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Gubernatorial candidate calling for lawmakers to go against feds on Nuclear Agreement via Local News 8

Posted on 2018/02/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BOISE, ID (KIFI/KIDK)- – Idaho Gubernatorial Candidate A.J. Balukoff is calling on Idaho’s state and federal lawmakers to insist the federal government abide by the terms of the landmark 1995 Nuclear Agreement.  The pact set guidelines for cleaning up nuclear … Continue reading →

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Radioactive soil storage to start outside Fukushima via The Japan News

Posted on 2018/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Environment Ministry said Wednesday that landfill work for soil tainted with radioactive materials released from the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station will start outside Fukushima Prefecture. The work will be carried out in … Continue reading →

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‘Accidental’ filmmaker brings documentary about nuclear waste to Amarillo theater via Amarillo Globe-News

Posted on 2018/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Now, “accidental” filmmaker Tony West hopes to educate the public with his film “The Safe Side of the Fence” about the dangerous effects of nuclear waste. West said that his main goal is to reach workers and their families … Continue reading →

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Latest Zcash Ceremony Used Chernobyl Waste via Coindesk

Posted on 2018/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Developers working on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash have employed nuclear waste from Chernobyl in the network’s latest secrecy-assuring ceremony. The devs, Ryan Pierce and Andrew Miller, held their latest “Powers of Tau” ceremony last weekend, and notably used the nuclear waste … Continue reading →

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Communities offered £1m a year to host nuclear waste dump via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/01/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

New search for communities willing to host underground site for thousands of years Local communities around England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be offered £1m a year to volunteer to host an underground nuclear waste disposal facility for thousands of … Continue reading →

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Swedish regulators disagree on safety of nuclear waste plan via Reuters

Posted on 2018/01/23 by nfield

OSLO (Reuters) – Sweden’s radiation safety authority (SSM) and an environmental court issued diverging recommendations to the government on Tuesday on whether to allow the construction of a nuclear waste repository. While the SSM said the nuclear fuel and waste … Continue reading →

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Nagasaki-Hanford Bridge Project: Joining the Victims of Production and Use of Nuclear Weapons via CORE

Posted on 2018/01/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nagasaki-Hanford Bridge Project: Joining the Victims of Production and Use of Nuclear Weapons [March 5 through 11] Consequences of Radiation Exposure (CORE), a Washington State nonprofit, is planning a historic mission by a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb to … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Japan should not pursue nuke fuel reprocessing despite U.S. OK via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan’s agreement with the United States on bilateral cooperation in civilian uses of nuclear power will be automatically renewed when its 30-year term expires in July. As neither of the two governments sought to renegotiate the deal half a year … Continue reading →

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Melted nuclear fuel seen inside second Fukushima reactor via Newsday

Posted on 2018/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO – (AP) — The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant says a long telescopic probe has successfully captured images of some melted fuel inside one of its three damaged reactors, providing crucial information for its cleanup. Tokyo Electric … Continue reading →

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Why can’t we decide what to do about nuclear energy? via Popular Science

Posted on 2018/01/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Within sight of the sunbathers at Old Man’s surf spot, 55 miles north of San ­Diego, California, loom a pair of 176-foot-tall orbs. They’re a strange backdrop, home of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Since its first reactor fired … Continue reading →

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