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Rocky Flats: Colorado’s Nuclear Shadow via CBS Denver

Posted on 2017/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For 37 years, the Rocky Flats plant produced nuclear weapon parts, 16 miles northwest of Denver. In 1989, the FBI and EPA raided Rocky Flats uncovering serious environmental hazards. Rocky Flats was declared a Superfund site and a $7 billion cleanup would … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl nuclear reactor slated for billion-pound solar park despite radiation fears via Independent

Posted on 2017/07/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chernobyl was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986 Ukraine is in talks with one of France’s biggest energybusinesses to construct a £969m solar facility at the derelict Chernobyl nuclear reactor plant and its surrounding area. Ostap Semerak, … Continue reading →

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DTE’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant released higher-than-normal chlorine load into Lake Erie via Michigan Live

Posted on 2017/07/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DTE Energy had to notify state and federal officials after its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in southeast Michigan recently sent higher-than-normal chlorine amounts into Lake Erie, according to The Associated Press and the Monroe News. During a 24-hour period … Continue reading →

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A Treaty Is Reached to Ban Nuclear Arms. Now Comes the Hard Part via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/07/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For the first time in the seven-decade effort to avert a nuclear war, a global treaty has been negotiated that proponents say would, if successful, lead to the destruction of all nuclear weapons and forever prohibit their use. Negotiators representing more than … Continue reading →

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Russian war monument turns out to be radioactive via BBC News

Posted on 2017/07/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Soviet-era anti-aircraft gun in a public park in Russia’s far north has been leaking radiation over 150 times the safe level, it seems. It only came to light recently, although the Second World War monument has been on public … Continue reading →

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News From Fukushima ~ Vignettes on Love ~ Movie Reviews – Degas at the Legion of Honor via KALW

Posted on 2017/07/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This week on Open Air, host David Latulippe talks with award-winning journalist, poet, songwriter, filmmaker and author Yuri Kageyama, about her project ‘News from Fukushima: Meditation on an Under-Reported Catastrophe by a Poet’, in which she combines poetry, dance, theater, … Continue reading →

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Sailors’ $1 billion lawsuit over radiation from Fukushima nuclear disaster sails through federal court via Northern California Record

Posted on 2017/07/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On June 22, a three-judge appellate panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously rejected an attempt by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to secure the dismissal of the class-action lawsuit. The suit was … Continue reading →

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Coastal Fukushima women late in checking breast cancer suspicions since 3/11: study via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/07/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Women along Fukushima’s northern coastline have been waiting longer to consult doctors about breast cancer suspicions since March 2011, according to a study by a local doctor. […] The study was conducted by Akihiko Ozaki, a doctor at Minamisoma Municipal … Continue reading →

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Ex-SF Navy shipyard workers allege fraud in radiation cleanup via SF Gate

Posted on 2017/07/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cleanup of radioactive contamination at the Hunters Point Shipyard was marred by widespread fraud, faked soil samples, and a high-pressure culture where speed was valued over accuracy and safety, according to four former site workers. On Thursday, the four … Continue reading →

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Ex-Tepco Leaders Plead Not Guilty in Fukushima Nuclear Trial via Bloomberg

Posted on 2017/06/30 by nfield

The Associated Press (Mari Yamaguchi) […] A prosecutor told the court that the three defendants had access to data and studies that anticipated the risk of a tsunami exceeding 10 meters (30 feet) that could trigger a loss of power … Continue reading →

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