Tag Archives: Safety

NEW FUKUSHIMA NIGHTMARE FOR JAPAN UTILITY via WND

Posted on 2018/04/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How does one store a million tons of radiated water – forever? There’s a building boom going on at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan where on March 11, 2011, as the coast was catastrophically flooded by an earthquake-triggered … Continue reading →

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Russia’s ‘nuclear titanic’ sets off for Norway coast via The Local

Posted on 2018/04/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Russian power plant dubbed a “nuclear Titanic” by environmental campaigners set off on Saturday at the start of journey that will take it up Norway’s coast.   Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, left the Baltic … Continue reading →

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For veterans of British nuclear tests, a 60 year fight for recognition goes on via Radio New Zealand

Posted on 2018/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific Journalist @JamieTahana jamie.tahana@radionz.co.nz On the beach of a remote Kiribati atoll 60 years ago, Paul Ah Poy and hundreds of others were ordered to turn around, crouch and cover their eyes. Huddled together on the beach … Continue reading →

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Fukushima residents fight state plan to build roads with radiation-tainted soil via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – The Environment Ministry plans to use radiation-tainted soil to build roads in Fukushima Prefecture, starting with trials in the city of Nihonmatsu next month. But in the face of fierce protests from safety-minded residents, the ministry is struggling … Continue reading →

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Cyprus Nuclear Protest via The Gazette

Posted on 2018/04/27 by nfield

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot, protestors hold cuddles and anti-nuclear placards during a protest against the planned construction of a Russian-built nuclear power plant on Turkey, inside the U.N buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, April 26, 2018. … Continue reading →

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Fresh analysis of Fukushima Daiichi ‘fuel debris’ via NHK World

Posted on 2018/04/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A fresh video analysis by the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows that molten fuel at the No.2 reactor may have fallen along several paths. The unit is one of the 3 reactors that experienced a meltdown … Continue reading →

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Scholar on Nuclear Disasters: ‘I Am Not Optimistic About Our Collective Future’ via Sputnik

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On the 32nd anniversary of the most destructive man-caused disasters in history, the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, Sputnik discussed the liquidation of nuclear incidents throughout the world with Majia H. Nadesan, Risk Innovation Fellow … Continue reading →

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32 years after the Chernobyl disaster via USA Today

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(captions with the photos) A tourist takes a photo in an abandoned kindergarten in the ghost village of Kopachi near the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant during a tour to the Chernobyl exclusion zone April 23, 2018. April 26, 2018 will … Continue reading →

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SAN ONOFRE’S NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE TANKS ALREADY BREAKING via Surfer

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BUSTED BOLT FOUND IN NEW TANK MEANT TO HOLD SPENT FUEL Just a few months into Southern California Edison’s very controversial plan to relocate spent nuclear fuel to holding tanks on the beach at San Onofre, crews are finding the … Continue reading →

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Treasure Hunt: Antiques can emit radiation via Reading Eagle

Posted on 2018/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some months ago in an antique mall in Lancaster County, I saw a man with two odd-looking gadgets that emitted a beeping noise now and then. Being a curious former news reporter, I had to ask him what he was … Continue reading →

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