There’s something about having kids that can turn a fairly rational person into a neurotic worrywart. So it was with our spring break trip to Hawaii, planned long before Japan trembled, flooded and ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has so far leaked around a tenth of the amount of radiation released in the Chernobyl disaster, data showed on Tuesday, leading ...

Before you freak out over the words “radioactive plume” hitting Southern California, know that any radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan will be diluted and, via the New York Times, “at ...

WASHINGTON — Traces of radioactive material from the endangered Japanese nuclear plant are being detected from coast to coast in the United States and in Iceland, but amounts continue to be far below ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — More than 200 U.S. and Japanese personnel took part Thursday in a joint emergency drill to practice responding to a hypothetical radiation exposure involving a ...

(AP) Researchers say radiation from the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant following last year’s tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies and damaged the local environment though humans seem ...

Trace amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear-power reactors have turned up in rainwater from New England to Florida. They are comparable to findings in Washington State, Nevada and ...

Harmful levels of radiation are unlikely to reach U.S., experts say. March 15, 2011— -- The world watches anxiously as Japanese authorities try to prevent meltdowns at two nuclear power stations ...

Radiation levels in the wider area around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant trended downwards for several days, but have recently increased on rainfall. Contamination of food appears limited ...

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) - Widespread fear that Japan's nuclear crisis could send radioactive fallout Russia's way is proving a nightmare to public officials in the Pacific regions, but a bonanza for ...

Despite danger for Japan nuclear workers, radiation sickness not yet a threat. March 17, 2011— -- As the situation at Japan's nuclear reactors continues to deteriorate, many in Japan and around ...