Scientists have been arguing about the health risks from radiation since the end of the 19th century, when radioactivity was ...

Containing radiation equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima 68 years ago, more than 1,300 used fuel rod assemblies packed tightly together need to be ...

The target: Hiroshima. In Hiroshima the air raid sirens ... disfigured and poisoned by radiation from the bomb. Three days later, another nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

These rays also caused painful burns to human skin as far away ... there were 1,900 cases of cancer associated with atomic radiation exposure among all Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors.

was in Hiroshima for work on August 6. The explosion caused severe injuries, including ruptured eardrums, temporary blindness ...

"When the nuclear blast occurs, because of the chain reaction, in a very short period of time, a lot of energy and radiation is emitted ... for example, in Hiroshima were essentially evaporated ...

It has been estimated that burn- and fire-related ... cancer and leukaemia, and both Hiroshima and Nagasaki have seen elevated cancer rates. Of the 50,000 radiation victims from both cities ...

Hiroshima. It was not a good time in ... the screen as well as images of survivors suffering from burns, other injuries and radiation sickness. Hibakusha, who were children when originally filmed ...

Hiroshima Mayor Matsui Kazumi wants ... lost in the bombing but also that survivors suffered from burns and aftereffects caused by radiation. The six students said it is necessary to understand ...

HIROSHIMA—Throughout this city ... who was 14 and about 1.5 kilometers from ground zero during the bombing, suffered burns on his face and body. “When the flash exploded, it felt like being ...

It has been estimated that burn- and fire-related ... cancer and leukaemia, and both Hiroshima and Nagasaki have seen elevated cancer rates. Of the 50,000 radiation victims from both cities ...