Japanese officials say radiation levels around the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant have reached levels that could damage health. The stark announcement represents a dramatic deepening of ...

Radiation near a tank holding highly contaminated water at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has spiked 18-fold, the plant's operator says.

Energy Minister Brad Duguid says there are elevated radiation levels in the province but they are miniscule. They are likely due to the fallout from the Japanese nuclear disaster, he says.

Higher-than-normal radiation levels have been detected in Ontario as a result of the nuclear crisis in Japan, but officials said Tuesday the increase is so small it doesn't pose a health risk.

Canadians are also exposed to artificial sources of radiation. A CT scan, for example, can expose a person to between 5 and 30 millisieverts, levels that do not pose a health risk.

Japan’s foreign ministry has started posting English-language information online showing that atmospheric radiation levels in Tokyo, about 225 km south of Fukushima Daiichi, are comparable with ...

Reports claim the Geiger Counter World Map recorded radiation levels of around 200 counts per minute (CPM) in the past week in the New York and New Jersey metro area.