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JAPAN IS BRINGING ONE OF ITS TSUNAMI-DAMAGED NUCLEAR REACTORS BACK ONLINE via Futurism

Posted on 2020/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DAN ROBITZSKI […] After the devastating storm that brought down the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan imposed a slew of new safety standards, Agence France-Presse reports. A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant, which was damaged by the same tsunami but fared … Continue reading →

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Japan to resume accepting nuclear waste from UK via NHK World

Posted on 2020/11/09 by nfield

The operator of a storage facility in northern Japan is making arrangements with power companies to resume accepting shipments of highly radioactive nuclear waste from spent fuel reprocessed in Britain. NHK has learned that Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited has started … Continue reading →

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In desperate search of disposal sites for its nuclear waste, Japan offers poisonous grants to two small villages via Equal Times

Posted on 2020/11/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Carmen Grau One morning in September, 87-year-old retiree Masao Takimoto was reading the newspaper in his house in Kamoenai when a news story captured his attention, ruined his day and changed the course of this quiet fishing village on the … Continue reading →

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Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare via Arms Control Association

Posted on 2020/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

November 2020 Nailing the Coffin of Civilian Plutonium Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a NightmareBy Frank von Hippel,Masafumi Takubo, andJungmin KangSpringer Press198pp. Reviewed by Thomas Countryman […] The earliest rationale for using plutonium as a nuclear fuel rested … Continue reading →

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Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing via The Guardian

Posted on 2020/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dimity Hawkins With a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force in 90 days […] For many across the Pacific region, this is a momentous achievement and one that has been long … Continue reading →

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U.N. nuclear ban treaty to take effect on Jan. 22 via Kyodo News

Posted on 2020/10/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.N.-adopted nuclear ban treaty will enter into force on Jan. 22 with a required threshold of 50 ratifications being achieved, a nongovernmental anti-nuclear organization said Saturday. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted in 2017, … Continue reading →

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Tuvalu ratifies the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons via RNZ

Posted on 2020/10/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tuvalu has ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, bringing it closer to being in force. Tuvalu was the 47th nation to make the move, meaning only three more ratifications are needed to empower the treaty. The treaty … Continue reading →

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U.N. chief: World is living in `shadow of nuclear catastrophe’ via abc news

Posted on 2020/10/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the world is living “in the shadow of nuclear catastrophe,” fueled by growing distrust and tensions between nuclear-armed nations By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the … Continue reading →

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With climate change, aging nuclear plants need closer scrutiny. Turkey Point shows why via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2020/09/14 by nfield

By Caroline Reiser, September 14, 2020 Last December, two nuclear reactors at Florida’s Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, located 25 miles south of Miami, became the first reactors in the world to receive regulatory approval to remain operational for up to 80 … Continue reading →

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Commentary: Excelon’s nuclear hostage tactics must end via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2020/08/29 by nfield

“Nuclear Hostage Crisis: Day 2,363” Yes, that’s right. It was March 9, 2014, when Exelon announced that it would close its nuclear plants if the Illinois legislature, under House Speaker Michael Madigan’s watchful eye, did not bail them out. The … Continue reading →

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