Tag Archives: health

Extent of A-bomb dust inhalation in 1945 underestimated: researchers via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/08/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

HIROSHIMA — The prevalence of acute symptoms among teenage soldiers exposed to dust particles as they helped out with relief operations in the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been found to be at least 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Perry visits Ohio nuclear cleanup site via Chron

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to stop off in Piketon, Ohio this morning to tour a former nuclear enrichment facility where cleanup efforts are nearing the three decade mark. […]   According to the Department of Energy, the Porsmouth … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , | 12 Comments

1,800 tons of radioactive waste has an ocean view and nowhere to go via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The massive, 150-ton turbines have stopped spinning. The mile-long cooling pipes that extend into the Pacific will likely become undersea relics. High voltage that once energized the homes of more than a million Californians is down to zero. But the … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Japanese Data on Marine Samples Near Fukushima Reliable, IAEA Report Concludes via IAEA

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese laboratories analysing seawater, marine sediment and fish samples from near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan produce reliable data, according to an IAEA report released today. […] Recent results The most recent interlaboratory comparison performed late last … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Michaels: Environmental impact statements are not a nuisance via Houston Chronicle

Posted on 2017/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The birthplace of the atomic bomb, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was founded in secret in 1943. By the late 1990s, when Department of Energy conducted a site-wide environmental impact review of proposed construction projects, the laboratory had accumulated … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Healing America’s Forgotten Nuclear Refugees Is One Woman’s Mission via KQED

Posted on 2017/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nestled in Orange County, among the Starbucks, strip malls and highways, there’s a tiny immigrant community with an enormous historical burden. They come from the Marshall Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific made up of 2,000 small tropical atolls. And … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Amazing nuclear bomb tests carried out 60 years ago show how little was known about deadly weapons via Mirror

Posted on 2017/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Soldiers are seen running towards the bomb minutes after the blast in the Nevada desert – seemingly unaware of the danger it posed An amazing video of an early nuclear bomb test in the 1950s shows how little was known … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

In Ukraine, a radioactive nuclear ghost town near Chernobyl is a hot destination via The Washington Post

Posted on 2017/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] This base in Pervomaysk, Ukraine — about a four-hour drive from Kiev — once had 86 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of destroying cities in Europe and the United States. Though the nuclear warheads have been removed, the command silo … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

In Conversation with Doris Dörrie by Peter Machen via Screen Africa

Posted on 2017/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Peter Machen spoke to leading German filmmaker Doris Dörrie about her remarkable film Fukushima, Mon Amour which screened at the Durban International Film Festival as part of the German Focus last week. One of Germany’s leading filmmakers, Doris Dörrie has … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Top nuclear power disasters via EBR

Posted on 2017/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Though nuclear power is one of the high potential energy sources, any accidents at the generation sites can cause severe damage to the nearby places. The vast amount of nuclear waste created by power plants can lead to high radiation … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments