Daily Archives: 2014/01/12

Washington group seeks bids to study viability of building Small Modular Reactor system at Hanford nuclear reservation via Nuclear Energy Insider

Posted on 2014/01/12 by norma field

By James Sampson on Jan 9, 2014 Following last year’s successful budget request of $500,000 by Senator Sharon Brown, the Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) have announced they are using the money to study and submit a proposal requesting the construction … Continue reading →

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Waste Site Referendum via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/01/12 by norma field

NARAHA, Fukushima Pref. JIJI A group of Fukushima residents in the fallout-hit town of Naraha on Friday requested that a local ordinance be drafted to hold a referendum on accepting interim nuclear waste storage in the municipality. Such a facility … Continue reading →

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America’s Secret Fukushima Poisoning the Bread Basket of the World via Truthout

Posted on 2014/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Early in the morning of July 16, 1979, a 20-foot section of the earthen dam blocking the waste pool for the Church Rock Uranium Mill in New Mexico caved in and released 95 million gallons of highly acidic fluid containing 1,100 … Continue reading →

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B-52 Carrying Nuclear Bombs Crashed in Western Md. 50 Years Ago via CNS news

Posted on 2014/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The accident on Jan. 13, 1964, is memorialized by stone markers in tiny Grantsville, about 140 miles west of Baltimore, and at the spots where three of the five crew members died. Payne succumbed to exposure in the Savage … Continue reading →

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Texas Nuclear Power Plants Seek New Workforce via The Texas Tribune

Posted on 2014/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PALACIOS — At first glance, the large, framed photo hanging on a wall at the state’s largest nuclear power plant seems to tell a simple story. About 200 smiling men and women stand in block formation behind a long-stretching banner … Continue reading →

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深刻な学生離れ 原子力業界が就職説明会 via NHK News Web

Posted on 2014/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(抜粋） 東京・江東区で開かれた説明会には、電力会社や原子炉メーカーなど２２の企業と団体が参加して、来年春に卒業予定の大学３年生や大学院生などが集まりました。 説明会は毎年度、東京と大阪で開かれていて、主催者によりますと、今年度の参加者は１２日の東京と先月の大阪を合わせて４２０人と、原発事故前のおよそ５分の１に当たる３８８人にとどまった昨年度よりやや増えたものの、依然として学生離れは深刻な状態だということです。 こうしたなか、各地の大学に出向いて説明会を開くなど、人材の確保に一層力を入れている企業もあるということです。 説明会に参加した放射線機器を販売している商社の採用担当者は「原子力を学ぶ学生自体が減っているなかで、人材の確保は厳しいが、業務を続けていくために一定の数の人材を確実に確保していきたい」と話していました。 全文は深刻な学生離れ 原子力業界が就職説明会 関連記事：Texas Nuclear Power Plants Seek New Workforce via The Texas Tribune

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