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“City” of Waste: Fukushima Cleanup Now Up to 10.7 Million 1-ton Bags of Radioactive Waste via Activist Post

Posted on 2016/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster was on Friday, March 11. Since that fateful day in 2011, the Japanese government and the United States have continued to deny the lingering effects of this catastrophic event. An estimated $21 billion … Continue reading →

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Low turnout at anti-nuclear rally as Taiwan banks on new leader Tsai Ing-wen’s vow to abolish atomic energy use by 2025 via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2016/03/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Taipei, Taiwan:  An annual anti-nuclear rally in Taiwan today saw a much lower turnout than previous years as president-elect Tsai Ing-wen vows to abolish the use of atomic energy on the island by 2025. Hundreds of people gathered outside Taipei’s … Continue reading →

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Japan taxpayers foot $100bn bill for Fukushima disaster via the Financial Times

Posted on 2016/03/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not The Fukushima nuclear disaster has cost Japanese taxpayers almost $100bn despite government claims Tokyo Electric is footing the bill, according to calculations … Continue reading →

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Waste Lands America’s forgotten nuclear legacy via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2016/03/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

During the build-up to the Cold War, the U.S. government called upon hundreds of factories and research centers to help develop nuclear weapons and other forms of atomic energy. At many sites, this work left behind residual radioactive contamination requiring … Continue reading →

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Radioactive chemicals in Great Lakes need special designation, groups say via CBC News

Posted on 2016/03/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Uranium or plutonium can cause cancer, birth defects and genetic mutations in people and animals The tracking of dangerous radioactive substances in the Great Lakes basin is woefully inadequate given the intensive nuclear activity in the area, environmental and health … Continue reading →

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Emptying to start on Hanford tank with interior leak via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2016/03/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Work to empty Hanford’s oldest double-shell tank is expected to start anytime as a March 4 deadline looms. The underground tank, AY-102, is leaking radioactive waste between its shells, and the state of Washington requires the approximately 800,000 gallons of … Continue reading →

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Plutonium plant cleanup makes progress via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2016/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The two most highly contaminated pieces of processing equipment have been removed from the former Plutonium Finishing Plant at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford site in preparation for the plant’s demolition later this year. Work began to remove … Continue reading →

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TEPCO begins burning radiation-tainted work clothes at Fukushima plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/02/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture–Tokyo Electric Power Co. has started to incinerate the thousands of boxes of lightly contaminated waste, including clothing used by workers, at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to reduce the amount of tainted waste on the … Continue reading →

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Ex-TEPCO Bosses to be Indicted for Negligence in Fukushima Meltdowns via Voice of America

Posted on 2016/02/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan’s first criminal charges in connection with the meltdown of nuclear reactors in 2011 will be filed imminently, a lawyer in charge of the case told reporters Friday. Indictments against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) are … Continue reading →

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5 Years Later, the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Site Continues to Spill Waste via Scientific American

Posted on 2016/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cleanup effort could take decades; meanwhile the amount of radioactive material the plant leaks grows […] Today the disaster site remains in crisis mode. Former residents will not likely return anytime soon, because levels of radioactivity near their abodes … Continue reading →

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