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UN approves radiation advice
Originally published in
World Nuclear News
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Decmeber 10, 2012
The United Nations is to adopt advice on radiation that clarifies what can be said about its health
effects on individuals and large populations. A preliminary report has also found no observable
health effects from last year's nuclear accident in Fukushima.
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Registry to Provide Japan Response Radiation Info
Originally published in
American Forces Press Service
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September 5, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Though no Defense Department personnel or their families were exposed to
radiation causing adverse health conditions following the nuclear accident in Japan last year, the
department has established a registry to provide information to those who served in the stricken country.
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DoD Launches Database for Personnel in Japan During 2011 Earthquake Nuclear Meltdowns
Originally published in
U.S. Medicine
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March 1, 2012
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD – A year after a massive earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, resulting in
a large tsunami that caused nuclear-plant meltdowns, the U.S. military is creating a database to help
track possible radiation exposure for troops who participated in relief efforts and for servicemembers
and their beneficiaries who were stationed or living in Japan at the time of the disaster.
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Military installs two high-powered radiation detectors in Japan
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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August 20, 2011
CAMP ZAMA, Japan – The U.S. military can now do in-depth radiation testing and analysis in Japan,
though officials say the new capability is only precautionary.
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U.S. wasn't fully prepared for radiation risks following Japan earthquake, top general says
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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July 27, 2011
TOKYO – In the first few days of Japan's nuclear crisis this spring, the U.S. military wasn't fully
prepared to deal with possible radiation exposure to its troops and equipment, the top U.S. general
in Japan said Wednesday.
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Military to calculate radiation doses for those living, working in Japan following earthquake
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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July 20, 2011
Yokota Air Base, Japan – The U.S. military plans to calculate radiation doses
received by each of the approximately 61,000 U.S. personnel living and working in
Japan during this year's nuclear disaster, according to the U.S. Pacific Command's
top surgeon.
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U.S. spent $11.7M to fly dependents out of Japan after earthquake
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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June 28, 2011
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – The U.S. military paid $11.7 million on chartered flights for thousands of U.S.
family members to escape Japan's nuclear crisis in the days following the March 11 earthquake and
tsunami, according to figures released Tuesday by U.S. Pacific Command.
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U.S. troops not exposed to high levels of toxins, radiation during quake cleanup, military says
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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June 22, 2011
TOKYO – Air, water and soil samples taken from places where U.S. troops worked during
Operation Tomodachi did not contain harmful levels of toxic substances, according to
U.S. Forces Japan officials.
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Radiation fears outpaced the facts after quake, USFJ commander says
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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June 6, 2011
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – As the specter of potential nuclear contamination spread throughout Japan
in the week following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the top U.S. military commander in the
country felt as uncertain as many of the Americans under his protection.
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Evacuation from Japan a vacation? Not so much
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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May 31, 2011
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – So it really wasn't a luxurious paid vacation after all.
Most of the nearly 10,000 military family members who left disaster-stricken Japan under the Department of Defense-sponsored voluntary evacuation in March and April dispersed across the United States to unassuming towns and cities such as Vernal, Utah, and Yukon, Okla., according to data released Tuesday by U.S. Forces Japan. Others gravitated to military towns such as San Diego; Norfolk, Va.; and Jacksonville, Fla., but there appears to be little evidence to support suspicions raised by some military community members that many evacuees were taking paid vacations on the government's dime to Waikiki or Disney World.
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Most of the nearly 10,000 military family members who left disaster-stricken Japan under the Department of Defense-sponsored voluntary evacuation in March and April dispersed across the United States to unassuming towns and cities such as Vernal, Utah, and Yukon, Okla., according to data released Tuesday by U.S. Forces Japan. Others gravitated to military towns such as San Diego; Norfolk, Va.; and Jacksonville, Fla., but there appears to be little evidence to support suspicions raised by some military community members that many evacuees were taking paid vacations on the government's dime to Waikiki or Disney World.
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Military welcoming back families in Japan
Originally published in
Stars and Stripes
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April 22, 2011
NARITA, Japan – Emily Dibble clutched her doll as she walked through the arrival hall at Tokyo's
Narita International Airport.
Emily, 2, and her mother, Candace, 23, were among a group of military dependents who arrived at the airport Friday. Since the start of the week, family members – who left under the Defense Department's voluntary departure program following last month's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster – have begun to return.
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Emily, 2, and her mother, Candace, 23, were among a group of military dependents who arrived at the airport Friday. Since the start of the week, family members – who left under the Defense Department's voluntary departure program following last month's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster – have begun to return.
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