Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

La légende Fukushima via Libération

Posted on 2014/10/14 by norma field

Cécile Asanuma-Brice Dans les débats énergétiques et face au changement climatique, l’industrie du nucléaire semble encore promouvoir la sécurité de ses services, après des désastres humains comme ceux de Tchernobyl ou de Fukushima, qui auraient dû suffire à mettre en … Continue reading →

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De la gestion des flux migratoires par un État nucléariste dans un contexte de catastrophe nucléaire via Fukushima 福島第一

Posted on 2014/10/14 by norma field

Par Cécile Asanuma-Brice, spécialisée en géographie urbaine, chercheuse associée au Clersé – Université de Lille I et au centre de recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise de Tokyo (1). Trois années se sont écoulées depuis le tremblement de terre suivi d’un … Continue reading →

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Tohoku Electric Power kicks up a stink about art display at publicity hall via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/10/14 by norma field

SENDAI–A solitary bulging black sandbag, a sprinkling of dirt on a solar panel and a dosimeter: As art installations go, the work on display at a venue here smacked more of a statement than anything else. And it got the … Continue reading →

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KJ 81 preview: filmmaker and activist Kamanaka Hitomi via Kyoto Journal

Posted on 2014/09/29 by norma field

‘Little Voices From Fukushima’ bridges time and space between Chernobyl and Japan However pitched her debate of choice may be, and however culturally freighted its most contemporary iteration has become in Japan, Kamanaka’s films persist in asking a particular question: … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power – insanity at taxpayers’ and consumers’ expense via Ecologieset

Posted on 2014/09/15 by norma field

By Ralph Nader The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) – the corporate lobbyist in Washington, DC for the disintegrating atomic power industry – doesn’t have to worry about repercussions from the negative impacts of nuclear power. For nuclear power is a … Continue reading →

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Loving [hearts] nuclear waste via Aljazeera USA

Posted on 2014/09/02 by norma field

This is a tale of two cities. Or counties … or prefectures. One of those places, Loving County, Texas, somewhere between El Paso and Odessa, is practically a ghost town, with about 95 people scattered across an area twice the … Continue reading →

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Waste Site Referendum via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/01/12 by norma field

NARAHA, Fukushima Pref. JIJI A group of Fukushima residents in the fallout-hit town of Naraha on Friday requested that a local ordinance be drafted to hold a referendum on accepting interim nuclear waste storage in the municipality. Such a facility … Continue reading →

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SHIMPEI TAKEDA MAKES ART OUT OF RADIOACTIVE DIRT via VICE

Posted on 2013/11/10 by norma field

Shimpei Takeda was born in Japan and spent a lot of his youth in the Fukushima, hanging out in the shadow of the reactor that would later meltdown and cause one of the worst nuclear disasters of recent memory. Shimpei … Continue reading →

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Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to know via Reuters

Posted on 2013/10/29 by norma field

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is planning a state secrets act that critics say could curtail public access to information on a wide range of issues, including tensions with China and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Media watchdogs fear the … Continue reading →

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“Something is Very Wrong”: Osaka Police Target Anti-Nuclear Protesters via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/10/28 by norma field

On October 17, 2013, Osaka Hannan University Professor Shimoji Masaki spoke at Berkeley on the efforts of anti-nuclear activists in Osaka to fight against government plans to burn radioactive waste from Fukushima. He also detailed his arrest and detention by … Continue reading →

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