Category Archives: *English

Japanese Government to Revise Regulations on Exporting Radioactive Wastes Overseas via Kenichi Oshima Note

Posted on 2021/08/05 by kojimaaiko

I received an e-mail from someone who told me that the draft of Japan’s new “Basic Energy Plan” includes a policy for exporting radioactive waste overseas that is difficult to dispose of in Japan. It says that the government will … Continue reading →

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日本で処分できない放射性廃棄物の輸出のための輸出規制見直し via 大島堅一note

Posted on 2021/08/05 by kojimaaiko

ある方からのメールで、日本の新しい「エネルギー基本計画」の素案に、日本国内で処分困難な放射性廃棄物の海外輸出方針が含まれていることがわかりました。輸出規制の見直しをすると書かれている。福島第一原発の廃炉と、事故をおこしていない原子力発電所の廃炉、および、廃炉から生じる放射性廃棄物の処分に関する記述が前にありますので、文脈からすると、福島第一原子力発電所の事故処理から生じる放射性廃棄物も想定した輸出規制の見直しだと考えられます。 […] 放射性廃棄物に関する輸出規制の見直しは、これまでありませんでした。しかもここでは、あからさまに日本国内で処理ができない大型機器と書かれており、大変重大です。 問題はいくつかあります。 […] 全文はこちら Ref. Japanese Government to Revise Regulations on Exporting Radioactive Wastes Overseas via Kenichi Oshima Note

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My Turn: ‘Renounce the use and further development of nuclear weapons’ via Daily Hampshire Gazette

Posted on 2021/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By ANDREW LARKIN I am a child of the nuclear age. My father was a radiologist. He    witnessed the aftermath of the bombing of Nagasaki. He wrote the first paper that appeared in the American literature about the effects of … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Nagasaki at 76: Prof. Yuki Miyamoto, Daughter of A-Bomb Survivor via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2021/08/04 by nfield

Hiroshima at 76: Professor Yuki Miyamoto, second generation Hibakusha,whose mother survived the A-bombing of August 6, 1945 By Libbe HaLevy Listen Here: Audio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Podcast: Download This Week’s Featured Interview: Hiroshima Anniversary – 76 … Continue reading →

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Report: Some Los Alamos nuclear waste too hazardous to move via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2021/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Scott Wyland  Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified 45 barrels of radioactive waste so potentially explosive — due to being mixed with incompatible chemicals — that crews have been told not to move them and instead block off the … Continue reading →

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China shuts Taishan nuclear reactor over ‘imminent’ safety threat　via The Times

Posted on 2021/07/31 by nfield

China has shut down a nuclear reactor for “maintenance” because of what it said was minor fuel damage, after an increase in radiation levels prompted warnings from its French designers of an “imminent radiological threat”. The authorities switched off the … Continue reading →

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Feds see no problems with nuclear waste storage in West Texas, New Mexico despite concerns via Carlsbad Current Argus

Posted on 2021/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Adrian Hedden A proposed storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas near the New Mexico border will have no impact on the environment, per a federal report released Thursday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its final environmental impact … Continue reading →

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Suga abandons appeal of ‘black rain’ hibakusha lawsuit via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2021/07/30 by nfield

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga broke with the consensus among ministry officials when he decided on July 26 to immediately grant relief to all 84 plaintiffs involved in a lawsuit regarding recognition as atomic bomb survivors. The plaintiffs sought to be recognized … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Former military aide who carried ‘nuclear football’ for George HW Bush reveals a gaping hole in the security chain that could enable a ‘marauder to obtain the access card and pose as the president’ via Daily Mail

Posted on 2021/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Pentagon last week announced there would be a review of procedures for the nuclear football after Capitol rioters got within 100ft of Mike Pence on January 6  Retired military officer John Stufflebeem says the president’s ‘nuclear football’ is far more … Continue reading →

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In shadow of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, the Olympic message of ‘recovery’ rings hollow via Washington Post

Posted on 2021/07/29 by nfield

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  and Julia Mio Inuma  […] They collected soil samples to measure radioactivity and developed their own method of decontamination from the fallout of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, destroyed after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in … Continue reading →

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