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EDITORIAL: Is nuclear power compatible with human rights in Constitution? via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

One year has passed since an evacuation order was lifted on July 12, 2016, for most parts of the Odaka district of Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, which lies within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. … Continue reading →

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WHY THE SCARIEST NUCLEAR THREAT MAY BE COMING FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE via Vanity Fair

Posted on 2017/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 billion agency that he now runs, which oversees everything from our nuclear arsenal to the electrical grid. The department’s budget is now on the chopping block. But … Continue reading →

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Federal judge dismisses challenge to Illinois nuclear subsidies via Utility Dive

Posted on 2017/07/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dive Brief: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois last week dismissed challenges to an Illinois program aimed at supporting nuclear generation, finding opponents lacked standing and had not exhausted their options in front of federal regulators. The Illinois … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Fukushima trial should clarify why TEPCO execs didn’t act via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/07/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The first criminal trial over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is now under way, drawing fresh attention to key questions concerning the devastating accident and its lasting reverberations. The focus of public attention will be on whether the reams of … Continue reading →

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Center’s alarming findings on safety issues at nuclear labs drawing wide attention via The Center for Public Integrity

Posted on 2017/06/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

‘Nuclear Negligence’ series highlighted by media outlets nationwide In the summer of 2011, Los Alamos National Laboratory presented a happy self-portrait to the public. The lab’s news releases bragged of promotions, awards, pacts with neighboring Native American tribes and great … Continue reading →

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Czech Republic nuclear power station hosts bikini contest to choose interns via DW

Posted on 2017/06/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Czech nuclear power plant decided a bikini contest would be a good way to choose its next round of interns. Facebook users were asked to rate school graduates who posed inside a cooling tower. A Czech nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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Finland Works, Quietly, to Bury Its Nuclear Reactor Waste via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/06/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OLKILUOTO ISLAND, Finland — Beneath a forested patch of land on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the bottom of a steep tunnel that winds for three miles through granite bedrock, Finland is getting ready to entomb its nuclear waste. If … Continue reading →

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Activist in exile says Norway’s nuclear waste support is irresponsible via The Barents Observer

Posted on 2017/06/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nadezhda Kutepova was forced to flee Russia after fighting for the rights of the residents in radioactive contaminated villages near Mayak, the site where all spent nuclear fuel from Andreeva Bay will be sent.  On June 27, the first shipment … Continue reading →

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New Zealand 30 years officially nuclear-free via News Hub

Posted on 2017/06/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

It’s an anniversary that looks set to pass without major fanfare, but for Greenpeace campaigner Steve Abel, what happened 30 years ago remains a defining moment in New Zealand history. On June 8, 1987, the country became nuclear-free, after Parliament … Continue reading →

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Yokohama mayor apologizes to schoolboy bullied for being nuclear evacuee via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/06/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] In the Yokohama case, the bullying began after the second-grader transferred to a Yokohama elementary school in 2011. He was called “germ” as a reference to nuclear contamination by his teacher and forked over ¥1.5 million ($13,500) in apparent … Continue reading →

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