information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
January 4, 2015 http://nf2045.blogspot.fr/ http://nf2045.blogspot.fr/2016/01/japans-nuclear-disaster-drills-modern.html Japan’s nuclear disaster drills: the modern version of duck-and-cover One of the more famous aspects of American cold war culture of...
The nuclear industry’s COP 21 dilemma: 100% renewables is attainable http://safeenergy.org/2015/12/07/the-nuclear-industrys-cop-21-dilemma/ “Nuclear power plant construction” by James Douch – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons – If you...
Weeds grow in the parking lot of an abandoned restaurant along Route 6, just outside the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which suffered a multiple-reactor meltdown following a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Shiho Fukada...
March 10, 2019 Fukushima child evacuee speaks out https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2019/03/10/fukushima-child-evacuee-speaks-out/ After “so much pain and sorrow”, a call to end nuclear power By “Yumi”* Dear citizens and friends, My name is Yumi,...
NUCLEAR WATCH Oct. 15, 2014 Inside No-entry zone The nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011 caused a major dispersal of radioactive substances over many cities and villages around the plant. Three and a half years later, there are still many areas...
October 29, 2015 Robot for decontaminating high places to be deployed at Fukushima nuke plant A new radioactive cleanup robot is seen. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20151029p2a00m0na011000c.html A new robot designed to...
July 28, 2015 Fukushima fishermen OK TEPCO plan to release decontaminated water into sea http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201507280063 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Fishermen in northern Fukushima Prefecture gave Tokyo...
May 21, 2015 TEPCO robot finds Fukushima No. 2 reactor pressure venting system failure http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505210037 By MASANOBU HIGASHIYAMA/ Staff Writer The venting system designed to release pressure inside the...
February 3, 2017 Radiation level in Fukushima reactor could kill within a minute http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702030064.html Radiation levels that can kill a person in a minute and holes created by melted nuclear fuel could further delay decommissioning...
April 11, 2016 News Navigator: What exactly is reactor decommissioning work? http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160411/p2a/00m/0na/023000c Reactor decommissioning workers wearing protective suits are seen at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on Feb....
In Japan the authorities continue to do their utmost to reassure the people about the risks of nuclear energy. Huge communication efforts are made to put nukes in a good light and play down new developments, critical scientific findings and unpleasant...
November 22, 2017 Once severely damaged Fukushima reactor building opened to media to showcase progress https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20171122/p2a/00m/0na/017000c#cxrecs_s The top floor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor building...
October 20, 2015 TEPCO conducts endoscopy of No.3 reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Oct. 20, 2015 - Updated 14:35 UTC+2 The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has conducted the first endoscopic probe...
Nuclear Watch : http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclearwatch/20141001.html Impact of Low-Level Radiation Scientists from Japan and abroad have been trudging through the abandoned fields and forests of Fukushima looking for clues. They're trying...
March 9, 2016 5 years after Fukushima meltdowns, off-limits zone in Iitate languishes http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160309/p2a/00m/0na/021000c To date, the government has avoided providing any outlook for decontamination of areas designated as...
July 22, 2017 Images of fuel debris 1st step in deactivating Fukushima plant http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201707220018.html THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The discovery of apparent icicle-shaped melted nuclear fuel within a reactor at the stricken Fukushima...
May 1, 2015 TEPCO starts tests of frozen soil wall at Fukushima nuclear plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505010039 By HIROMI KUMAI/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. started freezing soil at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...
http://akiomatsumura.com/?p=2525 Eight years on, Fukushima Still Poses Health Risks for Japanese and American Children Akio Matsumura High Radiation Levels Continue at Damaged Reactors On March 11, 2019, we commemorate the 8th anniversary of the Fukushima...
October 19, 2018 Distrust of TEPCO Hampers Decommissioning https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/backstories/distrustoftepco/ A major challenge at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is disposing of water containing a large amount of radioactive...
June 28, 2015 Nuclear Fuel Transport container lid bolts found broken http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150628p2g00m0dm006000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nuclear Fuel Transport Co. said Saturday it found five bolts used to fix the lids on...
February 26, 2016 Five years on, Greenpeace assessing marine contamination off Fukushima http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/26/national/five-years-greenpeace-assessing-marine-contamination-off-fukushima/#.VtBNW-aDmov Greenpeace researchers gather...
January 31, 2017 Images indicate bigger challenge for TEPCO at Fukushima plant http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701310073.html By MASANOBU HIGASHIYAMA/ Staff Writer A video taken on Jan. 30 shows the bottom of the No. 2 reactor’s pressure vessel...
To refresh memories : The recent report from the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) 5 Years living with Fukushima : Summary of the health effects of the nuclear catastrophe...
September 23, 2016 Fate of tainted Fukushima cows takes scientific twist http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/23/national/fate-tainted-fukushima-cows-takes-scientific-twist/#.V-YvRzVdeos by Miki Toda AP NAMIE, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – In an abandoned Japanese...
Slain cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were allies of anti-nuclear movement http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2015/1/8/slain-cartoonists-at-charlie-hebdo-were-allies-of-anti-nucle.html We pause today to remember those slain at the French satirical news magazine...
