Tag Archives: Safety

Locals baffled as elk rescued from RADIOACTIVE Chernobyl water after three days via Daily Star

Posted on 2018/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

AN elk is expected to survive after it was saved from a radioactive water tank at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during a tense mission. The animal, which is part of the deer family, spent three days swimming around trying … Continue reading →

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Six nuclear power plants are in Hurricane Florence’s path, officials say via CNN

Posted on 2018/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(CNN)Federal officials expressed confidence the six nuclear power plants in Hurricane Florence‘s path are safe, but some experts aren’t so sure, warning that flooding and torrential rains could overwhelm their defenses. The six nuclear power plants in North and South … Continue reading →

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From nuclear disaster to Chernobyl’s booming tourism via Al-jazeera

Posted on 2018/09/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some 50,000 people visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, one of the most radioactive places on Earth, in 2017. […] Known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the towns and villages within a 30-kilometre radius around the destroyed reactor were evacuated of … Continue reading →

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‘Nuclear food referendum’: Taiwan’s softening of Fukushima ban under threat amid ballot calls via Food navigator asia

Posted on 2018/09/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan’s hopes that the Taiwan government will lift the current ban on foods from Fukushima and surrounding areas has hit another hurdle after Kuomintang, the Largest opposition party in Taiwan, submitted a referendum request on what has been dubbed ‘anti-nuclear … Continue reading →

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Japanese utilities ended funding for nuclear fuel reprocessing in 2016, putting MOX program in doubt via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/09/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Utilities that operate nuclear power plants stopped funding the reprocessing of nuclear fuel in fiscal 2016, their financial reports showed Sunday, a step that may affect resource-scarce Japan’s nuclear fuel recycling policy. The 10 utilities, including Tokyo Electric Power Company … Continue reading →

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Educational events to teach about nuclear waste shipping via Houston Chronicle

Posted on 2018/09/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Educational road shows are being held to teach the public about waste produced from nuclear energy that could be shipped through Nebraska and other states this fall. The shows provide information about the shipments from … Continue reading →

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Federal safety inspectors didn’t know about nuclear leak for years via The State

Posted on 2018/08/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY SAMMY FRETWELL sfretwell@thestate.com COLUMBIA, SC The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says its safety inspectors did not know for six years that uranium had leaked from an atomic fuel factory on Bluff Road, a sprawling industrial plant under scrutiny for … Continue reading →

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Gov’t, TEPCO plan to dump treated water in sea angers Fukushima fishermen via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/08/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO/IWAKI, Fukushima — In response to a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plan to release water containing radioactive tritium even after being treated from the tsunami-stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant into … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight via ProPublica

Posted on 2018/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Trump administration defended an order that could be used to withhold information about nuclear facilities from a federal board, but its leader says the action is not consistent with the U.S. Atomic Energy Act. by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe … Continue reading →

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Nuclear fuel removal to start at Monju reactor via NHK World

Posted on 2018/08/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operator of Japan’s Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor plans to soon start removing its nuclear fuel from a storage container as part of the plant’s decommissioning. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency plans to scrap the reactor in Tsuruga City in … Continue reading →

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