#fukushima — Public Fediverse posts
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Fukushima’s Old Farming Rituals Come to Life in Haga Hideo’s Photography
During the 1950s the photographer Haga Hideo captured traditional folk festivals in Fukushima Prefecture. Now the memories in…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #festival #Folklore #Fukushima #HagaHideo #Nippon #Photography
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Nuclear waste plan for Japanese resort town sparks backlash: ‘not our problem’
The rural Japanese town of Hitachiomiya sprawls down the Naka River valley in northwest Ibaraki prefecture, surrounded by…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Citizens'NuclearInformationCentre #Fukushima #FukushimaDai-Ichinuclearplant #Hitachiomiya #ibarakiprefecture #Japanese #KumiKato #Nakariver #SadayukiSuzuki #SantaNoYu #Shikisaikan #Suttsu #ThisWeekinAsia #Tokyo #WakayamaUniversity
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Nuclear waste plan for Japanese resort town sparks backlash: ‘not our problem’ https://www.byteseu.com/2343152/ #Citizens'NuclearInformationCentre #Fukushima #FukushimaDaiIchiNuclearPlant #Hitachiomiya #IbarakiPrefecture #Japan #KumiKato #NakaRiver #SadayukiSuzuki #SantaNoYu #Shikisaikan #Suttsu #ThisWeekInAsia #Tokyo #WakayamaUniversity
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Fukushima’s Old Farming Rituals Come to Life in Haga Hideo’s Photography
During the 1950s the photographer Haga Hideo captured traditional folk festivals in Fukushima Prefecture. Now the memories in…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #festival #Folklore #Fukushima #HagaHideo #Nippon #Photography
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2926182/ いわき市が市内小中学校の臨時休校を決定 7日 福島県内は大雨になる見込み（2026年9月6日掲載）｜中テレNEWS NNN #fukushima #日テレNEWSNNN #日本テレビ #福島 #福島県
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2926182/ いわき市が市内小中学校の臨時休校を決定 7日 福島県内は大雨になる見込み（2026年9月6日掲載）｜中テレNEWS NNN #fukushima #日テレNEWSNNN #日本テレビ #福島 #福島県
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2926182/ いわき市が市内小中学校の臨時休校を決定 7日 福島県内は大雨になる見込み（2026年9月6日掲載）｜中テレNEWS NNN #fukushima #日テレNEWSNNN #日本テレビ #福島 #福島県
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2926182/ いわき市が市内小中学校の臨時休校を決定 7日 福島県内は大雨になる見込み（2026年9月6日掲載）｜中テレNEWS NNN #fukushima #日テレNEWSNNN #日本テレビ #福島 #福島県
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#KyodoNews:
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170,000 tons of Fukushima plant treated water released in 3 years
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".. completed its third year of releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, with 172,700 tons released in 22 rounds so far."https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/82954
24.8.2026
#AKW #Atomkraft #Atomkraftwerk #Atommüll #Dilution #Fukushima #Japan #Kernenergie #NPP #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #Pollution #TEPCO #Umweltverschmutzung #Verdünnung #Wastewater
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https://www.wacoca.com/tour/1075620/ 【福島旅行】飯坂温泉『飯坂ホテルジュラク』宿泊記 〜ジュラク、フリーフロー始めました〜 【IIZAKA HOTEL JURAKU】 #buffet #FreeFlow #fukushima #HotSprings #Iizakaonsen #japan #japanhotel #JapanTravel #vlog #アベレイジTV #カルピスじゃぐち #ジュラク #バイキング #ビュッフェ #フリーフロー #ホテルジュラク #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー #桃食べ放題 #温泉旅行 #福島旅行 #福島県ツアー #福島観光 #花ももの湯 #露天風呂 #飯坂ホテルジュラク #飯坂温泉
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Recent bear sightings have led to temporary closures and restricted outdoor activities at schools across Japan, with local education boards struggling over how to safely continue offering classes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/28/japan/bear-sightings-schools/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #schools #children #students #hiroshima #aomori #iwate #fukushima #toyama
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Il monaco che sognò il Buddha dentro la conchiglia. E costruì una doppia elica per onorarlo
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44193#strutture #architettura #storia #pagode #templi #giappone #costruzioni #scalinate #sacro #buddhismo #religione #shintoismo #samurai #restaurazionemeiji #shogunato #tokugawa #Fukushima #aizuwakamatsu #luoghi #viaggi #struttura #elica #conchiglie
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#Fukushima at 15: The Fallout Continues
Officials claim Japan’s worst-ever #NuclearDisaster is dealt with. Try telling that to the people.Thomas A. Bass, March 9, 2026
"Cesium-laden microparticles from Fukushima have been found in air filters across Japan. As one drives the highways in Fukushima, some of the large green road signs that would usually indicate towns and turnoffs have been replaced by panels displaying radiation levels, given in microsieverts per hour. (A microsievert measures the biological effect of ionizing radiation on human tissue.) These readings can spike to dangerous levels depending on which way the wind is blowing. The radioactive material blown out of the destroyed reactors made Fukushima’s forests, which cover three-quarters of the nuclear exclusion zone, unsafe to enter. The wild boars that used to be hunted here, as well as the plants and mushrooms that used to be foraged for food, are too radioactive to eat."
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"A town in Fukushima, such as Iitate, might be considered decontaminated when as little as 15 percent of the radioactive soil is removed. This creates a kind of lily pad effect; people can safely hop from one clean spot to another or walk along narrow paths between radioactive hot spots. A law passed in November 2011 mandates that all of Fukushima’s radioactive soil, roughly 15 million cubic meters, will be removed from the prefecture by 2045. With no place having volunteered to take any of the soil, the government has decided to spread it across Japan.
"Most of Fukushima’s bagged soil has been re-deposited into a dump built on the cliff behind the destroyed reactors. This facility separates the most radioactive elements from the soil and sequesters them in concrete bunkers. Soil containing less than 8,000 becquerels per kilo of radioactivity, which the Ministry of the Environment calls “Happy Soil,” is readied for shipment across the country, to be used in landfills and construction. (A becquerel is a unit of radioactivity, corresponding to one nuclear disintegration per second.) A load of Happy Soil, described as “revitalized and strong,” was recently dumped into the flower beds in front of the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo."
#NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #Fukushima #FukushimaIsntOver #NuclearWaste #SoilIsLife #WaterIsLife
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Sunday that it has completed the second round of its fiscal 2025 release of treated water into the ocean from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/tepco-2nd-round-treated-water-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #nuclearenergy #fukushima
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HT @btschumy
And this is why we need to #RethinkNotRestart and #ShutDownAllNuclearPlants -- especially the aging ones! This article outlines a very possible #Doomsday scenario -- but it could be a number of things, including a large #SolarFlare...2030 Doomsday Scenario: The Great #Nuclear Collapse
A timeline of the #EndGame for human civilization
"Humanity has constructed a doomsday Deadman switch that threatens civilization. Climate destruction will make it increasingly difficult to avoid the looming global nuclear catastrophe we've created.
"Here's how our future might unravel:
Late 2020s: Climate Red Alert and Infrastructure Strain"By the late 2020s, Earth’s climate is in unprecedented turmoil. Global average temperatures are consistently 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Each year brings record-breaking heatwaves, “freak” floods, and droughts that batter infrastructure. Coastal cities flood more frequently, roads buckle in extreme heat, and power grids strain under surging demand for cooling.
"This cascade of climate disasters sets the stage for a systemic collapse: as societies grapple with runaway warming, the resilience of #Criticalnfrastructure (power, water, transit) erodes.
"Energy systems enter a crisis even before 2030. Nuclear power, which in 2025 still provided about 9% of the world’s electricity from ~440 reactors, becomes increasingly unreliable. Many nuclear plants struggle with climate stresses: cooling water sources heat up in summer, forcing reactors to reduce output or shut down to avoid unsafe temperatures. For example, a 2028 European #heatwave pushes river and sea temperatures above 25 °C, triggering emergency shutdowns at multiple reactors that cannot be cooled effectively.
"At the same time, stronger storms and floods threaten reactor safety. Dozens of reactors worldwide are unprepared for #ExtremeFlooding, meaning a dam failure or #StormSurge could lead to a Fukushima-scale accident. Worrisome reports emerge of power plants in #floodplains and #coasts where defenses are overtopped by #RisingSeas and torrential rains.
"By 2029, global carbon output remains high, and natural feedback loops are kicking in. In the Arctic, permafrost thaws and releases methane creating a vicious warming cycle where initial warming triggers more emissions, leading to even more warming. Scientists caution that a tipping point is near, beyond which climate change becomes self-perpetuating (a true “runaway” scenario).
