Tag Archives: Radiation

Does Nuclear Plant Proximity Endanger Health? [AUDIO] via New Jersey 101.5

Posted on 2013/07/19 by norma field

yster Creek Nuclear Power Plant opponents are hosting a forum next Tuesday to discuss an upcoming study looking at the health risk associated with living near U.S. nuclear power plants. The study is being conducted by National Research Council of … Continue reading →

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68 Years Ago: The Nuclear Age Is Born—Amid Secrecy, Cover-up and Radiation Threat Read more: 68 Years Ago: The Nuclear Age Is Born—Amid Secrecy, Cover-up and Radiation Threat via The Nation

Posted on 2013/07/16 by norma field

While most people trace the dawn of the nuclear era to August 6, 1945, and the dropping of the atomic bomb over the center of Hiroshima, it really began three weeks earlier, in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, with … Continue reading →

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【pétition】 Un appel pour améliorer les conditions de travail des ouvriers de la centrale nucléaire Fukushima Dai-ichi via Sumi Hasegawa

Posted on 2013/04/17 by norma field

À L’ATTENTION DE: ABE Shinzo, Premier Ministre du Japon TAMURA Norihisa, Ministre de la Santé, du Travail et du Bien-Être, Japon SHIMOKOBE Kazuhiko,P.D.G. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Ltd (TEPCO) HIROSE Naomi, Présidente, Tokyo Electric Power Co. Ltd. (TEPCO) Depuis l’accident … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima nuclear disaster exposed Navy rescue workers to dangerous levels of radiation via Courthouse News Service

Posted on 2012/12/27 by norma field

SAN DIEGO (CN) – The Fukushima nuclear disaster exposed Navy rescue workers to dangerous levels of radiation, which the government-owned power plant covered up, eight U.S. sailors claim in court. Eight crew members of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, whose home … Continue reading →

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The Dark Knight’s Mushroom Cloud via Truth-out.org

Posted on 2012/12/09 by kojimaaiko

“The Dark Knight Rises” – in addition to being tied to real life tragedy – is so chockfull of subplots, back stories and caesura for action sequences that critics and viewers don’t seem to care about its primary narrative: After … Continue reading →

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Lingering radiation means continued chill for some tourist hotspots via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/10/29 by norma field

MAEBASHI–Visitor numbers remain low at some once-popular autumn tourist sites in Japan, amid lingering concerns about radiation in food more than a year after the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Akagi Onuma, a caldera lake atop Mount Akagiyama in northern Maebashi, usually … Continue reading →

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Radiation as Cultural Talisman: Nuclear Weapons Testing and American Popular Culture in the Early Cold War via Japan Focus

Posted on 2012/06/26 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Robert Jacobs Introduction On what appeared to be a normal day off the Pacific coast of California, Scott Thomas was relaxing on his boat and enjoying a peaceful day of leisure. His wife had just gone below to grab two … Continue reading →

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Radiation leak from Gori-1 reactor could kill 900,000 people: report via Yonhap News

Posted on 2012/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BUSAN, May 21 (Yonhap) — A radiation leak from South Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor could kill up to 900,000 people over the long term and cause damage totaling a maximum of 628 trillion won (US$537 billion), a report showed Monday. … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s concrete jungle amplifies city’s radiation via cnn.us

Posted on 2012/03/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

When Pieter Franken visited Hong Kong one of the first things he did was measure the level of radiation in his hotel room. A Geiger counter is not usually packed by a business traveller, but well as having a banking … Continue reading →

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Pesek: Japan Nuclear Mobsters Don’t Share Pain via Bloomberg view

Posted on 2012/03/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A year after an earthquake in Japan (JGDPAGDP) touched off the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, here’s the question on my mind: Who’s going to jail? The news media are asking the obvious and safe questions ahead of March 11: … Continue reading →

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