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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Status Reports on the Reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant
27 March 2011 Bloomberg Status Reports on the Reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Table By Kathleen Chu – Mar 27, 2011 12:39 PM GMT+0900 Full Article
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WSJ: Threat by Land and Sea
19 March 2011 Wall Street Journal Threat by Land and Sea Dozens of nuclear reactors operate in earthquake-prone regions around the world. Among them, at least 34 are in high-hazard areas; 17 of those are within a mile of a coastline. (See … Continue
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Fukushima – INES scale rating
25 March Greenpeace Fukushima – INES scale rating Publication – March 25, 2011 A new analysis prepared for Greenpeace Germany by nuclear safety expert Dr Helmut Hirsch shows that by March 23 2011, Japan’s nuclear crisis has already released enough … Continue
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Kan Blamed for Slowing Response
28 March 2011 (Monday) Kyodo News Kan blamed for slowing response Full Article
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Huge Radiation Spike At Fukushima Nuclear Plant An Error, Japan Officials Say
27 March 2011 HUFFPOST WORLD Huge Radiation Spike At Fukushima Nuclear Plant An Error, Japan Officials Say Full Article
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Fukushima-Related FOIA Request: Full Data Sought on Radiation Levels That Lead to NRC Chair’s Call for 50-Mile Evacuation Radius for Americans in Japan
25 March 2011 / Washington, D.C. Friends of the Earth Press Release Fukushima-Related FOIA Request: Full Data Sought on Radiation Levels That Lead to NRC Chair’s Call for 50-Mile Evacuation Radius for Americans in Japan Why Aren’t Japanese and American Citizens … Continue
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New SDF helicopter movie of reactor remains
27 March A new SDF helicopter movie (shot 27 March 2011) of what remains of the reactor units at Fukushima Daiichi. YouTube Link
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TBTF: The Simple Reason TEPCO Will Survive The Nuclear Crisis
23 March 2011 Business Insider TBTF: The Simple Reason TEPCO Will Survive The Nuclear Crisis By Joe Weisenthal Excerpt: The Fukushima nuclear crisis has led to a plunge in shares of parent company TEPCO and a huge widening in its … Continue
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WSJ: Top Nuclear Aide Sees No Slowing of Sector
25 March 2011 Wall Street Journal Top Nuclear Aide Sees No Slowing of Sector By Norihiko Shirouzu A top official at Japan’s nuclear-safety regulatory agency sees no slowing in the country’s campaign to expand atomic power, despite the battle to … Continue
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NHK WORLD: Extreme radiation detected at No. 2 reactor
NHK WORLD updated at 9:52 UTC, Mar. 27 Extreme radiation detected at No. 2 reactor Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has detected radioactive materials 10-million-times normal levels in water at the No. 2 reactor complex of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. … Continue
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