via The Daily Yomiuri / July 18, 2012 / The government on Tuesday put into force a new zoning system in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, that will allow some residents to visit the village contaminated by radioactive emissions from the Fukushima No. 1 nuc…
Continue readingWorldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident John E. Ten Hoeve and Mark Z. Jacobson Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22019A Received 23 Apr 2012, Accepted 26 Jun 2012 First published on the web 17 Jul 2…
Continue readingTONIGHT San Clemente City Council is poised to make history yet again regarding the San Onofre nuclear power plant. They will consider calling for special hearings and investigations about SAFETY, COST and RELIABILITY in formal letters to the Nucle…
Continue readingby James Corbett / FukushimaUpdate.com / July 17, 2012 On Monday Nakoso beach became the first beach in Fukushima Prefecture to re-open since the nuclear meltdowns of March 2011. The beach in Iwaki City is 65 kilometers south of the Fukushima Daiichi n…
Continue readingby Natalie Apostolou / The Register / July 16, 2012 / Japan’s troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co, Tepco, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, will be forced to release hundreds of hours of in-house teleconference video footage revealing executi…
Continue readingby Adam Westlake / Japan Daily Press / July 16, 2012 / Despite the scorching heat on Monday, July 16th, more than 170,000 protesters marched through Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park to demand the government bring an end to Japan’s use of nuclear power. As anti-…
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Every week hundred’s of nuclear news stories are published around the world that the main stream media ignores on purpose. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a brief look at just some of nuclear news in the United States and around the world.
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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.
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This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.
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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 MsMilkytheClown / July 14, 2012 / Noda goes NE to see how “reconstruction” of that area is – promises to help fishermen after land sank one meter after earthquake/tsunami. Fukushima doing test catches of seafood to check safety an…
Continue readingvia Japan Times / July 15, 2012 / Tepco Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe has urged the government to quickly complete the screening process for its planned electricity rate hike for households to strengthen the company’s battered finances. Shimokobe s…
Continue readingvia Japan Today / July 15, 2012 / Japan should overhaul its power sector, dominated by regional monopolies, to promote competition and a stable power supply, according to a draft proposal issued by a panel of experts set up after the Fukushima nuclear …
Continue readingvia NHK / July 14, 2012 / Fishermen in Fukushima, Japan, have begun a new round of test catches of marine products. The fishermen hope to be able to put them on the market if they prove safe in terms of radioactive materials following last year’s…
Continue readingvia UPI / July 14, 2012 / he Japanese government approved a long-term goal to reduce radiation exposure in the disaster-stricken Fukushima prefecture, officials said. The Cabinet approved the plan, which involves cutting the annual radiation exposure f…
Continue readingby Gregg Levine / via truthout / July 14, 2012 / Since the release of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Committee’s official report last week, much has been made of how it implicates Japanese culture as one of the root causes of the crisis. …
Continue readingvia WSJ / July 13, 2012 / Japan may have fired up its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, but the debate over the restarts rumbles on. While safety issues and potential power shortages have dominated the debate so far, another l…
Continue readingvia NHK / July 14, 2012 / NHK has learned that a government panel of experts will say it has been unable to specify exactly how the radioactive release occurred at a reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. On March 15th, 4 days a…
Continue readingvia ENEnews.com / July 13, 2012 / The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will soon start test runs for removing fuel rods from a storage pool of the No. 4 reactor. Removal Procedure A crane will be used to pull each of the 2 rods out…
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Because the identical failure modes exist in both San Onofre Unit 2 and 3 and because
the damage to both Units is especially excessive, when compared to the remainder of the
US nuclear power plants, it is Fairewinds’ opinion that both…
Conclusion
Because the identical failure modes exist in both San Onofre Unit 2 and 3 and because
the damage to both Units is especially excessive, when compared to the remainder of the
US nuclear power plants, it is Fairewinds’ opinion that both…
by Dennis Riches / nf2045.blogspot.com / July 10, 2012 / Last week the government of Japan released a major report on the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The Official Report of the The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investiga…
Continue readingvia naiic.go.jp Executive summary The official report of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission provides a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the March 11th, 2011, including ca…
Continue readingby Yuri Oiwa / The Asahi Shimbun / July 11, 2012 / Children in Fukushima Prefecture likely received thyroid gland doses of internal radiation, despite earlier government assurances that the levels of such doses were zero, according to an independent st…
Continue readingvia Japan Times / July 10, 2012 / No radioactive cesium has been detected in tests on the breast milk of mothers in Fukushima Prefecture, the prefectural government said Monday. The Fukushima government released the results of radiation checks on the b…
Continue readingvia Japan Today / July 11, 2012 / Japan pressed Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday to lift curbs on its exports imposed after last year’s earthquake and subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster. Speaking at a regional summit, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Japan??…
Continue readingvia RT / July 9, 2012 / On the afternoon of March 11th, 2011 – a massive 9.0 earthquake struck just off the main island of Japan – rattling the nation to its core. Nestled on the east coast of Japan – not too far from the epicenter of…
Continue readingvia SecurityManagement.com / June 19, 2012 / After the earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, Sean Bonner and many others recognized a need for publicly available, accurate, and detailed radiation data. He used the onl…
Continue readingtranslated by Dissensus Japan / July 10, 2012 Original Text from blog of Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Network in West-Chiba http://2011shinsaichiba.seesaa.net/article/273921452.html * 2012 June 9. As i added data of adults, the original title &#…
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
Every week hundred’s of nuclear news stories are published around the world that the main stream media ignores on purpose. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a brief look at just some of nuclear news in the United States and around the world.
