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France Is Still Cleaning Up Marie Curie’s Nuclear Waste via Bloomberg Business Week

Posted on 2019/08/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 Her lab outside Paris, dubbed Chernobyl on the Seine, is still radioactive nearly a century after her death.By Tara Patel In 1933 nuclear physicist Marie Curie had outgrown her lab in the Latin Quarter in central Paris. To give her the … Continue reading →

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From the A bomb to the AI bomb, nuclear weapons’ problematic evolution via France 24

Posted on 2019/05/10 by nfield

At 2:26 A.M. on June 3, 1980, Zbigniew Brezezinski, US President Jimmy Carter’s famously hawkish national security adviser, received a terrifying phone call: 220 Soviet nuclear missiles were heading for the US. A few minutes later, another phone call offered new information: in reality, … Continue reading →

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KEPCO to ship MOX nuclear fuel assemblies from France in 2020 via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/03/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By YUSUKE OGAWA/ Staff Writer MARCOULE, France–Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) plans to transport 32 plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies from France to Japan in 2020 at the earliest to help reduce its stockpile overseas. KEPCO plans to use … Continue reading →

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Fukushima evacuees resist return as ‘Reconstruction Olympics’ near via France24

Posted on 2019/03/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

With Japan keen to flaunt Tokyo 2020 as the “Reconstruction Olympics”, people who fled the Fukushima nuclear disaster are being urged to return home but not everyone is eager to go. […] But Kazuko Nihei, who fled her home in … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report via France24

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage facilities in … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Olympics Chief Faces Corruption Charges in France via the New York Times

Posted on 2019/01/15 by nfield

LONDON — The president of Japan’s Olympic Committee has been indicted on corruption charges in France after an investigation into the bidding process that led to Tokyo’s being awarded the Summer Games it is preparing to host next year. […] … Continue reading →

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AFP: France sued for ‘crimes’ over nuclear tests: Polynesia leader via Focus

Posted on 2018/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Hague . A complaint has been filed at the Hague-based International Criminal Court against France for alleged crimes against humanity over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific, a French Polynesian opposition leader said on Tuesday, reported AFP. “It’s … Continue reading →

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Fukushima mothers visit France and the UN to demand their human rights via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2018/05/30 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter, with contributions from Kurumi Sugita and Akiko Morimatsu   When Kazumi Kusano stood in the CRIIRAD radiological laboratory in Valence, France listening to lab director, Bruno Chareyron, describe just how radioactive the soil sample taken from a school … Continue reading →

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New Investigative Book Questions Safety of France’s Nuclear Power Plants via French Tribune

Posted on 2018/02/11 by nfield

In a new book to be published today, investigative reporters Thierry Gadault and Hugues Demeude disclose major deficiencies in the condition of several large nuclear power plants in France. “Today, the question is no longer to know if a serious … Continue reading →

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France accused of ‘nuclear racism’ over atomic tests via RNZ

Posted on 2018/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused France of nuclear racism for testing its nuclear weapons in the Pacific. Mr Temaru made the comment to Radio 1 in Tahiti at the presentation of his Tavini Huiraatira’s campaign programme for … Continue reading →

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