Author Archives: Masaki C.

“32 US Nuclear Plants Fail Safety Tests” via Readers Supported News

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

Nuclear plant emergency generators like those that failed in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami also failed during tests at the Seabrook Station in New Hampshire and 32 other US plants in the past eight years, according to a … Continue reading →

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“The Truth About Area 51 Revealed in Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen” via the Daily Beast

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

In her explosive new book, Area 51, investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen reveals top government secrets about what really happened at the site and how she first heard about it. She also reveals for the first time secret nuclear tests that … Continue reading →

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“Fukushima village on way to becoming ghost town” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

IITATE, Fukushima Pref. — Sleepy, idyllic and dangerously irradiated, the village of Iitate is preparing to evacuate. The junior high school is closed, its children bused every day to nearby towns. Tractors sit idle, and weeds poke through rice and … Continue reading →

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“Plant springs new radioactive leak” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

Another leak at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has been pouring radioactive water filled with high amounts of cesium into the Pacific Ocean for an unknown period of time, but Tokyo Electric Power Co. was able to plug the … Continue reading →

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“Kan orders slaughter of all livestock in 20-km hot zone” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday told Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato to slaughter all farm animals within a 20-km radius of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The government’s decision last month to formally declare the 20-km evacuation zone … Continue reading →

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“Probe into nuke crisis to take about a year” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

The forthcoming probe into the causes of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant will take about a year, government sources said Wednesday. An independent panel on the accident will be formed by about 10 members, including … Continue reading →

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“Talks delayed on Tepco redress body” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

The government has delayed finalizing a redress plan to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Prime Minister Naoto Kan had initially hoped to conclude the plan Thursday. However, it ran into opposition from a … Continue reading →

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“Reactor 1 in worse shape than thought” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/16 by Masaki C.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday that the water level in the No. 1 reactor’s pressure vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant is much lower than thought and that some of the fuel rods have melted and sunk … Continue reading →

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“Nuclear safety post-Fukushima: A victory for the public’s right to know” on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2011/05/16 by Masaki C.

Article Highlights After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission required nuclear plant licensees to develop strategies for dealing with explosions or fires. The NRC implied that these strategies would also prevent a Fukushima-style accident but, … Continue reading →

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“Masks, sleeves in at Fukushima schools as radiation looms” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/16 by Masaki C.

Students at Shoyo Junior High School in Fukushima Prefecture are wearing masks, caps and long-sleeved jerseys to attend classes as their exposure to radiation is on pace to equal the annual limits for nuclear industry workers. “Students are told not … Continue reading →

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