Fukushima Is Here! Contamination Found Off Vancouver Coast
Scientists from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography have found levels of cesium in sea water off the Vancouver Canada coast that
Read moreScientists from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography have found levels of cesium in sea water off the Vancouver Canada coast that
Read moreA joint public meeting was held in Carlsbad NM today for the public to ask questions about the incident at
Read moreExamples of the continued abuse of workers hired to work at the nuclear disaster site continued in the last year.
Read moreWe have some new WIPP radiation readings along with some additional information to bring people up to speed on this
Read moreAfter pressure from the Health Ministry, TEPCO recalculated the thyroid doses of some workers. These totaled to 1,973 workers who received
Read more放射能は人々を見えない存在にする ロバート・ジェイコブズ A version in English IS available here: http://Wp.Me/p1zinA-3bv 放射能は人々を見えない存在にする。放射線を浴びる、つまり被ばくすると、健康に害が及ぶこ とは知られている。高い放射線量を浴びた場合は、死にいたることさえある。しかし、放射能が及 ぼす影響はそれだけではない。被ばくした人たちは、そして健康障害はないが被ばくした恐れがあ る人たちでさえも、人生が大きく変えられてしまう。彼らは「二級市民」とみなされ、家族、地域 コミュニティ、ふるさと、昔ながらの食生活、受け継がれてきた知恵までもが奪われてしまう。残 された人生を、ふるさとに戻りたい、普通の生活に戻りたいと願いながら過ごすことになる。そし て、自分たちは犠牲者となったこと、自分たちが幸せな暮らしを送れるかどうかは政府や地域社会 の関心の的ではないことを少しずつ悟るのである。 核技術の社会的、文化的側面を研究する歴史家として、筆者は何年にもわたって世界中の被ばく 地域をめぐり、調査を行ってきた。こうした地域の人たちの多くが被ばくした原因は、核実験、
Read moreOfficials are considering a ceiling collapse that crushed radioactive waste barrels containing plutonium as a possible cause for the radiation
Read moreFederal representatives reported that a joint investigation is underway to establish a plan to enter WIPP’s underground facilities. They gave
Read moreLocal food coops that carefully select and test their food have become a go-to source for people concerned about contamination
Read moreCEMRC, the New Mexico authority that monitors outside the WIPP plutonium facility has provided some usable readings for the leaks.
Read moreMore agreements have been inked between Fukushima Medical University and the international nuclear mafia. Fukushima Medical University has signed an
Read moreThere were big concerns thrown around about the situation in the Pacific related to Fukushima in the last year. Oceanographers
Read more100 tons of water leaked from a contaminated water tank at Fukushima Daiichi after workers incorrectly aligned valves. They then
Read moreThe environmental center charged with monitoring around the WIPP plutonium storage facility in New Mexico has detected plutonium and americium
Read moreUnit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi has lost another bottom thermometer in the reactor vessel. Workers said it short circuited when
Read moreThe concerns about food contamination from Fukushima has also increased awareness of the lingering problems of world wide food contamination
Read moreTEPCO released radiation readings for water inside the unit 3 turbine building this week. The readings were from December 2013.
Read morePeople around Japan are still conducting efforts to understand their environment and to act as a 3rd party accuracy check
Read moreTEPCO reports a total of 352 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool as of
Read morePeople in Japan early on realized they needed to take things into their own hands if they wanted to know
Read moreReuters is reporting that the alarm at the WIPP nuclear storage site in New Mexico is now considered to be
Read moreThe Associated Press is reporting that an underground radiation monitor has gone off inside the WIPP nuclear waste storage facility
Read moreTEPCO has admitted that the concrete reactor well cover on unit 3 has been damaged. They floated two possible causes.
Read moreA high school student from Ibaraki explains her family’s journey to evacuated from the regions around the Fukushima disaster. This
Read moreYomiuri has released a more detailed article after yanking an earlier version. Two Yomiuri reporters were allowed into unit 4’s
Read moreAfter the recent admission of record high strontium 90 readings being found at the sea front at Fukushima Daiichi, more
Read moreThe town of Kawauchi has been trying to encourage residents to return to the town on the edge of the
Read moreIn June of 2013 UNSCEAR released a report declaring the human health impacts from Fukushima to be almost non-existent. The
Read more308 assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool. The assemblies were transferred to the common pool
Read moreTEPCO has admitted they knew about the extremely high strontium 90 readings and the issues with their testing equipment back
Read moreAs the third anniversary of the 3-11 disaster draws near, parents in Japan are still dealing with the impacts from
Read moreThis article is a good example of the motivations and biases in play related to Fukushima food contamination in North
Read moreThe number of children found with confirmed or suspected thyroid cancers continues to grow. The newest numbers out of the
Read moreTEPCO announced earlier this week that a pipe carrying cooling water for the reactors was leaking. The accompanying photo of
Read moreTEPCO has admitted a large number of their radiation readings taken since 2011 may be wrong and much lower than
Read moreTEPCO released readings for two seafront wells that have not been published before. Wells 1-2 and 1-3 were not on
Read moreMETI has reported some progress and a plan for removing debris out of the unit 3 spent fuel pool. Initial
Read moreThe upper floors of the equipment hatch at unit 3 were found to have some damage on a recent inspection.
Read moreThe cask storage facility at the seafront is now completely empty, all casks have been moved. This building will likely
Read moreThe NRA has issued a number of improvements for evacuation planning in the event of a nuclear disaster. They have
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