Daily Archives: 2013/06/03

Nuclear site scrap metal could be headed to recyclers via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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A U.S. Department of Energy proposal to recycle scrap metal from its nuclear facilities has set off the radiation detectors of environmental groups, some in the metals industry and one member of Congress. But the industry group representing metals recyclers … Continue reading →

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A Little Radiation May be A Big Deal via The Intelligencer: Wheeling News-Register

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WHEELING – The natural gas wastewater that GreenHunter Water plans to recycle in Warwood can contain trace amounts of radioactive radium and radon, according to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A section of Wheeling City Code forbids radioactivity from occurring … Continue reading →

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San Diego hosts famous skeptics of nuclear safety  via U-T San Diego

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Several key figures in the recent history of nuclear power — including the former Japanese prime minister who presided over the Fukushima disaster two years ago — are scheduled to speak at a public event Tuesday in downtown San Diego. … Continue reading →

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Winifred A. Bird and Jane Braxton Little […] On this evening a year and eight months after multiple explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the men are grappling head-on with one of the most widespread and complex environmental … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Chernobyl for Fukushima Prof. Yablokov, thyroid cancers risks for children? Tokyo 2013 via Joël Legendre

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Life and Death Choices: Radiation, children, and Japan’s future　via Japan Focus

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David McNeill Like most fathers, Fujimoto Yoji frets about the health of his young children. In addition to normal parental concerns about the food they eat, the air they breathe and the environment they will inherit, however, he must add … Continue reading →

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原発賠償、自殺で初の和解　東電と福島の農業男性 via 日本経済新聞

Posted on 2013/06/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

東 京電力福島第１原発事故後に福島県須賀川市の農業男性（当時64）が自殺したのは事故が原因だったとして、遺族が賠償を求め申し立てた裁判外紛争解決手続 き（ＡＤＲ）で、東電が自殺との因果関係を認めて和解が成立したことが３日、分かった。弁護団によると、自殺で賠償の和解が成立したのは初めて。 　弁護団によると、男性はキャベツ栽培をしており、国から出荷制限の連絡を受けた翌日の2011年３月24日に自殺した。東電が原発事故との因果関係を認めず賠償に応じなかったため、12年６月、遺族が原子力損害賠償紛争解決センターにＡＤＲを申し立てた。 　ＡＤＲでは、遺族が精神科医による鑑定意見書を提出、事故で農業ができなくなった男性は急性抑うつ症になったと主張した。センターの仲介委員は「因果関係が認められる」として、東電が慰謝料や葬儀費用を支払う和解案を提示していた。金額などは公表されていない。 　弁護団の馬奈木厳太郎弁護士は「東電が和解案を受け入れたことは画期的だ」と話している。 続きは 原発賠償、自殺で初の和解　東電と福島の農業男性

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S. Korea Issues Power Shortage Alert Amid Nuclear Stoppages via Bloomberg

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South Korea issued a preliminary power-shortage warning as rising temperatures boosted the use of air-conditioning while the shutdown of two nuclear reactors cut electricity supply. […] South Korea, which depends on nuclear energy for more than 30 percent of its … Continue reading →

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Fracked off via The Economist

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Thanks to cheap natural gas, America’s nuclear renaissance is on hold […] The culprit is the price of natural gas, which fell from over $13 per million British thermal units in 2008, when many of the applications to build new … Continue reading →

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放出目指す水からセシウム　東電、測定方法に誤り via 47News

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東京電力は３日、福島第１原発で増え続ける汚染水を減らすた め、敷地内の井戸でくみ上げ海への放出を目指している地下水について、これまで放射性セシウムが検出限界未満だったとする検査は測定方法に誤りがあり、再 測定の結果、１リットル当たり０・６１ベクレル検出されたと発表した。 地下水が原子炉建屋に流入しないよう迂回して海に放出する「地下水バイパス」をめぐっては、地元漁業者から海洋汚染や風評被害への懸念の声が上がっている。 続きは放出目指す水からセシウム　東電、測定方法に誤り

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