Radiation Nation is Firedoglake's attempt to turn frustration into information. It is an effort to take all of the news, statistics, websites and debates about the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and turn them into a useful, productive, dependable, and, above all, understandable resource. Radiation Nation may not start with all the answers, but it starts with the idea that we—me, you, other FDL contributors, and a wide variety of experts, authors, researchers, and journalists—will find ways to get the answers.

Firedoglake's coverage:

• The Party Line – July 15, 2011: Japan’s PM Recommends Shift Away from Nuclear Power; US Report Recommends Regulatory Tweaks 7/15/11 - Gregg Levine
• The Party Line – June 3, 2011
  A Tale of Two Countries 6/3/11 - Gregg Levine
• The Party Line – May 13, 2011
  What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 5/13/11 - Gregg Levine
• Japan Nuclear Disaster Update: TEPCO Finds Hole, Leak in Unit 1 Reactor Vessel 5/12/11 - Scarecrow
• Market Investors To US Nuke Builders: Forget About It 4/29/11 - Scarecrow
• Live Chat: Harvey Wasserman, Editor of Nukefree.org, on the Myth of “Safe” Radiation 4/26/11 - Gregg Levine
• 25 Years On, Waiting For The 2nd Chernobyl Radiation Cloud 4/26/11 - Bill Egnor
  
• Japan Nuclear Watch, April 23: Can You Rebuild a Cooling System Inside a No-Go Zone? 4/23/11 - Scarecrow
• The Party Line – April 22, 2011
  Radiation Nation 4/22/11 - Gregg Levine
• Fukushima blueprint? Roadmap? What comes next? 4/17/11 - Lobster
• Markey: One Fukushima Reactor’s Core Has Melted Through Pressure Vessel 4/6/11 - David Dayen
• Japan Nuclear Disaster Update: Radiation Leak to Sea Stopped, But Other Concerns Grow 4//6/11 - Scarecrow
• Fukushima should be INES-7 multiple times over 4/5/11 - lobster
• Japan Nuclear Ocean Watch: Radioactive Water, Dolphins and Plastic Bottles 4/4/11 - Scarecrow
• Highly Radioactive Water Leaking from Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Into Pacific Ocean 4/3/11 - David Dayen
• Japan Nuclear Watch, April 2: Leaks to the Sea and Comments on AREVA Presentation 4/2/11 - Scarecrow
• Aunty Fear-Monger and the Glow in the Dark Cow 3/31/11 - Toby Wollin
• Japan Nuclear Disaster Update: Increased Radiation Detected on Land and Sea 3/31/11 - Scarecrow
• A Layman’s Guide to Radiation and Human Health 3/15/11 - Jim White
• Nuke Engineer: Fuel Rod Fire at Fukushima Reactor “Would Be Like Chernobyl on Steroids” 3/14/11 - Kirk James Murphy, M.D.
• Food Sunday: Food News You Can Use, the Glow in the Dark Edition 3/13/11 - Toby Wollin

Noteworthy articles:

• Jeff McMahon/Forbes: Citizen Monitors Keep A Wary Eye On Radiation And Government 4/20/11
• ProPublica: U.S. Health Care System Unprepared for Major Nuclear Emergency 4/7/11
• Jeff McMahon/Forbes: Why Does FDA Tolerate More Radiation Than EPA? 4/14/11
• Epidemiologist Says that Instead of Trying to Avoid Japanese Radiation, Put Your Energy Into Demanding a Saner Energy Policy 4/22/11
• Washington's Blog: Radiation expert: For Now I Think It Prudent to Stop Drinking Milk 4/24/11
• AP: Radiation in US rainwater likely from Japan 3/27/11
• Salon: When is radioactive food dangerous? 4/5/11
• NJ Daily Record: Officials: Trace amounts of radioactive iodine-131 found in rainwater, air 4/8/2011
• Forbes: How to Remove Radioactive Iodine-131 From Drinking Water 4/7/11
• The Washington Current: Fukushima-Related FOIA Request: Full Data Sought on Radiation Levels That Led To Call for 50-Mile Evacuation Radius for Americans in Japan 3/26/11
• Union of Concerned Scientist: How many deaths did Chernobyl really cause? 4/11/11
• Seattle Times: Universities come through in monitoring radiation 4/5/11
• Reader Supported News: The FDA and Fukushima Fallout 4/2/11
• New York Times: Screening the Day’s Catch -- Radiation and Food Supply Concerns are Growing 4/5/11
• Common Dreams: "Safe" Radiation is a Lethal Three Mile Island Lie 3/28/11
  

Radiation dose chart:

Ionizing Radiation dose a person can absorb from various sources, via Randall Munroe of xkcd (click on chart for larger view)

(Randall Munroe, the man behind this chart, wants you to know that he is not a radiation expert, per se, but collected this information from trusted sources and put it in graphic form)