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Inside Fukushima's red zone: Eerie pictures show abandoned schools, hospitals and shopping malls frozen in time 13 years after nuclear disaster in Japan
24 Apr 2024 10:39 GMT
… We were close to the power plant that exploded.
'We … damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time. … Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.
This led to several … leaking small amounts of the radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean, …
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Letter to the Editor: Radioactive Waste at Indian Point — Keep it Where It Is!
22 Apr 2024 17:23 GMT
… not alone. Communities that hosted nuclear power plants and reaped the tax benefits … revenue formerly provided by the nuclear power plant. The concrete casks will … As long as nuclear power plants operate they generate high-level radioactive waste. We have …
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Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
23 Apr 2024 18:30 GMT
… into Catastrophe: A Documentation of Nuclear Power Plants, to huge protests of hundreds … at the site of a nuclear power plant being constructed in Brokdorf, Germany … seen large-scale protests.
Instead, radioactive waste has been stored in temporary …
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How greens and regulators are blocking nuclear revival
21 Apr 2024 18:31 GMT
… that climate-related threats to nuclear power plants range from worsened droughts … cost of nuclear power plant projects and the complexities of handling radioactive waste.”
By … radioactive waste management issue that has been a big bugaboo for the nuclear …
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on April 25, 2024
25 Apr 2024 12:44 GMT
… outage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 24. A worker … nuclear power plant over the past eight months. From the splash incident of radioactive waste … water to the nuclear-contaminated water leakage …
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US lawmakers introduce bill to support nuclear fusion development
18 Apr 2024 16:26 GMT
… accelerate development of power plants run by nuclear fusion reactions, an … large amounts of long-lasting radioactive waste. Countries including Japan, … , the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to … than the one for nuclear fission, because there are …
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Owner Of New York City’s Defunct Nuclear Plant Sues The State
18 Apr 2024 14:14 GMT
… over radiological discharges from nuclear power plants whether online or decommissioning … the radioactive waste piling up at the roughly 93 remaining nuclear power plants. … decommissioning the defunct Pilgrim nuclear power plant, lawmakers passed legislation …
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OPINION: India’s tryst with decarbonization through the Nuclear Route
17 Apr 2024 15:01 GMT
… . Thus, radioactive waste generation is inextricably linked to the production of nuclear energy … that is generated by new nuclear power plants today, the number of facilities … safety advantages over large-capacity nuclear power plants, as they have a lower …
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Southwest Japan governor indicates no intention of accepting nuclear waste disposal site
17 Apr 2024 07:58 GMT
… site for high-level radioactive waste generated from nuclear power plants despite petitions in favor … for the selection of a nuclear waste disposal site, and the … 's special committee on nuclear energy measures starts its review …
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Inside Chernobyl exclusion zone around deadly Elephant Foot radioactive waste…amid threat to Europe’s biggest nuke plant
08 Apr 2024 14:52 GMT
AT the heart of the Chernobyl exclusion zone is a deadly radioactive object which can kill within seconds.
Elephant's Foot is a highly dangerous mass of toxic material formed in the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
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The Elephant's Foot is a …