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TOKYO -- A pair of thin robots on treads sent to explore buildings inside Japan's crippled nuclear reactor came back Monday with disheartening news: Radiation levels are far too high for repair crews ...

Detected levels were 5,000 times lower than danger threshold. March 31, 2011— -- Milk from America's West Coast containing trace amounts of radioactive iodine is safe to drink, health officials ...

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Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...