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Japan nuclear cleanup next target in Russian economic offensive via Nikkei Asian Review

Posted on 2016/07/24 by norma field

SOSNOVY BOR, Russia — A Russian state company has offered to help decontaminate radioactive water at the battered Fukushima nuclear power plant and assist in decomissioning reactors. In addition to export revenues, Moscow sees a chance to cozy up to … Continue reading →

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Deposition of radiocesium on the river flood plains around Fukushima via the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Posted on 2016/07/14 by norma field

Abstract The environment in the area around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been contaminated by widely deposited significant amount of radioactive materials, which were released to the atmosphere caused by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident due to … Continue reading →

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Fukushima ghost towns pictured five years after nuclear disaster via Metro

Posted on 2016/07/12 by norma field

It has been five years since reactor four went in to meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant, triggered by a huge tsunami and earthquake that devastated Japan. The nuclear disaster led to the imposition of a 20 mile evacuation … Continue reading →

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Japanese photojournalist documents nuclear crises in Chernobyl, Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/07/04 by norma field

JUL 4, 2016 ARTICLE HISTORY PRINT SHARE Ryuichi Hirokawa, a Japanese photojournalist, has documented the world’s two worst nuclear crises — in Chernobyl three decades ago, and the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. With this year … Continue reading →

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Kyushu Earthquake: Lessons Not Learned From Fukushima: Report By Hiroko Aihara Fukushima Journalist via laborvideo

Posted on 2016/05/11 by norma field
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Recovery from “Betrayal”: Local Anti-Nuclear Movements and Party Politics in Taiwan via APJ Japan Focus

Posted on 2016/05/08 by norma field

Shuge Wei This article investigates the history and contemporary development of the local anti-nuclear experience in Gongliao district, Taiwan. It traces villagers’ intricate relations with political parties, their frustration with the decision making process, and efforts to sustain local anti-nuclear … Continue reading →

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Has the Chernobyl disaster affected the number of nuclear plants built? via The Guardian

Posted on 2016/05/01 by norma field

[…] The disaster is thought to have caused thousands of cancer cases. It was the only event classed as a “major accident” by the International Atomic Energy Agency until the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan. The data demonstrates its impact: … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Five Years After: Health Researchers Turn Blind Eye to Casualties via CounterPunch

Posted on 2016/04/12 by norma field

By Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman […] Public health leaders have addressed the topic with ignorance and deception. A search of the medical literature shows only two studies in Japan that review actual changes in disease and death rates. One … Continue reading →

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Children’s book connects stories of Fukushima and Chernobyl via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/04/08 by norma field

Inspired by a letter sent to her by a young reader, author Shoko Nakazawa revived a past work and penned an entirely new illustrated children’s book on nuclear disasters in Fukushima and Chernobyl. In 1988, Nakazawa’s “Ashita wa Hareta Sora … Continue reading →

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High radiation found in rivers near wrecked Japan nuclear plant via The Nation (Thailand)

Posted on 2016/04/05 by norma field

Tokyo – High levels of radioactive materials were detected in sediment in rivers near a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant, local government officials said Tuesday. Of the 72 rivers in the Fukushima prefecture, radiation levels of more than 10,000 becquerels … Continue reading →

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