Tag Archives: De/Contamination

Fukushima towns look set to bite on new offer of more money for storage facilities　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/08/11 by norma field

The central government has offered to double the amount of grants to be paid if local municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture accept the construction of temporary storage facilities for radioactive debris produced by the 2011 nuclear accident. […] “In the end, … Continue reading →

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Debris cleanup at Fukushima reactor may have contaminated rice crops via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/07/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Radioactive cesium exceeding the government limit of 100 becquerels per kilogram was detected in rice crops from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, last year, including areas located more than 20 km from the crippled nuclear plant. Farm ministry officials said they … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s radioactive soil sparks fights, exposes the enormity and hopelessness of clean-up task via Straight.com

Posted on 2014/07/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Soil would fill how many B.C. Places? In the months after the 2011 earthquake-and-tsunami catastrophe, environment ministry experts estimated that the amount of radioactive topsoil from parts of four surrounding prefectures that would have to be “decontaminated” and stored … Continue reading →

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FUKUSHIMA RETURN: AT NUCLEAR SITE, HOW SAFE IS “SAFE”? via National Geographic (Fukushima Update)

Posted on 2014/04/03 by norma field

Before the residents were allowed to return this week, an extensive cleanup was undertaken in the Miyakoji district. […] Even so, the radiation that remains at Miyakoji is still probably much higher than what it was before the accident, according … Continue reading →

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As I See It: Tips for residents negotiating with gov’t on 3.11-related issues via Mainichi

Posted on 2014/03/19 by norma field

The Fukushima prefectural city of Tamura’s Miyakoji district will be the first of the prefecture’s 11 municipalities to have its government-issued evacuation order lifted, allowing residents who fled after the outbreak of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster … Continue reading →

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Tepco halts ALPS water cleanup system at Fukushima nuke plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/03/18 by norma field

Tokyo Electric Power Co. halted the operations of all three advanced radioactive water cleanup systems, collectively called Advanced Liquid Processing System, or ALPS, at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on Tuesday. Tepco made the decision after it found that … Continue reading →

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NEARLY 70% OF DECONTAMINATION FIRMS STILL VIOLATING LABOR LAWS IN FUKUSHIMA via Enformable

Posted on 2014/03/18 by norma field

According to labor officials in Fukushima Prefecture, nearly 70% of the companies hired to conduct decontamination work after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster have been found to be in violation of multiple labor laws. In July 2013, the Fukushima Labor … Continue reading →

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Decon or Con? How is remediation being managed, and how effective is it? via Safecast

Posted on 2013/12/10 by norma field

HOW EFFECTIVE IS DECONTAMINATION ANYWAY? Does the Japanese government have a clear plan for decontaminating Fukushima Prefecture? Are the aims they’ve stated really feasible? Is anyone really able to keep track of the changing standards and guidelines? Lately the ministries … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s hidden impacts via Greenpeace

Posted on 2013/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

I’m back in the radioactively contaminated areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, for the 4th time since the nuclear disaster in March 2011. Once again it’s surreal. I’ve measured radiation levels that are clearly too high .  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Mission Impossible. What Future Fukushima? via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/09/30 by norma field

By David McNeill and Miguel Quintana Across much of Fukushima’s rolling green countryside they descend on homes like antibodies around a virus, men wielding low-tech tools against a very modern enemy: radiation. Power hoses, shovels and mechanical diggers are used … Continue reading →

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