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DOE awards UW-Madison engineers $5.6 million for future reactor technology via University of Wisconsin-Madison News

Posted on 2011/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program awarded five out of 51 grants nationwide to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the Department of Engineering Physics. In total, the DOE awarded $39 million in research grants aimed at developing … Continue reading →

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福島のつぶやきを集めたブログ／후쿠시마에 대한 사람들의 생각과 정보를 모아놓은 블로그

Posted on 2011/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

◇福島の放射能汚染は日本だけの関心ではなく、実際の放射能の広がりを考えると日本内外を問わず情報開示をしていくことは最優先課題の一つと考え、放射能の影響のツイートを集め韓国語に翻訳してあるブログをご紹介します。 ◇후쿠시마의 방사능오염은 일본만의 관심사안은 아닙니다. 실제로 방사능이 (공기의 이동에 따라) 확산되는 점에 대해 생각해 본다면 일본국내외를 막론하고 정보를 열어둬야 하는 일은 최우선 과제 중 하나일 것입니다. 여기에 방사능 영향에 관한 트윗을 모아 한국어로 번역해 놓고 있는 한 블로그를 소개합니다. … Continue reading →

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ISU launches new nuclear program via Idaho State Journal

Posted on 2011/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 1:06 amBy John O’Connell  POCATELLO — A new program at Idaho State University aims to inject new blood into the nuclear industry’s aging workforce. Within the next five to seven years, 49 percent of the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Teacher Muzzled on Radiation Risks for School Children via San Francisco Chronicle

Posted on 2011/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

July 29 (Bloomberg) — As temperatures soared to 100 degrees Fahrenheit on a recent July morning, school children in Fukushima prefecture were taking off their masks and running around playgrounds in T-shirts, exposing them to a similar amount of annual … Continue reading →

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Is MIT Afraid to Debate Nuclear Report? via Huffpost Green

Posted on 2011/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Steve Kirsch Earlier this year, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) released a study entitled “The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.” The key recommendations of that study have been called into question by a group of prominent nuclear and climate … Continue reading →

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‘Safety myth’ instilled in primary school children via Japan Press Weekly

Posted on 2011/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A national budget of 6 billion yen or so is used every year to promote nuclear power generation through publicity and education activities. Major advertising agencies such as Dentsu Inc., Hakuhodo Inc., and newspapers such as Sankei Shimbun cooperate with … Continue reading →

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Six Decades of Atom-Smashing at NC State via Raleigh Public Record

Posted on 2011/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Fraser Sherman July 27, 2011 Raleigh’s “First Temple of the Atom” sprang a leak in July. North Carolina State University’s nuclear reactor made the national news when the university announced the pool cooling the reactor core had begun leaking. … Continue reading →

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ASU to host nuclear power plant workforce development workshop via Fox 31 online

Posted on 2011/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by FOX 31 News Team Posted: 07.22.2011 at 5:55 PM Workshop is preparing higher education faculty members for teaching courses aimed at nuclear power plant workforce development and greater participation in federal funding opportunities ALBANY, GA — During the week … Continue reading →

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“Let Us At Least Return to Autumn 1945” by Norma Field, the University of Chicago

Posted on 2011/04/05 by Masaki C.

Jonathan Cole, former provost of Columbia University and author of The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its National Role, and Why It Must Be Protected (2010), recently extolled the University of Chicago, where I work, as preeminently representing … Continue reading →

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“A Request for Help from Mayors for Peace” by Steven Leeper Chairperson, Hiroshima Peace Culture Institute

Posted on 2011/04/04 by Masaki C.

I write today to ask for help from the Association of Asian Studies in the struggle to liberate the human family from the threat of nuclear annihilation. The issue of nuclear weapons may, at first glance, appear beyond the scope … Continue reading →

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