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09/22/2016 / By fukushima

Cows in Fukushima Radiation Zone Find New Purpose: Science

In an abandoned Japanese village, cows grazing in lush green plains begin to gather when they hear the familiar rumble of the ranch owner’s mini-pickup. This isn’t feeding time, though. Article by Miki Toda Instead, the animals are about to be measured for how they’re affected by living in radiation — radioactivity that is 15 […]

09/21/2016 / By fukushima

Another Chernobyl or Fukushima risk plausible: Experts

Catastrophic nuclear accidents like Chernobyl disaster in the US that took place in 1986 and the more recent Japan’s Fukushima disasters in 2011 may not be relics of the past. But the risk of such disasters are still more likely to occur once or twice per century, a study has warned. Article by IANS The study found […]

09/20/2016 / By fukushima

In Fukushima, A Bitter Legacy Of Radiation, Trauma and Fear

Five years after the nuclear power plant meltdown, a journey through the Fukushima evacuation zone reveals some high levels of radiation and an overriding sense of fear. For many, the psychological damage is far more profound than the health effects. Article by Fred Pearce Japan’s Highway 114 may not be the most famous road in […]

09/19/2016 / By fukushima

Risk of another Chernobyl or Fukushima type accident plausible, experts say

Researchers at the University of Sussex, in England, and ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, have analysed more than 200 nuclear accidents, and – estimating and controlling for effects of industry responses to previous disasters – provide a grim assessment of the risk of nuclear power. Article by phys.org Their worrying conclusion is that, while nuclear accidents […]

09/14/2016 / By fukushima

Five-and-a-Half Years After Fukushima, 3 of Japan’s 54 Nuclear Reactors Are Operating

Since the accident at Fukushima Daiichi in March 2011 and the subsequent shutdown of nuclear reactors in Japan, five reactors have received approval to restart operations under the new safety standards imposed by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). Only three of those reactors are currently operating. Applications for the restart of 21 other reactors, including […]

09/13/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima: The Nightmare Continues

Some global problems fade from our consciousness all too early. One example is the continuing environmental disaster resulting from the 2011 meltdown of nuclear power reactors in Fukushima, Japan. While some clean-up progress has been made, the overall status of one of the world’s most horrific atomic disasters continues to deteriorate, with no solution in […]

09/12/2016 / By fukushima

Former Japan premier accuses Abe of ‘a lie’ on Fukushima safety

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi blasted current premier Shinzo Abe’s stance that the situation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is under control. Article by The Associated Press “It’s a lie,” an impassioned Koizumi, 74, told reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday. “They keep saying it’s going to be under control, but still it’s […]

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