Tag Archives: Safety

Energy company applies to drill wells near former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant via The Denver Post

Posted on 2018/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

U.K. firm files applications ahead of vote on stricter well setbacks As a decision looms by Colorado voters on more stringent siting requirements for oil and gas drilling, an energy company has applied to drill up to 31 wells near … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: So who will foot the bill if another nuclear disaster strikes Japan? via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Nearly eight years have passed since the catastrophic triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, yet serious problems and flaws remain unaddressed with the current system. The government clearly has no intention of tackling them anytime … Continue reading →

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Navy Used Outdated Standards to Clean Up Radiation at Hunters Point Shipyard, New Report Finds via NBC

Posted on 2018/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A new report released Tuesday by a nuclear policy expert concluded the public’s health is at risk because the Navy is using radiation cleanup standards at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard that are weaker than required by law. Daniel Hirsch, … Continue reading →

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Ex-TEPCO head apologizes to victims of 2011 nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] “I deeply apologize to those who died, their bereaved families, injured people, local people and society at large,” Tsunehisa Katsumata, 78, said Oct. 29 during the 33rd hearing of a trial at the Tokyo District Court of three former … Continue reading →

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60,000 tons of dangerous radioactive waste sits on Great Lakes shores via Detroit Free Press

Posted on 2018/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THE EFFECTS OF A WORST-CASE SCENARIO — FROM A NATURAL DISASTER TO TERRORISM — COULD CAUSE UNTHINKABLE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION. More than 60,000tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is stored on the shores of four of … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Bomb Movie in Development With ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Producer via Variety

Posted on 2018/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge” producer David Permut has acquired the motion picture rights to Joel Dobson’s nuclear bomb thriller “The Goldsboro Broken Arrow.” Dobson’s book follows the formerly classified events that took place in 1961 when four pilots ejected out of … Continue reading →

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Four Japan firms used foreign trainees to clean up at Fukushima plant after nuclear meltdowns: final report via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government concluded Friday that four companies had used foreign trainees to perform work cleaning up radioactive contamination after the March 2011 tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. […] Officials visited a total of 1,018 such … Continue reading →

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Failures of Congress Keep Nuclear Waste Scattered Across the US via Roll Call

Posted on 2018/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Government’s liability is $34 billion and growing as communities wait and wait some more In Zion, Illinois, 257 acres of prime lakefront property about 40 miles northwest of Chicago should be at the center of a redevelopment plan to revive … Continue reading →

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PEACE BOAT AND GREENPEACE STILL CAMPAIGNING FOR FUKUSHIMA via Metropolis

Posted on 2018/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Metropolis interviews NGO leaders at the forefront of the recovery effort This past summer, while beaches in Fukushima were re-opening, UN experts were assessing how the nuclear disaster impacted people’s physical and mental health. The ending of government housing provision … Continue reading →

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Washington County Nuclear Site Reactor Core Raised via USNews

Posted on 2018/10/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The reactor core at a University of Arkansas-owned nuclear test site has been raised and contained and will be transported to a final disposal site in Nevada in the coming weeks. […] Dean Wheeler, a spokesman at the Utah-based nuclear … Continue reading →

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