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• Safety vital in scrapping Monju

  04 septembre 2018 ( #Reprocessing, #Nuke safety, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #decommissioning )

  August 31, 2018 EDITORIAL: Safe and steady progress needed to finally end Monju debacle http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808310018.html The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) on Aug. 30 started work to remove nuclear fuel from the Monju prototype...

• Torch relay in Fukushima to lift spirits?

  15 juillet 2018 ( #Olympics, #Health effects of radiation, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  July 13, 2018 1964 Olympic torch bearer hopes 2020 runners will spur hope in Fukushima https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180713/p2a/00m/0na/018000c YABUKI, Fukushima -- A 71-year-old man here who served as a torch bearer in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics...

• Greenpeace study shows significant radiation risks to last for decades to come

  01 mars 2018 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Health effects of radiation, #Nuke safety, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  March 1.2018 http://www.greenpeace.org/japan/ja/news/press/2018/pr201803011/ Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century Tokyo, 1 March 2018 - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in the towns of Iitate and...

• Human Rights, Future Generations and Crimes in the Nuclear Age

  08 janvier 2018 ( #nuclear future, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Health effects of radiation, #Nuke safety )

  January 5, 2018 Paracelsus, the Nuclear Age, and Future Generations http://akiomatsumura.com/2018/01/paracelsus-the-nuclear-age-and-future-generations.html Emilie Gaillard and Andreas Nidecker The famous physician Andreas Paracelsus, who taught at the...

• Radioactivity leak

  17 juillet 2015 ( #Daiichi Nuclear Plant, #Nuke safety )

  July 16, 2015 Radioactive water from Fukushima plant escapes http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150717_01.html Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 19:07 UTC+2 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has found that radioactive water...

• IAEA wants quick fix to water problem

  14 novembre 2018 ( #Daiichi Nuclear Plant, #Nuke safety, #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #Health effects of radiation )

  November 14, 2018 IAEA urges quick plan on Fukushima radioactive water cleanup https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181114/p2g/00m/0dm/007000c TOKYO (AP) -- Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency urged the operator of Japan's tsunami-wrecked...

• The story about injecting seawater

  15 septembre 2014 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption )

  September 14, 2014 Yoshida’s call on seawater kept reactor cool as Tokyo dithered http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/14/national/yoshidas-call-seawater-kept-reactor-cool-tokyo-dithered/#.VBc3MBanq1s Kyodo This is the sixth in a series on the Fukushima...

• More radiation from tanks

  10 janvier 2014 ( #Daiichi Nuclear Plant, #radioactive fallout and waste, #Nuke safety )

  January 10, 2014 Radiation rises from Fukushima water tanks http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140110_17.html Nuclear regulators will discuss measures to prevent the increase of radiation levels around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant....

• Radioactive soil stored at schools not covered by law

  29 octobre 2014 ( #radioactive fallout and waste, #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #Nuke safety )

  October 29, 2014 Radioactive soil stored at Fukushima schools not covered by recent disposal law, has nowhere to go JIJI FUKUSHIMA – Radioactive soil currently stored at schools in Fukushima Prefecture is not supposed to be transferred to radioactive...

• Too much clean energy? (3)

  05 octobre 2014 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #nuclear future, #new techniques - alternatives & renewables )

  October 5, 2014 Unprepared for green electricity http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/05/editorials/unprepared-green-electricity/#.VDFjNxanp1s Under the feed-in-tariff system introduced in July 2012 by the then Democratic Party of Japan administration,...

• It wasn't us

  01 novembre 2014 ( #radioactive fallout and waste, #Nuke safety, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  November 1, 2014 NRA rebuts claim that Fukushima cleanup affected faraway rice paddies http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411010037 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan's nuclear watchdog disputed the farm ministry's assertion that radioactive...

• Still checking radiation in fish

  07 décembre 2016 ( #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #Nuke safety, #Health effects of radiation )

  December 6, 2016 Radiation in fish off Fukushima tests below detectable level THE ASAHI SHIMBUN http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201612060039.html FUKUSHIMA--Radiation in all seafood caught off Fukushima Prefecture tested below the detectable level...

• Governor Mitazono: "A mere publicity stunt" before the election?

