UK Nuclear Alert: Naturally Occurring Radiation

LONDON (AP) — Elevated radiation levels detected Friday at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in northwestern England were caused by naturally occurring background radon, not by any faults at the aging plant, the operating company said. Only essential workers were asked to report for work as safety teams worked to pinpoint the cause of the […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Elevated radiation levels detected Friday at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in northwestern England were caused by naturally occurring background radon, not by any faults at the aging plant, the operating company said. Only essential workers were asked to report for work as safety teams worked to pinpoint the cause of

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Fukushima Worker Says ‘Slipshod Work’ Done on Storage Tanks

‘I couldn’t believe that such slipshod work was being done’

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos

A former worker at Fukushima described his amazement at the emphasis on cost-cutting, time-saving, "slipshod" measures to deal with the clean-up at the crisis-stricken nuclear plant. “I couldn’t believe that such slipshod work was being done, even if it was part of stopgap measures,” 48-year-old Yoshitatsu Uechi told The Asahi Shimbun. During

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Recruiters Target The Homeless For Fukushima Radioactive Cleanup

Organized crime infiltrated the Obayashi Corp, then put the homeless to work cleaning up the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus

The mess left behind by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in the 2011 typhoon that rocked Japan is costing taxpayers there billions to clean up, but a new, insidious way to tackle the problem is being invented -- pay the homeless to do it. In the city of Sendai, black-market recruiters hired by subcontractors for the $35 billion cleanup of

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Scientist Warns of Impending US Disaster from Fukushima Fallout

If an earthquake of 7 or greater were to hit, then “all hell breaks loose,” including the evacuation of the West coast of North America, the scientist said.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

A prominent professor and host of the Canadian television series, “The Nature of Things,” is warning the world that another Fukushima disaster could bring about disaster not only to Japan, but North America as well. While speaking at a scientific symposium, David Suzuki informed the audience of what he considers to be an impending disaster at

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Amid ‘Plummeting Morale’ Experts Concerned Fukushima Workers ‘Will Collapse First’

‘Mistakes are often linked to morale,’ warns Japan nuclear regulator.

Jacob Chamberlain
By Jacob Chamberlain

Workers trying to stabilize the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant are struggling to keep up with the work amid ongoing crises, health problems, poor wages and falling morale, The Guardian reports Wednesday. Roughly 6,000 workers are currently employed at the plant by the operator TEPCO. However, that number is a fraction of the size of

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Acting With Impunity: The Case Of General Electric

Can the world’s biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to the eighth largest U.S. corporation, the answer appears to be “yes.”

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams

  By: Lawrence Wittner Can the world’s biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric (GE) -- the eighth largest U.S. corporation, with $146.9 billion in sales and $13.6 billion in profits in 2012 -- the answer appears to be “yes.” Let us begin with a small-scale case in upstate New York, where in late

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