Tag Archives: De/Contamination

Hot spots in the 5th Year over 20 μSvh in Fukushima City via D’un Renard

Posted on 2016/02/29 by norma field

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‘Nuclear Gypsies’ Risk Their Lives to Clean Up Fukushima via EcoWatch

Posted on 2015/12/28 by norma field

The Fukushima nuclear disaster happened more than four years ago and yet Japan is still reeling from the impacts and spending billions of dollars to clean up what photographers and filmmakers who’ve entered the so-called “no go zone” have described … Continue reading →

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Record 790,000 foreigners work in Japan, many tackling risky jobs via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/12/24 by norma field

[…] Official figures show that a record 790,000 foreign nationals are now working in Japan, but the Japan Civil Liberties Union estimates there are more than 1 million. According to the labor ministry, the number of working foreigners has increased … Continue reading →

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Radiation Survey Data Collection Mission in Fukushima Prefecture

Posted on 2015/10/26 by norma field
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Fukushima ghost town struggles back to life　via The Irish Times

Posted on 2015/10/16 by norma field

[…] Their town, once home to 7,800 people, has a new kindergarten, school and welfare centre where former nuclear evacuees can get counselling. All that’s missing are people: fewer than 200 residents have returned. Last month, Naraha became the first … Continue reading →

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Fukushima-area residents return home after 4½ years via CBC News

Posted on 2015/09/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radiation levels in northeast town of Naraha deemed safe following decontamination […] According to a government survey, however, 53 per cent of the evacuees from Naraha, which is 20 kilometres south of the nuclear plant, say they’re either not ready … Continue reading →

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Four years on from nuclear disaster, Fukushima workers get own rest area via Reuters

Posted on 2015/06/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Tokyo Electric has been widely criticised for its treatment of workers and handling of the cleanup, which is expected to take decades. A Reuters investigation in 2013 found widespread labour abuses, including workers who said their pay was skimmed … Continue reading →

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After 4 years, Fukushima nuclear cleanup remains daunting, vast via the Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2015/03/12 by norma field

[…] The scale and complexity of what Japan is trying to do in the aftermath of the 2011 meltdown at Fukushima is mind-boggling. Decontamination plans are being executed for 105 cities, towns and villages affected by the accident at Fukusima … Continue reading →

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Tohoku Electric Power kicks up a stink about art display at publicity hall via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/10/14 by norma field

SENDAI–A solitary bulging black sandbag, a sprinkling of dirt on a solar panel and a dosimeter: As art installations go, the work on display at a venue here smacked more of a statement than anything else. And it got the … Continue reading →

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TEPCO to Scrap Areva Decontamination Device at Fukushima N-Plant via Jiji.com

Posted on 2014/08/11 by norma field

Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday that it will scrap decontamination equipment made by Areva SA of France that was used for treating water contaminated with radioactive materials at its Fukushima No. 1 plant for some … Continue reading →

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