Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

Fukushima: the global fallout via The Guardian

Posted on 2013/08/24 by norma field

The long, dark shadow cast by the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station grew longer and darker on Wednesday as the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tepco, admitted that 300 tonnes of highly toxic water had leaked … Continue reading →

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Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/23 by norma field

okyo Electric Power Co.’s revelation that massive amounts of radioactive water are flowing into the Pacific further raised fears about the harm to marine life. Tepco estimated that between May 2011 and this month, a staggering 40 trillion becquerels of … Continue reading →

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Have you considered… Why have they been lying about the Fukushima disaster? via The White Mountain Independent

Posted on 2013/08/23 by norma field

By Karen Warnick – Recent news articles have come out everywhere about the fact that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has been covering up the amount of damage and radiation spewing out of the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was … Continue reading →

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【short animation】Abita

Posted on 2013/08/14 by norma field

Kinder in Fukushima können auf Grund der radioaktiven Strahlung nicht mehr in der Natur spielen. Denn die Natur ist nicht dekontaminierbar. Dies ist nur eine Geschichte von 36.000 Kindern, die zu Hause bleiben und von ihrer Freiheit in der Natur … Continue reading →

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‘No more hibakusha’ takes on new meaning after 3/11′ via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/08 by norma field

Commentary/World By Ryan Masaaki Yokota CHICAGO – I remember quite vividly the televised news of the 2011 earthquake that hit the Tohoku region. Like most of the world, I watched in horror at the destructive force of the tsunami that … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Continues via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2013/07/09 by norma field

By William Boardman he first thing to know about the danger from the radioactive mass remaining in the three reactors that melted down at Fukushima is that nobody knows how much radioactive material there is, nobody knows how much uranium … Continue reading →

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« Crime d’Etat » à Fukushima : « L’unique solution est la fuite »　via Le nouvel observateur

Posted on 2013/07/03 by norma field

L’intervention de professeur Hiroaki Koide «Aujourd’hui encore, de nombreux travailleurs sont irradiés afin de pouvoir mener à bien ces travaux de confinement. Les 100 tonnes de céramique d’uranium qui se trouvaient dans le cœur ont liquéfié la base de béton … Continue reading →

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Nuclear research at CNRS: Beware the academic guard dogs!

Posted on 2013/07/03 by norma field

by Thierry Ribault, researcher at CNRS Last March, Alain Fuchs, the chairman of CNRS (The National Center for Scientific Research), entrusted the “mission for citizen science” to Marc Lipinski, director of research at CNRS, and regional councillor from the French … Continue reading →

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Enhanced Analysis Methods to Derive the Spatial Distribution of 131I Deposition on the Ground by Airborne Surveys at an Early Stage after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident　via Health Physics

Posted on 2013/06/28 by norma field

Abstract: This paper applies both new and well tested analysis methods to aerial radiological surveys to extract the 131I ground concentrations present after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident. The analysis provides a complete map of … Continue reading →

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Personal experience with a nuclear disaster inspires Del Mar resident’s work as an activist for safety via The Carmel Valley News

Posted on 2013/06/23 by norma field

Del Mar resident Cathy Iwane was elated when she learned Southern California Edison would permanently shut down the San Onofre nuclear power plant. Iwane has fought the effort to restart the plant since she and her family fled Japan last … Continue reading →

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