Tag Archives: Safety

Hot weather forces 4 French nuclear reactors to shut down via abc news

Posted on 2018/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As Europe struggles through a major heatwave, the French energy company EDF says it has halted a fourth nuclear reactor, this time one at the country’s oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim in eastern France. […] Since Thursday, four French nuclear … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Group: Nuclear waste could be trucked from Illinois to Port Huron via Times Herald

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A coalition of environmental groups claims a letter from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicates that nuclear waste from power plants in Illinois will be trucked to Port Huron and shipped from there to an unknown destination. “A spill, release or fire … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Nuclear wasteland: The explosive boom and long, painful bust of American uranium mining via CNBC

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Government incentives and trade barriers once sparked a gold rush for uranium, leading to a boom in mining for the nuclear fuel However, U.S. uranium miners have endured decades of distress as foreign competition entered the market and demand faltered … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break via The Verge

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Have nuclear fuel transportation cask, will travel  Researchers sent a nuclear waste container on a 14,500-mile odyssey by truck, barge, cargo ship, and train in an effort to understand how well radioactive fuel would stand up to travel. That’s important … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Leak at SC nuclear plant polluted soil, but agency says groundwater OK via The State

Posted on 2018/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tests taken recently at a Bluff Road nuclear fuel factory found no signs that uranium contamination seeped from the soil into the shallow groundwater at the sprawling plant, state regulators said. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control said … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Made in Fukushima: Aided by rigorous radiation checks, farmers and fishermen struggle to win trust via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The tsunami destroyed ports across the region and demand for Fukushima seafood is low despite an even stricter testing standard of 50 bq/kg. “When we catch fish and send it to market in Tokyo, some people don’t want to … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Editorial: Plutonium reduction does not fit in with nuclear fuel cycle via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/08/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) has clearly stated for the first time that Japan will try to reduce its plutonium stockpiles. The new policy, incorporated in the commission’s revised guidelines, is a reflection of Japan’s principle of not holding … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

In nuclear politics, one size doesn’t fit all via engadget

Posted on 2018/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Iran is not North Korea. […] The first strike on Hiroshima, Japan, killed 80,000 people and injured 70,000. The bomb was a uranium-based gun-type model and it scorched the earth bare. A second strike followed three days later on the … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

California wines contain Fukushima radiation, and it’s not a bad thing via PBS

Posted on 2018/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In an underground lab covered by nine feet of concrete and compacted dirt, two nuclear physicists hunt for fraudulent wine. Their method is unusual — they measure radiation coming from the wine itself, without ever opening the bottle. Now in … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Ex-IEA official: Nuclear power can’t compete with solar power via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear power is “ridiculously expensive” compared with solar power and cannot compete from a financial standpoint, said the former head of the International Energy Agency. During a lecture at a symposium in Tokyo on July 23, Nobuo Tanaka, former IEA … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 6 Comments