nuclear power
Back to Fukushima. Former residents weigh up returning to nuclear ghost town of Okuma
RT Documentary • December 12, 2019 In March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan, setting off a tsunami that caused an accident at the Daiichi nuclear power station in Fukushima prefecture. Radioactive contamination settled on the surrounding area, and the authorities decided to evacuate the population living within a 20km radius around the power station. Watch […]
US At Risk of Ecological Disaster Due to Improperly Stored Nuclear Waste, New Study Finds
Sputnik – January 29, 2020 The United States does not currently have a landfill for nuclear waste from the defence industry, which is normally stored inside metal canisters buried underground near the nuclear plants where it was produced. The United States could face the risk of nuclear contamination due to inadequate nuclear waste storage methods, […]
Dumping Radioactive Water into the Pacific Ocean — a Hypothetical Scenario for Tokyo?
It was not so long ago that we wrote about how radiophobia is being stoked up as part of the trade war between Japan and South Korea. Having brought this topic to the public’s attention, I would like to go into more detail and highlight people’s fears that “Japanese authorities are about to flood the world with millions of tons of contaminated water”
Japan’s Nuclear Watchdog Approves Decommissioning 2 Reactors at Oi Plant – Reports
Sputnik – 11.12.2019 TOKYO – Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved plans to decommission two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, the Kyodo news agency reported. According to the Japanese news agency, Kansai Electric Power, which operates the Oi plant, decided to spend about $1.1 billion to dismantle the two […]
Norway Opens Up for Nuclear-Powered Allied Submarines’ Port Calls Despite Local Resistance
Sputnik – 08.11.2019 According to local media, the presence of international submarines in Norwegian waters has tripled. In 2018 alone, 27 port calls by US and UK nuclear-powered submarines were registered in Norway. Soon, nuclear-powered submarines will become commonplace near the centre of Norway’s largest Arctic city of Tromso, Norwegian Defence Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen confirmed […]
Rosatom in Asia: There is Trust in Russia
The Russian Federation is one of the world’s leaders in the nuclear industry. Its nuclear power plants (NPPs) are renowned for their effectiveness, safety and reasonable costs. These benefits have made nuclear technology supplied by Russia very popular among nations that require large quantities of energy for their needs but that cannot afford to put their environment at risk or spend exorbitant amounts of money on power generation.
Childish Fantasies vs Real World Energy Needs
By Donna Laframboise | Big Picture News | October 2, 2019 Certain politicians are making promises about carbon dioxide emissions and the year 2050 – three full decades from now. Certain adults are telling elementary school children that transforming the world’s energy system is easy peasy. But that’s not the case. In an article titled […]
Fukushima Disaster Puts Japan in ‘Nuclear Limbo’ Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics – Pundit
Sputnik – September 14, 2019 On 10 September, Japanese authorities announced that Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant which in 2011 experienced the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, currently has no technology to clear its wastewater from radioactive waste, and is instead discharging it into the sea. More than […]
Who is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution? Oceanographer or defense contractor?
R/V Neil Armstrong arrives at Woods Hole Oceanographic … collectspace.com By Richard Hugus | August 28, 2019 WHOI is the acronym for the ‘Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’, based on Cape Cod, Town of Falmouth, village of Woods Hole, Massachusettts. On August 2, 2019 WHOI applied to the town of Falmouth for the clearing of 2.7 […]