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Tepco-linked firm employee’s thyroid cancer caused by work after Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, labor ministry admits via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The labor ministry said Wednesday that the thyroid cancer of a male worker, exposed to radiation after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, has been recognized as a work-related disease. Following the decision by a labor ministry … Continue reading →

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Trump plan to reclassify nuke waste alarms environmentalists via AP

Posted on 2018/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration wants to reclassify some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to lower its threat level and make disposal cheaper and easier. The proposal by the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivor: Yoshinori Kato regrets failing to save the lives of trapped schoolchildren via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/11/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Words of regret run repeatedly through the mind of Yoshinori Kato: “I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.” On Aug. 6, 1945, when the city of Hiroshima was hit by a U.S. atomic bomb, Kato, now 90 but who was 17 … Continue reading →

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Energy company applies to drill wells near former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant via The Denver Post

Posted on 2018/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

U.K. firm files applications ahead of vote on stricter well setbacks As a decision looms by Colorado voters on more stringent siting requirements for oil and gas drilling, an energy company has applied to drill up to 31 wells near … Continue reading →

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Navy Used Outdated Standards to Clean Up Radiation at Hunters Point Shipyard, New Report Finds via NBC

Posted on 2018/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A new report released Tuesday by a nuclear policy expert concluded the public’s health is at risk because the Navy is using radiation cleanup standards at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard that are weaker than required by law. Daniel Hirsch, … Continue reading →

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Ex-TEPCO head apologizes to victims of 2011 nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] “I deeply apologize to those who died, their bereaved families, injured people, local people and society at large,” Tsunehisa Katsumata, 78, said Oct. 29 during the 33rd hearing of a trial at the Tokyo District Court of three former … Continue reading →

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Four Japan firms used foreign trainees to clean up at Fukushima plant after nuclear meltdowns: final report via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government concluded Friday that four companies had used foreign trainees to perform work cleaning up radioactive contamination after the March 2011 tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. […] Officials visited a total of 1,018 such … Continue reading →

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Failures of Congress Keep Nuclear Waste Scattered Across the US via Roll Call

Posted on 2018/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Government’s liability is $34 billion and growing as communities wait and wait some more In Zion, Illinois, 257 acres of prime lakefront property about 40 miles northwest of Chicago should be at the center of a redevelopment plan to revive … Continue reading →

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Washington County Nuclear Site Reactor Core Raised via USNews

Posted on 2018/10/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The reactor core at a University of Arkansas-owned nuclear test site has been raised and contained and will be transported to a final disposal site in Nevada in the coming weeks. […] Dean Wheeler, a spokesman at the Utah-based nuclear … Continue reading →

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AFP: France sued for ‘crimes’ over nuclear tests: Polynesia leader via Focus

Posted on 2018/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Hague . A complaint has been filed at the Hague-based International Criminal Court against France for alleged crimes against humanity over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific, a French Polynesian opposition leader said on Tuesday, reported AFP. “It’s … Continue reading →

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