The operator of the Japanese tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant says sensors have detected a new leak of highly radioactive water into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said on Sunday that the sensors had detected contamination levels of 50 to 70 times more than the already high radioactive rate at the plant, in water pouring into a nearby bay. The sensors, which detected the... 

Japanese women sort through freshly caught fish at the Hirakata fish market in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture, south of the stricken Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant number 1 on April 6, 2011 Harmless traces of radioactive cesium have been discovered in fish and seawater in several areas of Japan, as the country continues to debate whether their fish is safe to consume and anti-nuke protests... 

Radioactive readings found in Japan seawater has reached millions of times higher than the legal limit, the operator of Fukushima’s damaged nuclear plant says. According to the findings, seawater samples taken from the water near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant’s No. 2 reactor several days ago were contaminated with radioactive iodine-131, seven and a half million times the legal limit,...