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Reflections in Fukushima: The Fukushima Daiichi Accident Seven Years On via Greenpeace

Posted on 2018/03/01 by nfield

Seven years after the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and one year after the Japanese government lifted evacuation orders in areas of Namie and Iitate, radiation levels remain too high for the safe return of thousands of Japanese … Continue reading →

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Should the public be allowed to see the radio-contamination map ? via Fukushima 311 Voices

Posted on 2018/01/31 by nfield

We are publishing the most recent map of the soil contamination made by the “Fukuichi area environmental radiation monitoring project“.   「ふくいち周辺環境放射線モニタリングプロジェクト」作成の最新の土壌汚染マップをアップいたします。 We are publishing the most recent map of the soil contamination made by the “Fukuichi area environmental radiation … Continue reading →

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Update: Radioactive particles found on cars. Hanford workers may have driven 2 home via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/12/19 by nfield

By Annette Cary Specks of radioactive contamination have been found on eight cars or other vehicles that were parked at the Hanford nuclear reservation’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. Two of the vehicles may have been contaminated before they were driven home … Continue reading →

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Proposed Rocky Flats Visitor’s Center Renews Debate Over What To Do With Former Nuclear Site via KUNC

Posted on 2017/08/20 by nfield

Building a visitor center at a wildlife refuge doesn’t sound controversial. But when that refuge is on the site of the security buffer zone of a former nuclear weapons facility, it gets complicated quickly. Unless a federal court intervenes, a … Continue reading →

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Radiocesium Transfer in Forest Insect Communities after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident via Plos

Posted on 2017/01/27 by nfield

The forest ecosystems of Fukushima and its adjacent prefectures were severely contaminated with radionuclides after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on 11 March 2011 [1,2]. For decades to come, the most biologically important radionuclide will be radiocesium … Continue reading →

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Aircraft carrier to get post-Fukushima decontamination via Marine Log

Posted on 2016/07/26 by norma field

JULY 25, 2016 – Earlier this year, defense media reported Navy officials as saying that 16 ships remained contaminated with low levels of radiation five years after taking in part in relief efforts following Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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Consumers deserve ‘pause’ in FPL’s nuclear plant recovery costs via the Miami Herald

Posted on 2016/05/29 by norma field

Given a string of setbacks regarding FPL’s plans to expand the nuclear energy plant at Turkey Point, the recent disclosure that it plans to delay construction for up to four years is a victory for common sense and for critics … Continue reading →

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Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than previously thought via the guardian

Posted on 2013/09/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Operator of Japanese nuclear power plant claims there has been no leak but has yet to discover cause of radiation spike Radiation levels 18 times higher than previously reported have been found near a water storage tank at the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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[audio] Small risk of major fish contamination from Fukushima leak via abc radio

Posted on 2013/08/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese authorities estimate that 300 tonnes of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant has been pouring into the Pacific Ocean every day for up to two years. […] BUESSELER: Well, you say it’s not under control and they also … Continue reading →

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GE-Hitachi could take over Paducah uranium plant via courier-journal.com

Posted on 2013/02/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PADUCAH, KY. — GE-Hitachi has submitted a proposal for the beleaguered Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant that could help preserve many of the 1,200 jobs there. The nuclear reprocessing plant had been scheduled to close last year, but a deal reached … Continue reading →

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