Monthly Archives: December 2013

放射性汚染水が大量流出＝世界遺産内のウラン鉱山で－豪 via 時事ドットコム

Posted on 2013/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

【シドニー時事】オーストラリア北部準州のウラン鉱山「レンジャー」で７日、ウラン鉱や泥水をためたタンクが破損し、１００万リットルを超える放射性汚 染水が流出した。事態を重くみた豪政府は１０日までに、安全性が確認されるまで操業を停止するよう鉱山の運営会社に命じた。 鉱山は、先住民アボリジニが描いた壁画が残り、世界遺産にも登録されているカカドゥ国立公園内にある。 続きは放射性汚染水が大量流出＝世界遺産内のウラン鉱山で－豪 当サイト既出関連記事：Spill of contaminated material at Ranger uranium mine; locals fear for Kakadu National Park via 7 News

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DOE to support another modular reactor project via Knoxblogs.com

Posted on 2013/12/13 by norma field

The Department of Energy today announced an award to NuScale Power LLC to support efforts to design, certify and help commercialize innovative small modular reactors. The award was made as part of a funding opportunity announced back in March the … Continue reading →

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Feds adopt plans for disposing of Hanford nuclear waste via King5.com

Posted on 2013/12/13 by norma field

SPOKANE, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Energy intends to retrieve nearly all the highly radioactive waste stored in underground tanks on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and convert it into a glass-like substance for permanent disposal, according to a decision … Continue reading →

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Group: Shutting down Richland nuke plant would save money via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2013/12/12 by norma field

SEATTLE — Physicians for Social Responsibility plans to release a new report Wednesday showing that shutting down the commercial nuclear power plant near Richland could save utility customers $1.7 billion over 17 years, the group announced. However, Energy Northwest and … Continue reading →

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Saugeen Ojibwe and U.S. Politicians Oppose Nuclear Waste Burial Near Lake Huron via Indian Country Today

Posted on 2013/12/12 by norma field

A controversial proposal to bury nuclear waste a half mile from Lake Huron’s shoreline in Ontario is proceeding over indigenous objections in a plan that has repercussions on both sides of the U.S.–Canada border. Opposition to the plan, which would … Continue reading →

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Council measure urges lab to clean up nuke dump via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2013/12/12 by norma field

The Santa Fe City Council passed a resolution Wednesday urging Los Alamos National Laboratory to clean up a nuclear waste dump. The resolution asks LANL to look at alternatives to a plan that allegedly leaves nuclear waste buried at the … Continue reading →

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Former Japanese leader firm on nuclear energy via DW

Posted on 2013/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Naoto Kan, who was Japanese PM when the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake hit and crippled the Fukushima nuclear plant, remains in politics but has only one aim now: to see every last atomic energy plant shut down. […] … Continue reading →

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Nuke industry to Obama: You need us via The Hill

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The nuclear industry is blasting President Obama for his recent executive order requiring federal agencies get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The Nuclear Energy Institute called the Dec. 5 order a “missed” opportunity by the … Continue reading →

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中間貯蔵施設候補地「使用可能」で評価へ via NHK News Web

Posted on 2013/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

福島県内の除染で出た土などを保管する中間貯蔵施設を巡って、政府は避難区域にある候補地の土地を地権者から買い取る場合、「将来、避難指示が解除され、使用できるようになる土地」と評価して、補償額を決める方針を固めました。 中間貯蔵施設について、政府は東京電力福島第一原発周辺の双葉町、大熊町、楢葉町の３つの町の避難区域にそれぞれ建設したいとしていて、町が建設を受け入れれば、合わせておよそ１８平方キロメートルを地権者から取得して国有化する方針です。 政府関係者によりますと、地権者は２０００人から３０００人程度に上るとみられるということです。政府は地権者への補償について検討を進めた結果、買い取る土地について「将来、避難指示が解除され、使用できるようになる土地」と評価して、補償額を決める方針を固めました。 ただし、評価にあたっては「震災や放射性物質などの影響の度合いを考慮する」としていて、減額される見通しだということです。 減額分を考慮して、政府は東京電力からの土地などへの賠償とは別に補償を支払ううえ、その金額にも賠償の状況は影響されないとする方針です。 続きは中間貯蔵施設候補地「使用可能」で評価へ

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The Escalating Catastrophe Japan’s New ‘Fukushima Fascism’ via Counterpunch

Posted on 2013/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Fukushima continues to spew out radiation. The quantities seem to be rising, as do the impacts. The site has been infiltrated by organized crime. There are horrifying signs of ecological disaster in the Pacific and human health impacts in the U.S. But within … Continue reading →

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