Fukushima Fuel Fragment Found In Home Vacuum Bag 460km From Disaster Site
Marco Kaltofan at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has issued more information about some unusual findings from a home vacuum cleaner bag they
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Citizens Continue To Find Inaccurate Govt. Radiation Monitors In Fukushima
Citizens continue to find government radiation monitoring stations that read lower than the actual reading for the location. This one
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Japan Govt. Orchestrates Fukushima Denial, Nuclear Restarts
The Japanese government continues to push for reactor restarts and to establish nuclear power as part of the national energy
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Fukushima Daiichi Radioactive Tank Leak To Pacific Far Worse Than Admitted
TEPCO has admitted that the radioactive sludge leak from the H4 tank farm last August was more than three times
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Two Japanese Power Companies Ask For Bailouts
First Hokkaido Electric, now Kyushu Electric is asking for a government bank to give them money. Both are complaining about
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The Real Risks At Sendai
The Sendai nuclear power plant located in Kagoshima Japan has been selected as the one Japanese authorities would focus on
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Mainichi Investigation Creates New Fukushima Scandal
A news report earlier this week showing how the Japanese government had manipulated radiation data for the evacuation zone has
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Japan Power Companies Shift Focus To Non Nuclear Power
Japan’s power companies have been quietly shifting their focus to building new or restarting thermal power generation facilities. The country
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Researchers Confirm “Black Substance” Is Fukushima Reactor Fuel
In a peer reviewed paper released this week by the journal Environmental Science & Technology, a Japanese team of researchers
Read moreHot Fish Found Off Iwaki
The local fishing cooperative in Iwaki found 110 bq/kg in a rockfish tested for radioactive contamination. This type of fish
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Living With Radiation In Japan
Local food coops that carefully select and test their food have become a go-to source for people concerned about contamination
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New Independent Fukushima Food Contamination Results
People in Japan early on realized they needed to take things into their own hands if they wanted to know
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Radiation Leak At WIPP Considered To Be Waste Leak
Reuters is reporting that the alarm at the WIPP nuclear storage site in New Mexico is now considered to be
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Nuclear Evacuation Risks Still Unsolvable In Japan
The NRA has issued a number of improvements for evacuation planning in the event of a nuclear disaster. They have
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Radiation Makes People Invisible – Full Article
Radiation Makes People Invisible Robert Jacobs A version in Japanese is available here: http://wp.me/p1zinA-3ev Radiation makes people invisible. We know that
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Democracy Now! In Japan This Week, Covers Fukushima
Alternative news television Democracy Now! Is broadcasting from Japan this week. Anchor Amy Goodman is covering a variety of topics
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Japan Nuclear Evacuations Would Take 12+ Hours To More Than 6 Days
An independent study in Japan showed it would take at least 12 or more hours to evacuate a 30km zone
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Japan To Locate Nuclear Waste Site Without Local Approval, TEPCO Scraps Units 5 & 6
METI has indicated that the Japanese government plans to create high level nuclear waste sites in the country but without
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The Plan For Japan
Besides the effort to declare arbitrary state secrets there have been a number of other disturbing efforts in the government
Read moreJapan State Secrets Bill Delayed
Japan’s government effort to force through an unpopular state secrets bill has stalled. The DPJ and JCP parties submitted a
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Japan Govt. Declared Evacuation Too Expensive, IAEA Promotes More Sea Dumping
A government trip to research how the response to the Chernobyl disaster was conducted but the report was never made
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Japan State Secrets Bill Would Jail Journalists, Hide Fukushima Information
This bill is a major issue in Japan for good reason, yet this issue gets little press in the west.
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US Group Calls For Radiation Monitoring Of Food Supply
A US grassroots group is urging the public to support a set of efforts to improve food monitoring in the
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Greenpeace Finds Cesium In Japanese Grocery Store Fish
Greenpeace Japan did another round of contaminated fish testing. They bought grocery store fish around northeast Japan and tested it
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Japan No Nukes Groups Receive Cyber Attack, Death Threats
33 groups, most of them anti-nuclear groups in Japan have received cyber attacks. The attacks began in September and are
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Fukushima Shift; Japan May Take On Entire Disaster Response
The current government in Japan is considering taking on the costs and responsibility of the decontamination work, contaminated soil storage,
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Cesium Found In Children’s Urine Shows Ongoing Widespread Problem In Japan
The acceptable amount of radioactive cesium in human urine is zero. The substances (cesium 134 and 137) does not exist
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The Fukushima Elephant In The Room
The NY Times published an article today looking at the limbo Fukushima evacuees live in. Most in Namie and other
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Over 3000 People In Japan Cite Severe Nosebleeds & Radiation Type Symptoms In 11 Days
Takahiro Katsumi has been following an unusual trend on twitter in Japan. People began posting complaints of severe nosebleeds, then
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Fukushima & TEPCO Become Political Football
In a recent interview with a DPJ politician involved with the early response to the Fukushima disaster he stressed that
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Radioactive Contamination Still Found In Drinking Water Across Japan
This NRA report from June of 2013 found cesium 134 and cesium 137 still showing in city drinking water across
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TEPCO Chose To Not Stop Water Leaks In 2011 Over Fears For Their Stock Price, Govt Knew
TEPCO has known about the massive groundwater intrusion and leaking at the site since at least May of 2011. The
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Japan Govt. “Wants To Lower Dependence On Nuclear Power”
Not what anyone expected to hear out of the current LDP government in Japan. The current head of METI made
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As We Predicted; Typhoon Causes Landslide At Monju Nuclear Reactor
Groupings of nuclear reactors in Fukui prefecture, Japan are at high risk for landslides. In our research into the risks
Read moreNRA Begins Inspections, JAPCO Defies NRA Orders
The NRA has begun their process to review applications to restart nuclear reactors in Japan. Utilities will be required to
Read moreFukushima Puts Contaminated Soybeans To Market
10 tons of soybeans were sent to market from Date City, Fukushima prefecture. All of the samples listed show contamination.
Read moreJapan Receives MOX Shipment As US Ends Their MOX Program
The Takahama nuclear plant received a shipment of MOX fuel yesterday. The power company has hinted they intend to use
Read moreRestarts, Shareholders & Who Runs Japan’s Nuclear Sector
Japan’s power companies will all have shareholder meetings this week, making some of the timing for restart possibilities at the
Read moreGovt Food Testing In Japan Shows Food Roulette Still Exists
Asahi Shimbun recently promoted a sort of “all clear” on food consumption in Fukushima. The claim was that meals were
Read moreFukushima Rice To Be Bought By Govt., Mixed Into Japan’s Rice Reserves
Japan’s national government will buy up 40,000 tons of Fukushima rice, including rice from the evacuation zones (as long as
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