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Japan’s Fukushima Meltdowns (New Video): Much Still Unknown 10 Years Later via Fairewinds Energy Education

Maggie Gundersen, Editor […] As Fukushima Daichi Units One, Two, and Three were melting down, Nippon TV, the largest and flagship station of the Nippon Television Network System, dispatched television film crews to monitor the events as they unfolded. No one … Continue reading

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Explosion Hits Belgian Nuclear Power Station via Sputnik

The source said there was no threat of radioactive contamination following the explosion. An explosion hit the Doel nuclear power station in northern Belgium on Sunday, a spokesperson of Electrabel energy corporation that operates Doel said, adding the personnel were not injured. The … Continue reading

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Rising Tritium Could Trigger Huge Fukushima Blasts via rense.com

By Yoichi Shimatsu YOTSUKURA, FUKUSHIMA ­ The rising level of tritium measured in kelp samples south of the Fukushima 1 nuclear site is an indicator of intensifying nuclear reactions deep in the soil below the cracked reactors. Following the meltdowns … Continue reading

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Nuclear board warns of Hanford tank explosion risk via King5.com

YAKIMA, Wash. — Underground tanks that hold a stew of toxic, radioactive waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site pose a possible risk of explosion, a nuclear safety board said in advance of confirmation hearings for the next leader … Continue reading

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NISA told Tepco to delay reporting looming explosion via The Japan Times

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency ordered Tepco in March 2011 to delay announcing that the pressure level in one of the Fukushima No. 1 plant’s wrecked reactors was spiking to critical levels, teleconference footage released by the utility shows. … Continue reading

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