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11/11/2011 Mystery Radiation Detected ‘Across Europe’
11/11/2011 Mystery Radiation Detected ‘Across Europe’ by Lee Ferran: The hunt is on for the source of low level radiation detected in the atmosphere “across Europe” over the past weeks, nuclear officials said today. Trace amounts of iodine-131, a type of radiation created during the operation of nuclear reactors or in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, were detected as early as three weeks ago by Austrian authorities and then two weeks ago by the Czech Republic’s State Office for Nuclear Safety. Today the International Atomic Energy Agency released a statement revealing similar detections had been made “in other locations across Europe.”... Read More
Posted in environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining
Tagged Common Dreams, Czech Republic State Office for Nuclear Safety, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, IAEA, Japan, nuclear fuel, nuclear plants, radiation, thyroid
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Fukushima: First visit of journalists since evacuation + Amazing photos of damaged reactor buildings
Fukushima: First visit of journalists since evacuation + Amazing photos of damaged reactor buildings from Gordon Edwards <ccnr@web.ca>: Background: These new photos show extensive structural damage — to Units 3 and 4 in particular. All of this damage was self-inflicted by the reactors overheating and producing hydrogen gas which exploded with great force. None of the visible damage was caused directly by the earthquake or the tsunami. The structural damage, core melting, spent fuel fires, and radioactive releases are all the result of a prolonged power blackout which prevented the heat from the irradiated fuel in the reactor cores and the spent fuel bays from being removed. Similar events could occur in any commercial nuclear power plant if there were no electrical power for a period of days. Go to the following URL to see the photos. A caption appears below each photograph. http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-111211/daiichi-111211.htm
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10/14/2011 NY Times ASIA PACIFIC: Citizens’ Testing Finds 20 Hot Spots Around Tokyo
Toshiyuki Hattori, who runs a sewage plant in Tokyo, surrounded by sacks of radioactive sludge. By HIROKO TABUCHI 10/14/2011 New York Times: Citizens’ Testing Finds 20 Hot Spots Around Tokyo: TOKYO — Takeo Hayashida signed on with a citizens’ group to test for radiation near his son’s baseball field in Tokyo after government officials told him they had no plans to check for fallout from the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Like Japan’s central government, local officials said there was nothing to fear in the capital, 160 miles from the disaster zone. ... Read More
Posted in cancer, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, Water
Tagged Chernobyl, environment, Fukushima, government failure, nuclear power, NY Times, public health, radiation, radioactive, radioactive hotspots, Tokyo
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10/8/2011 The Economist: Radiation in Japan Hot spots and blind spots – The mounting human costs of Japan’s nuclear disaster
10/8/2011 The Economist: Radiation in Japan Hot spots and blind spots – The mounting human costs of Japan’s nuclear disaster: CREST the hill into the village of Iitate, and the reading on a radiation dosimeter surges eightfold—even with the car windows shut. “Don’t worry, I’ve been coming here for months and I’m still alive,” chuckles Chohei Sato, chief of the village council, as he rolls down the window and inhales cheerfully. He pulls off the road, gets out of the car and buries the dosimeter in the grass. The reading doubles again.... Read More
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Tagged Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, hot spots, Japan, Mr. Sato, nuclear disaster, nuclear power, Oxford University, plutonium, radiation, The Economist, Tokyo, Tokyo Electric Power, uranium contamination
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10/10/2011 NY Times: After Fukushima, Does Nuclear Power Have a Future?
10/10/2011 NY Times: After Fukushima, Does Nuclear Power Have a Future? By STEPHANIE COOKE: A couple of months after the catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant March 11, an American nuclear expert posed an interesting question. “The post-Fukushima public sentiment is surprisingly low-key isn’t it? What a difference between this event and TMI or Chernobyl,” he wrote in an e-mail, using an abbreviation for the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. “What do you think is going on? Why so quiet?”... Read More
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Tagged Chernobyl, France, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Germany, injury to water, Japan, New York Times, nuclear energy, nuclear power, South Korea, Three Mile Island, United Kingdom, United States, uranium contamination
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8/22/2011 Guardian UK: Fukushima disaster: residents may never return to radiation-hit homes
8/22/2011 Guardian UK: Fukushima disaster: residents may never return to radiation-hit homes: Japanese government will admit for first time that radiation levels will be too high to allow many evacuees to return home: 
Residents who lived close to the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant are to be told their homes may be uninhabitable for decades, according to Japanese media reports. The Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan, is expected to visit the area at the weekend to tell evacuees they will not be able to return to their homes, even if the operation to stabilise the plant’s stricken reactors by January is successful.... Read More
9/8/2011 Guardian UK: Japan disaster: Fukushima residents return to visit their homes
9/8/2011 Guardian UK: Japan disaster: Fukushima residents return to visit their homes: Six months after radiation leaks from the nuclear plant led to their evacuation, residents of nearby towns briefly return by Justin McCurry in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture: Takashige Kowata thought he was prepared for the worst when he opened the door to his house for the first time in six months. But the trauma of seeing his family home abandoned amid the panic of a nuclear meltdown was compounded when he noticed a broken bathroom window.... Read More
8/28/2011 Extremely High First Year Radiation Doses Predicted by Japanese Government in some areas
8/28/2011 Extremely High First Year Radiation Doses Predicted by Japanese Government in some areasby Gordon Edwards: Background: Deposits of radioactive fallout from Fukushima are highly variable, depending on weather conditions, precipitation, and nature of the releases — which include not only gases and vapours, but also “hot particles”, sometimes called “nuclear fuel fleas”, which are tiny but solid radioactive “cinders” from the disintegrated fuel elements. For those who may not know, MEXT is Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology. A note about the numbers: In Canada, the maximum extra radiation exposure allowed (by regulation) for a member of the public is 1 mSv per year. In the nuclear industry, any worker who is exposed to 1 mSv or more per year must receive special training. In North America, the maximum occupational exposure for an atomic worker is 50 mSv per year. In Germany, the maximum occupational exposure for an atomic worker is 20 mSv per year. ... Read More
8/23/2011 FNArena News: Uranium Drops Below US$50
8/23/2011 FNArena News: Uranium Drops Below US$50By Greg Peel: Interest in the spot uranium market has been quietly drying up week by week confirming earlier feedback provided by industry consultant TradeTech. Last week’s trade was also impacted by northern hemisphere summer holidays but TradeTech notes ongoing uncertainty from both buyers and sellers on just where the global nuclear energy industry is heading from here. The sellers are nevertheless proving a little more keen to get deals away, so last week’s minimal activity of three transactions totalling 300,000lbs of U3O8 equivalent saw TradeTech’s sport price indicator fall US35c to US$49.90/lb.... Read More