Tag Archives: Safety

Tepco probe to directly touch melted fuel debris at Fukushima plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is planning to survey melted fuel debris at the No. 2 reactor by the end of March — using a special device — in an operation it hopes will help … Continue reading →

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Trouble-hit nuclear reactor in southwestern Japan resumes operations via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/06/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) — A nuclear reactor at a trouble-hit complex in southwestern Japan restarted operations Saturday for the first time in more than six and a half years amid lingering safety concerns. […] The restart sparked local protests, with around … Continue reading →

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Study: Traces of radioactive contamination found in homes of six Hanford workers via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2018/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The levels are low, but if some microparticles are inhaled or ingested by nuclear-site workers or their families, the radioactive dust is a “potential source of internal radiation exposure,” the study’s author writes. Dust samples from the homes of six … Continue reading →

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Blowback Over Japanese Plan to Reuse Tainted Soil From Fukushima via Bloomberg

Posted on 2018/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Brian Yap Japan’s plan to reuse soil contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant accident for agriculture is sparking something of its own nuclear reaction. Residents and other critics don’t want any part of it. “Pollutants contained … Continue reading →

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Japanese utility eyes scrapping 2nd Fukushima nuclear plant via Washington Post

Posted on 2018/06/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — The operator of a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan that suffered meltdowns seven years ago said Thursday for the first time publicly that it will start making concrete plans to decommission another plant in Fukushima that narrowly … Continue reading →

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Our nuclear legacy is also our nuclear future via The Verge

Posted on 2018/06/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Journalist Fred Pearce chronicles nuclear disasters throughout history in his new book, Fallout. In the spring of 2016, journalist Fred Pearce spent an afternoon drinking what he suspected was radioactive vodka, flavored with herbs grown near the site of Chernobyl’s … Continue reading →

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Lax Oversight, Poor Management Raise Concerns at Los Alamos Nuclear Lab via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2018/06/12 by nfield

By Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress he University of California will continue to manage one of the country’s most important nuclear labs alongside two partners, despite a series of accidents that raise serious concerns about the lab’s safety. In a statement Friday, the … Continue reading →

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New team to manage nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico via Las Vegas Review-Journal

Posted on 2018/06/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Overseeing a top nuclear weapons laboratory that has had security and safety problems will be the responsibility of a new management team that includes two universities and a research firm that does work around the world, the … Continue reading →

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Emperor and Empress meet with nuclear evacuees in Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/06/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IWAKI, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met evacuees from the March 2011 tsunami-triggered nuclear disaster on Saturday as they began a three-day visit to Fukushima that was expected to be their last to the region before his … Continue reading →

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Large fire ravages Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, tons of water poured in by planes via RT

Posted on 2018/06/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A major wildfire is sweeping through the Chernobyl nuclear disaster area. The authorities have deployed dozens of fire trucks as firefighting aircraft bombard the radioactive exclusion zone with massive amounts of water. The fire inside the Chernobyl ‘dead zone,’ which … Continue reading →

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