To Mark the 7th Anniversary of Fukushima Here is Our Reply to the UK’s latest Vicious New Build CONsultation —
The government has yet another consultation out on new build – on where to site new nuclear reactors. This entirely vicious consultation to enable new nuclear build has been difficult to reply to as there should be no new reactors anywhere. Today is Mothers Day and this is for all those whose children are no […]
Russian Foreign Minister In Africa Discussing Nuclear Deals, Along With Mining And Oil, Gas, And Pipeline Deals (i.e., Russian Imperialism Bringing Future Chernobyl To Africa) — Mining Awareness +
“Russian companies are working in the exploration, mining, energy and petrochemical sectors in Africa and are taking part in national programmes to build natural gas pipelines and storage facilities and provide technical maintenance for hydropower plants, he said, as well as carrying out feasibility studies for the construction of nuclear power plants and nuclear research and […]
Monitoring Fukushima Contamination in Pacific Salmon and Soil in British Columbia — Home
Seven years on, since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, it is useful to start to bring together information from scientific studies of the impact of the contamination on the North American environment and its people. I recently wrote to communicate the most recent results of the Integrated Fukushima Ocean Radionuclide (InFORM) project. […]
via Monitoring Fukushima Contamination in Pacific Salmon and Soil in British Columbia — Home
People Against Wyfa B (PAWB) meet to acknowledge Japan’s continuing Fukushima nuclear tragedy
PAWB 11th March 2018, Members and supporters of PAWB will meet near the Menai bridge on the Ynys
Môn side between 8.00 and 9.00 am on Monday, March 12 to note that seven
years have passed since the explosions and meltdowns at three nuclear
reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi station.
situation is better. 300 tonnes of radioactive water still flows through
the site every day in to the Pacific Ocean, and much more radioactive water
is being stored in hundreds of tanks on the site.
also wants to pour this water in to the Pacific Ocean. Following recent
research by an international team of scientists, evidence has been found of
the presence of the radioactive elements, uranium, caesium and technetium
in the environment in the area around the Fukushima Daiichi station. The
research was published in February in ‘Environmental Science and
Technology’.
people who had to leave their homes following the nuclear disaster to
return there, maintaining that the area has been cleaned up.
who are putting pressure on their government not to invest huge amounts of
public money in Hitachi’s irresponsible plans to export the dangerous,
outdated and extortionately expensive Advanced Boling Water Reactor to
Wylfa.
Naoto Kan and his party to halt restarting nuclear reactors there, and to
prevent the export of Hitachi and Toshiba nuclear technology to other
countries. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will be presenting
the Nuclear Zero Bill to the Japanese parliament this week, and we wish
them success in their battle to keep nuclear reactors shut and to halt
export of nuclear technology. http://stop-wylfa.org/wp/
$Millions being wasted in futile effort to foist a nuclear waste dump on Nevada
NRDC 5th March 2018, Yucca has long been viewed as the expedient solution, but that attempt to
foist a solution on an unconsenting state has instead been a failure. If
Congress decides to waste tens of millions of dollars to restart the
licensing process for the Yucca site, more anger and further delay is sure
to follow. https://www.nrdc.org/experts/geoffrey-h-fettus/final-resting-place-nuclear-waste
Director general of Orano (formerly Areva) tries to convince French Assembly that nuclear fuel pools are not dangerous
National assembly 9th March 2018, [Machine Translation]Philippe Knoche, a plane crash or rocket fire could not damage enough spentfuel storage tanks to dewater them. “I would like to take this example
because our opponents use it a lot …”
http://www.lcp.fr/la-politique-en-video/la-hague-le-patron-dorano-ex-areva-minimise-les-risques-en-cas-de-chute-davion
Latest in the AREVA nuclear soap opera: Areva to pay Finland’s TVO 450 mln euros
Le Monde 10th March 2018, [Machine Translation] EPR: epilogue of the Finnish soap opera Areva. The nuclear group will pay hundreds of millions of euros in penalties for the
delay of ten years in the Olkiluoto reactor project.
http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2018/03/10/epr-areva-en-passe-de-solder-son-lourd-contentieux-finlandais-avec-tvo_5268784_3234.html
Areva to pay Finland’s TVO 450 mln euros over nuclear reactor dispute https://www.reuters.com/article/tvo-areva-olkiluoto-settlement/areva-to-pay-finlands-tvo-450-mln-euros-over-nuclear-reactor-dispute-idUSL8N1QT0N1 Reuters Staff HELSINKI, March 11 (Reuters) – Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said on Sunday it had agreed a settlement with French nuclear company Areva and Germany’s Siemens in the long-running dispute over cost overruns and delays on their EPR nuclear reactor project.
