Tag Archives: Nagasaki

How to survive a nuclear bomb every day of your life via The Washington Post

Posted on 2015/07/24 by norma field

[…] Wada Koichi, Nagano Etsuko, Taniguchi Sumiteru, Do-oh Mineko and Yoshida Katsuji tell their stories of survival in Susan Southard’s riveting “Nagasaki.” They represent “the only people in history who have lived through a nuclear attack and its aftermath,” Southard … Continue reading →

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Researchers to study long-term effects of radiation on Fukushima workers　via The Mainichi

Posted on 2015/03/14 by norma field

Following the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster, Japan has a large number of radiation-exposed workers. To learn more about the health effects of this exposure, a study will be conducted this spring to follow the health of these … Continue reading →

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FOUR YEARS AFTER: A-bomb survivors research institute to monitor Fukushima plant workers via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/03/09 by norma field

A research institute formed to study the effects of radiation on the survivors of the atomic bombings will start lifelong health surveys on workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the March 2011 accident. The Radiation Effects … Continue reading →

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U.S. nuclear cleanup specialist goes from Hanford to Fukushima via The News Tribune

Posted on 2015/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] But McCormick, 55, wouldn’t have it any other way: After working at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state for 12 years, he’s helping to lead the cleanup at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which melted down in March … Continue reading →

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Don’t throw history out with the radioactive bathwater via Aljazeera America

Posted on 2015/01/15 by norma field

Trisha Pritikin On Dec. 12, Congress passed legislation to create the Manhattan Project National Historical Park at three nuclear plants in Washington state, New Mexico and Tennessee. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on Dec. 19. The park … Continue reading →

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America’s Atomic Time Bomb: Hanford Nuclear Waste Still Poses Serious Risks via Spiegel International

Posted on 2014/01/28 by norma field

The lambs were born without eyes or mouths. Some had legs that had grotesquely grown together; others had no legs at all. Many were stillborn. Thirty-one were lost in a single night. On a pasture nearby, a cow was found … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Forever via HuffPost

Posted on 2013/09/27 by norma field

Charles Perrow Fukushima is just the latest episode in a dangerous dance with radiation that has been going on for 68 years. Since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 we have repeatedly let loose plutonium and other … Continue reading →

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Nagasaki Bomb Maker Offers Lessons for Fukushima Cleanup via Bloomberg

Posted on 2013/09/10 by norma field

Hanford Engineer Works produced the 20 pounds of plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It’s among the most toxic nuclear waste sites and the place Japan is turning to for help dealing with melted reactors in Fukushima. Tokyo Electric … Continue reading →

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‘No more hibakusha’ takes on new meaning after 3/11′ via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/08 by norma field

Commentary/World By Ryan Masaaki Yokota CHICAGO – I remember quite vividly the televised news of the 2011 earthquake that hit the Tohoku region. Like most of the world, I watched in horror at the destructive force of the tsunami that … Continue reading →

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U.S. Film Producer Oliver Stone To Meet Hiroshima Survivors via Bernama

Posted on 2013/08/05 by norma field

TOKYO, Aug 5 (Bernama) — U.S. film director Oliver Stone will meet with atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week as the two cities commemorate lives lost in the U.S. atomic bombings in 1945, Xinhua news agency reported. … Continue reading →

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