  29 novembre 2016 ( #Start again, #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption )

  November 29, 2016 Governor under fire as Sendai nuclear reactor likely to restart http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611290066.html THE ASAHI SHIMBUN KAGOSHIMA—Anti-nuclear activists are castigating Governor Satoshi Mitazono, saying the politician...

• Another example of sloppy management of workers' safety

  31 décembre 2014 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Nuke safety, #nuclear workers )

  December 31, 2014 TEPCO's sloppy handling of suppressant led to spread of radioactive dust in 2013 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201412310025 By MIKI AOKI/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. diluted a dust suppressant that rendered...

• Ichi-fu in English

  29 juin 2016 ( #books & films )

  https://www.facebook.com/ichiefu/posts/1415129962074416 Read 1st chapter of "Ichi-Efu". (English ver.) Translation & Lettering: William Flanagan Editing: Julie Davis Technical Consultant: Takayuki Karahashi

• Public outcry over radioactive soil project

  08 juin 2016 ( #Nuke safety, #Anti-nuclear activity-opinion, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  June 8, 2016 Radioactive soil to be used to build roads set to spark uproar http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606080056.html By YU KOTSUBO/ Staff Writer A public outcry is expected when radioactive earth from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is...

• Not worth it...

  14 mars 2016 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Health effects of radiation, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  March 14, 2016 Fukushima evacuations were not worth the money, study says http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/14/national/fukushima-evacuations-were-not-worth-the-money-study-says/#.VuaL4-aDmot by William Hollingworth Kyodo LONDON – The costs of...

• Baverstock on UNSCEAR report: does not qualify as "scientific"

  01 décembre 2014 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Health effects of radiation, #nuclear workers )

  December 1, 2014 British researcher blasts U.N. report on Fukushima cancer risk as unscientific http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201412010036 By MASAKAZU HONDA/ Staff Writer A British scientist who studied the health effects of the...

• Who will pay the costs of decommissioning?

  20 décembre 2014 ( #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #decommissioning )

  December 17, 2014 Power rates to reflect decommissioning costs even after deregulation http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201412170064 By TOMOYOSHI OTSU/ Staff Writer Regional utilities will be allowed to pass on costs to consumers...

• All victims of nukes unite!

  20 février 2016 ( #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #nuclear weapons, #Anti-nuclear activity-opinion )

  February 20, 2016 Hibakusha: Hiroshima 'black rain' victim encouraged by plaintiff in Fukushima class action case http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160220/p2a/00m/0na/022000c At the end of January, just after a spell of cold weather had swept across...

• Airborne radiation still much higher than official maximum

  18 janvier 2018 ( #Nuke safety, #Health effects of radiation, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  January 18, 2018 Airborne radiation near Fukushima nuke plant still far higher than gov't max https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180118/p2a/00m/0na/020000c#cxrecs_s Airborne radiation in "difficult to return" zones around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

• The mothers of Fukushima (1)

  16 janvier 2017 ( #Health effects of radiation, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  An article in German by IPPNW https://www.ippnw.de/atomenergie/gesundheit/artikel/de/unabhaengige-untersuchung-und-beratu.html aus dem ATOM-Energie-Newsletter Januar 2017 Die Mütter von Fukushima Unabhängige Untersuchung und Beratung für Betroffene des...

• What is the easiest way of disposing of nuclear waste?

  17 janvier 2017 ( #radioactive fallout and waste, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Practical problems for the Japanese population )

  January 17, 2017 Designation of radioactive waste lifted https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170117_13/ Japan's environment ministry has lifted the radioactive designation it applied to a batch of waste after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident....

• Highschool students at Fukushima plant

  08 janvier 2017 ( #Practical problems for the Japanese population, #Vested interests - transparency - corruption, #Nuke safety )

  January 4, 2017 Students Visit Crippled Fukushima Plant https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/nuclearwatch/studentsvisitcrippledfukushimaplant/ A group of high school students in Japan has visited the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. They're...

• Nuclear gypsies risking their lives in Fukushima

  01 janvier 2016 ( #Nuke safety, #Health effects of radiation, #nuclear workers )

  December 28, 2015 ‘Nuclear Gypsies’ Risk Their Lives to Clean Up Fukushima Cole Mellino The Fukushima nuclear disaster happened more than four years ago and yet Japan is still reeling from the impacts and spending billions of dollars to clean up what...