A Clean Energy Future Is Possible: A Message For The 4th Anniversary Of Fukushima

‘The Fukushima disaster shows us exactly why we cannot and should not try to rely on nuclear energy to solve the climate crisis.’

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Ringing the bell on climate change march.

"Ringing the bell on climate change." Photo: Light Brigading/flickr/cc Just ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, five organizations have issued a message that the only way to avert climate disaster is by embracing a clean energy future. It was March 11, 2011 when the Great East Japan earthquake caused

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Elevated Rates Of Thyroid Cancer Found In Fukushima Youth

Over 100 Fukushima youth diagnosed with definitive or suspected thyroid gland cancer.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
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The number of Fukushima youth diagnosed with definitive or suspected thyroid gland cancer now reaches 104, according to a Japanese newspaper's analysis of government data. There were 300,000 total youth in the Fukushima prefecture who were aged 18 or younger at the time of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Of the 104 children whose

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Fukushima’s Children Are Dying

More than 120 childhood cancers have been indicated in Fukushima where just three would be expected.

Harvey Wasserman
By Harvey Wasserman
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Some 39 months after the multiple explosions at Fukushima, thyroid cancer rates among nearby children have skyrocketed to more than forty times (40x) normal. More than 48 percent of some 375,000 young people—nearly 200,000 kids—tested by the Fukushima Medical University near the smoldering reactors now suffer from pre-cancerous thyroid

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Nuclear Experts Raise Concerns Over Giant ‘Ice Wall’ At Fukushima

It’s a risky experiment that could bring about unintended consequences, they warn.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos

Nuclear experts are casting doubt on Japan's plans to build a giant underground "ice wall" surrounding the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in a bid to stop dangerous radiation leaks. The roughly $320 million ice wall would theoretically function like an underground dam to stop groundwater from seeping into the facility where it

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Federal Agency Rejects Expanded Nuclear Fallout Plan

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejects a call to expand emergency zones for areas within nuclear fallout ranges, prompting questions over the agency’s commitment to public safety.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Nuclear Safety Plant Sites

In 2012, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service filed a request to extend the emergency zone surrounding nuclear plants from a 10 mile radius to a 25 mile radius. In the proposal submitted by the agency to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a secondary area set 25 to 50 miles away from a nuclear reactor would also be created. Here,

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Is Japanese Government ‘Squelching’ Efforts To Research Fukushima Radiation?

New York Times reports on culture of intimidation among researchers

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
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Accurate information regarding the true extent and environmental costs of the Fukushima nuclear disaster has been hard to come by, and according to a piece published in the New York Times on Sunday, that may be because researchers have been hampered by intimidation and fear. Speaking both with top university researchers in Japan and

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