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As Nuclear Struggles, A New Generation Of Engineers Is Motivated By Climate Change via NPR

Posted on 2018/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The number of people graduating with nuclear engineering degrees has more than tripled since a low point in 2001, and many are passionate about their motivation. […] Fein is among those who argue that nuclear plants should be recognized as … Continue reading →

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Blowback Over Japanese Plan to Reuse Tainted Soil From Fukushima via Bloomberg

Posted on 2018/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Brian Yap Japan’s plan to reuse soil contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant accident for agriculture is sparking something of its own nuclear reaction. Residents and other critics don’t want any part of it. “Pollutants contained … Continue reading →

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Radiation monitors in Fukushima broken, malfunction 4,000 times via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/06/14 by nfield

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Some 3,000 radiation monitoring devices installed in Fukushima Prefecture after the 2011 nuclear accident have been hit by glitches and other problems nearly 4,000 times, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. TOKYO (Kyodo) — Some 3,000 … Continue reading →

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Operations resume at WIPP, underground U.S. nuclear waste repository via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2018/06/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CARLSBAD, N.M. — Routine operations have resumed at the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository following an evacuation in May that was prompted by the discovery of a misaligned drum of waste. Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant … Continue reading →

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TEPCO employee dies working inside Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant via Taiwan News

Posted on 2018/06/07 by nfield

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A worker involved in the clean-up and maintenance of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, died suddenly on Wednesday June 6, according to local media. A 50 year-old male employee of the Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading →

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Study: Cesium from Fukushima flowed to Tokyo Bay for 5 years via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/06/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive cesium from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant continued to flow into Tokyo Bay for five years after the disaster unfolded in March 2011, according to a researcher. Hideo Yamazaki, a former professor of environmental analysis at … Continue reading →

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Large fire ravages Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, tons of water poured in by planes via RT

Posted on 2018/06/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A major wildfire is sweeping through the Chernobyl nuclear disaster area. The authorities have deployed dozens of fire trucks as firefighting aircraft bombard the radioactive exclusion zone with massive amounts of water. The fire inside the Chernobyl ‘dead zone,’ which … Continue reading →

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Japan asks PH to lift ban on Fukushima products via Manila Bulletin

Posted on 2018/06/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Japanese government is asking the Philippines to lift the restrictions it imposed on the importation of agricultural and other food products coming from areas affected by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, Special Advisor to Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong should ease post-Fukushima ban on some Japanese food imports, government says via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/06/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Centre for Food Safety plans to resume imports of fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy from four prefectures neighbouring stricken area, as long as they pass radiation tests Hong Kong should relax a ban on food imported from Japan which has … Continue reading →

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The ‘whole nuclear cycle’ via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2018/06/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Megan Bennett / Journal North Reporter SANTA FE, N.M. — The origins of New Mexico’s history surrounding the atomic bomb can be traced back to Robert Oppenheimer’s long-time love of the Land of Enchantment. Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist known … Continue reading →

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