Tag Archives: health

Fukushima heroes on both sides of the Pacific still fighting effects of radiation, stress and guilt via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/01/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Rob Gilhooly Christmas Day saw dozens of masked men descend on Futaba, in the northeast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. They moved deliberately along deserted streets, clearing triffid-like undergrowth and preparing to demolish derelict buildings. Their arrival marked … Continue reading →

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Japan studies how to support 2011 disaster areas after Reconstruction Agency folds in 2021 via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/01/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government has started work to determine how to support rebuilding efforts in areas of northeastern Japan hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster after the Reconstruction Agency is abolished in March 2021, sources said Tuesday. The … Continue reading →

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We Cannot Survive a Nuclear Apocalypse by Ducking and Covering via TruthOut

Posted on 2018/01/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Current fears of the potential use of nuclear weapons — partly resulting from the North Korean weapon program and accompanying threats by President Trump, and mishaps like the errant ballistic missile alert notification in Hawaii recently — have led to … Continue reading →

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Nagasaki-Hanford Bridge Project: Joining the Victims of Production and Use of Nuclear Weapons via CORE

Posted on 2018/01/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nagasaki-Hanford Bridge Project: Joining the Victims of Production and Use of Nuclear Weapons [March 5 through 11] Consequences of Radiation Exposure (CORE), a Washington State nonprofit, is planning a historic mission by a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb to … Continue reading →

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Anger at Royal Navy museum’s ‘pro-nuclear’ exhibition via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/01/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Exhibition to mark 50th anniversary of Polaris submarine is ‘propaganda’, say activists Anti-nuclear campaigners have described plans by the National Museum of the Royal Navy for a major new exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Britain’s first nuclear submarine patrols … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Pref. to stop blanket radiation checks on rice, start random testing via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/01/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA — The Fukushima Prefectural Government will halt blanket radiation screening of rice produced in the nuclear disaster-hit prefecture in favor of random checks as early as 2020, it has been learned. Testing all of the prefecture’s annual rice output … Continue reading →

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Fukushima native shares her story at movie showing via The Echo

Posted on 2018/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Almost seven years ago, a 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan. This resulted in a catastrophic tsunami that, combined with the nuclear disaster that followed, killed almost 20,000 people, according to a new release from the Japanese Ministry … Continue reading →

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Embattled Trump Nominee Inadvertently Draws Attention to Radiation in Drinking Water via Truthout

Posted on 2018/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s pick to run the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is probably best known for her idealistic view of fossil fuels. In 2014, she suggested that energy from fossil fuels “dissolved the economic justification for slavery” in … Continue reading →

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The Fallout of CP-1: The Culture of Competence Surrounding Nuclear Technologies (Bo Jacobs at the University of Chicago) via Vimeo

Posted on 2018/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

My lecture as part of the 75th anniversary of the first sustained nuclear chain-reaction experiment, CP-1, held as part of the Physics Colloquium of the University of Chicago on 26 October 2017. This experiment, conducted at Stagg Field at UC … Continue reading →

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Regulator urges release of treated Fukushima radioactive water into sea via Kyodo News

Posted on 2018/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The chief of Japan’s nuclear regulator said Thursday water at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that contains radioactive tritium even after being treated should be released into the sea after dilution. “We will face a new challenge if a … Continue reading →

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