Daily Archives: 2012/01/10

Japan plans 40-yr limit on reactors’ life, with exceptions via Reuters

Japan plans to limit the life of nuclear reactors to 40 years, allowing extensions only under stringent conditions, and to legally bind plant operators to prepare for severe accidents, the nation’s nuclear crisis minister said on Friday. The plan is … Continue reading

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Iran leader defends nuclear program on Latin America trip via The Mainichi Daily News

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his country’s nuclear program as he began a four-nation tour of Latin America, joining his ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in accusing the U.S. and its allies of using the dispute to unjustly threaten Iran. … Continue reading

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Fukushima nuclear plant worker in coma after collapsing at site via The Mainichi Daily News

A worker in his 60s at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is in a coma after collapsing at the site, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced. The man, an employee of a company cooperating with … Continue reading

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脱原発世界会議 1月14・15日開催

今週末、1月14・15日に横浜で脱原発世界会議が開催されます。 プログラム、登壇者や場所などの情報は脱原発世界会議のウェブサイトへ。

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記者の目:低線量被ばくの健康影響評価=久野華代 via 毎日jp

 「年20ミリシーベルト程度の被ばくによる健康影響は低い」。東京電力福島第1原発事故で飛散した放射性物質について、政府のワーキンググループ(WG、共同主査・長滝重信長崎大名誉教授、前川和彦東京大名誉教授)が昨年12月に公表した結論だ。だが私は今回、避難や帰宅にかかわる重要な数値が専門家の間だけで決まり、住民に質問などの機会がまったくなかったことに驚く。結論を出した専門家たちと住民との間には「不信」という深い溝がある。  ◇結論ありきでは不安解消されず  WGは、警戒区域と計画的避難区域の再編をにらみ政府が設置。約1カ月間に8回の議論が行われた。だが、その結論には、住民にとって多くの疑問が残る。  第一に「年20ミリシーベルトでも健康影響は低い」という判断だ。環境省は昨年10月「被ばく総量年1ミリシーベルト」を目標に、除染に取り組む方針を明らかにした。この差は何なのか。一方、原子力関連施設では3カ月で1・3ミリシーベルト以上の被ばく線量がある場合、放射線管理区域に指定され、出入りが厳しく管理される。「年20ミリシーベルト」は、これより高い線量なのに「影響は低い」と言えるのか。住民にとって分からないことだらけだ。 続きは 記者の目:低線量被ばくの健康影響評価=久野華代

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Fumbling gov’t faces huge challenges in 2012 via The Daily Mainichi

Fumbling gov’t faces huge challenges in 2012 Hiroaki Koide, an assistant professor at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), is someone who has made one of the strongest impressions on me among the experts I’ve spoken to about the … Continue reading

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The Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5 at U Chicago

Atomic Age II: Fukushima was held at the University of Chicago on Saturday, May 5, 2012. Uploaded on the SYMPOSIUM page are the video of the symposium, the presentations/slides/transcription by our speakers, and the reports by our speakers and scholarship recipients. … Continue reading

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[動画] 百人百話「第二十九話 武藤類子さん」

武藤類子さん『百人百話』動画

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India Says Work at Russia-Built Nuclear Plant Remains Stalled via Bloomberg Businessweek

Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — Nuclear Power Corp. of India said work at its plant at Kudankulam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, being built with Russia’s help, remains at a standstill following continuing protests by villagers near the site. … Continue reading

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Interior blocks uranium mining near Grand Canyon for 20 years via The Hill

The Obama administration will ban new uranium mining on 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon, the Interior Department announced Monday. “We have been entrusted to care for and protect our precious environmental and cultural resources, and … Continue reading

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