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Hearing planned on barrel ruptures at E. Idaho nuclear site via Idaho State Journal

Posted on 2019/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A government board that makes recommendations on U.S. Department of Energy facilities plans to hold a public hearing concerning the rupture of four barrels containing radioactive sludge at an eastern Idaho nuclear site. The Defense Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Activists want details on inquiry into ex-nuke weapons plant via KRQE

Posted on 2019/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By: DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) – Activists asked a U.S. judge Thursday to make documents public from a 27-year-old criminal investigation into a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver with a history of fires, leaks and spills. The … Continue reading →

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Review or ‘cover up’? Mystery as Australia nuclear weapons tests files withdrawn via CNN

Posted on 2019/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By James Griffiths More than 65 years since the UK began conducting secret nuclear weapons testing in the Australian Outback, scores of files about the program have been withdrawn from the country’s National Archives without explanation. The unannounced move came … Continue reading →

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US developed technique turns smartphones into rapid radiation detectors via The Engineer

Posted on 2019/01/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Researchers from North Carolina State University in the US have developed a new technique that turns smartphones and other electronic devices into radiation detectors. According to the group, the technique could be used to triage medical cases in the event … Continue reading →

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Radiation doses underestimated in study of city in Fukushima via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A nuclear physicist who has drawn attention for tweeting about fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster has admitted that he and a colleague underestimated radiation doses in an article for an international scientific journal. Ryugo Hayano, professor emeritus at the … Continue reading →

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Niigata government to dispose of radioactive mud stored since Fukushima crisis via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NIIGATA – The Niigata Prefectural Government said Tuesday it will dispose of radioactive mud that has been stored since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ask the operator of the crisis-hit plant to shoulder the costs. The prefecture, located about … Continue reading →

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Edison’s Plans To Resume Nuclear Waste Transfer May Face Legal Challenge via KPBS

Posted on 2018/12/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Southern California Edison may face more legal challenges before resuming the transfer of highly radioactive spent fuel rods from cooling ponds to silos near the beach at San Onofre. San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre said Edison has not lived up … Continue reading →

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FOOD IMPORTS FROM FUKUSHIMA-AFFECTED AREAS BECOME WEDGE ISSUE WITH JAPAN via New Bloom

Posted on 2018/12/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IT IS UNSURPRISING that Taiwan will not be admitted to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CFTPP) because of the referendum vote against food imports from Fukushima-affected areas held in late November concurrent with nine-in-one elections. Namely, the … Continue reading →

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High iodine distribution, low intake among children after Fukushima nuclear accident via In the Journal Plus

Posted on 2018/12/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Despite a high distribution rate of stable iodine after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, only 63.5% of parents reported children took the tablets, with many citing safety concerns in questionnaires, according to findings published in The Journal of … Continue reading →

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Radiation-soaked Fukushima town REOPENS to visitors 7 years after meltdown via DailyStar

Posted on 2018/12/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THE town next to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Planet that suffered a devastating meltdown in 2011 has reopened. Futaba – on the Fukushima Prefecture – was turned into a ghost town after a huge tsunami swamped the nuclear reactors, triggering a … Continue reading →

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