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Radioactively-hot particles detected in dusts and soils from Northern Japan by combination of gamma spectrometry, autoradiography, and SEM/EDS analysis and implications in radiation risk assessment via Science of the Total Environment

Posted on 2017/07/27 by nfield

Mark Kaltofen and Arnie Gundersen   1. Introduction The March 11, 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and ensuing tsunami resulted in the loss of > 15,889 lives (JNPA). The earthquake and tsunami also caused catastrophic damage to four of the six … Continue reading →

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GOP preserves Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste storage site via Washington Examiner

Posted on 2017/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nevada Democrats failed Wednesday night to remove language from the House fiscal 2018 spending bill that would prohibit the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in their state from being closed. […] The Obama administration attempted to close the facility, but … Continue reading →

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Pohakuloa Radiation Contamination and more… via Malu ‘Aina

Posted on 2017/07/26 by nfield

POHAKULOA Maybe More Military Depleted Uranium than Thought Retired Nuclear Geologist, Dr. Mike Reimer, PhD of Kona says “the amount of DU (Depleted Uranium) present at PTA (the military 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area located in the center of Hawaii Island) … Continue reading →

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WHY THE SCARIEST NUCLEAR THREAT MAY BE COMING FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE via Vanity Fair

Posted on 2017/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 billion agency that he now runs, which oversees everything from our nuclear arsenal to the electrical grid. The department’s budget is now on the chopping block. But … Continue reading →

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Canada needs to embrace peace and sign nuclear ban treaty via The Star

Posted on 2017/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A survivor of the Hiroshima bombing feels betrayed by Canada and Japan for not joining 122 other countries that voted to adopt the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. By SETSUKO THURLOW I am still rejoicing. … Continue reading →

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Hanford workers exposed to vapors could seek help at proposed center via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/07/25 by nfield

The Department of Energy would be required to establish a resource center to help Hanford workers exposed to chemical vapors, under proposed federal legislation. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, both D-Wash., inserted the requirement into the appropriations bill that … Continue reading →

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Author Egoyan Zheng uses Fukushima for novel set in Taiwan via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/07/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Taiwanese author Egoyan Zheng leaned heavily on the Fukushima disaster in 2011 to tackle nuclear issues in his suspense novel “Ground Zero.” The Japanese translation of the award-winning book was released by Hakusuisha Publishing Co. in May. The story evolves … Continue reading →

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NRA to put radiation posts on Tsushima, Yonaguni to monitor atomic plants in South Korea and Taiwan via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/07/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Nuclear Regulation Authority will open new radiation monitoring posts Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture and Yonaguni Island in Okinawa to broaden its ability to detect power plant accidents overseas, sources say. The new outposts will be closer to South … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: robot images show massive deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Robot spots suspected debris of melted fuel for first time since 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant Images captured by an underwater robot on Saturday showed massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged … Continue reading →

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Feds Say FPL Can Store Nuclear Waste Below Miami’s Drinking Water Because It’s “Not Likely” to Leak via Miami New Times

Posted on 2017/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station is already leaking dangerous salt water into the aquifers that are Miami’s largest source of drinking water. Despite that alarming fact, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently ruled that FPL can … Continue reading →

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