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Today marks 39th anniversary of Three Mile Island nuclear accident via Lancaster Online

Posted on 2018/03/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, the nation’s worst nuclear accident. A combination of human error and malfunctioning controls resulted in a partial meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor and caused … Continue reading →

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Nuclear regulator OKs 30-yr plan to scrap troubled Monju reactor via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/03/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved a plan to decommission the trouble-plagued Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor over the next 30 years. The move paves way for the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to take on the … Continue reading →

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Letter: Guam should worry about contamination from Fukushima via Pacific Daily News

Posted on 2018/03/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

We islanders worry about too many things. Perhaps it is the limits of our confinement within our reef-fringed turf that makes us realize that size does matter. […] Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power Plant lies about 59 miles south of Sendai. … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong will not lift post-Fukushima ban on some Japanese food via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/03/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In meeting with Tokyo’s foreign minister, Chief Executive Carrie Lam says restrictions will stay in place for now, while government reaffirms commitment to enforcing sanctions against North Korea Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Sunday rejected for the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima food promoted in Paris via NHK World

Posted on 2018/03/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The governor of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture is in Paris to promote farm products that are suffering from a damaged reputation following the 2011 nuclear accident. […] Uchibori organized the “Fukushima Pride” tasting event on Saturday at a shopping mall near … Continue reading →

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Two contract workers burned at TVA’s Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant via Times Free Press

Posted on 2018/03/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Turbine problem shuts down Browns Ferry nuclear facility Two contract workers were burned from an arc flash while working near the cooling towers of a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear plant over the weekend. The workers employed by Day & Zimmerman … Continue reading →

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Japan’s long democratic detour via Swiss Info

Posted on 2018/03/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Instead, the government has kept the main national power companies’ regional grid monopolies intact and has agreed to bring most of the 54 closed nuclear reactors across Japan back into operation by 2025. The world’s third-largest economy is experiencing challenging … Continue reading →

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U.S. plaintiffs involved in Fukushima disaster relief seek $1 billion in damages over nuclear meltdowns via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/03/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

About 200 U.S. residents have filed a lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and a U.S. firm, seeking at least $1 billion (about ¥106 billion) to cover medical expenses related to radiation exposure suffered during the 2011 Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Japan court rejects lawsuit against construction of nuclear plant via Reuters

Posted on 2018/03/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Reuters) – A court in northern Japan on Monday rejected a lawsuit to halt construction of a nuclear plant, said the company building the facility, Electric Power Development Co (J-Power). The ruling by the Hakodate District Court in Hokkaido … Continue reading →

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Tracking Fukushima’s radiation via Shine

Posted on 2018/03/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Beneath the elegant curves of the roof on the Seirinji Buddhist temple in Japan’s Fukushima region hangs an unlikely adornment: a Geiger counter collecting real-time radiation readings. The machine is sending data to Safecast, an NGO born after the March … Continue reading →

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