Tag Archives: anti-nuclear

From Chernobyl to Fukushima via You Tube

Posted on 2013/07/24 by kojimaaiko

Dave Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service, is joined by Irene Zabytko, a Chicago-born author and documentarian and Dr. Norma Field, Professor Emerita of Japanese Studies, Univ. of Chicago. They discuss the impact of the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters then and … Continue reading →

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Actor Yamamoto, ex-wrestler Inoki win via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/07/21 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Actor and anti-nuclear activist Taro Yamamoto and ex-wrestling star Antonio Inoki both won seats in Sunday’s Upper House contest, early returns showed. Yamamoto, 38, who ran as an independent in the Tokyo constituency, appeared set to enter the upper chamber … Continue reading →

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The fall of German nuclear power via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2013/07/17 by norma field

By John Mecklin Although made in the wake of the 2011 disasters at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Germany’s decision to phase out its nuclear power industry has deep historical roots. After a building permit was issued in 1976, … Continue reading →

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Protests force China to nix plan for $ 6 billion nuke plant via the Economic Times

Posted on 2013/07/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BEIJING: China’s ambitious plans to expand its nuclear power industry suffered a major setback as the government cancelled plans to build a $ 6 billion atomic fuel processing plant in southern Guangdong Province following rare public protests over the project’s … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant via Reuters

Posted on 2013/07/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Around 30 Greenpeace activists climbed fences to break into an EDF nuclear power plant in southern France at dawn on Monday, saying they wanted to expose security flaws and demand its closure. The activists, dressed in red, said … Continue reading →

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Nuclear facility in southern China canceled following protests via Kyodo news

Posted on 2013/07/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chinese authorities have canceled the construction of a nuclear fuel processing plant in the southern city of Jiangmen following massive protests against the project, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. More than 1,000 people took part in a protest … Continue reading →

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AAA 2013 Roundtable, Narrating the Nuclear: Anthropologists and Others Engage with the Atomic Era

Posted on 2013/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

November 24 Hilton Hotel, Downtown Chicago, Grand Ballroom Part I “Nuclear Weaponry”: 8:00am-9:45am, As part of AAA Executive Program Committee (executive session) Part II: “Nuclear Energy”: 10:15am-12:00pm, As part of Society for East Asian Anthropology (invited session) Organizers: Mark Auslander(Central … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Plant Operator Intends to Restart Reactors Elsewhere via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/07/03 by kojimaaiko

[…] The Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as Tepco, said it would soon apply to restart two of the seven reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, the world’s biggest nuclear power station by capacity. That plant, about 140 miles northeast of … Continue reading →

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Niigata governor blasts TEPCO for applying for screening to reactivate nuclear plant via The Mainichi

Posted on 2013/07/03 by kojimaaiko

NIIGATA — Gov. Hirohiko Izumida has bitterly criticized Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) for suggesting that it will apply for a safety inspection of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in the prefecture in a bid to reactivate the idled power … Continue reading →

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Protestas en Japón por la llegada de un barco con combustible nuclear via NTN24

Posted on 2013/06/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Decenas de manifestantes antinucleares protestaron este jueves contra la llegada a la central atómica de Takahama (centro del país) de un barco francés cargado de combustible para abastecer los reactores de la planta, en el primer envío de este tipo … Continue reading →

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