Tag Archives: Safety

Nuclear Reactors Could Run as Long as 80 Years Under Trump Plan via Bloomberg

Posted on 2018/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.S. Energy Department is throwing its support behind a request by utilities to extend the life of some nuclear power reactors — keeping them in operation for as long as 80 years. An official with the department, who asked … Continue reading →

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Fukushima plant reactor gets new roof cover via NHK World

Posted on 2018/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have finished installing a new roof covering for the No.3 reactor building. The work started last August to set up a dome-shaped cover. It is part of preparations for removing nuclear … Continue reading →

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Media reports de-romanticize the cleanup work on the Fukushima nuclear power plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/02/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY PHILIP BRASOR […] Some have become famous. The public would not know much about the situation without Kazuto Tatsuta’s manga series, “Ichiefu” (or “1F” — shorthand for “Fukushima No. 1”), the writings of former letter carrier and cleanup worker … Continue reading →

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Fukushima fruit exports to Southeast Asia peachy as contamination fears dissipate via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/02/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Among peaches Japan exported to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia last year, those produced in Fukushima Prefecture led the way, retaining their No. 1 status for two years in a row. According to the prefectural government, 48 tons of Fukushima peaches … Continue reading →

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“It was complete chaos” says Hanford worker who inhaled plutonium via King5 News

Posted on 2018/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The worker tested positive for inhalation of the potential lethal nuclear isotope of plutonium – a key ingredient to the production of nuclear bombs and warheads. Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this report stated this was the first time … Continue reading →

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The Pacific’s Nuclear Timebomb via Aljazeera

Posted on 2018/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

101 East investigates if the legacy of America’s nuclear bomb testing is the poisoning of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific paradise of Enewetak Atoll harbours a devastating secret – the toxic legacy of American nuclear testing. Between 1946 and 1958, … Continue reading →

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Foreign lodgers in Fukushima return to pre-disaster level via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] A total of 78,680 visitors from outside Japan stayed the night in the prefecture between January and October last year, exceeding 77,890 for the same period in 2010, according to preliminary figures. While the figure for 2010 rose to … Continue reading →

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J-Village soccer center in Fukushima to partially reopen in July via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – The J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture will partially reopen on July 28, more than seven years after the facility was forced to close due to the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, its operator said … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s nuclear weapons — nothing to cheer about via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2018/02/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

I read The New Mexican headline (“Nuclear buildup could mean work for labs in N.M.,” Feb. 3), with deep weariness and déjà vu. Of course the relentless push to shovel tax dollars to unneeded proliferation means New Mexico will do … Continue reading →

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No Fukui evac plan needed for simultaneous nuclear accidents: Cabinet documents via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/02/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUI – The central government and the Fukui Prefectural Government have determined there is no need to craft a new evacuation plan in case of a twin nuclear accident there, Cabinet Office documents show. In a meeting last month, state … Continue reading →

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