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12.5% of Japanese city-dwellers still hesitant about buying food from nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/03/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The proportion of people in metropolitan areas in Japan who hesitate to buy food products from Fukushima Prefecture due to concerns over radiation contamination has hit a record low of 12.5 percent, a government survey showed Wednesday.The share fell 0.2 … Continue reading →

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Radiation in a crematorium traced back to a human body via The Verge

Posted on 2019/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 Rachel Becker It wasn’t enough radiation to be alarming, but it could be a sign of an ongoing problem A crematorium in Arizona became contaminated with radiation when workers cremated a man who had received radiation treatments for cancer right … Continue reading →

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HERETICAL VIEW THAT RADIATION IS GOOD FOR YOU GAINS GROUND UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP via The Center for Public Integrity

Posted on 2019/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Patrick Malone The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is actively considering claims that low-dose radiation protections should be lifted because exposures make you healthier, a potential boon to radiation-related industries.  Since World War II, virtually every American business where radiation is present … Continue reading →

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LeRoy Moore: Geiger counters miss alpha radiation at Rocky Flats via Daily Camera

Posted on 2019/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On Feb. 14 Amy Bounds published an article about the University of Colorado’s annual science fair for high school students. Fairview High School student Maddie Nagle addressed “concerns about lingering plutonium” at Rocky Flats. Her research compared soil samples from … Continue reading →

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Energy Department Defends Secret Nuclear Shipments to Nevada via Government Exectutive

Posted on 2019/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Energy Department is sticking to its guns in defending its nuclear waste transfers following a surprise revelation last month that angered most of the lawmakers and state officials in the destination state of Nevada. It’s the latest wrinkle in … Continue reading →

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Tour brings foreigners to areas devastated by nuclear accident via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/02/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO There is growing interest among foreign tourists for a tour in English to former evacuation zones in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima where a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered a nuclear disaster. “More people are … Continue reading →

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Midnight in Chernobyl: Electrifying account of 1986 nuclear disaster examining the build-up and fallout via Independent

Posted on 2019/02/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

History: Midnight in Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham Bantam Press, 560 pages, hardback, €24 Eamon Delaney I remember it well. I was sitting on a rush-hour bus in Dublin when a fellow student held up the front of the Evening Herald. “What … Continue reading →

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Memories of Fukushima crisis rapidly fading, warn civic groups via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/02/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO The memories of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster have been rapidly fading in Japan, making it difficult to grasp what is actually happening in the area, civic groups warn. […] “Eight years after the incident, Fukushima is paid less … Continue reading →

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TEPCO sat by idly on reports of fires, glitches at nuclear plants via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. ignored reports on fires and other problems from its nuclear power plants and didn’t even bother to share the information in-house or consider precautionary measures, the nuclear watchdog revealed. The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Feb. 13 … Continue reading →

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Study: No leaking radiation from Alaska island nuclear site via WJLA

Posted on 2019/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The latest round of testing on Alaska’s remote Amchitka Island found no radioactive material has leaked from locations where the federal government conducted underground nuclear tests there decades ago, a federal official said Tuesday. Environmental samples tested … Continue reading →

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