Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

Japan PM seeks overseas help on Fukushima nuclear plant via The Sydney Morning Herald

Posted on 2013/10/06 by norma field

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, with leaks and mishaps reported almost daily. Abe made the comments in a speech at … Continue reading →

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Radioactive cesium found in children’s urine samples near Tokyo via Arirang News

Posted on 2013/10/03 by norma field

This is a school 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, in a city called Moriya. A local citizens’ group recently carried out examinations on 85 children under the age of 18 and found out that 58 of them, or 70 percent … Continue reading →

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Arnie discusses Fukushima Daiichi on WBAI’s Morning with Michael via Fairewinds

Posted on 2013/10/03 by norma field

Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Chief Engineer: We’re constantly frustrated — We have scientists contacting us, doctors contacting us, telling us that their patients are suffering from radiation induced injuries, or they’re noticing deformities in animals and plants, but yet the Japanese … Continue reading →

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PCB waste from US military sites will be disposed in Fukushima via Japan Press Weekly

Posted on 2013/10/02 by norma field

Highly toxic PCB waste from former U.S. military facilities in Okinawa will be disposed of in the 3.11 disaster-hit prefecture of Fukushima, Akahata reported on September 23. Citizens are raising voices of protest against the plan. On behalf of the … Continue reading →

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South Korean minister calls Japan ‘immoral’ for covering up Fukushima leaks via Japan Daily Press

Posted on 2013/10/02 by norma field

Short of calling the Japanese government a liar, South Korea’s fisheries minister strongly blasted Japan on Monday for trying to downplay and cover up the now high-profile contaminated water leaks at the disaster stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Yoon Jin-sook, … Continue reading →

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Mission Impossible. What Future Fukushima? via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/09/30 by norma field

By David McNeill and Miguel Quintana Across much of Fukushima’s rolling green countryside they descend on homes like antibodies around a virus, men wielding low-tech tools against a very modern enemy: radiation. Power hoses, shovels and mechanical diggers are used … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Forever via HuffPost

Posted on 2013/09/27 by norma field

Charles Perrow Fukushima is just the latest episode in a dangerous dance with radiation that has been going on for 68 years. Since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 we have repeatedly let loose plutonium and other … Continue reading →

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Typhoon hits Japan as Fukushima operator releases water　via Yahoo news

Posted on 2013/09/16 by norma field

Typhoon Man-yi hit Japan Monday, leaving two people dead and forcing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean. […] Workers were pumping out water from areas near tanks … Continue reading →

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Fukushima farmers describe what it’s like to harvest poisoned food

Posted on 2013/09/11 by norma field
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EPA Documents Raise Doubts Over Intent of New Nuclear-Response Guide via NationalJournal

Posted on 2013/09/11 by norma field

WASHINGTON — Newly obtained government documents are prompting concern among critics that Environmental Protection Agency officials are seeking to use the organization’s new guide for nuclear-incident response to relax public health standards, but the agency is denying the claim. The … Continue reading →

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