Areva-Siemens will pay TVO compensation of 450 million euros ($553.73 million), the Finnish company said in a statement.
TVO and Areva-Siemens were claiming billions of euros from each other due to the delays in the Olkiluoto 3 reactor project in southwest Finland. Its start was postponed last year to May 2019 – a decade later than planned.
$1 = 0.8127 euros Reporting by Tuomas Forsell
Eon, Germany’s giant energy utility to buy Innogy, the renewable energy business
FT 10th March 2018, Eon, the German utility, is in advanced discussions to strike a complex
deal worth more than €20bn to acquire Innogy, the renewable energy
business that was spun out and still majority controlled by Germany’s
RWE.
The deal, which may be announced as soon as Monday evening, will mark
the latest high-profile transaction in the German energy market just months
after Eon sold a minority stake in its former subsidiary Uniper to
Finland’s Fortum for €3.8bn.
A deal to acquire Innogy would be a bold
move for Eon, offering the clearest sign yet that the German utility is
back on the offensive after years of retrenchment and a series of harsh
regulatory blows. The deal comes after both Eon and RWE were hit hard by
the so-called Energiewende.
Germany’s radical shift away from fossil fuels
towards renewables, which put intense pressure on the two group’s core
conventional power operations. Germany’s leading power companies also
suffered another severe setback in 2011, when the government in Berlin
decided to accelerate the phase-out of nuclear power in response to the
Fukushima disaster.
https://www.ft.com/content/f6952a70-24a7-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0
Still more to be done, to decrease danger risk in USA’s nuclear reactors
US hardens nation’s power plants seven years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Washington Examiner, by John Siciliano | Seven years later, all of the nation’s 99 reactors comply with NRC regulations established in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to the commission.
However, the reactors that are of the same or similar design to the Japanese Daiichi power plant still have some work to do.
The commission ordered all boiling-water reactors with Mark I and Mark II designs to achieve “full compliance” with new venting requirements beginning at the end of June 2018………..
Lawsuits filed against the Japanese utility company that ran the Daiichi plant will be heard in court later this year.
More than 100 U.S. sailors and servicemen who participated in the rescue effort after the tsunami hit Japan are suing the TEPCO electricity company for not warning them about the threat of radiation after they knew of the damage to the power plant.
“The NRC was not a party to that,” said Burnell, who said the agency has not been requested by the courts to participate.
In 2011, the commission issued warnings to U.S. citizens in Japan about the risk of radiation, directing all citizens who live within 50 miles of the Daiichi plant to evacuate. Japanese authorities downplayed the seriousness of the radiation and refuted the claims made by then-NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko.
Senior management at the NRC have visited Fukushima and interacted with their Japanese counterparts since then, Burnell said. The NRC and the Energy Department meet regularly with Japanese officials to discuss what happened. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/us-hardens-nations-power-plants-seven-years-after-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/article/2651239
Japan’s Prime Minister Abe spinning propaganda in Fukushima, about 2020 Olympic Games
Abe celebrates Fukushima highway http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004295825, March 10, 2018 Fukushima (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended on Saturday the opening ceremony of a section of a highway in Fukushima Prefecture being promoted as a state project to support reconstruction from the March 2011 disaster.
Referring to the targeted completion of the Soma-Fukushima highway in fiscal 2020, when the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held, Abe said, “I hope people from around the world will use this highway and experience a reconstructed Fukushima.”
