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Japan’s nuclear crisis far from over

8 June – Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate Inquiry launched into nuclear disaster as studies reveal contamination more widely spread than first thought by Justin McCurry TOKYO – The amount of radiation released by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power … Continue reading

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Can There be an End to Our ‘Troubles’?

Gavan McCormack writes in Can There be an End to Japan as a Nuclear State? The challenge is fundamentally political: can Japan’s civil society accomplish the sovereignty guaranteed it under the constitution and wrest control over the levers of state … Continue reading

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This is not just Japan’s problem

Japan plant radiation ‘too high for crews’ A pair of thin robots on treads sent to explore buildings inside Japan’s crippled nuclear reactor have returned with disheartening news: radiation levels are far too high for repair crews to go inside. … Continue reading

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I’m afraid a terrible thing is about to happen in Japan

View Google Map Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant The plant reactors came online from 1970 through 1979. From the end of 2002 through 2005, the reactors were among those shut down for a time for safety checks due to the … Continue reading

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Shikataganai koto?

The Japanese Disasters I am wondering if Sendai exists anymore. “Many areas of the town,” according to CNN, “are simply gone — mud and boards littering an area where a row of homes used to stand; a vehicle upside-down among … Continue reading

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