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Nuclear fuel removal to start at Monju reactor via NHK World

The operator of Japan’s Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor plans to soon start removing its nuclear fuel from a storage container as part of the plant’s decommissioning. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency plans to scrap the reactor in Tsuruga City in … Continue reading

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HOW A NUCLEAR STALEMATE LEFT RADIOACTIVE WASTE STRANDED ON A CALIFORNIA BEACH via The Verge

Nuclear waste is all dressed up with nowhere to go By Rachel Becker@RA_Becks When I got to the San Onofre State Beach about 60 miles north of San Diego, the red sun of fire season was sandwiched on the horizon … Continue reading

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Free temporary housing for Fukushima evacuees to mostly end in March ’20 via The Mainichi

FUKUSHIMA — The government of Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan has announced it will terminate in March 2020 the provision of free temporary housing to most of the evacuees from areas in four towns and villages rendered difficult to live … Continue reading

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Taiwan to hold referendum on lifting Fukushima food ban in November via

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s largest opposition party Kuomintang has announced that it has collected some 470,000 signatures supporting a referendum on whether to lift a ban on the import of food products from five Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, imposed after the … Continue reading

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Which Smartphone Emits The Most And Least Radiation — Samsung, iPhone, Google Pixel, Xiaomi, Nokia, OnePlus or Huawei? via Digital Information World

According to a recent research, the current population of unique mobile users across the globe is estimated to be over 5 billion, i.e. around two-thirds of the world’s population uses a smartphone. We’re all plugged into our smartphones, nearly 24/7. … Continue reading

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Fukui disaster drill for simultaneous atomic accidents ends via The Japan Times

FUKUI – A nuclear disaster drill for simultaneous accidents at the Oi and Takahama nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture ended Sunday after mobilizing 21,000 people. […] The drill involved about 21,000 people including residents and officials from the Cabinet … Continue reading

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Aboriginal group ‘just want to be included’ in vote on proposed nuclear waste dump in SA via abc news

The Human Rights Commission has been asked to decide whether an Aboriginal group should have a say on the location of a proposed nuclear waste dump in regional South Australia. A community vote on the proposed dump on the Eyre … Continue reading

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Educational road show teaches public about shipping nuclear waste via The Grand Island Independent

Waste produced from nuclear energy could begin to be shipped again from the Argonne National Laboratory this fall, and the Grand Island area is along the transportation route. Shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., were … Continue reading

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«There is no reason for any state to have a nuclear-powered missile» via The Barents Observer

Russia’s missing reactor-powered cruise missile in the Barents Sea obviously causes concerns, says Norway’s Environment Minister, Ola Elvestuen.   […]   Norway and Russia share the stocks of cod in the Barents Sea, a multi-billion business and important for tens … Continue reading

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Fukushima to maintain radiation monitoring budget via NHK World Japan

Japan’s nuclear regulatory body has reversed a plan to remove some of the radiation monitoring posts in Fukushima Prefecture. […] About 3,000 monitoring posts were set up across the prefecture after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in … Continue reading

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