Japan’s Nuclear Options
via ZeroHedge.com / Several companies applied to Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on July 8 for permission to restart a total of 10 nuclear reactors in the country. Despite widespread apprehension...
View ArticleInsight: After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan’s nuclear clean-up
via Reuters.com / August 14, 2013 / The operator of Japan‘s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous...
View Article‘Serious radiation incident’: Japan to radically raise the severity level of...
via RT.com / Aug. 21, 2013 / Japan will drastically raise the gravity of the latest Fukushima leak to Level Three, which is considered a “serious radiation incident” on the International Nuclear Event...
View Article#TEPCO pleads for international help as crisis deepens
via Russia Today / Aug. 22, 2013 / TEPCO, operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, admits it needs overseas help to contain the radioactive fallout, after 18 months of trying to control it...
View Article#Fukushima Water Problem Will Be A Decade Says TEPCO Consultant
via Fukuleaks.org / Sep 9, 2013 / TEPCO consultant Dale Klein told Der Spiegel that the ongoing water crisis at Fukushima Daiichi will be an ongoing problem for another decade. The plant will be out of...
View ArticleVideo: Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan Discuss The Ongoing Fukushima Crisis
via Independent Web Journal / Sep 24, 2013 / The radioactive discharge problem at Tepco’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is bringing worldwide attention to Japan’s ability to deal with the...
View ArticleUncertainties abound in Fukushima decommissioning
via Associated Press / November 19, 2013 / It’s costly, risky and dependent on technologies that have yet to be fully developed. A decades-long journey filled with unknowns lies ahead for Japan, which...
View ArticleExtra safety steps at Ikata nuclear plant shown
via NHK World / January 8, 2013 / Shikoku Electric Power Company on Wednesday presented extra steps to prevent severe accidents at the Ikata nuclear power plant (pictured) in Ehime Prefecture, western...
View ArticleFlashback: #Fukushima, the Criminal Complicity of Governments & What May Be...
via Boiling Frogs Post / Febuary 28, 2012 / During the nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan’s northeast last March, the world watched in horror as conditions in the...
View ArticleWhat are the 4 myths the nuclear industry wants you to believe?
via Fairewinds.org / January 16, 2014 / In order to produce more nuclear electricity, the nuclear corporations and proponents need you to believe that nuclear power is safe, no one has ever died or...
View ArticleFukushima No. 1 engineer’s warning to Taiwan: Nuclear power unstable
via Japan Times / January 16, 2014 / A Japanese engineer who helped build reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant said such plants are inherently unstable, urging Taiwan to ditch atomic energy...
View ArticlePreventing Fuel Damage in Nuclear Reactors
from allthingsnuclear.org / January 21, 2014 / Lots of people have lots of reasons for preventing damage to nuclear fuel inside the core of nuclear power reactors. But what is done to help meet this...
View ArticleHokkaido city filing suit to stop construction of nuclear plant in Aomori
from Asahi Shimbun / February 12, 2014 / The Hakodate municipal government will file a lawsuit demanding a halt to construction of a nuclear power plant across the Tsugaru Strait, arguing that an...
View ArticleSafety screening sought for Hamaoka reactor
via NHK World / February 14, 2014 / Chubu Electric Power Company has applied for a safety screening for a nuclear reactor in central Japan. Such screenings are required for restarting reactors....
View ArticleTens of thousands stage anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo
via Channel News Asia / March 9, 2014 / Tens of thousands of citizens turned out for an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo on Sunday, as the nation prepares to mark the third anniversary of the Fukushima...
View ArticleJapan’s Nuclear Energy Policy Impasse
By Andrew DeWit / Asia-Pacific Journal / April 7, 2014 / 60% of Japan’s 48 viable nuclear reactors, are not as yet being considered for application to the Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) for restart....
View ArticleIndustry paper investigates why other plants were not affected like Fukushima
via Enformable.com / April 7, 2014 / A paper published by the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum focuses on why Fukushima Daiichi experienced a severe accident and other nuclear power facilities like...
View ArticleJapan and France to promote fast breeder reactors
via Enformable.com / May 5, 2014 /Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Francois Hollande met during a summit meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday and agreed that the two...
View ArticleFukushima’s Taiwan Fallout
via Wall Street Journal / May 6, 2014 / Three years after the meltdown at Fukushima, the future of nuclear energy in East Asia is coming into view. Voters everywhere remain jittery about safety, but...
View ArticleJapan court rules against restart of nuclear reactors
from Channel News Asia / May 21, 2014 / A Japanese court ruled Wednesday against the restarting of two reactors at a nuclear power plant, acknowledging residents’ safety fears and dealing a blow to the...
View ArticleJapan’s Natural Perils, and Promises, in the Wake of Fukushima
By Nassrine Azimi / Asia-Pacific Journal / October 29, 2014 / The first paragraph in the first volume of A History of Japan, by the scholarly British diplomat Sir George Sansom, is a detailed...
View ArticleVideo: Understanding The Accident of Fukushima Daiichi
via ISRN.fr / A video explaining in simple terms how the Fukushima nuclear crisis unfolded on March 11, 2011. Video created in 2012.
View ArticleFlashback: Understanding the Power Structures Behind the 3.11 Fukushima...
from japan-focus.org / December 26, 2011 / By Nishioka Nobuyuki I: Fukushima and Okinawa At midnight on April 22, 2011, the Japanese government designated the zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the...
View ArticleFukushima: The World’s Never Seen Anything Like This
via CounterPunch.org / September 30, 2015 / The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 nuclear reactor fuel is missing from the core containment vessel. (Source: Up to 100% of No. 2 Reactor Fuel...
View ArticleBBC Wrong on Fukushima, Again
via Goddard’s Journal / Published March 11, 2016: Response to: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35… Expanded upon here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35… Dose-rate conversion:...
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