Is the Japanese government and the IAEA protecting the nuclear industry and not the people of Japan by claiming that Fukushima is stable when it is not? Fairewinds’ chief engineer Arnie Gundersen outlines major inconsistencies and double-speak by …
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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingKritidis P, Florou H, Eleftheriadis K, Evangeliou N, Gini M, Sotiropoulou M, Diapouli E, Vratolis S. Source NCSR “Demokritos”, Institute of Nuclear Technology-Radiation Protection, Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, 15310 Agia Paraskev…
Continue reading‘Criminal event’ at Fukushima calls for deeper investigation / RT / December 27, 2011 / An inquiry into the Fukushima disaster has revealed the plant operators failed to respond properly to the situation. Christopher Busby, an expert with the Europ…
Continue readingTepco is told to weigh temporary state control / Japan Times / December 28, 2011 / Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano told Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa on Tuesday to consider putting the utility under temporary g…
Continue readingArnie Gundersen of Fairwinds Associates (a leading nuclear expert) and Warren Pollock (http://www.wepollock.com) redefine the Fukushima nuclear incidents (meltdowns and explosions) in terms of human and total cost. Its easy to look at the details of…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 20, 2011 / And that’s during the 14 weeks right after the Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident that is “over” now. From a PR Newswire press release that appeared on MarketWatch/Wall Street Journal (12/19/2011): WASHIN…
Continue readingIs cancer an epidemic in America? by Ace Hoffman
A friend and I were looking back at 2011.
She remarked about all the cancer she’s seen this year. Last month she lost a close friend — a woman in her 30s. Another friend, 40, has bladder canc…
Continue readingHosono Says Fukushima Plant Is in ‘Equivalent of Cold Shutdown’ / BusinessWeek / December 19, 2011 / Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled reactors in Fukushima are in a state “equivalent to cold shutdown” even though the definition wou…
Continue readingOUTRAGED EXPRESS THAT FOUR NRC COMMISSIONERS ARE PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
1. We believe it is outrageous that the NRC commissioners are playing political games with health and safety of the America…
Continue reading“If the NRC does not do its job, the American people will demand the ultimate protection – the shutdown of old nuclear power plants…”, says Senator Barbara Boxer to NRC Commissioners on 12/15/2011.The California Nuclear Initiative proposes to d…
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingvia BBC News / December 16, 2011 / The crippled nuclear reactors at Japan’s Fukushima power plant have finally been stabilised, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has announced. An earthquake and tsunami in March knocked out vital cooling systems, tri…
Continue readingIndependent: Giant concrete ‘diaper’ to be built under Fukushima plant in effort to stop radioactive substances leaking into ground -Nuclear experts / via ENEnews.com / December 16, 2011 / Battle to control Fukushima has just ‘stored up’ danger…
Continue readingAt the mention of nuclear meltdown,
and its cataclysmic results (hello
Fukushima), the nuke industry’s
chorus erupts in unified denial,
“It can’t happen!” But it does happen.
In Japan and Russia, nukes’ tragic
opera has no end. Reality, televises…
Evacuations too late outside no-go zone / Japan Times / December 13, 2011 / High exposure to radiation possible before officials acted FUKUSHIMA — Some residents near the Fukushima No. 1 plant might have been exposed to up to 19 millisieverts of radi…
Continue readingWhile the world’s worst ongoing nuclear accident Fukushima continues to spew its toxic waste cocktail around the world, people sit and try to pretend nothing has happened and that there is no immediate danger. But the fact is there is danger to our f…
Continue readingCNN’s John King and Arnie Gundersen discuss “hot particles” detected in Seattle and Japan, the cozy relationship between Japanese regulator NISA (Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) and plant owner TEPCO, and changes at the Fukushima accident site…
Continue readingFukushima Ocean Radiation Was 50 Million Times Above Normal, But No Threat: Scientists / Forbes / December 12, 2011 / • Radiation Still Leaking Into Ocean • Concern About Marine Sediments Last April, about a month after the Fukushima nuclear accide…
Continue readingvia GoddardsJournal / December 11, 2011 / Studies cited in order presented: National Academy of Sciences Low-Dose Radiation Report: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11340&page=R1 Data table used: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1…
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingFukushima Prefecture’s Latest “Decon” Technology: Leaf Collector / ex-SKF / December 10, 2011 Sorry to bother you with another “high-tech” decon strategy coming out of Japan that makes you doubt the collective intelligence…
Continue reading#OccupyOC
San Clemente Green has been invited to speak at Occupy Irvine about nuclear
power issues. This will be a well attended event with our supporters, the
growing encampment in OC and will also be drawing from the Occupy LA movement.
