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#461 – Chernobyl Fire, Chernobyl Anniversary, Covid19/Nuclear: Author Kate Brown, Timothy Mousseau via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2020/04/22 by nfield

Podcast: Download This Week’s Featured Interviews: Kate Brown is the author of Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future. She is an historian of environmental and nuclear history at MIT and the author of Plutopia, which won seven major awards. Her research … Continue reading →

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New rules for nuclear plant workers: 12-hour days for two weeks straight via Crain’s Chicago Business

Posted on 2020/04/20 by nfield

Exelon Corp., operator of the biggest U.S. nuclear fleet, says the move allows for “healthy workers to remain on site for more hours, reducing the need to bring in outside travelers and vendors.” […] The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is already … Continue reading →

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In its coronavirus response, Japan must not repeat the mistakes of its handling of the Fukushima nuclear disaster via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2020/04/17 by nfield

At root, the Japanese government has not approached the current pandemic as an epidemiological crisis. Instead, it has sought to manage it as an economic crisis and as a perilous public relations liability for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government. This … Continue reading →

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Worker infection halts anti-terror project at Genkai nuclear plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2020/04/16 by nfield

[…] Kyushu Electric Power Co. suspended work to build an anti-terrorism facility at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture after a worker there tested positive for the novel coronavirus on April 14. The infected construction worker was involved … Continue reading →

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Virus another setback for typhoon-hit areas　via Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Posted on 2020/04/16 by nfield

TOKYO >> The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 has dealt an additional blow to areas in eastern Japan that were devastated by Typhoon Hagibis in October. Six months have passed since the typhoon struck, but local economies are unable to recover … Continue reading →

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South Jersey nuclear plant ready to refuel while following virus containment rules via KYW Newsradio 1060

Posted on 2020/04/13 by nfield

DAVID MADDEN APRIL 13, 2020 – 4:00 AM LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — The Limerick nuclear plant in Montgomery County isn’t the only one in our region being refueled as we proceed through the COVID-19 pandemic. Another plant in … Continue reading →

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Sailors running nuclear reactors were first to catch coronavirus on aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt　via Business Insider

Posted on 2020/04/13 by nfield

Ryan Pickrell Apr 12, 2020, 9:29 PM The first US Navy sailors to fall ill aboard the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt were those running the nuclear reactors, The New York Times reported Sunday evening. The Navy first announced that three crew … Continue reading →

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Protective gear shortage hits Fukushima workers via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2020/04/06 by nfield

The shortage of protective gear caused by the coronavirus pandemic has hit the workers at the meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, where they’ve needed them daily for years to guard against radiation. Shipments temporarily stopped coming in, although … Continue reading →

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Cleanup of U.S. nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreads via Texarkana Gazette

Posted on 2020/04/05 by nfield

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. government’s efforts to clean up Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has lumbered along for decades, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say … Continue reading →

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US allowing longer shifts at nuclear plants in pandemic via Pantagraph

Posted on 2020/04/05 by nfield

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. nuclear plants will be allowed to keep workers on longer shifts to deal with staffing problems in the coronavirus pandemic, raising worries among watchdogs and some families living near reactors that employee exhaustion will increase the … Continue reading →

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