"Society approaches 2030 in a precarious state: aware of looming catastrophe yet unprepared for its speed. The stage is set for the coming collapse, with power grids and nuclear facilities - the backbone of the industrial world - already under severe strain.
Early 2030s: Blackouts and the First Reactor Crises
"2030 marks the breaking point.
"A confluence of climate catastrophes collapses power grids across multiple continents. A severe global heatwave in the summer of 2030 brings record electricity demand while many power plants (nuclear and coal alike) are derated or offline due to overheating coolant water.
"Then powerful Category 5 storms strike in succession: one hurricane inundates the U.S. Eastern seaboard, while an unprecedented typhoon swamps Southeast Asia. These #disasters knock out transmission lines and flood key substations, leading to prolonged blackouts in dozens of major cities. Emergency systems are overwhelmed. With communications down and transportation paralyzed, manpower shortages become acute - many operators and engineers cannot reach their stations.
"Nuclear power plants are among the first to feel the emergency. Grid failure triggers automatic reactor SCRAMs (rapid shutdowns) at plants from Florida to France. Control rods halt the fission reactions, but decay heat in reactor cores still needs cooling for days to prevent meltdown.
"Normally, backup diesel generators would power the cooling pumps, but the scale of the #blackout means diesel resupply is uncertain and some generators fail in flooded facilities. In a grim reflection of 2011’s Fukushima disaster, several coastal reactors lose all power as storm surges drown their backup generators.
"Within hours to days, the first meltdowns occur.
"In 2031, a reactor in South Asia becomes a flashpoint: its cooling pumps falter after the grid collapse, leading the core to overheat. The reactor’s heart melts through containment in a matter of days, releasing a plume of radioactive steam and debris.
"Nearby, an even greater danger unfolds: the plant’s spent fuel pool, packed with years of highly radioactive spent rods, boils dry without cooling. Exposed to air, the zirconium cladding of the fuel ignites, triggering a fire that belches long-lived radioisotopes directly into the atmosphere. This nightmare scenario - once narrowly avoided at #Fukushima by heroic ad-hoc measures - now plays out in full."
Read more:
https://www.collapse2050.com/2030-doomsday-scenario-the-great-nuclear-collapse/#NoNukes #RenewablesNow #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Radiation #NuclearMeltdowns #Polycrisis #NoMoreFukushimas #NoNukesForAI #CivilizationCollapse #NuclearFuture #ARadioactiveWorld
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#TucsanArizona! TODAY! March 11, 2025!
Group plans protest at Tucson Electric after utilities propose new nuclear plant
"With a new nuclear reactor in #Arizona now a possibility, a grassroots group is planning a protest in #Tucson on the 14th anniversary of the start of the #Fukushima accident in Japan.
"The #NuclearResister, which bills itself as an educational group opposed to nuclear power and weapons, said it plans to hold a curbside press conference and demonstration at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in front of the downtown headquarters of #TucsonElectricPower near Broadway Road and Sixth Avenue. The group advocates for a '#NuclearFreeFuture' with nonviolent #protests and other actions."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/group-plans-protest-at-tucson-electric-after-utilities-propose-new-nuclear-plant/ar-AA1ABW1G
#FukushimaIsntOver #RethinkNotRestart #WaterIsLife #NoMoreFukushimas #NoMoreChernobyls #StopNucléaire #Nucléaire #EnergiesRenouvelables #AntiAtom #NoNukes #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #Nucleaire #AtomkraftNeinDanke #Anniversaire311 -
14 years since #Fukushima #nuclear disaster: #Greenpeace statement
March 11, 2025
Tokyo, Japan – "14 years have passed since the #GreatEastJapanEarthquake and the #FukushimaDaiichi nuclear #disaster devastated the northeast region of Japan. #GreenpeaceJapan extends heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families who are still suffering the aftermath of this devastating catastrophe."
Read more:
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/73383/14-years-since-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-greenpeace-statement/
#FukushimaIsntOver #RethinkNotRestart #WaterIsLife #NoMoreFukushimas #NoMoreChernobyls #Tohuku #Earthquake #StopNucléaire #Nucléaire #EnergiesRenouvelables #AntiAtom #NoNukes #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #Nucleaire #AtomkraftNeinDanke #Anniversaire311 -
'Nervous and rushed': Massive #Fukushima plant cleanup exposes workers to high radiation and stress
by MARI YAMAGUCHI
Mon, March 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM EDTOKUMA, Japan (AP) — "The #FukushimaDaiichi #NuclearPower plant's radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 years ago Tuesday. Workers walk around in many areas wearing only surgical masks and regular clothes.
