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【short film】Fukushima Daiichi: Why Is It So Hard to Clean Up? via Fairewinds Energy Education

Posted on 2014/01/04 by norma field

In this, the fourth installment in our short film series, Fairewinds Energy Education’s Arnie Gundersen responds to questions we have received about cleanup at Fukushima Daiichi. Please consider supporting our work, so we can continue to bring you the truth … 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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High levels of strontium, tritium found in well water at Fukushima plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/06/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactivity levels of strontium and tritium well above their legal limits were detected in well water at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said June 19. The company cited readings of about 1,000 becquerels of … Continue reading →

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Fukushima fishermen forced to test fish for radiation via Reuters

Posted on 2013/06/01 by kojimaaiko

(Reuters) – Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the dinner table but … Continue reading →

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TEPCO told to freeze soil around reactor buildings to block groundwater via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/05/31 by norma field

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will implement a “difficult” proposal to use walls of frozen soil to reduce the amount of groundwater flowing into reactor buildings at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. A government committee working on measures … Continue reading →

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