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‘Old Men Squad’ completes patrol mission in evacuated Fukushima town via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OKUMA, Fukushima — A group of six elderly men that patrolled this evacuated town following the 2011 nuclear disaster disbanded at the end of March ahead of the lifting of the evacuation order for some areas of the town on … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl’s disastrous cover-up is a warning for the next nuclear age via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/04/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kate Brown Before expanding nuclear power to combat climate change, we need answers to the global health effects of radioactivity In 1986, the Soviet minister of hydrometeorology, Yuri Izrael, had a regrettable decision to make. It was his job to … Continue reading →

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Pope promises Fukushima visit, answering plea from bullied boy via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/03/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By SHINICHI KAWARADA/ Correspondent VATICAN CITY–After being bullied and attacked, Matsuki Kamoshita appeared to be living a fairly peaceful life by concealing the fact that he was an evacuee from the nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture. The secrecy, however, was eating … Continue reading →

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Fukushima water headache: 1 million tons and counting via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/03/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reached an undesired milestone on March 18: Storage tanks at the site now contain more than 1 million tons of radiation-contaminated water. The announcement by the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., came … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste from Diablo Canyon Power Plant discussed at decommission meeting via KSBY

Posted on 2019/03/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ahead of the impending closure of California’s last power plant, the Diablo Canyon plant in San Luis Obispo County, utility managers and members of a decommission panel met Wednesday to discuss what will be done with the hazardous nuclear waste. … Continue reading →

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Olympics: Tokyo Games torch relay to start at J-Village in Fukushima via Kyodo News

Posted on 2019/03/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO–The Japan leg of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start at a soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture that is considered a symbol of the country’s reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, organizing committee president Yoshiro … Continue reading →

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Most evacuees under 50 from three Fukushima towns near nuclear disaster have no plan to return via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/03/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The orders for Namie and Tomioka were partially lifted in 2017. But more than 60 percent of evacuees from the two towns in their 20s and 30s and more than 50 percent in their 40s said they would not … Continue reading →

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More Than 350 Cracks Found at Reactor at Nuclear Plant in Scotland (VIDEO) via Sputnik

Posted on 2019/03/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hundreds of small cracks were found in the hull of reactor No. 3 at Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire; some of them exceed two millimetres in width. The French operator company EDF has assured that the formation … Continue reading →

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UK, Japan scientists study radioactive Fukushima particles via Reuters

Posted on 2019/03/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OXFORD, England (Reuters) – Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, radioactive particles collected from the site are undergoing new forensic investigation in Britain in an effort to understand the exact sequence of events. […] The Japan Atomic … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima nuclear disaster’s legacy: An inescapable stigma via C/Net

Posted on 2019/03/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Commentary: Pockets of innovation, like a drone testing field, have some hoping the region sheds its notoriety. But it’s not that simple. BY ROGER CHENG The J-Village hotel and sports complex in Fukushima was immaculate, its grand lobby welcoming us with bright lights … Continue reading →

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