Tag Archives: health

EPA reaches cleanup decision for radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund site via St. Louis-Post Dispatch

Posted on 2018/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After years of bureaucratic inaction and escalating frustration and concern from the surrounding community, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally settled on a strategy to clean up the radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton. […] … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear waste tour to come through Midland via art

Posted on 2018/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Meetings push to block a proposal to transport used nuclear fuel by train and store it in West Texas by Matt Zdun, Texas Tribune Organizers of the “Protect Texas from Radioactive Waste Tour” plan to travel to five Texas cities … Continue reading →

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Army Corps lifts stop-order on $350 million contract for nuclear waste cleanup via Trib Live

Posted on 2018/09/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Preparations for the cleanup of a nuclear waste burial site in Parks Township can begin again after an almost 18-month delay. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers believe they have addressed issues with a bid protest and lifted a stop-order … Continue reading →

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Tsunami-hit nuclear plant near Tokyo wins formal restart approval via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/09/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally approved the restart of an almost 40-year-old nuclear power plant northeast of Tokyo that has sat idle since it was damaged during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which also caused meltdowns at the … Continue reading →

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State report: Exposure to air near Bridgeton Landfill may have harmed people’s health via St. Louis Public Radio

Posted on 2018/09/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By DAVID CAZARES Updated at 5:45 p.m. with statement from Republic Services — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has determined that past exposure to sulfur-based compounds in the air near the Bridgeton landfill may have harmed the … Continue reading →

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The last US nuclear weapons test took place 26 years ago today via Quarts

Posted on 2018/09/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The last US nuclear weapons test took place on Sept. 23, 1992, at the Nevada Test Site. It was the 1,030th such experiment, the most conducted by any country since the first US atom bomb was exploded in 1945. […] … Continue reading →

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US agrees to improve worker safety at polluted nuclear site via TDN.com

Posted on 2018/09/21 by nfield

SEATTLE — The U.S. government will test and implement a new system to capture and destroy dangerous vapors released at the nation’s most polluted nuclear weapons production site as part of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday. Washington Attorney General Bob … Continue reading →

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Dairy farmer resumes operations 7 1/2 years after Fukushima disaster via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/09/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

KATSURAO, Fukushima — A 42-year-old man resumed operations at his dairy farm on Sept. 13 with the arrival of eight cows at his barn, after an evacuation order for the 2011 nuclear crisis was lifted in most parts of the … Continue reading →

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Radioactive object found near homes at Hunters Point shipyard via San Francisco Chronicle

Posted on 2018/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A highly radioactive object has been discovered at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard next to a housing area that has been declared safe and free of radioactive contamination for more than a decade, The Chronicle has learned. The finding … Continue reading →

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A New Wildlife Refuge On The Grounds Around An Old Nuclear Weapons Plant via NPR

Posted on 2018/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge sits on more than 5,000 acres of trees, wetlands and pristine rolling prairie about 16 miles northwest of Denver. It hosts 239 migratory and resident species, from falcons and elk to the threatened Preble’s … Continue reading →

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