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Richland man sues EPA over Hanford air permit via The Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2016/10/03 by norma field

A Richland man has sued the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to take action on a Clean Air Act operating permit for the Hanford nuclear reservation. Bill Green claims the Washington State Department of Ecology failed to take action … Continue reading →

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Appellate court upholds water rights diversion for planned nuclear power plant via Deseret News

Posted on 2016/07/22 by norma field

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Court of Appeals said a district court judge did not err in upholding the state engineer’s decision to grant a diversion of 53,600 acre-feet of water from the Green River for a planned nuclear … Continue reading →

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Watchdog suit seeks to nullify LANL cleanup deal via The Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2016/07/20 by norma field

A Santa Fe-based watchdog group is asking a federal court to declare invalid a new consent order governing cleanup of Cold War-era waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, saying regulators have failed to meet their public participation requirements. At … Continue reading →

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Tearful Koizumi backs U.S. vets suing over 2011 nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/05/19 by norma field

CARLSBAD, California–Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi broke down in tears as he made an emotional plea of support for U.S. Navy sailors beset by health problems they claim resulted from radioactive fallout after the 2011 nuclear disaster. More than 400 … Continue reading →

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16 US ships that aided in Operation Tomodachi still contaminated with radiation via The Stars and Stripes

Posted on 2016/05/18 by norma field

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Sixteen U.S. ships that participated in relief efforts after Japan’s nuclear disaster five years ago remain contaminated with low levels of radiation from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, top Navy officials told Stars and … Continue reading →

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Sailors Sickened in Japan Radiation Leak Meet Former Prime Minister via 7 San Diego

Posted on 2016/05/18 by norma field

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi spent three days in San Diego hearing from sick U.S. Navy sailors. Many of them served on USS Ronald Reagan. The sailors participated in Operation Tomodachi five years ago, providing aid to Japan after … Continue reading →

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Nuclear-powered carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Japan via The Philippine Star

Posted on 2015/10/01 by norma field

YOKOSUKA — The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked at its new home in Japan’s Yokosuka naval port yesterday just as Tokyo tries to deepen defense ties with the US under new security laws that expand the role … Continue reading →

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Fukushima cattle producer’s beef with TEPCO, government leads to lawsuit via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/07/25 by norma field

KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture–A local cattle producer has sued Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government to recover 500 million yen ($4 million) in losses it says it suffered as a result of the 2011 nuclear disaster. In the suit filed … Continue reading →

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Ex-mayor sues state, TEPCO for stress caused by nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/05/21 by norma field

A former mayor who was exposed to high levels of radiation after the 2011 nuclear disaster is suing the central government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima power plant for stress. Katsutaka Idogawa, the former mayor of Futaba in … Continue reading →

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NUCLEAR HOTSEAT #179: BREAKING: 2ND USS REAGAN DEATH via nuclearhotseat

Posted on 2014/12/02 by norma field

Second death in the USS Reagan/Operation Tomadachi case. Exclusive interview w/Charles Bonner, attorney for the sailors in the $1 Billion lawsuit against TEPCO, General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi. Listen here.

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