Tag Archives: Radiation exposure

The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb via The New York Times

Posted on 2021/08/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Charles H. Loeb defied the American military’s denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed. By William J. Broad “Loeb Reflects On Atomic Bombed Area,” read the headline in The Atlanta Daily World of Oct. … Continue reading →

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My Turn: ‘Renounce the use and further development of nuclear weapons’ via Daily Hampshire Gazette

Posted on 2021/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By ANDREW LARKIN I am a child of the nuclear age. My father was a radiologist. He    witnessed the aftermath of the bombing of Nagasaki. He wrote the first paper that appeared in the American literature about the effects of … Continue reading →

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France owes a debt to French Polynesia over nuclear tests, says Macron via euronews

Posted on 2021/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Jahanzeb Hussain French President Emmanuel Macron said France was in debt to French Polynesia over nuclear tests that were conducted in the Pacific territory in the 1960s and 1970s. Speaking in Papeete on Tuesday, Macron said: “I want to break … Continue reading →

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Japan PM Suga says gov’t won’t appeal Hiroshima ‘black rain’ ruling via The Mainichi

Posted on 2021/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — The Japanese government will not appeal a Hiroshima High Court ruling that recognized the health damage people suffered from “black rain” that fell following the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters on July … Continue reading →

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Remediation completed at former New Haven nuclear facility in USA via Nuclear Engineering International

Posted on 2021/07/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The US Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), along with partners at the federal, municipal, and community levels, and the private sector, on 9 July announced completion of remediation activities at the former United Nuclear Corporation site in … Continue reading →

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Employee Splashed With Radioactive Water at NJ Nuclear Power Plant via NBC New York

Posted on 2021/06/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The employee was exposed to a radiation dose of less than 10 mrem, or millirem, which is about similar to getting a chest x-ray, according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Officials say a Holtec employee was splashed with radioactive water in … Continue reading →

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Cancer compensation claim by ex-Fukushima plant worker rejected via Kyodo News

Posted on 2021/05/14 by nfield

[…] In the lawsuit filed with the Sapporo District Court, the 63-year-old man sought a total of around 64 million yen ($584,000) in damages from plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., major general constructor Taisei Corp. and its … Continue reading →

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‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl via Science

Posted on 2021/05/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Richard Stone Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world’s worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall. “It’s like the embers in … Continue reading →

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Radiation Leak at FedEx Facility After Damaged Package Discovered via Newsweek

Posted on 2021/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY ANDERS ANGLESEY Firefighters raced to a German FedEx facility after radioactive material leaked from a damaged package. Crews arrived at the FedEx depot after they were alerted that a radioactive package had been discovered at the site on Tuesday morning. … Continue reading →

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Flint residents affected by water crisis may be getting exposed to harmful radiation via Detroit Free Press

Posted on 2021/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Paul Egan First, Flint residents were exposed to toxic lead. Now, there are concerns many could be exposed to harmful radiation through bone scans as they seek to document their exposure to lead and secure their shares of a $641.25 million settlement … Continue reading →

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