A cross-party group of 91 lawmakers said Thursday 28 of Japan’s 50 commercial nuclear reactors must immediately be decommissioned and the rest are dangerous. The … Lawmakers call for decommissioning 28 of 50 reactors in JapanRead more
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TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: four years of an ongoing nuclear crisis
Tomorrow, March 11th 2015, is a somber anniversary for the people of Japan: four years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, sparking a tsunami, … TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: four years of an ongoing nuclear crisisRead more
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Thousands of cracks in Belgian reactors
Picture a 33 year-old asphalt road: weathered with time, bearing the cracks and crags of decades of harmless-seeming water trickling into its crevices, freezing, expanding, … Thousands of cracks in Belgian reactorsRead more
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Media was silent on Trident nuclear weapons issues
William McNeilly is a submariner for the U.K. Trident fleet. Trident is the U.K.’s nuclear weapons system. All its nuclear weapons are in four submarines, … Media was silent on Trident nuclear weapons issuesRead more
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750 tons of Fukushima plant water leaked – TEPCO
In yet another major leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) reported that 750 tons of contaminated rainwater … 750 tons of Fukushima plant water leaked – TEPCORead more
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Oil Leaks from Nuclear Power Plant After Explosion
In New York, an unknown amount of oil has leaked into the Hudson River following an explosion and fire at the Indian Point nuclear power … Oil Leaks from Nuclear Power Plant After ExplosionRead more
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Rat Body Linked to Blackout at Atomic Site
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said Wednesday that it had found what it believed was the cause of an extended blackout … Rat Body Linked to Blackout at Atomic SiteRead more
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TEPCO concludes rat caused last week’s Fukushima blackout
Tokyo Electric Power Co. concluded March 25 that a charred rat found electrocuted beneath a temporary switchboard was behind a recent extended blackout at the … TEPCO concludes rat caused last week’s Fukushima blackoutRead more
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They profit you pay
General Electric, Hitachi and Toshiba designed, built and serviced the reactors which directly contributed to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, yet these companies have not paid … They profit you payRead more
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Fish Off Japan’s Coast Said to Contain Elevated Levels of Cesium
Elevated levels of cesium still detected in fish off the Fukushima coast of Japan suggest that radioactive particles from last year’s nuclear disaster have accumulated … Fish Off Japan’s Coast Said to Contain Elevated Levels of CesiumRead more