as it insisted Tuesday that radiation leaks ...

VIENNA/OSLO, March 23 (Reuters) - The release of two types of radioactive particles in the first 3-4 days of Japan's nuclear crisis is estimated to have reached 20-50 percent of the amounts from ...

A: The decision was based on new assessments of radiation leaks since the crisis began, rather than on deteriorating conditions. The new data showed emissions exceeding the threshold for a "major ...

TOKYO (AP) – Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the ...

Japanese officials have increased the severity rating at the Fukushima power plant to seven, the maximum level, only previously seen after Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. The decision by ...

The problems at Japan's nuclear power plants, while serious, are unlikely to cause a massive radiation release. "It's simply impossible to imagine... Sizing Up Japan's Nuclear Emergency: No Chernobyl ...

Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, the senior Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, warned Saturday that the U.S. is vulnerable to the type of nuclear accident that has sent waves of ...