Tag Archives: Safety

Convoy of Death: Nuclear Weapon Transport Accidents Hit Record Highs in the UK via Sputnik

Posted on 2018/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Safety issues compromizing nuclear bomb convoys regularly travelling throughout the UK have risen to record highs, according to Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures. The total number of incidents logged by officials in 2017 was 44, the most since 2008, and brings the total number of recorded incidents … Continue reading →

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Russia’s first sea-borne nuclear power plant arrives in Arctic via Reuters

Posted on 2018/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s first-floating nuclear power plant arrived in the Arctic port of Murmansk over the weekend in preparation for its maiden mission, providing electricity to an isolated Russian town across the Bering Strait from Alaska. […] In Murmansk … Continue reading →

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Radiation monitors in Fukushima to be scrapped after malfunctioning to the tune of ¥500 million a year via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The thousands of radiation-monitoring posts installed in Fukushima Prefecture after the 2011 nuclear crisis have malfunctioned nearly 4,000 times, sources said Sunday as the Nuclear Regulation Authority prepares to remove them after spending ¥500 million a year on repair costs. … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Prefecture radiation monitoring posts installed after 3/11 hit by glitches via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/05/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some 3,000 radiation monitoring devices installed in Fukushima Prefecture after the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster have been hit by glitches and other problems nearly 4,000 times, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. The Nuclear Regulation … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong to reach decision by November on lifting Japanese food import ban over Fukushima disaster via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/05/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

News comes after city’s leader in March declined request to remove restrictions, citing public safety Hong Kong is considering lifting a ban on Japanese food imports after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, with a decision to be reached by November when … Continue reading →

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Alec Baldwin tells APP: No nuclear power bailout in NJ via app

Posted on 2018/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Gov. Phil Murphy has pledged an all-renewable energy future for New Jersey by 2050. He is to be commended. But, that goal won’t be achieved by doling out $300 million annually to PSEG and Exelon to bail out the Salem/Hope Creek … Continue reading →

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Storage capacity of radioactive water at Fukushima power plant nears limit via The Japan News

Posted on 2018/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Yomiuri Shimbun The number of storage tanks for contaminated water and other materials has continuously increased at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and space for still more tanks is approaching the limit. … Continue reading →

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Poisoning fears as Japan plans to use radioactive Fukushima soil to build roads　via Citizens for Legitimate Government

Posted on 2018/05/18 by nfield

Poisoning fears as Japan plans to use RADIOACTIVE Fukushima soil to build roads | 29 April 2018 | There are fears people could be poisoned amid plans to use radioactive soil from Fukushima to build roads. The country’s Environment Ministry wants to … Continue reading →

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Oak Ridge heavy element production site receives historic designation via Knox News

Posted on 2018/05/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC), which produces heavy elements and isotopes, was recognized as a historic nuclear landmark Wednesday in an American Nuclear Society ceremony recognizing more than 50 years of isotope production and nuclear fuel cycle … Continue reading →

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Researchers turn low-level nuclear waste into glass via New Atlas

Posted on 2018/05/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Cold War left behind significant amounts of low-level nuclear waste, but the future may be a bit cleaner thanks to a team of scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), who have vitrified low-level … Continue reading →

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