Tag Archives: Safety

JCCI urges Taiwan to ease 3/11 food import ban via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/11/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TAIPEI – The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry is urging Taiwan to ease its ban on food imports from five prefectures imposed as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. […] The chairman of the JCCI’s Taipei branch, Takeshi … Continue reading →

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The South’s legacy of abandoned nuclear reactors via The State

Posted on 2017/11/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

COLUMBIA, SC The South has more nuclear reactors than any other region, and South Carolina is the nuclear epicenter. Home to the Savannah River Site and some of the first commercial reactors and deriving 50 percent of its electricity from … Continue reading →

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‘Maintenance shutdown’ at Kudankulam nuclear plant raises questions among activists via The News Minute

Posted on 2017/11/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Unit 2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant began operations in March and was shut down after a few weeks. Under maintenance for the past three months, Unit 2 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant has had its restart date … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Material Accumulating In Sands & Brackish Groundwater Of Beaches Up To 60 Miles From Fukushima via Clean Technica

Posted on 2017/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive material from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster is accumulating in the sands and brackish groundwater beneath beaches up to 60 miles away from the nuclear power plant itself, according to a new study published in the Proceedings … Continue reading →

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A tunnel collapsed at a North Korean nuclear test site, reportedly killing 200 people via Business Insider

Posted on 2017/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese media reports 200 North Koreans died in a tunnel collapse at their nuclear test site. In September, North Korea tested a powerful nuclear weapon that experts say rocked the mountain and made it unstable. If the test site is … Continue reading →

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Fukushima ghost towns abandoned after 2011 nuclear disaster revealed by filmmakers via Independent

Posted on 2017/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

‘It’s heartbreaking to see how people fled and left all their belongings behind,’ says Bob Thissen A film team that specialises in surreptitiously accessing abandoned places has produced new footage showing the ghost towns left behind after the Fukushima nuclear … Continue reading →

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Sprawling radioactive waste storage facility opens for business in Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government’s new radioactive waste storage facility in Fukushima Prefecture kicked into full gear on Saturday after completing a roughly four-month trial run. While the facility near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex is designed to store soil and … Continue reading →

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South Korea’s Nuclear Energy Debate via The Diplomat

Posted on 2017/10/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

South Korea’s experiment in deliberative democracy will impact President Moon Jae-in’s nuclear phase-out policy. South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced on October 22 that he would resume the construction of two nuclear reactors which had been temporarily halted since mid-July, … Continue reading →

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Kobe Steel sent products with tampered data to second nuclear company via Reuters

Posted on 2017/10/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Reuters) – Kobe Steel Ltd supplied parts with false specifications for nuclear equipment owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL), JNFL said on Friday, adding that the products were not used. […] Japan’s atomic regulator has asked nuclear operators … Continue reading →

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Operator set to request 20 years extra for Tokai nuclear plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/10/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan Atomic Power Co. is preparing to apply for a 20-year extension to operate the aged Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant beyond its 40-year life span, sources said. Such an extension would be the first among Japan’s aged boiling-water reactors, … Continue reading →

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