Of the 45-kilometer Soma-Fukushima highway, a 17-kilometer section linking the Fukushima cities of Soma and Date opened on Saturday
U.S. mining industry files petitions to overturn prohibition on uranium mining near Grand Canyon
Guardian 10th March 2018, The US mining industry has asked the supreme court to overturn an Obama-era
rule prohibiting the mining of uranium on public lands adjacent to the
Grand Canyon. The National Mining Association (NMA) and the American
Exploration and Mining Association (AEMA) filed petitions on Friday asking
the court to reverse the 2012 ban on new uranium mining claims on more than
1 million acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon national park.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/10/grand-canyon-uranium-mining-ban-supreme-court
Big Oil is the New Big Tobacco: Climate Change Liability Battles Heat Up — robertscribbler
Exxon Knew For decades now, fossil fuel companies have been misinforming the public about climate change. They’ve paid money for PR campaigns that confuse the climate science. They’ve supported climate change denying political candidates. They fund meteorologists to misinform the public. The aim of these activities is to cloud the issue of climate change in […]
via Big Oil is the New Big Tobacco: Climate Change Liability Battles Heat Up — robertscribbler
Measuring the radiation in different parts of Fukushima prefecture
Radiation levels can differ tremendously. Important note: the meaurements made while wearing a white protective suit were made in the red zone. All other measurements were made in zone 2/ Namie and Tomioka, Fukushima. Also, these are just some shots. The average radiation level in Namie and Tomioka is approx. 0,17 a 0,24 microsivert per hour. All measurements are made in July 2017 by TINKEBELL.
Filmed and edited by Linda Zwart.
( Note that these measuements found few hotspots in the limited time allowed but kienaiyoru records many hotsposts in the so called “clean areas” – Arclight2011)
Nuclear news this Fukushima disaster anniversary week
Tomorrow, Sunday March 11, will mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. I’m not sure that the mainstream media will cover this properly – or even at all. Radioactive debris piling up at Fukushima interim facility. The costly underground “Ice wall” to prevent radioactive leakage has not really been effective. Radioactive water continues to pour into the Pacific ocean. Exposures levels go up while environmental health protections are lifted: life is devalued. No. of children at time of Fukushima disaster diagnosed with thyroid cancer reaches 160. Fukushima Nuclear Fuel Release “Explicitly Revealed” In Wider Environment. Fleeing from Fukushima: a nuclear evacuation reality check.
The power of the people – Safecast gets the facts on Fukushima radiation.
Crucial US-North Korea talks – could defuse nuclear tensions? Donald Trump’s historic gamble on meeting Kim Jong Un – so much could go wrong.
A sad reflection on International Women’s Day – Climate change ‘impacts women more than men‘
Seven years on, Fukushima still a disaster without a solution Toshiko Okada will be speaking in Australia
NORTH KOREA. Kim Jong Un wants to meet Donald Trump; Trump agrees. North Korea might send Kim Jong-un’s sister to USA for diplomatic talks on the nuclear crisis.
USA.
- Unites States – the blank check for nuclear war. Huge costs to American taxpayers, as Pentagon waives $billions in prioritising weapons sales abroad over requirements to reimburse.
- Trump aims for global ‘energy dominance’ through pushing ahead the nuclear industry.
- Who will pay the astronomic cost of storing America’s nuclear trash? NRC reviews New Mexico proposal. Funding for Yucca Mt nuclear waste project is not likely. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) seeks permit to allow more nuclear waste storage. West Lake Landfill: residents in the area want 100% removal of radioactive trash.
- The Irradiated Sailors of the USS Reagan.
- Washington State to give more help to sick Hanford nuclear workers and former workers.
- New Jersey’s watchdog for ratepayers watching legislation on nuclear subsidies. South Carolina House cuts customers bills over failed nuclear project, but Senate delays decision.
- MIT’s $millions plan for small nuclear fusion station.
JAPAN. Japanese govt announced that it will accept recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Council on rights of Fukushima evacuees. Falsified data on analyses of burying radioactive waste – Kobe Steel again.
Fukushima 7 years after, Fukushima still struggling to return to normal. Nuclear regulator: Fukushima accident not over. Vietnamese trainee misled into Fukushima decontamination work. Controversy in Thailand over Thai Officials Insisting that Fukushima Imported Fish is Safe! Fukushima Contaminated Food Products Are Receiving Top-level Promotion.
UK. UK police say Sergei Skripa, former Russian spy, was poisoned with nerve agent. Need to monitor beaches near Dounreay, as another toxic radioactive fragment is found.
FRANCE. The tiny village leading France’s anti-nuclear movement. France: Police battle protesters over nuclear waste storage plans. Radioactive leaks from Bugey nuclear power plant, near Lyon.
SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Arabia lobbying USA hard to get nuclear technology including enriching uranium
INDIA. Protest: President Macron should not impose a problematic French EPR reactor on India.
SOUTH AFRICA. South Africa cannot afford to build a new nuclear reactor, but Environmental Dept gave permit anyway.
Seven years on, Fukushima still a disaster without a solution
https://www.echo.net.au/2018/03/seven-years-fukushima-still-disaster-without-solution-2/
High-profile Japanese activist Toshiko Okada spoke at the Channon Market [Adelaide ,Australia] on March 11 to mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Okada’s speech in the Rainbow Chai Tent wasfollowed by a march around the market, including music and art.
Local Japanese activist and actress Saya Minami interviewed Okada, and they spoke about introducing a Chernobyl-type law in Japan – and the rest of the world – to protect people from the risks of radiation.
Where were you when the Japanese tsunami hit the coast?
I was at home in Saitama prefecture, about 250km away from Fukushima; I was watching TV and saw the houses and cars being washed away. I was screaming “Please run away quickly!”. My family home is near the ocean in Fukushima so I was very worried about my family. But they were okay. After that the Fukushima power plant exploded and my sister and relatives were evacuated to another prefecture, but the government said it’s safe so they went back after a few weeks.
How did you get involved in this work?
After the Fukushima nuclear accident, I heard that the organisation suing to save the children of Fukushima from the risks of radiation had lost a case, so I wanted to help them. I joined as a volunteer. Currently I am supporting their second trial, networking with radiation victims and taking action to help Fukushima children exposed to radiation.
What are the aims of the Citizens’ Network for Evacuation from Radiation?
The aim is to connect with citizens’ groups and individuals to achieve a society that is free from radiation exposure.
Tell us about the monthly demonstrations in Tokyo.
We protest in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. We speak the truth about Fukushima and call attention to the fact that Kanto district – which includes Tokyo – is also contaminated with radiation, which the mainstream media won’t report. We criticise the current government’s scary policy, which prioritises the economy over people’s lives.
We also protest at the front of the office of the prime minister once a month, against the government’s policy of abandoning the people of Fukushima.
Tell us about the monthly demonstrations in Tokyo.
We protest in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. We speak the truth about Fukushima and call attention to the fact that Kanto district – which includes Tokyo – is also contaminated with radiation, which the mainstream media won’t report. We criticise the current government’s scary policy, which prioritises the economy over people’s lives.
We also protest at the front of the office of the prime minister once a month, against the government’s policy of abandoning the people of Fukushima.
Is it easy to raise issues of nuclear safety and radiation in Japan?
It’s not difficult to bring up the issue, but the Japanese government says that it’s already safe. They say ‘let’s eat Fukushima food, let’s go to Fukushima.’ People think we are spreading a false rumour, which makes it hard for us.
The majority of Japanese people, including the people of Fukushima, are mostly silent, as they might be confused or not interested. That’s the biggest problem.
Why is it important to have a Japanese version of a Chernobyl Law?
The public radiation exposure safety limit was 1mSv before the Fukushima nuclear accident, but after the accident, the Japanese government increased the safety limit to 20mSv only for Fukushima people, and they do decontamination and say it’s safe. There are 54 nuclear power plants in Japan. We don’t know when we will have another accident like Fukushima. That’s the problem. We have to leave a safe environment for our next generation.
Tell us about politician Taro Yamamoto and his role in the anti-nuclear movement.
Most politicians never mention the risks of radiation exposure. Taro Yamamoto is one of the few politicians who raises the issue of radiation exposure and wants an inquiry in the parliament. He is the voice of the people and the best colleague.
What do you hope to achieve with this visit to Australia?
I hope to get support for our action to introduce the Japanese version of Chernobyl law and I hope to tell the truth about Fukushima to the world.
I also hope this law to protect people from radiation disaster will be adopted by the Australian government, to protect Aboriginal people or other people who live with the potential exposure to radiation near uranium mines, nuclear waste dump sites etc.
I hope this law will spread to the world and protect all the people who suffer from radiation disaster worldwide.
I believe that’s what we should do for the next generation.
I believe that this action would also add pressure on the Japanese government, which doesn’t think people’s lives are important.
And it would save the people of Fukushima as well.
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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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Tell the Ukrainian Government to Drop Prosecution of Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko
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