Category Archives: *English

Israel attacks Iran: What we know so far via Aljazeera

Posted on 2025/06/13 by nfield

13 Jun 2025 Israel has attacked several Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites, and carried out assassinations of top military officials and nuclear scientists. An initial wave of strikes was carried out on Friday morning. A second, separate attack on the … Continue reading →

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Trump Administration Gutting Regulatory Agency, Recent Nuclear Incidents, Coverup: No Time to Open Illinois for More Nuclear Power, Nuclear Watchdog Group Asserts via Nuclear Energy Information Service Illinois

Posted on 2025/05/28 by nfield

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Use:  Thursday, May 28, 2025 Contact:  David Kraft,  (773)342-7650 (o); (630)506-2864 (c);  neis@neis.org Trump Administration Gutting Regulatory Agency, Recent Nuclear Incidents, Coverup: No Time to Open Illinois for More Nuclear Power, Nuclear Watchdog Group Asserts CHICAGO—At a time when the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima soil headed to Japan PM’s flower beds to allay nuclear safety fears via The Guardian

Posted on 2025/05/28 by nfield

Slightly radioactive soil from near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be transported to Tokyo and used in flower beds in the prime minister’s garden, in an attempt to prove to a skeptical public that the material is safe. The … Continue reading →

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US East Coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows via New Scientist

Posted on 2025/05/26 by nfield

The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast on top of sea level rise from melting ice, adding to flooding By James Dinneen 16 May 2025 The slowdown of a … Continue reading →

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Pacific

Posted on 2025/05/24 by nfield

20 May 2025 Japan’s Fukushima nuclear wastewater ‘pose major environmental, human rights risks’ – UN experts via RNZ […] In August 2023, Japan began discharging wastewaster from about 1000 storage tanks of contaminated water collected after the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 … Continue reading →

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A new study from the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability finds that construction costs run over budget for more than 60% of energy infrastructure projects worldwide　via BU Institute for Global Sustainabililty

Posted on 2025/05/20 by nfield

By Laura Hurley Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. Yet every single one of these projects runs the risk of higher-than-expected construction costs or time delays. … Continue reading →

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Statement on the 39th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster/チェルノブイリ原子力発電所事故39周年に関する声明via Ecohome (Belarus) /エコホーム(ベラルーシ）

Posted on 2025/05/10 by nfield

Statement on the 39th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster On April 26, 2025, we mark 39 years since the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century — the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. This tragedy cast a … Continue reading →

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As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it via The Conversation

Posted on 2025/05/02 by nfield

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to power Australia with nuclear energy has been described by experts as a costly “mirage” that risks postponing the clean energy transition. Beyond this, however, the Coalition’s nuclear policy has, for many First Nations peoples, raised the spectre of the … Continue reading →

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Revealed: how a San Francisco navy lab became a hub for human radiation experiments via The Guardian

Posted on 2024/11/26 by nfield

In September 1956, Cpl Eldridge Jones found himself atop a sunbaked roof at an old army camp about an hour outside San Francisco, shoveling radioactive dirt. Too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam, Jones never saw combat. Instead, he … Continue reading →

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Australia declines to join UK and US-led nuclear energy development pact via ABC News

Posted on 2024/11/20 by nfield

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles told parliament on Tuesday that the government would not sign an agreement the UK and US governments announced overnight. “For Australia, pursuing a path of nuclear energy would represent pursuing the single-most expensive electricity option … Continue reading →

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