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Andreyeva Bay gears up to send away more old nuclear fuel via Bellona

Posted on 2017/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The second bundle of 22,000 spent nuclear fuel rods are set to leave the submarine maintenance base of Andreyeva Bay as part of an ongoing effort to secure Cold War radioactive hazards lurking near the Russian-Norwegian border, a Russian official … Continue reading →

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EU to lift import curbs on rice from Fukushima, more deals likely via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The European Commission is set to relax import restrictions on rice from Fukushima Prefecture that were imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster, sources said. […] In addition to rice from Fukushima Prefecture, the EU is expected to remove restrictions on … Continue reading →

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EU parliament opposes bid to reduce testing of Fukushima food imports via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

STRASBOURG, FRANCE – The European Parliament on Wednesday warned against easing health controls imposed on food products imported from the Fukushima region in the wake of the nuclear meltdowns of 2011. The checks were imposed on food from the area … Continue reading →

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MEPs to raise alarm on Fukushima food imports via euobserver

Posted on 2017/09/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Members of the European Parliament’s food safety committee will vote on a text on Thursday (7 September), raising the alarm over a European Commission proposal to partly relax controls on food imports from Fukushima, Japan, which suffered a nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

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EU looks at lifting import curbs on Fukushima rice, Tohoku marine products, wild vegetables: sources via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/07/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRUSSELS – The European Union is considering lifting an import restriction on rice produced in meltdown-hit Fukushima Prefecture as well as on wild vegetables and marine products from Japan, sources said Sunday. At present, the EU requires that radiation inspection certificates … Continue reading →

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Nuclear accountability curbed by EU politics and industry interests via EUObserver

Posted on 2017/07/03 by nfield

A meeting of the parties to the UN convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo) took place last week in Minsk, Belarus. Among other things, it helped to showcase the influence that politics and the nuclear industry … Continue reading →

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France to close some nuclear reactors, says ecology minister Hulot via Reuters

Posted on 2017/06/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French environment and energy minister Nicolas Hulot said on Monday that the government plans to close some nuclear reactors of state-controlled utility EDF to reduce nuclear’s share of the country’s power mix. He gave no indication of timing. Hulot told … Continue reading →

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‘Switzerland wanted its own atomic bomb’ via SwissInfo

Posted on 2017/06/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Rotzetter’s installation will be on show at Kunstmusem Luzernexternal link through August 20. The museum describes his work as “figurative, direct, rough, forceful. One thing they are not is beautiful. In the tradition of Bad Painting, the artist cultivates a shrill to gloomy … Continue reading →

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放射性物資の「ヨウ素131」、欧州全域で突然検出量が増加・発生源は不明 via NewsInWorld

Posted on 2017/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

半減期は8日の放射性物質のヨウ素131（Iodine-131）が先月から欧州全域で検出される状況となっていることが、フランス国営の放射線防護・原子力安全研究所（IRSN）の発表で明らかとなった。 このヨウ素131の発生源については不明となっているが、北欧かロシアで運営されている原発から漏れ出てきたものではなないかといった観測も生じている。 現状、欧州各国で検出されているヨウ素131の放射線量は、健康に影響を及ぼすレベルには達してはいないが、先週になってから突然、米空軍が運用している放射線検出用の専用機「WC-135」がイギリスのRAF Mildenhall基地に飛来してきたことが、theaviationist.comの記事で明らかとなっており、WC-135の欧州配備は、先月以来、欧州各国で検出されているヨウ素131と何らかの関係があるとの見方を誘っている。 続きは放射性物資の「ヨウ素131」、欧州全域で突然検出量が増加・発生源は不明 当サイト既出関連記事： Radiation surveillance detects iodine leak in Europe via Euractiv

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Radiation surveillance detects iodine leak in Europe via Euractiv

Posted on 2017/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nobody knows who released the substance, but radioactive iodine has been detected across Europe in recent weeks. EURACTIV’s partner Journal de l’Environnement reports. The technicians of Europe’s informal network of radioactivity surveillance experts, the Ring of Five, were the only … Continue reading →

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