"We hope China to dominate the denuclearization process of northeast Asia," Fujita said, referring to Beijing's historical friendly ties with Pyongyang. Since the DPJ came to power in September, ties between Tokyo and Washington have seen shaky ground. He
"Of all the official events that have been created during the past 200 years of modernization, the peace ceremony has the greatest degree of moral seriousness. " Kenzaburo Oe, NYT 8/5 2010. [...] "what about the bombing victims who will fill the venue?
the deformation in a 3.3-metric-ton cylinder now stuck in the Monju reactor vessel in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 9. A major test of the reactor, shut down since a 1995 sodium leak, was planned for July 2011 -- already 1.5 months behind schedule. H
William Pentland, Forbes, Mar. 11 2011 - 7:23 pm Image by Hyougushi via Flickr The United States military and other nations are scrambling to support the government of Japan’s efforts to avoid a nuclear meltdown at a nuclear facility affected by the massi
12 March 2011, 10:20 GMT +2 / JST 17:20 A few minutes ago, Asahi TV: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant: Sound of explosion between the reactor building and turbine building. White smoke. Workers are injured
The extent of the ongoing danger from the explosion at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, 170 miles northeast of Tokyo, is unclear. Authorities pumped seawater mixed with boron into the damaged nuclear reactor, a strategy nuclear engineering experts in the U
Sunday morning at 7am GMT+2 Chris Hogg BBC News, TokyoThere are now problems at the number three reactor - the concern is that it is overheating. They're trying to pump sea water through it at the moment. ... the plant's Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said
0235 CET, 13 March 2011 Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that Units 1, 2, and 4 at the Fukushima Daini retain off-site power. Daini Unit 3 is in a safe, cold shutdown, according to Japanese officials. -- CORRECTED An earlier version of this r
Gives backgroun, but is partly outdated, because: "unlike all of the other reactors in trouble, Unit 3 (of Fukushima I) has been using plutonium-based MOX (mixed oxide) fuel since September 10, 2010. (www.nirs.org)
J-M Matagne: "Now nobody will be able to say: "French citizens, vote for me, I will sell plants (and weapons) to Libya, a modern democratic country. I will sew a nuclear hem around the Mediterranean. I will sell Brazil a nuclear sub and Rafale airplanes.
Dan Plesch and Harald Heubaum, 13 March 2011 : "Last week, the world’s attention was suddenly torn from Libya to the developing nuclear crisis in Japan. But the events in Libya and Japan have one thing in common. Each case serves as a powerful reminder o
Those who falsely argue that nuclear power brings with it a calculable and acceptable risk because there is no alternative are guilty of cynical cruelty against humanity. They also accept the risk of a global economic collaps. Studies have shown that this
Frigyes Reisch påpekar att att de japanska myndigheterna har ljugit om Fukushimaolyckan. Den bör klassas som 7, inte som 4, på olycksskalan. Det beror på de enorma ekonomiska intressena. Världens kärnkraftsindustri är japansk.
A report by the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, ... , found that in the event of a core meltdown, a Mark 1's containment vessel has a 42% chance of failing—a whole lot closer to a coin flip than you want with something like a nuclear reactor
On Friday (18 March) Japanese engineers revealed that they may try to bury the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in sand and encase it in concrete to try to contain any radiation. ... It won't be easy, though, as a Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) offic
The largest wind farm operator in Japan, Eurus Energy with about 22% of all wind turbines in Japan, is a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO) which operates the Fukushima nuclear facility. Right now, it is likely the company is very happy about it
TOKYO, March 22, Kyodo Work to restore power and key cooling functions to the troubled reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was marred Monday by smoke that rose from the buildings housing the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, the plant
Washington, DC - March 23, 2011 – Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) expressed concern over recent reports that radioactivity from the ongoing Fukushima accident is present in the Japanese food supply. While all food contains radionuclides, wheth
By DAVID JOLLY and HIROKO TABUCHI Published: March 25, 2011 TOKYO — Japan’s effort to contain the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered a setback, an official said on Friday, citing evidence that the reactor vessel of the No. 3 unit may
The organisation set up to verify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has a global network of air samplers that monitor and trace the origin of around a dozen radionuclides, the radioactive elements released by atomic bomb blasts – and nuclea
I dag kommer nya, motstridiga uppgifter om reaktor 3 vid Fukushima kärnkraftverk. Det är möjligt att reaktortanken är allvarligt skadad och läcker radioaktiva ämnen. Dessutom har temperaturen stigit i den bränslebassäng som är gemensam för hela kärnkraftv
WNA 25 March: "Investigations are now underway into the unexpectedly high level of contamination in the water, particularly as the basement of the turbine building is not a recognised radiation area. One theory is that there is a leak from the reactor cir
We of Atomstopp International, NIRS, WISE, and like-minded organizations gathered in Linz, Austria, for the international symposium, “The Lie of the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy - Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power Plants – Two Sides of the Same Coin” hel
RADIOACTIVE caesium and iodine has been deposited in Japan far from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, at levels that were considered highly contaminated after Chernobyl. Readings taken by the Japanese science ministry, MEXT, reveal high levels of caesi