"It's a different story for those who enter the reactor buildings, including the three damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. They must use maximum protection — full facemasks with filters, multi-layered gloves and socks, shoe covers, hooded hazmat coveralls and a waterproof jacket, and a helmet.
"As workers remove melted fuel debris from the reactors in a monumental nuclear cleanup effort that could take more than a century, they are facing both huge amounts of psychological stress and dangerous levels of radiation."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nervous-rushed-massive-fukushima-plant-020146511.html
#FukushimaIsntOver #RethinkNotRestart #WaterIsLife #NoMoreFukushimas #NoMoreChernobyls #Tohuku #Earthquake #StopNucléaire #Nucléaire #EnergiesRenouvelables #AntiAtom #NoNukes #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #Nucleaire #AtomkraftNeinDanke #Anniversaire311 -
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tons of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/15/japan/tepco-nuclear-debris-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #fukushimano1 #nuclearenergy #radiation #radioactivewater #tepco
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Im November gelang #TEPCO die Bergung von Material aus dem Reaktor #Fukushima #Daiichi. Nun liegen erste Laborergebnisse vor. Die bestätigen, dass das Ziel der Mission erreicht wurde. #Japan #Atomkraft
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Im dritten Monat seiner Amtszeit besuchte Premierminisiter #Ishiba das havarierte Kraftwerk #Fukushima Daiichi. Er versprach, dass sich die Regierung Japans weiterhin mit Priorität um den Wiederaufbau der Region kümmern werde. #Japan
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An International Atomic Energy mission arrived in Japan Monday for its third review of treated water from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/09/japan/iaea-fukushima-water/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #radioactivewater #nuclearenergy #fukushimano1 #tepco
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A year after the release of treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant began, the prefecture's fisheries industry continues to face challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/02/japan/society/fukushima-fisheries-radioactive-water/ #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #oceans #fishing #fish
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Tepco aims to begin dismantling tanks used for storing treated wastewater from its meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2025 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/26/japan/fukushima-water-tanks-dismantle/ #japan #fukushima #tepco #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater
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#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
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TEPCO reports that is has completed the fourth round of the FY 2024 release of treated water into the ocean from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/25/japan/society/fukushima-water-release/ #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #oceans
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Picture of the day: #Radioactive rally
Aug. 22, 2024
AP"#SouthKorean environmental activists stage a rally Wednesday near a building which houses the Japanese Embassy, in Seoul, #SouthKorea, to demand Japan stop the release of treated #RadioactiveWater into the sea from the damaged #Fukushima #NuclearPowerPlant plant."
Archived version:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240821222140/https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/radioactive-rally#NoDumping #FukushimaWater
#PacificOcean #WaterIsLife
#Corporatism #Corruption
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August 2023:
Explainer | Why do many scientists oppose #Fukushima #radioactive waste discharge?
The release of treated waste water from the #NuclearPlant has begun, despite concerns from major scientific organisations
IAEA is monitoring the operation but many experts are questioning the amount of data being collected
by Victoria Bela
Published: 2:05pm, 30 Aug 2023"Japan’s decision to start releasing around 30 years’ worth of treated radioactive waste into the #PacificOcean on #August24 has drawn criticism from some countries, including China, as well as some of the world’s leading scientific organisations.
"The plan to deal with the 1.3 million tonnes of contaminated water accumulated since the #FukushimaDaiichi #NuclearPowerPlant meltdown in 2011 includes removing most of the radioactive chemicals before it is discharged into the ocean.
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"However, the ALPS has been shown to be unsuccessful in filtering out the other 62 radioactive chemicals present in the waste water, according to data from the Japanese ministry for economy, trade and industry (#METI).
"According to METI, around 70 per cent of ALPS-treated water still contained #radioactive substances other than #tritium by the end of 2020, and needed to be #repurified.
"The US-based National Association of Marine Laboratories (#NAML), which represents more than 100 labs, released a position paper in December 2022 [link in comments] that firmly opposed Japan’s plan over 'a lack of adequate and accurate scientific data' about its safety.
