Tag Archives: Safety

Radiation doses underestimated in study of city in Fukushima via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A nuclear physicist who has drawn attention for tweeting about fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster has admitted that he and a colleague underestimated radiation doses in an article for an international scientific journal. Ryugo Hayano, professor emeritus at the … Continue reading →

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Niigata government to dispose of radioactive mud stored since Fukushima crisis via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NIIGATA – The Niigata Prefectural Government said Tuesday it will dispose of radioactive mud that has been stored since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ask the operator of the crisis-hit plant to shoulder the costs. The prefecture, located about … Continue reading →

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Cracks found in containment building of UAE nuclear power plant built by S. Korean companies via Hankyoreh

Posted on 2019/01/01 by nfield

There may be cracks in the containment building at the third unit at the Barakah nuclear power plant that South Korean companies are building in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The grease inserted into the concrete walls as a lubricant … Continue reading →

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Edison’s Plans To Resume Nuclear Waste Transfer May Face Legal Challenge via KPBS

Posted on 2018/12/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Southern California Edison may face more legal challenges before resuming the transfer of highly radioactive spent fuel rods from cooling ponds to silos near the beach at San Onofre. San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre said Edison has not lived up … Continue reading →

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Another outage at nuclear power plant in Mississippi raises concerns via CBS News

Posted on 2018/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jackson, Miss. — Another unplanned outage at Mississippi’s Grand Gulf nuclear power plant is adding to regulators’ concerns that reliability problems at the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the United States may be affecting power markets. Operators at the … Continue reading →

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80,000 TONS OF NUCLEAR WASTE ARE SITTING IN LIMBO via Futurity

Posted on 2018/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thousands of tons of highly radioactive spent fuel are in temporary storage in 35 US states, with no permanent solution in the works. Experts now show how to end this status quo. The United States government has worked for decades … Continue reading →

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FOOD IMPORTS FROM FUKUSHIMA-AFFECTED AREAS BECOME WEDGE ISSUE WITH JAPAN via New Bloom

Posted on 2018/12/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IT IS UNSURPRISING that Taiwan will not be admitted to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CFTPP) because of the referendum vote against food imports from Fukushima-affected areas held in late November concurrent with nine-in-one elections. Namely, the … Continue reading →

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Radiation-soaked Fukushima town REOPENS to visitors 7 years after meltdown via DailyStar

Posted on 2018/12/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THE town next to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Planet that suffered a devastating meltdown in 2011 has reopened. Futaba – on the Fukushima Prefecture – was turned into a ghost town after a huge tsunami swamped the nuclear reactors, triggering a … Continue reading →

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Tepco-linked firm employee’s thyroid cancer caused by work after Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, labor ministry admits via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The labor ministry said Wednesday that the thyroid cancer of a male worker, exposed to radiation after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, has been recognized as a work-related disease. Following the decision by a labor ministry … Continue reading →

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Trump plan to reclassify nuke waste alarms environmentalists via AP

Posted on 2018/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration wants to reclassify some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to lower its threat level and make disposal cheaper and easier. The proposal by the U.S. … Continue reading →

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