Tag Archives: De/Contamination

Japan ponders using decontaminated Fukushima soil as landfill via Digital Journal

Posted on 2017/04/11 by nfield

Tokyo – An advisory panel of Japan’s Environmental Ministry proposed on Monday that decontaminated soil from Fukushima Prefecture could be used as landfill for the creation of “green areas.” At a meeting of the advisory panel today, the ministry also … Continue reading →

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Cabinet OKs bill to let Tepco tap state funds for decontamination, bullying measures via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/02/10 by nfield

[…] The Cabinet hopes the bill to amend a special law on Fukushima reconstruction will be passed during the current Diet session. The bill also contains measures to prevent the bullying of children who fled the prefecture. Under the bill, … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Trucks Spreading Unmeasurable Amount of Radiation　via Nuclear News

Posted on 2016/12/29 by nfield

In Yamada, Futaba District, Fukushima, trucks carrying waste after decontamination work, go by spreading unmeasurable amount of radiation. The Geiger counter hits 9.99 microSv/h which is its limit!   Read and view images.

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Public funds earmarked to decontaminate Fukushima’s ‘difficult-to-return’ zone via The Mainichi

Posted on 2016/12/19 by nfield

The government is set to inject some 30 billion yen in public funds into work to decontaminate so-called “difficult-to-return” areas whose annual radiation levels topped 50 millisieverts in 2012 due to the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster, it … Continue reading →

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Fukushima railway decontamination waste to total 300,000 cubic meters　via Nuclear-News

Posted on 2016/09/11 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA – An estimated 300,000 cubic meters of waste will be generated as a result of radioactive decontamination work in a suspended section of East Japan Railway Co.’s Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture, Jiji Press learned Saturday. Decontamination work is … Continue reading →

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Public cost of Fukushima nuclear accident cleanup topped ¥4.2 trillion as of end of March via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/08/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The public cost of dealing with the aftermath of the March 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s stricken Fukushima No. 1 plant topped ¥4.2 trillion by the end of fiscal 2015, it was learned Sunday. The … Continue reading →

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Deposition of radiocesium on the river flood plains around Fukushima via the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Posted on 2016/07/14 by norma field

Abstract The environment in the area around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been contaminated by widely deposited significant amount of radioactive materials, which were released to the atmosphere caused by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident due to … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima nuclear disaster is ongoing via the Journal of Clinical Investigation

Posted on 2016/05/25 by norma field

By Andrew R. Marks […] During the entire afternoon of driving through the region not a single sign warning of the potential dangers of radioactive contamination was observed in any language other than Japanese. There was no security at most … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Special Report: Where mountains and forests cannot be decontaminated via The Straits Times

Posted on 2016/03/28 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN – Up to 20,000 workers have been toiling to decontaminate towns and villages to clear the way for evacuated residents to return following the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. In head-to-toe protective gear, their primary task is removing by … Continue reading →

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In Japan, nowhere to go for contaminated soil via The Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2016/03/07 by norma field

The Japan News/Yomiuri IITATE, Japan – Piles of black bags sit in what used to be farmland in the Hiso district of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, as if to block the sunlight coming through the clouds. The bags contain contaminated soil … Continue reading →

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