"NAML members include some of the world’s most influential marine research institutes, including the #ScrippsInstitution of #Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego."
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife
#IAEAHides #TEPCOLies
#FukushimaIsntOver
#NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification #ALPSSystem -
From 2007:
"Not Again": Yet Another #TEPCO Scandal
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
"Over the years there have been all sorts of cases of data fabrication and falsification at #nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power plants. Each time the power companies and plant makers apologize and say that they will lance the wound, but then they go and repeat the same behavior over and over again. When Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported yet another case of data falsification to the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (#METI) the headline in the Fukushima local newspaper the following day (1 February 2007) was 'Not Again!', sigh the local people and the Prefectural government '.
"The latest scandal began when Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on 31 October 2006 that #Chugoku Electric Power Company had falsified data for #DoyoDam on the #MatanoRiver. People might assume that the reason for #ChugokuElectric's admission was simply that it had made a judgment that the problem could no longer be concealed once it was leaked to the newspaper. However, there was more behind the admission than meets the eye. Even before this, anti-dam activists had been pursuing TEPCO over suspicious data related to its dams. For example, it had recorded flow measurements that could not possibly have been taken, because the locations were inaccessible due to heavy snow falls. Chugoku Electric's admission should be seen against this background.
"METI and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport responded by demanding that all electric power companies check their records. The upshot was that it was discovered that Chugoku Electric was not alone. In fact, it became apparent that all power companies had falsified and fabricated data in relation to such things as subsidence of dam embankments, and alterations to facilities without prior approval.
"The next major development came on November 15th, when it was revealed that Chugoku Electric had falsified data in relation to releases of hot wastewater at its #Shimonoseki thermal power plant. This led to similar revelations for nuclear power plants owned by TEPCO, #Kansai Electric Power Company (#KEPCO), Tohoku Electric Power Company and Japan Atomic Power Company (#JAPCO). On 10 January 2007 TEPCO submitted a report to METI entitled 'Causes of and measures to prevent a repetition of falsification of sea temperature data at the condenser outlets of #KashiwazakiKariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 1 and 4'.
"The report said, 'An investigation of power plants was instigated, because the Shimonoseki thermal power plant case reminded a worker that corrections had been made to sea temperature data.' As a result, falsification (referred to by TEPCO as "corrections") was discovered at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors 1 & 4 and #Fukushima I reactors 1, 4 & 5.
"The hot wastewater referred to here is seawater, which has been used to cool and condense the steam used to drive the turbines of thermal and nuclear power plants. When the steam from the turbine condenses, its heat is transferred to the coolant, which in this case is seawater. The temperature of the seawater is raised in the process. If the seawater released is too hot, it can affect the ecosystem. Therefore, the temperature at both the intake and outlet points is measured and monitored to ensure that the temperature difference is not too great. At some power plants computers were programmed to record a higher than actual intake temperature, while at others they were programmed to record a lower outlet temperature. The readings were thus falsified to show a lower temperature difference than was really the case.
"On 31 January 2007 TEPCO released details of data falsification at its nuclear power plants. It admitted to a total of about 200 irregularities. A few examples are discussed below.
1. During a periodic inspection in May 1992 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor number 1 (K-K-1), the day before it was to be tested it was discovered that, due to a fault with the electric motor, the residual heat removal pump (part of the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS)) was not working. TEPCO staff made some adjustments to make it appear from the central control room that the pump was working. In this way, they were able to trick the METI inspector into awarding a pass for the inspection.
2. Again at K-K (the reactors are not specified), from around 1995 to 1997, measurements of the concentration of radioactive iodine released from the exhaust stack were made to appear lower than they really were by taking the measurements on the reverse side of the filter. In May 1995 the concentration of radioactivity from rare gases emitted from the exhaust stack of reactor 4 was also falsified.
3. From 1979 to 1998, in order to pass inspections, internal pressure readings for steam pipes connecting the reactor to the turbines at Fukushima I reactor 1 were falsified to match the specifications in the inspection guidelines. It was said that the specifications were inappropriate and that they were later amended so that falsification ceased to be necessary.
"There were many instances of malpractice besides these, in relation to periodic inspections and also in other areas. Fabrication and falsification had indeed become standard practice. Investigations are still proceeding and one cannot help feeling that the most serious and dangerous cases are still to come."
