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Category Archives: Nuclear
Links between childhood leukaemia and nuclear power plant radiation
In the latest development in the debate over to what extent there is a link between childhood leukaemia and radiation from nuclear power plants, a French study has found a doubling in the incidence of the disease among children under … Continue reading
Massive levels of radioactive cesium detected at a quarry
Massive levels of radioactive cesium have been detected from gravel at a quarry near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, after high radiation was detected at buildings using gravel from the same quarry, prefectural officials said. The Fukushima Prefectural Government examined … Continue reading
San Onofre nuclear power plant incidents
The San Onofre nuclear power plant came under renewed scrutiny last week after a small radiation leak and the discovery of extensive tube damage. the incidents raised concern among environmental groups, which for years have kept a close eye on … Continue reading
Tepco Injects Boric Acid Into Reactor as Temperatures Rise
Tokyo Electric Power Co. injected boric acid into a reactor at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to prevent an accidental chain reaction known as re- criticality after temperatures rose in the past week. The temperature of the No. 2 reactor … Continue reading
Nuclear-free Japan
Japan is almost completely free of nuclear power now, after the shutdown on March 26, 2012 of the Number 6 reactor at the country’s Kashiwasaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. No nuclear reactors are now operational on the Japanese mainland. When scheduled … Continue reading
Illicit work at nuke plants
Three people and two firms were indicted Feb. 2 on charges of dispatching a worker to the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture under a falsified contract in violation of the Employment Security Law. Those indicted by the Kokura … Continue reading
Getting money from nuclear power industry
Three university professors on a government task force to draw up new nuclear power policy guidelines received substantial cash donations from the nuclear power industry and related companies or organizations. The donations totaled 18.39 million yen ($240,000) over a five-year … Continue reading
57 percent of evacuees didn’t apply for compensation due to confusing forms
Fifty-seven percent of evacuees living in temporary housing and visited by the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund said they have not applied for compensation because the forms were confusing or for other reasons, according to survey results released by the … Continue reading
Korean nuclear plant systematically covered up power glitch
Officials at the Kori Nuclear Power Plant, the oldest such facility in South Korea, systematically covered up a potentially very serious power failure in February, according to sources close to the case. All power was lost for 12 minutes on … Continue reading
Cold shutdown,what is that?
The Japanese authorities stated last Friday that Fukushima is in a state of “cold shutdown. This is not true. At first glance, the announcement that the stricken nuclear reactors are now “stable” sounds like some rare good news from the … Continue reading
