Tag Archives: Pacific Ocean

French man embarks on record journey to swim across Pacific on World Environment Day via Xinhua Net

TOKYO, June 6 (Xinhua) — A 51-year-old French swimmer set off Tuesday, World Environment Day, on a record journey to swim across the Pacific Ocean, media reported. If Ben Lecomte, now living in Texas, succeeds, he will become the first … Continue reading

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Massive Radiation Plume from Fukushima Heading Toward American West Coast According to a Scientific Report via Global Research

According to scientific modeling systems used by the European Union, the radioactive ocean plume released by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is likely to remain a massive clump of radioactivity until it slams into the West Coast of the United … Continue reading

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Fukushima Crisis Continues, Was Worse Than First Reported via Reader Supported News

by William Boardman obody in the world knows how to dispose of radioactive waste safely and permanently. That’s a given. The Japanese central government is presumably aware that anything it does with still the unmeasured but vast amount of radioactive … Continue reading

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Waves for Worry? Scientists weigh-in on status of radioactive waters from Fukushima reaching California coast via La Jolla Light

By Steven Mihailovich While scientists anticipate substantial dilution of the radiation in the world’s largest body of water, the potential health effects cut to the heart of the contemporary scientific debate on the biological consequences of low-level radiation. “(The radiation) … Continue reading

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Scientists expect traces of ocean radiation soon via the Mainichi

(AP) — Scientists have crowdsourced a network of volunteers taking water samples at beaches along the U.S. West Coast in hopes of capturing a detailed look at low levels of radiation drifting across the ocean since the 2011 tsunami that … Continue reading

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Kelp Watch 2014: Cal State Long Beach marine biologists look at effects of Fukushima fallout via the Long-Beach Press Telegram

LONG BEACH >> Researchers from Cal State Long Beach on Thursday gathered their first samples of kelp during a 90-minute excursion past Long Beach’s breakwater to study the impact of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. … Continue reading

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Fisheries officials uneasy at TEPCO plan to release groundwater via Asahi Shimbun

IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture–Local fisheries officials on May 13 withheld their consent to Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s plan to release into the sea groundwater that is now flowing into its stricken nuclear power plant. TEPCO is stuck with a steadily rising … Continue reading

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【audio】“Continually, radioactive elements are being flushed into the Pacific” — “The Fukushima accident will never end, they have no idea how to clean it up” -Caldicott via KPFA 

Dr. Helen Caldicott: The Fukushima accident will never end. They have no idea how to clean it up because there’s never been three nuclear meltdowns in history. Continually, radioactive elements are being flushed into the Pacific Ocean. […] the accident … Continue reading

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Media Silent on Fukushima Radiation Impact in US via OpEd News

The massive media coverage following the initial disaster has fallen nearly silent. Some frustrated environmental advocates have suggested that there is a media blackout. Probably not, but media follow-up stories are few and far between these days. […] “As hair … Continue reading

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Nuclear fears over French Polynesia atoll collapse via ABC Radio Australia

A leaked report has raised new fears that Murorua Atoll, the site of French nuclear testing in the Pacific, is in danger of collapsing. Murorua e Tatou says the issue was detailed in a leaked report from the Ministry of … Continue reading

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