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.
This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.
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 JapanToday / July 9, 2012 / apanese and foreign artists including iconic German group Kraftwerk performed at a mass weekend protest concert against nuclear energy inspired by Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The “No nukes 2012” event wa…
Continue readingvia NHK / July 8, 2012 / A nuclear reactor in central Japan has achieved its full operating capacity. The nuclear reactor was restarted on July first after being shut down for maintenance that lasted 15 months. The output of the electric generator at t…
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Continue readingvia Japan Times / July 8, 2012 / Tepco probably won’t be able to raise household electricity bills until Sept. 1 due to prolonged talks over the size of the hike within the government, sources said Saturday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. initially hop…
Continue readingby David Shukman / via BBC / July 7, 2012 / The devastating conclusion that Japan’s Fukushima nuclear meltdown was an accident waiting to happen has grabbed the headlines. But the investigation has also unearthed worrying questions about the cata…
Continue readingvia CorbettReport.com / July 6, 2012 / With the nuclear tragedy in Japan comes an otherwise unthinkable opportunity: the chance to contemplate the replacement of nuclear energy with safer alternatives. Join us on tonight’s broadcast as we listen in o…
Continue readingvia DemocracyNow / July 6, 2012 / A Japanese parliamentary inquiry has concluded last year’s nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “a profoundly man-made disaster — that could and should have been foreseen and …
Continue readingvia TheGhostLetters / July 7, 2012 / VIDEO DESCRIPTION: It was a rainy day in Tokyo on July 6th 2012. Yet, the Anti-Nuclear protesters still came out at the Japanese PM’s official office to again attempt to get his ear. Although, this time was di…
Continue readingvia NHK / July 6, 2012 / The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has come out against a Diet-appoited panel’s view that last year’s earthquake, and not just the tsunami, may have damaged the plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company s…
Continue readingvia Businessweek / July 5, 2012 / The Fukushima nuclear disaster was the result of a mix of “man-made” factors including regulators who failed to provide adequate prevention and a government lacking commitment to protect the public, said a report f…
Continue readingvia Reuters / July 4, 2012 Buffeted by industry worries about high electricity costs on one side and public safety fears about nuclear power on the other, Japan’s leaders are still struggling to craft a coherent energy policy more than a year aft…
Continue readingSan Onofre is located in an urban area on the coast south of San Clemente with millions of people, in a tsunami hazard zone, above intersecting active earthquake faults and has the worst safety record of all 104 reactors in the U.S. .
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Continue readingvia Bellona.org / July 3, 2012 / A collapse of the already tilting reactor No 4 building at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, ¬atop which sits a spent nuclear fuel storage pool containing 1,535 fuel assemblies – including 204 unused ones – wou…
Continue readingJames Corbett joins Danish TV program Deadline 22:30 to talk about Fukushima and what has occurred in the wake of the nuclear accident. Access the Deadline 22:30 website here: http://www.dr.dk/dr2/deadline2230
Continue readingvia Japan Times / July 3, 2012 / he government said it will support a “temporary town plan” drawn up by four Fukushima municipalities that were evacuated because of massive radioactive contamination caused by the prefecture’s nuclear …
Continue readingvia UPI / July 2, 2012 / Low levels of radioactive cesium were found in 141 infants and children in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, a study found. The average amount of cesium in the 141 samples was 2.2 becquerels per kilogram, but three cases had …
Continue readingvia ABC / July 1, 2012 / The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant has managed to restore the cooling system in a pool which holds hundreds of tonnes of spent nuclear fuel at the facility. The system had failed earlier, causing the pool’s tempe…
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