Tag Archives: health

Update old definitions about nuclear waste to speed safe cleanup via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2019/02/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How can we expect to effectively address this problem if we aren’t even willing to accurately define it? The U.S. Department of Energy recently released new estimates for the cost of cleaning up the Hanford nuclear site in central Washington … Continue reading →

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Officials search for permanent solution to store nuclear waste via KUSI News

Posted on 2019/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dan Plante OCEANSIDE (KUSI)- It’s one of the biggest issues in America today! Yet there is no solution in sight. What happens to nuclear waste, after the power plant shuts down. “If we could move this stuff today, we would. … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Reconstruction Agency to air ad for Fukushima products on TV, online and at cinemas via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Reconstruction Agency said Friday that it will run a television commercial advertising farm, fishery and forestry products made in Fukushima Prefecture for about a week from Saturday. The 30-second spot is aimed at dispelling harmful rumors about the safety … Continue reading →

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State finds no dangerous radiation in Hunters Point neighborhood via SF Curbed

Posted on 2019/02/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Inspection of developed area turns up nothing dangerous, but further investigation is required San Francisco’s Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) says that a state inspection has ruled a key section of the Hunters Point Shipyard “free from any … Continue reading →

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Are Washington’s ‘Advanced’ Reactors a Nuclear Waste? via The National Interest

Posted on 2019/02/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Congress needs to look hard at the rationale for a fast reactor program. by Victor Gilinsky Henry Sokolski Late last year, the Energy Department (DOE), began work on a new flagship nuclear project, the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a sodium-cooled … Continue reading →

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The Cost to Clean Up America’s Cold War Nuclear Waste Jumps to $377 Billion via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2019/02/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Kyle Mizokami The bill for a half century of nuclear weapons production is growing fast. The United States developed and built tens of thousands of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. A new report by the General Accounting Office … Continue reading →

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Rising costs of nuclear cleanup can’t slow progress via Union-Bulletin.com

Posted on 2019/02/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The nuclear waste is at Hanford because of national security efforts and it is a national responsibility to clean it up. Cleaning up the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste buried in leaking tanks at the Hanford Nuclear reservation, which … Continue reading →

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Guy Who Wants to Eliminate Radiation Limits Will Lead EPA on Radiation via CARE 2

Posted on 2019/02/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

When Trump supporters chant “make America great again,” I have difficulty imagining that any of them are longing for the days when radiation exposure went unregulated. Nevertheless, that’s precisely the direction the EPA is headed with its latest appointment. Brant … Continue reading →

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Near site of Fukushima nuclear disaster, a shattered town and scattered lives via The Washington Post

Posted on 2019/02/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NAMIE, Japan —  Noboru Honda lost 12 members of his extended family when a tsunami struck the Fukushima prefecture in northern Japan nearly eight years ago. Last year, he was diagnosed with cancer and initially given a few months to … Continue reading →

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Brant Ulsh, skeptic on radiation limits, to head EPA radiation panel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has appointed a scientist who argues for easing regulations on lower-level radiation exposures to lead the agency’s radiation advisory committee. Acting EPA head Andrew Wheeler on Thursday announced the appointment of Brant Ulsh, a … Continue reading →

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