Tag Archives: Radiation exposure

Nuclear’s cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream via DW

Posted on 2026/03/21 by nfield

Kiyo Dörrer 03/19/2026March 19, 2026 Standing in a 1960s industrial building by the German Baltic Sea coast, Florian Grose, holds a dosimeter as he moves towards a corner of the room. It starts beeping furiously. “That’s around 10 microsieverts,” he says, dressed … Continue reading →

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‘It’s a great day’: St. Louis activists encouraged by Biden’s support for radioactive waste victims via KSDK.com

Posted on 2023/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel, who lead the activist group Just Moms STL, said they’re optimistic but not letting up. Author: Jim Salter (Associated Press) Published: 11:58 AM CDT August 11, 2023 Updated: 11:58 AM CDT August 11, 2023 ST. LOUIS — St. … Continue reading →

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The human cost of France’s nuclear tests in the Pacific via Aljazeera

Posted on 2023/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

101 East investigates the effects of France’s nuclear tests in French Polynesia. For 30 years, France undertook nuclear testing in its Pacific territory, French Polynesia. In recent years, investigations have revealed the effects of the tests were far greater than … Continue reading →

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Florida’s controversial plan to pave roads with a radioactive material via The Week

Posted on 2023/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A bill could allow the state to use phosphogypsum in construction projects JUSTIN KLAWANS MAY 16, 2023 A bill in the Florida House of Representatives, HB 1191, could potentially allow the Sunshine State to pave its roads with a material that is … Continue reading →

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Review: St. Louis paid a heavy price to help buid an atomic bomb via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2023/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Roland Klose, January 18, 2023 […] As Morice writes in “Nuked: Echoes of the Hiroshima Bomb in St. Louis,” the common thread that appeared to link these illnesses and deaths was Coldwater Creek, the 19-mile Missouri River tributary that … Continue reading →

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An unacceptable risk to children via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/01/16 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter In a peer reviewed article published in the British Medical Journal Pediatrics Open in October, my Beyond Nuclear colleague, Cindy Folkers and I, reviewed the studies currently available that look at the impact on children from radiation exposures … Continue reading →

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‘You didn’t bring us one number’: Hazelwood school board members demand sampling data from Jana preliminary results via KSDK

Posted on 2022/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its own findings saying Jana Elementary was safe. Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK) FLORISSANT, Mo. — It’s news one would be eager to hear: “There’s no harm to students at your school … Continue reading →

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U.N. expert says Japan should do more for Fukushima evacuees via Japan Today

Posted on 2022/10/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO A United Nations human rights expert urged Japan’s government on Friday to provide evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster with more support, including housing, jobs and other needs, regardless of whether they fled forcibly or … Continue reading →

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Downwinders and the Radioactive West via PBS Utah

Posted on 2022/10/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Award-winning Producer John Howe’s documentary, Downwinders and the Radioactive West presents a compelling narrative about the fallout of nuclear testing that resulted in a decades-long debate over cancer rates, the steep cost of patriotism, and the responsibility of a nation to protect … Continue reading →

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Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant via abc news

Posted on 2022/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Tokyo court has begun hearings in a lawsuit seeking nearly $5 million in damages for six people who were children in Fukushima at the time of its 2011 nuclear power plant disaster and later developed thyroid cancerByMari Yamaguchi Associated … Continue reading →

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