Tag Archives: Fukushima

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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The vulnerability of nuclear plants during military conflict:Lessons from Fukushima Daiichi Focus on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine via Greenpeace International

Posted on 2022/03/03 by nfield

2 March 2022 Briefing -Greenpeace International by Jan Vande Putte (radiation protection advisor & nuclear campaigner for Greenpeace East Asia & Greenpeace Belgium) and Shaun Burnie (senior nuclear specialist, Greenpeace East Asia) […] Nuclear power plants are some of the … Continue reading →

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Learning material about the nuclear disaster and TPNW

Posted on 2022/02/21 by nfield

Supplementary material (English PDF) ビキニ教材資料 (Japanese PDF)

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IAEA reviews water release from damaged Japan nuclear plant via AP

Posted on 2022/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday began its review of Japan’s plan to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked … Continue reading →

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[In Memoriam] Yayoi Hitomi’s Message to the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World/[追悼]人見やよいさん　核なき世界を目指すマンハッタン計画へのメッセージ

Posted on 2021/10/03 by nfield

It is with deep sadness that we learned of Yayoi Hitomi’s death on September 27, 2021. 2021年9月27日、人見やよいさんのご逝去を悼みます。

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Protect Our Ocean via Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

Posted on 2021/10/01 by nfield

PROTECT OUR OCEANRally & March in NYCOctober 2, 2021 • 11AM • Saturday March start at Bryant Park, 6th Ave & 41st St @ 11AMRally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 1st Ave & 47th St @ Noon Japan has plans to … Continue reading →

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Untangling radiocesium dynamics of forest-stream ecosystems: A review of Fukushima studies in the decade after the accident　via Environmental Pollution

Posted on 2021/08/27 by nfield

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117744Get rights and content Highlights •Various material flows in forest-stream ecosystems cause radiocesium migrations. •Studies in forest-stream ecosystems after the Fukushima accident were reviewed. •Radiocesium accumulates in organic forest soils and depositional stream environments. •Integrating biotic and abiotic processes are … Continue reading →

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Radioactive snakes may monitor Fukushima fallout via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/08/23 by nfield

[…] “Because snakes don’t move that much, and they spend their time in one particular local area, the level of radiation and contaminants in the environment is reflected by the level of contaminants in the snake itself,” Hannah Gerke, a … Continue reading →

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Suga abandons appeal of ‘black rain’ hibakusha lawsuit via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2021/07/30 by nfield

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga broke with the consensus among ministry officials when he decided on July 26 to immediately grant relief to all 84 plaintiffs involved in a lawsuit regarding recognition as atomic bomb survivors. The plaintiffs sought to be recognized … Continue reading →

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In shadow of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, the Olympic message of ‘recovery’ rings hollow via Washington Post

Posted on 2021/07/29 by nfield

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  and Julia Mio Inuma  […] They collected soil samples to measure radioactivity and developed their own method of decontamination from the fallout of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, destroyed after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in … Continue reading →

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