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Fallout over Fukushima fallout papers continues as two are retracted via Retraction Watch

Posted on 2020/09/15 by nfield

20200804 A radiology journal has retracted two papers about the fallout from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan over concerns that the researchers used “ethically inappropriate data” from the people they studied.  The articles, which appeared in the Journal of Radiological Protection in … Continue reading →

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女川町議会　女川原発2号機の早期再稼働求める意見書提出　避難計画の実効性高める国道398号バイパスの整備要求も via KHB東日本放送

Posted on 2020/09/14 by nfield

[…] 議会最終日の14日町議会は、再稼働が町の発展と地域経済の活性化につながることから多くの町民が望んでいるとし、再稼働の速やかな実現を求める意見書をとりまとめました。 これに加え、再稼働をめぐる議論で問題となった避難計画の実行性を上げるため、国道398号石巻バイパスの整備を求めた意見書についても審議し、全会一致で可決しました。 この道路は女川町内と三陸自動車道の石巻女川インターを結ぶもので、全長10・8キロのうち女川町側の4・7キロは未着工のままです。 この意見書は道路を管理する県と国に対して提出されます。 再稼働をめぐっては今後、石巻市議会や県議会の判断に加え、女川町長や石巻市長、村井知事の判断が焦点になります。 全文と動画

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オンラインセミナー：10年目の福島 ― 原発事故を見つめ直す・Sep 12th Webinar : 10 years after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster – Listening to the Unheard　via FoE Japan

Posted on 2020/09/14 by nfield

FoE Japan September 12 at 5:43 AM ·  オンラインセミナー：10年目の福島 ― 原発事故を見つめ直す 2011年3月11日に発生した東日本大震災とそれに続く東電福島第一原発事故から9年半。事故は、自然のめぐみとともにあった人々の暮らし、生きがいやコミュニティ、家族との大切な時間を人々から奪いました。事故は今も多くの人に影響をあたえており、収束は見通せません。　一方で、「復興」のかけ声のもとに、今も続く事故の現状や原発の問題点が「見えない化」され、健康被害や不安を口にできない空気が醸成されています。　今回の国際セミナーでは、三春町在住の武藤類子さんや福島市在住のお母さんにご登壇いただき、原発事故被害の現状についてお話を伺います。https://www.foejapan.org/energy/fukushima/200912.html Next year marks 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 and the subsequent nuclear accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The accident … 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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A Karaoke Bar Is Helping A Japanese Town Come Back To Life After Fukushima Disaster via NPR

Posted on 2020/09/13 by nfield

By Kat Lansdorf MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, the town of Namie in Fukushima, Japan, was once home to more than 20,000 people. But in 2011, one of the worst nuclear disasters the world had ever seen happened just … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power As an Environmental Justice Issue via NEIS

Posted on 2020/09/13 by nfield
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In Rural Fukushima, ‘The Border Between Monkeys And Humans Has Blurred via NPR

Posted on 2020/09/10 by nfield

Shuichi Kanno rips tape off the top of a large cardboard box at his house in the mountains in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. He opens the box and rustles around to pull out pack after pack of long, thin Roman … Continue reading →

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After 2011 Disaster, Fukushima Embraced Solar Power. The Rest Of Japan Has Not via NPR

Posted on 2020/09/09 by nfield

By Kat Lansdorf Atop a small hill on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu sits a small solar farm with big, broad panels lined up in rows, tilting to catch the sun. Lush vegetation creeps over the edges of the … Continue reading →

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Corruption scandals expose nuclear industry for what it is via Augusta Free Press

Posted on 2020/09/09 by nfield

By Tim Judson, David Kraft and Pat Marida Proponents of nuclear energy like to present it as a cutting-edge technology that would save us from climate disaster. But recent corruption scandals in Ohio and Illinois have shown the nuclear industry … Continue reading →

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Shutdown of Iowa’s only nuclear power plant will mean less cancer via Des Moines Register

Posted on 2020/09/09 by nfield

By Joseph Mangano The Duane Arnold shutdown, at a time when safe, renewable wind power is growing rapidly, means a healthier future for Iowans. The derecho that slammed Iowa on Aug. 10 damaged the Duane Arnold nuclear reactor near Cedar … Continue reading →

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