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Brussels Confirms Plan to Close All Nuclear Power Plants by 2025 via Sputnik

Posted on 2018/03/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The government of Belgium has endorsed an energy strategy, confirming its plan to shut down all nuclear power plants (NPP) in the country by 2025. According to a document published by the Cabinet, Belgium aims to “withdraw from nuclear energy … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace wary of Fukushima radiation via Hans India

Posted on 2018/03/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo: Greenpeace has cautioned that towns in Fukushima prefecture, close to the disaster-hit nuclear power plant, were exposed to excessive levels of radiation almost 100 times greater than safe levels. The survey said that in the towns of Namie and … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century via Greenpeace

Posted on 2018/03/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo, Japan –  A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in the towns of Iitate and Namie in Fukushima prefecture, including the exclusion zone, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public exposure.[1][2] The high … Continue reading →

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Radiation levels in Fukushima zones higher in 2017 than 2016, and still above government target despite cleanup: Greenpeace Japan via Nuclear-News

Posted on 2018/03/01 by nfield

Look how the Japanese media are routinely censoring the news about the Fukushima situation. In the first article  about the Greenpeace recent report, a short article published in Australia, are clearly stated: 1. Fukushima still has radiation 100 times higher … Continue reading →

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France’s nuclear spent-fuel pools major security risk: Greenpeace via Reuters

Posted on 2017/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS (Reuters) – The spent-fuel pools of French utility EDF’s nuclear reactors are highly vulnerable to attacks, Greenpeace said in a report published on Tuesday. Written by a group of nuclear experts and delivered to French authorities, the report says … Continue reading →

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Australian Aborigines move to block shipments of Scottish nuclear waste via The Herald

Posted on 2017/09/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ABORIGINES in South Australia are fighting a plan to ship nuclear waste from Scotland amid fears it will be dumped on land regarded as culturally and spiritually sacred. Wallerberdina, around 280 miles north of Adelaide, has been earmarked as a … Continue reading →

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Dounreay: The massive and most complex nuclear clean-up in Europe via the Herald

Posted on 2017/09/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DOUNREAY was the centre of Britain’s research into fast-reactor technology in the 1960s, with the first of its reactors going live in 1958. In 1962, its fast reactor was the first in the world to provide electricity to a national … Continue reading →

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Northlanders protest nuclear weapons overseas via Superior Telegram

Posted on 2017/07/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two northern Wisconsin residents are heading overseas next week to join in a protest against nuclear weapons on an American air base in Germany. Bonnie Urfer and John LaForge of Luck, Wis., are joining a delegation from around the country … Continue reading →

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“Prison Gang” Peace Delegation to Join International Call for Ouster of US Nuclear Weapons from Germany via Nukewatch

Posted on 2017/07/05 by nfield

For the first time in a long-standing campaign to remove US nuclear weapons from Germany, a delegation of US peace activists will participate in protests at the Büchel Air Base, July 12 to 18, demanding the withdrawal of the 20 remaining … Continue reading →

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50,000 protesters form 90km human chain to demand closure of aging Belgian nuclear reactors (VIDEO) via RT

Posted on 2017/06/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thousands of protestors have formed a 90-kilometer human chain around the border triangle of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands to demand the closure of the two reactors at Belgium’s Tihange and Doel nuclear power stations. The organizers said that 50,000 … Continue reading →

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