Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

In 10,000 years, we’ll know how it ends via the Harvard Gazette

Posted on 2015/12/07 by norma field

On a recent afternoon at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Peter Galison did some quick math to make a monumental point. “Ten thousand years ago,” the Pellegrino University Professor said from a seat in the Harvard Film Archive’s … Continue reading →

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EU to exempt some Fukushima foods from radiation checks via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/11/26 by norma field

BRUSSELS – The European Union has decided to stop requiring radiation screening for some food products imported from Fukushima Prefecture, informed sources have said. It will be the first time for the EU to exclude foods items from Fukushima from … Continue reading →

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Russia offers to help Japan shut down Fukushima reactors　via RT

Posted on 2015/11/26 by norma field

[…] “A new sphere of cooperation with Japan is emerging for us. We want to help our Japanese colleagues in liquidating the Fukushima meltdown consequences,” said the deputy head of Rosatom Kirill Komarov. The cooperation could involve Russia shutting down … Continue reading →

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‘Babushkas of Chernobyl’ Finds Life Thriving in Scarred Land via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/11/24 by norma field

By George Johnson As we walked among the empty houses of Zalesye, the last thing I expected to see was an inhabitant. But suddenly there she was. Striding from her cottage in heavy boots, a scarf tied on her head, … Continue reading →

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CFS follows up on illegal import of fresh radish and cabbage from Japan via 7th Space

Posted on 2015/11/07 by norma field

Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 6) that a consignment of fresh vegetables and fruits imported from Japan was found to contain radish and cabbage from … Continue reading →

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The Human Consequences of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents via The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Posted on 2015/09/29 by norma field

By Eiichiro Ochiai […] But these data accounted for only the release into the atmosphere. Radioactive materials were also released into the water systems surrounding the facilities, as well as directly into the ocean. When the amounts released into the … Continue reading →

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NRC Rejects Recommendation to Require Nuclear Plant Owners to Establish Plans to Address a Core-Melt Accident via The Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on 2015/08/28 by norma field

Washington (August 28, 2015)—The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has rejected the recommendation of the high-level task force it convened after the March 2011 Fukushima disaster to require nuclear plant owners to develop and maintain plans for coping with a … Continue reading →

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Particles From The Edge Of Space Shine A Light On Fukushima via NPR

Posted on 2015/08/24 by norma field

It’s one of the greatest, and most disturbing, questions of the Fukushima disaster: What happened to the nuclear fuel inside the plant? Now physicists are trying to shed some light on the problem using particles from the edge of space. … Continue reading →

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At 86, trauma still plagues Nagasaki A-bomb survivor who couldn’t save sister via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/08/23 by norma field

NAGASAKI – At 86, Yoshitoshi Fukahori is still traumatized from failing to save his older sister, Chizuko, after an atomic bomb devastated the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. […] The following day, Fukahori managed to make it to … Continue reading →

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Animals shrunk after Fukushima crisis began — Japan Scientists: We conclude that the small size was caused by environmental stress imposed by unusual event via enenews

Posted on 2015/08/15 by norma field

Scientific Reports — Wataru Taira, Mayo Iwasaki & Joji M. Otaki (BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, University of the Ryukyus, Japan), published Jul 22, 2015 (emphasis added): Body size distributions of the pale grass blue butterfly in Japan: Size rules … Continue reading →

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