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Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program via Telesur

Posted on 2018/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The fact that Israel possesses nuclear weapons is not in dispute, but how did it procure them and with whose help? Val Reynoso investigates. Israel’s nuclear-weapons program was initiated by the founding prime minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, who stated that … Continue reading →

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French Greenpeace activists in court for breaking into nuclear plant via DW

Posted on 2018/01/05 by nfield

[… Eight activists and the head of Greenpeace in France were in court on Wednesday for forcefully entering a nuclear power station in the village of Cattenom last October. A court in the eastern town of Thionville accuses the eight defendants … Continue reading →

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Kansai Electric to scrap two reactors in latest blow for Japan’s nuclear sector via Reuters

Posted on 2017/12/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Reuters) – Kansai Electric Power Co said on Friday it will decommission two 38-year-old reactors at its Ohi nuclear plant as Japan’s electricity industry struggles to cope with new safety standards imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The widely … Continue reading →

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Japan downplayed Chernobyl concerns at G-7 for energy policy’s sake: declassified documents via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/20 by nfield

Eager to maintain its energy policy in the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, Japan made sure concerns about nuclear technology were downplayed at the 12th Group of Seven summit it chaired in Tokyo days after the disaster, according to … Continue reading →

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Japan’s MOX program faces tough questions as recycling costs balloon for spent atomic fuel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/17 by nfield

The cost of recycling spent nuclear fuel has surged since Japan began using it in 1999, raising questions about the viability of the reprocessing strategy, it has been learned. Japan is the only non-nuclear weapons state in the world that … Continue reading →

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Russia blames radioactive cloud on falling satellite, denies nuclear plant leak via euronews

Posted on 2017/12/08 by nfield

Russia has denied that a spike in radioactive levels across Europe was due to a nuclear facility leak, saying the increase was instead caused by a satellite that burned as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere.   Greenpeace Russia had alleged that a … Continue reading →

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〝Solid cancer mortality among workers in the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS)″ via Hiroshima Peace Institute

Posted on 2017/11/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

〝Solid cancer mortality among workers in the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS)″   By David Richardson, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill […] 3. Date and Time November … Continue reading →

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Here’s What You Need to Know About That Mysterious Radiation Cloud Over Europe via Science Alert

Posted on 2017/11/22 by nfield

After weeks of silence and denials, Russia has confirmed that it too has detected evidence of a mysterious radiation cloud floating above much of Europe, observing a dramatic radiation spike above Russia’s Ural Mountains. The acknowledgement comes after a number … Continue reading →

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Report of ‘extremely high’ radioactive pollution suggests nuclear cloud came from Russia via The Telegraph

Posted on 2017/11/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia’s meteorological service has reported “extremely high pollution” of a radioactive isotope in the Urals near a facility that previously suffered the third worst nuclear catastrophe in history. The news bolsters international reports that a ruthenium-106 leak originating in the … Continue reading →

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Faulty Areva fuel rods sent to nuclear reactors, Swiss plant closed via Reuters

Posted on 2017/11/18 by nfield

PARIS/ZURICH, Nov 17 (Reuters) – French nuclear group Areva delivered defective fuel rods for nuclear reactors but said on Friday that there was no safety risk. Swiss media, however, reported that a Swiss nuclear plant was closed due to problems … Continue reading →

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