Tag Archives: Fukushima

The Antidote to Oliver Stone: “Fukushima Disaster:  The Hidden Side of the Story” via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2023/05/03 by nfield

The Antidote to Oliver Stone: “Fukushima Disaster: The Hidden Side of the Story” New Film by Philippe Carillo NH #619  CLICK HERE to download This Week’s Episode #619 This Week’s Featured Interview:   Filmmaker Philippe Carillo busts the myths of nuclear reactor safety in … Continue reading →

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Fukushima at 12 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2023/03/07 by nfield

NH #611: SPECIAL – Fukushima at 12: Voices from Japan – On the Ground w/Beverly Findlay Kaneko Nuclear Hotseat NH #611: SPECIAL – Fukushima at 12: Voices from Japan – On the Ground w/Beverly Findlay Kaneko Nuclear Hotseat NH #611: … Continue reading →

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Fukushima plant head: Too early to predict decommissioning via The Mainichi

Posted on 2023/03/05 by nfield

[…] “Going forward, we have to face unconceivably difficult work such as retrieving the melted debris” from inside the reactors, said Ono, who heads the plant and is president of Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination & Decommissioning Engineering Co. Earlier this year, … Continue reading →

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Rockfish Caught off Fukushima Still Exceeds Radioactivity Limits via Maritime Executive

Posted on 2022/07/31 by nfield

PUBLISHED FEB 8, 2022 3:00 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE Radiation continues to plague local fisheries near Fukushima, Japan, a decade after a massive earthquake caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. On Tuesday, Japanese health officials said … Continue reading →

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Cancer patients forced to testify anonymously in Fukushima nuclear disaster case　via The Telegraph

Posted on 2022/05/29 by nfield

ByJulian Ryall TOKYO A court in Japan this week began hearings against the operator of a Fukushima power plant over cases of thyroid cancer in children allegedly linked to the 2011 nuclear disaster. […] The people – all aged between 6 and 16 at … Continue reading →

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‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents via The New York Times

Posted on 2022/05/20 by nfield

Serhii Plokhy writes about Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and other disasters, and about the common impulse among governments “to hide information and, later, to spin or distort it.” By Jennifer Szalai ATOMS AND ASHESA Global History of Nuclear DisastersBy Serhii PlokhyIllustrated. … Continue reading →

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Unpublished Data Show High Concentrations of Iodine-132 in Foods after the Nuclear Accident—Fukushima Prefecture via OurPlanet-TV

Posted on 2022/04/28 by nfield

OurPlanet-TV has obtained unpublished food data of Fukushima Prefecture from March 19, 2011, following the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. According to these data, 48,000 becquerels per kilogram (bq/kg) of radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) had … Continue reading →

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A Message from Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto下本節子さん証言via Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

Posted on 2022/03/26 by nfield

A Message from Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto is originally from Muroto, a fishing village in Kochi, Japan. In the 1950s, Setsuko’s father was a fisherman who was exposed to the radioactive fallout from the nuclear testing near the … Continue reading →

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The Russian takeover of the defunct Chernobyl site challenges the ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’ branding of nuclear energy via The Conversation

Posted on 2022/03/24 by nfield

At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility. […] According to the statement, the fires now cover an area ten times larger than the emergency … Continue reading →

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Years without forestry education as Fukushima decontamination falls short via Japan Times

Posted on 2022/03/16 by nfield

The March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant caused serious damage to forests in the surrounding areas. Even now, 11 years after the accident, little has been done to decontaminate them. In some areas, projects are … Continue reading →

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