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Fukushima: the World’s Never Seen Anything Like This　via Counterpunch

Posted on 2015/09/30 by norma field

By Robert Hunziker The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 nuclear reactor fuel is missing from the core containment vessel. (Source: Up to 100% of No. 2 Reactor Fuel May Have Melted, NHK World News, Sept. 25, 2015.) Where … Continue reading →

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Particles From The Edge Of Space Shine A Light On Fukushima via NPR

Posted on 2015/08/24 by norma field

It’s one of the greatest, and most disturbing, questions of the Fukushima disaster: What happened to the nuclear fuel inside the plant? Now physicists are trying to shed some light on the problem using particles from the edge of space. … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Crisis Continues, Was Worse Than First Reported via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2014/09/06 by norma field

by William Boardman obody in the world knows how to dispose of radioactive waste safely and permanently. That’s a given. The Japanese central government is presumably aware that anything it does with still the unmeasured but vast amount of radioactive … Continue reading →

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Assessing Fukushima Damage Without Eyes on the Inside via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/06/18 by norma field

A particle that barely ranks as a footnote in a physics text may be about to lift the cleanup of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan over a crucial obstacle. Inside the complex, there are three wrecked reactor … Continue reading →

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