Tag Archives: Safety

Near site of Fukushima nuclear disaster, a shattered town and scattered lives via The Washington Post

Posted on 2019/02/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NAMIE, Japan —  Noboru Honda lost 12 members of his extended family when a tsunami struck the Fukushima prefecture in northern Japan nearly eight years ago. Last year, he was diagnosed with cancer and initially given a few months to … Continue reading →

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Brant Ulsh, skeptic on radiation limits, to head EPA radiation panel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has appointed a scientist who argues for easing regulations on lower-level radiation exposures to lead the agency’s radiation advisory committee. Acting EPA head Andrew Wheeler on Thursday announced the appointment of Brant Ulsh, a … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste burial fund grows to $43 billion, but DOE has not buried an ounce of spent fuel via The Orange County Register

Posted on 2019/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive waste still stuck at San Onofre and other reactors across the nation A U.S. Department of Energy fund to pay for the eventual disposal of nuclear waste has been earning $1.5 billion in interest each year — totaling a … Continue reading →

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Radioactive cesium above legal limit detected in fish caught off Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – Radioactive cesium exceeding the state limit has been detected in fish caught off Fukushima Prefecture for the first time in about four years, the prefecture’s fisheries cooperatives association has said. The cesium level of 161 becquerels per kilogram, … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’ as stockpile reaches 250,000 tons, Greenpeace warns via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS – Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report via France24

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage facilities in … Continue reading →

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Nevada Governor ‘Beyond Outraged’ by Nuclear ‘Deception’ via Newser

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Feds secretly shipped plutonium from SC (NEWSER) – The Department of Energy revealed on Wednesday that it secretly shipped weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a nuclear security site in Nevada months ago despite the state’s protests. The Justice Department … Continue reading →

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Nuclear facility operator reports radioactive leak via NHK World

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operator of a nuclear facility, north of Tokyo, says radioactive substances leaked while workers were changing plastic bags and packing a container with material for nuclear fuel inside. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency made the revelation on Thursday, a … Continue reading →

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IAEA Issues Final Report on Fourth Review of Fukushima Decommissioning via IAEA

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today published the final report by an IAEA expert team that reviewed Japan’s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS). The final report, based on findings … Continue reading →

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Alarm triggered at onetime nuclear fuel facility in Ibaraki after radioactive substances leaked via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/01/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An alarm was triggered at a onetime nuclear fuel manufacturing facility Wednesday after radioactive substances leaked from materials that were being transferred at a facility operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, officials with the … Continue reading →

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