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December 21, 2012
A Visit to Japan: Reflections from the Chairman MacFarlane.

A Visit to Japan: Reflections from the Chairman

December 21, 2012
Study: X-ray like images show radioactive contamination spread through leaves and grass collected from Fukushima to Tokyo (PHOTOS).

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10967-012-2343-4

December 21, 2012
Engineers warn: Two US nuclear plants may cause new Fukushima .

http://rt.com/usa/news/two-nuclear-nrc-facilities-604/

December 21, 2012
The latest outrage: the Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a plan to allow radioactively-contaminated metal from nuclear weapons facilities to be “recycled.” This would allow this toxic metal to be mixed with clean recycled metal and enter into normal commerce—where it could be turned into anything from your next pants zipper to baby toys.

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12406/

December 21, 2012
Floating pier comes ashore in Washington — If experts don’t get to it today, next chance is early January (VIDEO)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019948768_tsunamidock21.html

December 20, 2012
Tepco admits link between death and Fukushima disaster for 1st time.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121222a3.html

December 20, 2012
U.S. Approves Joint Purchases by Nuclear Power Companies.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-20/u-s-approves-joint-purchases-by-nuclear-power-companies.html

December 20, 2012
TEPCO removes steel beam from pool at contaminated Fukushima plant.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/12/200556.html

December 20,2012
Indian Point Nuclear Threat Needs Senate Review, Engineers Contend.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/indian-point-nuclear-threat-oconee_n_2338549.html

December 20, 2012
More Fukushima nuclear pollution to hit U.S. starting in 2015 — Study: Impact strength of Cesium-137 on West Coast to be as high as 4 PERCENT.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11430-012-4520-2

December 19, 2012
Quake risk at Japan atomic recycling plant (MOX fuel plant).

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-quake-japan-atomic-recycling-experts.html

December 19, 2012
Post-Fukushima, here’s how one can get the energy mix right.

http://indrus.in/articles/2012/12/19/post-fukushima_heres_how_one_can_get_the_energy_mix_right_21131.html

December 19, 2012
Nuclear tragedy finds a human face in Fukushima.

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/nuclear-tragedy-finds-a-h.html

December 18, 2012
Radioactive material measured from Fukushima honey “Higher than last year”.

November 2011 : 11 Bq/kg (Cs-134/137)
June 2012 : 22.85 Bq/Kg
June 2012 : 7.54 Bq/Kg
June 2012 : 5.05 Bq/Kg
July 2012 : 5.97 Bq/Kg
October 2012 : 30.2 Bq/Kg
October 2012 : 73.1 Bq/Kg
November 2012 : 97.2 Bq/Kg
November 2012 : 41.7 Bq/Kg

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/12/radioactive-material-measured-from-fukushima-honey-higher-than-last-year/

December 18, 2012
Fukushima plant situation ‘volatile,’ a year after cold shutdown declared.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201212180087

December 18, 2012
Radioactive crops are mixed with non-radioactive crops in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_NjEaUmQHQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=4264s

December 18, 2012
International nuclear experts want to learn lessons from the Fukushima disaster but there is still a long way to safety.

http://www.dw.de/fukushima-conference-wraps-up-on-a-positive-note/a-16462720

December 18, 2012

Up a River Without a Cleanup – Government guts Rocketdyne cleanup imperiling L.A. River, misuse of $41.5 million EPA Rocketdyne study prompts calls for investigation

Part Five of EnviroReporter.com‘s special investigation “Boeing’s Meltdown Makeover.”
Long-awaited EPA study finds high radiation findings with cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239/240 hundreds to over 1,900 times background.
The federal EPA and DTSC ditch the agreement to cleanup SSFL to background levels of remediation.
Longtime activists call for investigation of the agency’s misappropriation of $41.5 million that was supposed to guide DTSC to cleanup to background.
Gary Polakovic, author Boeing’s plan to greenwash Rocketdyne, shows up at EPA meeting – confronts longtime cleanup advocate Dan Hirsch and embraces Boeing “third party” ally John Luker.
Rocketdyne sits at the headwaters of the Los Angeles River, and that waterway’s $2 billion revamp is in danger of derailment by the radioactive and chemical contamination continuing to ooze offsite. This could torpedo the 50-year Master Plan of the city of Los Angeles’ centerpiece.

https://www.enviroreporter.com/2012/12/up-a-river-without-a-cleanup/

December 18, 2012
Gov’t Experts: No knowledge of what state melted fuel is in at Fukushima plant — Don’t know where it’s located — Persistent danger surrounds reactors — Collapses of facilities a threat.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201212180087

December 18, 2012
Black substance with 43,000,000 (43 MILLION) Bq/kg of cesium in Fukushima.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/12/43-million-bqkg-of-cesium-measured-from-black-substance/

December 18, 2012
Lights! Camera! Atoms! Sundance to debut pro-nuclear film.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/lights-camera-atoms-sundance-to-debut-pro-nuclear-film/8362

December 18, 2012
Action: Sign on to four principles on radioactive waste, including no more generation.

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12372

December 17, 2012
Cesium measured in 100% of all rockfish in November and December at Fukushima.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/12/cesium-measured-from-100-of-fukushima-white-rockfish-in-november-and-december/

December 17, 2012
Marion Pack on the many safety risks at the San Onofre nuclear power plant and how a Fukushima-type meltdown would contaminate Southern California.

http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6651

December 17, 2012
UN atomic agency and Japan’s Fukushima prefecture to cooperate on nuclear safety.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43786&Cr=iaea&Cr1=#.UNe63Y6tsoI

December 17, 2012
The Environment Ministry says nearly 6,000 square kilometers of land across Japan have subsided by more than 2 centimeters in the last fiscal year. […]This level is judged to have a potential impact on buildings’ stability.
The ministry says Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture sank deepest by 73.8 centimeters, followed by Ichikawa in Chiba by 30.9 centimeters [Fukushima Prefecture NOT tested].
The ministry officials say the subsidence is attributable to last year’s March 11th earthquake. They have expressed concerns over the spread of subsidence and further damage to buildings.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20121218_05.html

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