Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants to turn Australia into a nuclear wasteland for other countries
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull feels cautious, but is at the same time open to the idea of a nuclear fuel leasing industry in Australia. The industry would consist of leasing fuel rods to other countries, and then storing the waste afterwards. In other words, Australia would become a nuclear junkyard that other countries could use to Read More
New robot set to explore toxic depths of Fukushima
One of the great difficulties facing the clean-up crew at the Fukushima site is locating the missing nuclear reactor fuel. Radiation levels at the power plant are too high for human investigation, and efforts to send robot probes into the nuclear reactors have proven fruitless. Consequently, researchers are now developing a new and improved robot Read More
Fukushima’s radiation has finally arrived: U.S. mainland now covered with ‘invisible blanket of death’
It has always been postulated that the radioactive cesium-137 particles from the leaking nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, would find its way to the United States. Has this day now finally come? Just this last month, whales have been found washed up and dead on shores along the West Coast. Birds and fish are Read More
Japan lifts evacuation orders on irradiated towns in preparation for 2020 Summer Olympics
The Japanese government recently announced they are lifting a four-year evacuation order on a town located 10 miles from the Fukushima disaster site, allowing residents to return full-time if they so desire, according to reports. The evacuation order was issued in 2011 for the town of Naraha, which was among seven municipalities that were forced Read More
Former Fukushima worker who got cancer is suing TEPCO
In a first, a former worker at the Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant has filed a lawsuit against the majority-Japanese-government-owned Tokyo Electric Power Company for cancer he says he developed after exposure to radiation from the March 2011 disaster. (This article originally appeared on The Daily Sheeple). Via The Japan Times: According to Read More
Typhoon Etau busts drainage system and flushes radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean
The Fukushima nuclear power station dumped contaminated and radioactive water into the ocean after a rush of water, caused by Typhoon Etau, which lead to the site’s drainage pumps to overflow. Typhoon Etau has caused massive flooding in Japan, prompting thousands to evacuate. Twenty-three people are missing and three have been confirmed dead. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Read More
Melted fuel from Fukushima disaster still missing
An earthquake triggered a Tsunami that rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan’s Tohoku coast in March 2011, causing the near destruction of three nuclear power plants. It’s been four years since the Fukushima disaster, and experts have yet to pinpoint the location of the melted fuel from the reactors. Before officials can Read More