Tag Archives: Radiation exposure

Grand Junction keeps its grave for radioactive, Cold War dirt thanks to new coronavirus-aid package via Colorado Sun

Posted on 2021/01/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Trump’s signature means a disposal site can remain open for another decade, averting millions of dollars in added expenses Nancy Lofholm Cold War-era Grand Junction had a widespread benefit from a uranium mill in its backyard: dirt — fine, sand-like, … Continue reading →

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Emperor’s evacuation to Kyoto weighed after Fukushima nuclear disaster via Kyodo News

Posted on 2021/01/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government led by the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan unofficially proposed that then Emperor Akihito evacuate to Kyoto or somewhere further in the west from Tokyo immediately after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, a … Continue reading →

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Radiation levels at Fukushima plant far worse than was thought via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2020/12/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NORIHIKO KUWABARA Exceedingly high radiation levels found inside crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were labeled by nuclear regulators as an “extremely serious” challenge to the shutdown process and overall decommissioning of the site. The Nuclear Regulation … Continue reading →

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Court Rules in Favor of Veterans Exposed to Radiation via Yale Law School

Posted on 2020/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In a nationwide class decision released on December 17, 2020, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reexamine how it evaluates disability claims of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation in a … Continue reading →

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Unsafe levels of radiation found in Chernobyl crops via Live Science

Posted on 2020/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Harry Baker The effects of the explosive 1986 disaster can still be seen in nearby crops. Crops grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine are still contaminated with radiation from the explosive 1986 disaster.  In a new study, researchers found that … Continue reading →

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Glowing opportunity: Japan to pay citizens up to $19k to settle around crippled Fukushima nuclear plant via RT

Posted on 2020/12/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Japanese government has taken an unprecedented step to revive areas near the Fukushima power plant, offering hefty sums of money to those agreeing to move there. There’s a catch though – they’ll have to stay for five years. The … Continue reading →

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A Legacy of Contamination via Daily Yonder

Posted on 2020/12/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

What happens when the fallout from the nation’s largest industrial disaster goes nuclear? by Austyn Gaffney In 2009, App Thacker was hired to run a dredge along the Emory River in eastern Tennessee. Picture an industrialized fleet modeled after Huck Finn’s … Continue reading →

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Japan government planning grants for those willing to reside in Fukushima Prefecture via The Japan News

Posted on 2020/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Yomiuri ShimbunGovernment grants of up to ¥2 million will be provided next fiscal year to people who move to one of 12 municipalities surrounding the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, where meltdowns occurred following the 2011 Great East Japan … Continue reading →

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Local despair over Fukushima’s radioactive mushrooms via NHK World Japan

Posted on 2020/12/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yabe Makiko An autumnal delight that used to attract tourists to Fukushima Prefecture still grows in the region’s mountains and forests, but these ones are forbidden to eat. Wild mushrooms continue to record high levels of cesium almost a decade since the … Continue reading →

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US Nuclear Site Cleanup Underfunded By Up To $70 Billion via CleanTechnica

Posted on 2020/12/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Michael Barnard  Headlines out of the UK are pointing out the horrible state of affairs for nuclear generation decommissioning after a committee of Members of Parliament that the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority really doesn’t have a handle on the 17 sites, … Continue reading →

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