Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

Thyroid cancer diagnoses in Fukushima youth not linked to nuke disaster: panel via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/06/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA — A prefectural panel of experts here concluded on June 3 that thyroid cancer diagnosed in a second round of prefecture-wide checks in fiscal 2014 and 2015 on people who were aged 18 and under at the time of … Continue reading →

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Japan to tighten checks on South Korean fishery products in apparent Fukushima ban tit-for-tat via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/05/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The health ministry said Thursday that it will strengthen inspections on flatfish and some other fishery products from South Korea starting Saturday. The ministry characterized the measure as an effort to safeguard the health of Japanese people ahead of summer, … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: How to move a mountain of radioactive soil via BBC

Posted on 2019/05/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operators of the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan say they have achieved another milestone in making the plant safe.  Remotely controlled machinery has begun removing 88 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel from the heavily damaged … Continue reading →

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Growing crops in the shadow of Fukushima via BBC

Posted on 2019/05/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After more than eight years as nuclear exiles, some have chosen to return to the small town of Okuma in Fukushima, Japan.  […] Around 40% of the town’s land area has been cleaned up and the radiation levels lowered enough … Continue reading →

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Fukushima aims to boost school-trip visitors with new plan focused on teaching about 3/11 disaster via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In an effort to increase the number of students visiting for school trips, Fukushima Prefecture has created a series of travel routes it will propose this fiscal year to schools outside the prefecture to provide them with an opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl vs. Fukushima: Which Nuclear Meltdown Was the Bigger Disaster? via Live Science

Posted on 2019/05/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer  The new HBO series “Chernobyl” dramatizes the accident and horrific aftermath of a nuclear meltdown that rocked the Ukraine in 1986. Twenty-five years later, another nuclear catastrophe would unfold in Japan, after the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent … Continue reading →

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Tepco cautioned about employing foreign workers at Fukushima nuclear plant under new visa system via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/05/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government on Tuesday urged the operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to carefully examine the firm’s plan to have non-Japanese work at the complex under a new visa program, citing difficulties in managing long-term health risks. … Continue reading →

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I oversaw the U.S. nuclear power industry. Now I think it should be banned. via the Washington Post

Posted on 2019/05/19 by nfield

The danger from climate change no longer outweighs the risks of nuclear accidents. By Gregory Jaczko Gregory Jaczko served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2005 to 2009, and as its chairman from 2009 to 2012. The author of “Confessions … Continue reading →

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Novellas express anger after Fukushima disaster via Star Advertiser

Posted on 2019/05/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Oscar Boyd  TOKYO >> An anger directed toward Tokyo underlies Yusuke Kimura’s two novellas, “Sacred Cesium Ground” and “Isa’s Deluge.” Born from a keen sense of abandonment felt by the Tohoku region in the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake … Continue reading →

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‘Fukushima 50’ to Star Ken Watanabe and Koichi Sato via Variety

Posted on 2019/05/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By PATRICK FRATER Japan’s Koichi Sato (“Terminal,” “Whiteout,” and “Unforgiven”) and Ken Watanabe(“Inception,” “Letters from Iwo Jima,” “Godzilla,” “The Last Samurai”) star in “Fukushima 50,” a forthcoming film recounting the events of the East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown of 2011. … Continue reading →

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