Tag Archives: Safety

San Francisco’s Hunters Point Radiation Problems Worsen via Yubanet.com

Posted on 2018/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Washington, DC, May 25, 2018 — The U.S. Navy has found “data manipulation and/or falsification” afflicting years of radiation surveys on the buildings at San Francisco’s Hunters Point shipyard, invalidating its contractor’s claims the buildings are safe for “unrestricted release,” … Continue reading →

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Container problem spurs evacuation at nuclear waste site via Kristv

Posted on 2018/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Workers had to evacuate the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository after finding a container of waste misaligned inside its packaging, but officials confirmed Friday that no radiation was released.      It marked another … Continue reading →

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Investigation continues as Richland nuclear power plant restarts via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2018/05/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

RICHLAND, WA The nuclear power plant near Richland reconnected to the regional power grid Thursday morning after shutting down unexpectedly six days ago. It is the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant. It provides electricity to 92 Northwest utilities, equivalent … Continue reading →

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TROOPS PROTECTING NUCLEAR BASE FOUND ON ACID: ‘I FELT PARANOIA, PANIC’ via Newsweek

Posted on 2018/05/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Troops tasked with protecting some of America’s deadliest weapons, nuclear missiles, were caught taking the hallucinogenic drug LSD, among other substances. The Associated Press obtained a number of Air Force records showing 14 service members were disciplined for involvement with an LSD drug ring … Continue reading →

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Fukushima-Daiichi radioactive particle release was significant says new research via Manchester 1824

Posted on 2018/05/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Scientists say there was a significant release of radioactive particles during the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident. The researchers identified the contamination using a new method and say if the particles are inhaled they could pose long-term health risks to humans. […] … Continue reading →

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Air duct corrosion and holes found at seven nuclear plants via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Corrosion and holes have been found in ventilation ducts at 12 reactors at seven nuclear plants across the country, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday, raising concerns that workers could be exposed to radiation in the event of an accident. … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor Calls for Nuclear Reform at Kennedy School via The Harvard Crimson

Posted on 2018/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Keiko Ogura, 80, a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, visited the Kennedy School to caution against the use of nuclear weapons worldwide Sunday. Ogura was eight years old on August 6, 1945, when the … Continue reading →

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Southeast Asia’s only nuclear plant is a tourist site. That may change as Philippines weighs using it decades after it was built via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As power demand soars in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the Philippines’ energy ministry is looking seriously again at nuclear power […] The Philippines splashed out US$2.3 billion on the 621-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, but mothballed it after … Continue reading →

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Japan’s government weighs dumping radioactive Fukushima water into the Pacific via Bellona

Posted on 2018/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As the cleanup of a triple meltdown following an earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant drags into its seventh year, one of the biggest continuing threats is less from airborne radioactivity than it is simple water. […] … Continue reading →

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Process begins at Shimane nuclear plant to operate new reactor via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/05/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chugoku Electric Power Co. on May 22 took the first step toward the start of operations of the Shimane nuclear power plant’s new reactor, whose construction was halted following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The utility, based in Hiroshima, … Continue reading →

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