We are …
#OccupyOC
San Clemente Green has been invited to speak at Occupy Irvine about nuclear
power issues. This will be a well attended event with our supporters, the
growing encampment in OC and will also be drawing from the Occupy LA movement.
We are …
We don’t want anymore nuclear plants, you’ve got to shut them down – Jerry Lopez Pipeline Master
Our Water Our Life. @Surfrider
Let’s not get caught inside on this one California! #DecomSONGS
Keep Paddling To Stop Nukes
Aging Nuke Plants On F…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 6, 2011 / The Ministry of Health and Labor, one of whose mandates is to protect consumers, quoted from Asahi Shinbun (12/6/2011), in a typical bureaucratic convolution: ?????????????????????…
Continue readingFukushima’s Ripple Effects Continue / New York Times / December 6, 2011 / The triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March startled many people in the American nuclear industry, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sai…
Continue readingby Theodore Rockwell / American Spectator / December 6, 2011 / The front-page story in the Washington Post on Sunday November 20 vividly portrayed the horrors of the evacuated zones around Fukushima with unforgettable imagery. A natural reaction is to …
Continue readingRadioactive Baby Formula: 30.8 Becquerels/Kg of Cesium from Powdered Milk by Meiji / ex-SKF / December 5, 2011 / The manufacturer will replace 400,000 cans of its baby formula free of charge. The brand that radioactive cesium has been found is “M…
Continue readingvia RT / December 6, 2011 / Experts warn Japan faces more danger from radioactive particles in consumer food, after reports of a new toxic water leak from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Some 45 tons of radioactive toxic water has reportedly leaked out …
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingIn meltdown, Japan dodged even bigger disaster / CBS News / Dec. 2, 2011 h/t ENEnews.com
Continue readingJapan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris / Japan Today / December 4, 2011 / Japan is looking to launder tsunami debris in a giant washing machine to get rid of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident, a researcher says. In a scheme t…
Continue readingNo CANDU Would a Canadian reactor have staved off the Fukushima nuclear disaster? by Andrew Horvat / Literary Review of Canada / September 1, 2011 / On March 14, 2011, three days after a 16 metre tsunami knocked out the cooling systems of four of six …
Continue readingFukushima fuel rods may have completely melted / Guardian / December 2, 2011 / Fuel rods inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have completely melted and bored most of the way through a concrete floor, the reactor&…
Continue readingTEPCO: New Details on Reactor Damage
November 30, 2011
Translator
The likely state of Fukushima Daiichi 1
via NHK / November 30, 2011 /
The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has announced the results of …
The damaged nuclear power plant in Japan came a lot closer to a full meltdown last spring than first thought. The company that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant said Wednesday that the radioactive core inside Reactor 1 burned through a concr…
Continue readingInterview with Marco Kaltofen, PE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, about his research studying airborne radioactive particles from Fukushima and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Nuclear Power =? Insanity!Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunam…
Continue reading“The earth and myself are of one mind.” ~Chief Seattle, Nez PerceAging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
Continue readingHospitalized Fukushima head told workers to disregard TEPCO orders / Enformable.com / November 30, 2011 / Masao Yoshida, who has drawn media attention for continuing the seawater injection despite Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s decision to suspend the me…
Continue readingvia AlJazeera / November 29, 2011 / RELATED: Aqua Chernobyl French Study on Fukushima Ocean Contamination (English Translation) Fukushima: Towards the Formation of a Radioactive Graveyard in the Pacific Ocean?
Continue readingvia NHK / November 30, 2011 / The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has announced the results of an analysis on the state of melted fuel in the plant’s Number 1 unit. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, and sev…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / November 29, 2011 / They will power-wash the trees and call it “decontamination”. At least in this video, they put down the tarp under the tree. NHK News on 11/28/2011 has a clip that shows exactly the same “decon” …
Continue readingExpert urges probe of No.2 reactor leak / NHK / November 29, 2011 / The spike in radiation levels following unspecified trouble at the No.2 reactor on March 15th was much more prominent than on March 12th or 14th, when explosions hit the No.1 and No.3 …
Continue readingvia ENEnews.com / November 27, 2011 / The week began with several high-profile attacks on Christopher Busby, visiting professor at the University of Ulster’s school of biomedical sciences and scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiatio…
Continue readingFukushima Dai-Ichi Plant Chief to Undergo Medical Treatment / Bloomberg / November 28, 2011 Masao Yoshida, the manager of Japan’s crippled Fukushima atomic plant, was transferred to the hospital after almost nine months directing efforts to contain t…
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