Tag Archives: Fukushima

CJFC brings indie Japanese films to the midwest via Reader

Posted on 2021/05/25 by kojimaaiko

The Chicago Japan Film Collective highlights the country’s lesser-known cinematic works. “This is a wish come true,” says Yuki Sakamoto, cofounder of the Chicago Japan Film Collective (CJFC), the first-ever Japanese film festival held in Chicago. The festival runs from … Continue reading →

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Kate Brown : « Nous n’avons tiré aucune leçon de Tchernobyl »　via AOC

Posted on 2021/04/12 by nfield

Par Raphael Bourgois Dans sa version originale, le nouvel ouvrage de Kate Brown, Tchernobyl par la preuve : vivre avec le désastre et après (paru en mars aux éditions Actes Sud), s’intitule Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2019), un manuel et … Continue reading →

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New type of fallout from Fukushima Daiichi found a decade after nuclear disaster via Physics World

Posted on 2021/03/29 by nfield

[…] Breaching sea defences, the water from the wave shut down emergency generators that were cooling the reactor cores. The result was a series of nuclear meltdowns and hydrogen explosions that released a large amount of radioactive material into the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Group Looks to US Town for Clues to Revival via NHK World

Posted on 2021/02/27 by nfield

Hoping to revitalize an earthquake-hit community in Fukushima Prefecture, a new local organization is looking to a similar initiative in the US for clues to its success. Watch video.

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Des chercheurs sur le nucléaire s’inquiètent après le licenciement d’une spécialiste de Fukushima via Le Monde

Posted on 2021/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

L’Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (IRSN) dément fermement avoir renvoyé la sociologue Christine Fassert en raison des résultats de ses travaux.  Par Perrine Mouterde L’indépendance des recherches en sciences sociales sur le nucléaire est-elle fragilisée ? Après le licenciement de … Continue reading →

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Temporal variations of 90Sr and 137Cs in atmospheric depositions after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident with long-term observations via Scientific Reports

Posted on 2020/12/17 by nfield

Takeshi Kinase,  Kouji Adachi,  Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama,  Mizuo Kajino,  Yuji Zaizen &  Yasuhito Igarashi  Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 21627 (2020)  Abstract We have measured artificial radionuclides, such as 90Sr and 137Cs, in atmospheric depositions since 1957 in Japan. We observed the variations in 90Sr and 137Cs, which were … Continue reading →

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Local despair over Fukushima’s radioactive mushrooms via NHK World Japan

Posted on 2020/12/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yabe Makiko An autumnal delight that used to attract tourists to Fukushima Prefecture still grows in the region’s mountains and forests, but these ones are forbidden to eat. Wild mushrooms continue to record high levels of cesium almost a decade since the … Continue reading →

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From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Japan and its nuclear nightmare via Asianews.it

Posted on 2020/11/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Susanna Marino and Stefano Vecchia wrote a book on the topic that was released recently. The “atomic bombs dropped 75 years ago are a ghost that haunts above all the minds of the Japanese, but also of all humanity”. The … Continue reading →

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‘Brutal Truth’: Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Threatens Life Worldwide, Warns Environmental Journo via Sputnik

Posted on 2020/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Mohamed Elmaazi Sputnik: The Japanese government appears to have decided that they are going to dump radioactive waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Haven’t they already been doing this since the 2011 nuclear accident? Robert Hunziker: Since … Continue reading →

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A Body in Fukushima via Eiko and Koma

Posted on 2020/11/09 by nfield
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