Category Archives: *English

More data needed before ocean release of Fukushima water via Japan Times

Posted on 2022/09/08 by nfield

[…] Japan’s nuclear regulator has stated that this can be done safely and the International Atomic Energy Agency has supported this position. We would argue that there is insufficient information to assess potential impacts on environmental and human health and … Continue reading →

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UN calls for demilitarised zone around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant　via The Guardian

Posted on 2022/09/07 by nfield

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has called for a demilitarised zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, involving the withdrawal of Russian occupying troops and the agreement of Ukrainian forces not to move in. Guterres was addressing a UN security … Continue reading →

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Chicago educators create new lessons on Asian American history, nuclear power via Chalkbeat Chicago

Posted on 2022/09/05 by nfield

By  Mila Koumpilova  Aug 29, 2022, 6:00am CDT On the eve of the pandemic, Aiko Kojima Hibino came across a viral photo showing dozens of copies of John Hersey’s nonfiction classic “Hiroshima” discarded in a Chicago high school’s dumpster.  On social media, … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Plants Showing ‘Unusual Growing Patterns’ as Residents Return via Newsweek

Posted on 2022/08/31 by nfield

Japan’s Fukushima, the site of the world’s second-worst nuclear disaster, is showing “unusual growing patterns” among vegetation in the area because of the radiation contamination. […] Over 300,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes, and an exclusion zone had … Continue reading →

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Rev. Carl Kabat, Peace Activist and ‘Fool for Christ,’ Dies at 88 via New York Times

Posted on 2022/08/22 by nfield

By Ed ShanahanPublished Aug. 17, 2022Updated Aug. 19, 2022 The Rev. Carl Kabat, a Roman Catholic priest and tenacious yet joyful foe of nuclear weapons who spent nearly 20 years in prison for protests that involved bolt cutters, human blood and clown costumes … Continue reading →

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Japanese nuclear research agency to export domestically ‘useless’ uranium ore via The Mainichi

Posted on 2022/08/20 by nfield

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) plans to export a total of 125 metric tons of nuclear-related materials including uranium ore collected domestically and overseas in connection with the organization’s uranium prospecting projects in Japan, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned. … Continue reading →

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Hazelwood School District to test for radioactive contamination near Janna Elementary out of ‘abundance of caution’ via KMOV4

Posted on 2022/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

T. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – It’s been a multi-year struggle for answers for parents with students attending Jana Elementary in Hazelwood, like Ashley Bernaugh. “We have to protect the kids, we have to protect our staff,” said Bernaugh, who is … Continue reading →

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NH #581: Hiroshima, Nagasaki Second Generation: Prof. Yuki Miyamoto, Daughter of Atomic Survivor via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2022/08/09 by nfield

This Week’s Featured Interview: Hiroshima-born Yuki Miyamoto is a second generation Hibakusha – daughter of an atomic bomb survivor.  Her mother was in Hiroshima one mile from the epicenter of the bombing, yet survived it with what seemed like little physical damage… though other … Continue reading →

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UNSCEARに要望書を提出しました・ On the occasion of UNSCEAR’s Public Meeting, we write with the wish for UNSCEAR to face the realities of Fukushima’s pediatric thyroid cancer and patients via あじさいの会

Posted on 2022/08/06 by nfield

UNSCEAR（原子放射線の影響に関する国連科学委員会）の前議長ら３人が内堀福島県知事を訪問した2022年7月20日、あじさいの会はUNSECAR関係者に提言書を手渡しました。 手渡した提言書は以下のとおりです。 UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) July 20, 2022 “Ajisai no Kai” thyroid cancer support group Motomi Ushiyama, Representative Chikako Chiba, Secretary General On the occasion of UNSCEAR’s Public Meeting, we write with the … Continue reading →

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Why Is There More Talk about Using Nuclear Weapons Than about Banning Them? via FAIR

Posted on 2022/08/05 by nfield

Karl Grossman It’s of critical importance—indeed, existential importance—to the world: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. And a coalition of peace organizations in the United States is charging that media are acting like the treaty “does not exist.” The … Continue reading →

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