Tag Archives: Fukushima nuclear disaster

Disaster-Born Safety Rules Topple With Others in Trump Rollback via Bloomberg

Posted on 2019/11/23 by nfield

[…] Trump’s professed goal of rolling back “job-killing” regulations has led to weakening mandates proposed or enacted after three of the worst industrial accidents of the last decade: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the … Continue reading →

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Watchdog to restart probe into Fukushima nuclear accident via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/09/07 by nfield

By Toshio Kawada The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) plans to restart its investigation into the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant now that radiation levels have dropped at the site. The NRA judged that investigators will … Continue reading →

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Japanese government to send staff to disaster-hit Fukushima towns to help restart farming production via Japan Times

Posted on 2019/09/03 by nfield

The agriculture ministry said Tuesday it will send officials to 12 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture that were hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster to help farmers there resume agricultural production. From April 2020, one official will be stationed in each … Continue reading →

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To Hiroko Aihara, who spoke of Three Mile Island as a 40-year vision … via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2019/06/01 by nfield

Nuclear Hotseat 407 (53:27-57:30) To Hiroko Aihara, who spoke of Three Mile Island as a 40-year vision of what’s to come for the people of Japan whose lives were so devastated by Fukushima, here’s what I would like to say: … Continue reading →

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