Tag Archives: nuclear waste

NEW FUKUSHIMA NIGHTMARE FOR JAPAN UTILITY via WND

Posted on 2018/04/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How does one store a million tons of radiated water – forever? There’s a building boom going on at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan where on March 11, 2011, as the coast was catastrophically flooded by an earthquake-triggered … Continue reading →

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FUKUSHIMA’S OTHER BIG PROBLEM: A MILLION TONS OF RADIOACTIVE WATER via Wired

Posted on 2018/04/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THE TSUNAMI-DRIVEN SEAWATER that engulfed Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has long since receded. But plant officials are still struggling to cope with another dangerous flood: the enormous amounts of radioactive water the crippled facility generates each day. More than … Continue reading →

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Fresh analysis of Fukushima Daiichi ‘fuel debris’ via NHK World

Posted on 2018/04/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A fresh video analysis by the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows that molten fuel at the No.2 reactor may have fallen along several paths. The unit is one of the 3 reactors that experienced a meltdown … Continue reading →

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32 years after the Chernobyl disaster via USA Today

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(captions with the photos) A tourist takes a photo in an abandoned kindergarten in the ghost village of Kopachi near the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant during a tour to the Chernobyl exclusion zone April 23, 2018. April 26, 2018 will … Continue reading →

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SAN ONOFRE’S NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE TANKS ALREADY BREAKING via Surfer

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BUSTED BOLT FOUND IN NEW TANK MEANT TO HOLD SPENT FUEL Just a few months into Southern California Edison’s very controversial plan to relocate spent nuclear fuel to holding tanks on the beach at San Onofre, crews are finding the … Continue reading →

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UK ‘yet to properly assess’ nuclear plan’s impact on Ireland via The Irish Times

Posted on 2018/04/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Activists criticise Government’s failure to engage with public over Hinkley Point C There are “alarming deficiencies” in the UK’s approach to assessing impacts of plans to expand its nuclear power programme on Ireland, according to the Irish Environmental Pillar (EP). … Continue reading →

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Top Secret “Dayton Project” History Front And Center At New Cold War Discovery Center via WVXU

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Miamisburg site that played a big role in nuclear history will soon be open to the public. It’s the home of the former Mound Laboratories – known to some in the Miami Valley for its important role in developing … Continue reading →

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As seas rise, Pilgrim officials consider moving nuclear waste to higher ground via Boston Globe

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On a concrete pad about 25 feet above Plymouth Bay, eight massive steel-reinforced concrete cylinders hold the remains of the radioactive fuel that has kept the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station running since the 1970s. When the plant begins decommissioning next … Continue reading →

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America’s nuclear headache: old plutonium with nowhere to go via Reuters

Posted on 2018/04/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

AMARILLO, Texas (Reuters) – In a sprawling plant near Amarillo, Texas, rows of workers perform by hand one of the most dangerous jobs in American industry. Contract workers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pantex facility gingerly remove the plutonium … Continue reading →

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Quiet no more, French village becomes center of anti-nuclear protest via On News Today

Posted on 2018/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BURE, France (OnNewsToday) – The 82 residents of the French village of Bure lived a quiet life until the government began testing the feasibility of storing nuclear waste there. Now Bure is rocked by protests as a final decision on … Continue reading →

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