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North Korean Defectors Show Signs of Possible Radiation Exposure via The New York Times

Posted on 2018/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL, South Korea — Four defectors from the area near North Korea’s nuclear testing site showed symptoms that could be attributed to radiation exposure, but scientists said they could not conclude that the health problems had been caused by a … Continue reading →

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634: Human Error in Volatile Situations via This American Life

Posted on 2018/01/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Even the best laid plans can go catastrophically wrong when humans get involved. This week, people bungle simple operations on some of the most dangerous weapons in the world. ACT 1 In 1980, deep in a nuclear missile silo in … Continue reading →

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As choice of nuclear waste facility starts narrowing, people of Kimba are either excited or disgusted via The Advertiser

Posted on 2018/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IF there are two words that can split an already isolated South Australian town and destroy lifelong friendships, they are “nuclear waste”. Kimba, on the northern edge of the Eyre Peninsula’s vast grain-growing belt, is home to two of the … Continue reading →

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Sailors Fight to Keep Fukushima Radiation Case in US via CNS

Posted on 2018/01/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SAN DIEGO (CN) – Former Senator John Edwards and his co-counsel on Thursday asked a federal judge not to transfer to Japan a class action by hundreds of U.S. sailors exposed to radiation in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. An initial … Continue reading →

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Short-term thinking of UK nuclear policy via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/01/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sue Roaf writes that evacuation plans for Hinkley Point would have to involve at least a million people; while Diarmuid Foley says that, in the modern world, the route to weapons-grade material is not taken through the civilian nuclear fuel … Continue reading →

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NRC: Forked River muck near Oyster Creek is not dangerously radioactive via app

Posted on 2018/01/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LACEY – To the east of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, the muck from the bottom of the Forked River lies drying out. It is the result of a project long desired by Forked River residents, one that reopens dangerously shallow … Continue reading →

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The long history of nuclear dick-waving via NewStatesman

Posted on 2018/01/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

“White men in ties discussing missile size.” […] In her 1987 essay “Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals”, the US academic Carol Cohn argues that the language of defence strategy – particularly nuclear defence – is … Continue reading →

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Challenges ahead for debris removal at Fukushima via NHK World

Posted on 2018/01/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This year will mark the 7th anniversary of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that occurred in March, 2011. The plant’s operator is hoping to eventually remove fuel debris from the damaged reactors. Fuel debris is a mixture … Continue reading →

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China proposes talks aimed at easing Fukushima-linked food import ban via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/01/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

China has proposed talks with Japan on whether to ease or lift an import ban on food from 10 prefectures imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan-China diplomatic sources said Sunday. The Chinese side offered to set up a … Continue reading →

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Best-selling Kojien dictionary expands nuclear terms in once-a-decade update via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Toru Kawahara, 46, at Iwanami Shoten proposed at a meeting just months after the Fukushima disaster that the publisher appoint an editor dedicated to reviewing and selecting nuclear terms. He remembers saying, “Issues regarding nuclear plants are no longer … Continue reading →

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