[And indeed it would come, 4 years later!]
http://www.cnic.jp/english/newsletter/nit117/nit117articles/nit117tepco.html
#CitizensNuclearInformatioNcenter #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #IAEAHides #TEPCOLies #FukushimaIsntOver #NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification
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Outside of the successful G7 summit, the year was not kind to Kishida and his unpopular administration. A kickback scandal provided one final headache for the leader, with a party election on the horizon in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/28/japan/images-of-the-year-japan/?utm_content=buffera55b6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #2023inreview #g7 #hiroshima #covid19 #tourism #overtourism #fukushima #nuclearwaste #boj #shogi #unificationchurch #fumiokishida #johnnyassociates
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Ken Buesseler of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute on the radioactive waste in the tanks that Japan will dump into the ocean.
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🍿 Last night I was watching the #Japanese tv mini series “The Days” about the #Fukushima #nuclear #disaster back in 2011.
The thing that surprised me the most, was the almost complete lack of women — let alone women with any significant dialogue — in the series. While I didn't do a formal tally, I estimate that more than 90% (perhaps even more than 95%) of the actors were male. And did any of the astonishingly few female actors even have a lead?
I sincerely hope that women play more prominent roles in today's #Japan. 🇯🇵
☢️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_disaster
/cc [ #Daiichi ]
Bonus:
Here's a link to Cris Williamson singing “One Thousand Cranes” (those who have watched the series will know why it's relevant here):
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Ich dachte damals wirklich, dass Fukushima die weltweite Sicht, auf die Nutzung von #Atomkraft radikal ändern wird. Global gesehen, ist das leider nicht eingetreten. Aber der #Atomaustieg in #Deutschland ist richtig & endlich Realität! An meiner Wand hängt immer noch das #DerSpiegel Cover Nr.11, vom 14.3.2011, des explodierenden Kernkaftwerks #Fukushima #Daiichi in #Japan. Es läuft mir immer noch eiskalt den Rücken runter, wenn ich an das Ereignis denke #gau #nuklearkatastrope
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20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history
By Stacker, Published March 28, 2023
1. #Honkeiko colliery mining disaster (#China, 1942)
2. Great Smog of London (#UK, 1952)
3. #GrassyNarrows #mercury contamination (#Canada, 1960s)
4. #ThreeMileIsland accident (#Pennsylvania, 1979)
5. #Bhopal disaster (#India, 1984)
6. #Chernobyl (#SovietUnion, 1986)
7. #Exxon Valdez oil spill (#Alaska, 1989)
8. #Phillips disaster (#Texas, 1989)
9. Ufa train disaster (#SovietUnion, 1989)10. Cantara Loop derailment (#California, 1991)
11. Nambija mine disaster (#Ecuador, 1993)
12. Baia Mare #Cyanide spill (#Romania, 2000)
13. Martin County coal slurry spill (#Kentucky, 2000)
14. Toulouse chemical factory explosion (#France, 2001)
15. Ivory Coast toxic waste dump (#Africa, 2006)
16. Kingston coal ash spill (#Tennessee, 2008)
17. #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill (#Louisiana, #GulfOfMexico, 2010)
18. #Fukushima (#Japan, 2011)
19. #Guangxi #cadmium spill (China, 2012)
20. #Mariana dam disaster (#Brazil, 2015)
#environment #EnvironmentalDisasters #Toxic #WaterIsLife #Pollution
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Als "Fukushima 50" wurden die Einsatzkräfte bekannt, die als Erste in das zerstörte Atomkraftwerk geschickt wurden. Die DW spricht mit einem Brandmeister und einem Ingenieur für Kerntechnik über ihre Rolle.
Was wurde aus den Helden von Fukushima? | DW | 11.03.2023
#Asien #Japan #Fukushima #Daiichi #Atomkraftwerk #Nuklearkatastrophe #Tsunami -
Die Taskforce der @iaeaorg, welche die Pläne Japans überprüft, die im #AKW #Fukushima #Daiichi gelagerten kontaminierten Wässer nach der Behandlung mit dem "Advanced Liquid Processing System" (ALPS) ins Meer abzuleiten, hat ihren dritten Bericht veröffentlicht:
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/new-report-details-iaeas-independent-checks-of-treated-water-discharge-from-fukushima-daiichiWeitere Informationen zur Thematik der Wässer auf dem Kraftwerksgelände finden sich hier: https://grs.de/de/aktuelles/10-jahre-fukushima-teil-4-das-wasser
