Blogposts tagged 'Fukushima'

Japanese couple who fled disaster at Fukushima speak at anti-nuclear rally

Posted by Richardg - 12 March 2012 at 5:07pm - 0 Comments
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I've spent the weekend with a young family who had been forced to flee their homes after the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. Akiko and Makoto Ishiyama had come to the UK to speak at a rally at Hinkley Point in Somerset on the first anniversary of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Nuclear Energy – a fading dream

Posted by John Sauven - 12 March 2012 at 11:50am - 7 Comments
Greenpeace activists climb Suffolk's Sizewell B nuclear power station to demonst
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Greenpeace activists climb Suffolk's Sizewell B nuclear power station to demonstrate the lack of security

The meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant one year ago was all the more terrible because it struck Japan as a natural disaster was unfolding.

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Global action against nuclear power one year after Fukushima

Posted by petespeller - 5 March 2012 at 6:57pm - 0 Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Melvinas Priananda / Greenpeace

This Sunday is the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. This natural disaster left 20,000 people dead and missing and thousands more homeless. The tsunami also flooded the back-up generators that were powering the cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, causing several of the reactors to go into meltdown.

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MPs should keep their promises - not back £1 billion windfall for nuclear power

Posted by Louise Hutchins - 4 July 2011 at 6:20pm - 0 Comments

A vote will happen in parliament either late tonight or tomorrow on government plans to hand out a whopping £1billion in new subsidies for the nuclear industry. The money will come from energy consumer pockets and will go to EDF and Centrica for doing absolutely nothing new at all.

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Chernobyl: 25 years on

Posted by John Sauven - 26 April 2011 at 12:11pm - 13 Comments
Nearby village Rosochovz. People are not allowed to move into the area, only lea
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Nearby village Rosochovz. People are not allowed to move into the area, only leave.

Twenty five years ago today, the peace and tranquillity of the small Russian town of Pripyat was shattered when reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded.

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From our radiation sampling team in Japan

Posted by jamie - 29 March 2011 at 10:15am - 4 Comments
Jacob Namminga checks a colleague's boots for traces of radioactivity
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Jacob Namminga checks a colleague's boots for traces of radioactivity

Jacob Namminga, one of our radiation safety advisors, spoke to Brian Fitzgerald at our international office, about the radiation monitoring that began on Saturday March 26, in a rural area of Japan to the north west of the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The trip's aim was to asses the true extent of radiation risks to the local population, which has reported radiation levels of up to ten micro sieverts per hour in Iitate village, 20km beyond the official evacuation zone - levels high enough to require evacuation. As told to Brian, here are Jacob's reflections on the trip.

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Fukushima update: Not yet in the clear

Posted by Andrew Davies - 18 March 2011 at 6:05pm - 7 Comments

One week after the earthquake and tsunami, humanitatian relief efforts continue while workers at the Fukushima power plant strive to bring the situation under control. Overall, with possible exception of the spent fuel pool of reactor 3, the status of all facilities is very similar to yesterday - which is a bad thing.

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Fukushima update: radiation levels remain high

Posted by Jess Miller - 17 March 2011 at 7:01pm - 2 Comments
Earthquake and tsunami damage at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japan
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Earthquake and tsunami damage at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japan

After days of news reporting one explosion after another at the Fukushima nuclear plant, there is finally a break in reports of new explosions. Radiation levels remain high around the plant and the plight of those people coping with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami continues, including the staff at Fukushima struggling to control the situation.

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Nuclear crisis in Japan worsens

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 15 March 2011 at 11:03am - 51 Comments

As the situation in Japan deteriorates, our thoughts are with all of our colleagues, friends and everyone affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

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