Doomsday scenarios spread about No. 4 reactor at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

...An explosion and fire at the No. 4 reactor blew away the walls and roof of the steel-reinforced concrete building, so the reactor building was hit by major structural damage. Moreover, the storage pool is still not covered and remains exposed to the atmosphere. That situation …

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After The Media Has Gone: Fukushima, Suicide and the Legacy of 3.11　　マスコミの去った後ーー福島、自殺、３．１１

For the media, time is of the essence in a news story. The March 11, 2011 disaster attracted thousands of reporters and photographers from around the world. There was a brief deluge of Japanese and international media coverage on the first anniversary, this spring. Now the journa …

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Power politics in Japan: A silent majority speaks | The Economist

FOR decades few countries were more evangelical about the charms of nuclear power than Japan, and until the earthquake and tsunami in March last year nuclear plants generated almost 30% of its electricity. Yet by May 5th at the latest, the last of Japan’s 54 nuclear reactor …

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Radioactive: Revelations on nuclear plants sound a warning - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

...The plants operated in Apollo and Parks Township from 1958 through 1984. Mr. Ring found "numerous large-scale releases of ionizing radiation into the neighboring environment" during the operating lives of the plants. The emissions added up to "the largest quantity ... of any n …

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Ukraine Marks 26th Anniversary of Chernobyl - ABC News

..Yanukovych said in a speech to the nation Thursday that 2 million people, including cleanup workers and children, have been hurt by the tragedy and it was the state's obligation to protect and treat them...

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Irvine City Council opposes San Onofre nuclear plant | 89.3 KPCC

...The letter opposes the relicensing of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and highlights other concerns over the plant’s operation. During the public hearing, people voiced concerns about evacuation plans, earthquake hazards, health effects of nuclear radiation and …

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Audit Confirms EPA Radiation Monitors Broken During Fukushima Crisis | Global Security Newswire | NTI

An internal audit has confirmed observers’ concerns that many of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation monitors were out of service at the height of the 2011 Fukushima power plant meltdown in Japan, a finding one critic said raises “serious questi …

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L.A. Air Even Hotter with Radiation - EnviroReporter.com

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Obama Defies Reid On Key Appointment [UPDATE]

A GOP nominee to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "lied to Congress" and "disqualified herself" from a second term, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday. Reid's blunt opposition to the Republican pick is part of a longer battle over the direc …

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U.S. Senator Says Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 4 Could Spew More Radiation Than March 11 Accident - Japan Real Time - WSJ

Just how dangerous is the situation at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant? Very, according to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a senior member of the Senate’s energy committee who toured the plant earlier this month. Another big earthquake or tsunami could send  …

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Fukushima publisher mailed radioactive soil to send message - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

The first package arrived at the Environment Ministry on Nov. 8, immediately drawing looks of bewilderment and concern, especially after the contents were revealed. Inside were a plastic bag filled with dirt and a typed letter that ended with the name of the sender and his addr …

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Nuclear Risks at Bed, Bath & Beyond Show Dangers of Scrap - Bloomberg

...As U.S. and European leaders tackle the proliferation of weapons-grade uranium or plutonium in countries like Iran andNorth Korea, industries are confronting the impact of loose nuclear material in an international scrap-metal market worth at least $140 billion, according to t …

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Safety worries shut down San Onofre nuclear plant

A nuclear reactor on the Southern California coast will remain shut down indefinitely while a team of federal inspectors determines why several relatively new tubes became so frail that tests found they could rupture and release radioactive water, a federal official said Thursday …

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Rocketdyne radiation is still abundant

Some levels of radioactive chemicals found on a portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site were as much as 1,000 times higher than standards, according to federal data released on Monday. Acting as an independent monitor, officials with the U.S.

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Elevated radioactivity levels found in North Anna well

On Friday, the Richmond-based utility was notified by its laboratory contractor that water taken from an on-site groundwater sampling point contained an unusually high level of tritium — more than twice the EPA's standard for drinking water. "At this point, I don't think t …

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Tragedy in Fukushima: when can we go back to home again? | Photographers Blog

...The concern about radiation has not been limited to the evacuees. Two million Fukushima residents have growing concerns surrounding radiation contamination.

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Nuclear plant's neighbors want radiation monitors | radiation, s - News - The Orange County Register

Residents worried about leaks from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station asked San Clemente's elected leaders Tuesday night to have sensors installed around town to monitor radiation levels...

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Fukushima nuclear cleanup could create its own environmental disaster | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Ten months after the nuclear disaster, trust in the authorities is nearly non-existent.

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Escape to Okinawa

Scientists remain divided on the effects of low-dose radiation, but clusters of leukaemia, thyroid cancer, Down syndrome and birth defects in Chernobyl-exposed populations point to some of the known risks of the only other nuclear emergency rated on par with Fukushima. “ …

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Fukushima fuel rods eating through solid concrete - ABC Newcastle NSW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The operator's assessment comes about six months after international nuclear experts warned that molten fuel could eat through containment vessels below the reactors.....

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Fukushima Meltdown in Japan May Have Been Worse Than Thought - NYTimes.com

In the No. 1 reactor, the overheated fuel may have eroded the primary containment vessel’s thick concrete floor, and it may have gotten almost within a foot of a crucial steel barrier, the utility said the new simulation suggested.

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Radioactive waste piles up at Fukushima nuclear plant as disposal method remains in limbo - The Mainichi Daily News

Professor Akio Koyama at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute says, "The density of high-level decontaminated water is believed to be a maximum 10 billion becquerels per liter, but if it is condensed to polluted sludge and zeolites, its density sometimes increases by 10,00 …

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A Visit to J-Village: Fukushima Workers Risk Radiation to Feed Families - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Every day a brigade is deployed to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in an attempt to bring the stricken reactor under control. The workers toil in sweltering heat and dangerously high radiation levels.

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Residents furious over 60-page application, 160-page manual for TEPCO compensation - The Mainichi Daily News

"The application forms arrived a few days ago, but I can't understand them at all, so I haven't started on them yet," said one man in his 60s who is living in a temporary housing unit in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture.

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