From Japan's damaged nuclear complex: radiation and fear
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 20:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The dangers are invisible and yet loom large for the disaster-weary population of Japan and beyond.In the wake of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the powerful tsunami that followed, the stricken nuclear reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant released not one but two powerful and invisible forces: radiation and fear of radiation.