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Sprawling radioactive waste storage facility opens for business in Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government’s new radioactive waste storage facility in Fukushima Prefecture kicked into full gear on Saturday after completing a roughly four-month trial run. While the facility near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex is designed to store soil and … Continue reading →

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Andreyeva Bay gears up to send away more old nuclear fuel via Bellona

Posted on 2017/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The second bundle of 22,000 spent nuclear fuel rods are set to leave the submarine maintenance base of Andreyeva Bay as part of an ongoing effort to secure Cold War radioactive hazards lurking near the Russian-Norwegian border, a Russian official … Continue reading →

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U.S. nuclear agency seeks bidders for nuclear lab contract via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2017/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons cache and the science behind it has detailed its requirements for the next manager of Los Alamos National Laboratory in a final request for proposals published Wednesday. The National … Continue reading →

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Fukushima debris heading to intermediate storage facility via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Environment Ministry on Oct. 28 will start bringing radiation-contaminated soil to an intermediate storage site in Fukushima Prefecture, despite having acquired less than half of the land needed for the overall project. The ministry’s announcement on Oct. 24 marks … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan Opts for Nuclear Engagement, Not Deterrence via Huff Post

Posted on 2017/10/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] . In 1991, Kazakhstan hosted one of the largest nuclear test sites of the Soviet empire, as well as the fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world, larger than those of the UK, France, and China combined. Although wedged … Continue reading →

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Atoms in the Alley Festival celebrates Aiken’s nuclear history via Aiken Standard

Posted on 2017/10/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear Science week wrapped up Saturday with the Atoms in The Alley festival in Downtown Aiken. The festival kicked off with a ribbon cutting for the fallout shelter kiosk, introducing the public to the fallout shelter as well as the … Continue reading →

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Explosive experts called to Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant via Independent

Posted on 2017/10/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Staff were disposing of chemicals when the incident took place Explosive experts have been called to Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant after a “chemical incident” at the site. Staff had been carrying out a chemical inventory audit in a laboratory and … Continue reading →

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7-km part of Joban Line reopens in Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/10/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – East Japan Railway Co. on Saturday partially reopened a section of the Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture that had been suspended since the March 2011 mega-quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters struck. Services resumed on a 6.9-km-long stretch between … Continue reading →

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UK set to end outsourcing of nuclear clean-up via Financial Times

Posted on 2017/10/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Decommissioning atomic reactors set to be brought in house after contract collapses Decommissioning Britain’s first generation of atomic reactors is likely to be brought back “in-house” by the UK nuclear clean-up agency after the collapse of a £6.2bn outsourcing contract … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste stranded at Indian Point as feds search for permanent solution via loud

Posted on 2017/10/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The bold plan to rid the nation’s nuclear power plants of spent fuel that’s been piling up for decades is spelled out, down to the tiniest of details, in a 2002 Department of Energy report that took years to produce … Continue reading →

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