Japan: Nuclear power on the ropes as movement grows By Alexander Brown, Tokyo source: Green Left Weekly Last week I had a dream that my house in the western part of Tokyo was shaking violently around me. Then I woke up and discovered it wasn’t a dream at all. It was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
Fukushima, one year later – and what about France? Michael Löwy, Vincent Gay source: International Viewpoint A year after the catastrophe of Fukushima, a big mobilization is being organized to demand the abandoning of nuclear power. In the history of nuclear energy, there will be a before- and an after-Fukushima. After Chernobyl, the Western nuclear… [Read more…]
March 8, 2012
One Year after Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Kenji Kunitomi Source: International Viewpoint One year has passed since tremendous scale of earthquake and tsunami catastrophe which severely attacked and destroyed towns and villages in North-East coastal region of Japan. Nearly 20,000 people were killed and missing, 341,000 have been evacuated, and many people lived in affected zones… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
How bad is the Fukushima fallout? Yomiuri Shimbun Source: International Viewpoint The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has released a large amount of radioactive substances into the air and water, raising serious concerns over possible health risks. The government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. have repeatedly said there… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
Fukushima, a slow Chernobyl Koji Saito Source: International Viewpoint We can still describe the situation in Fukushima Daiichi as a “slow Chernobyl.” At the time of the accident at Three Mile Island [in the United States], the fuel bar was exposed 1 hour and 40 minutes after the accident, and 52% of the core came… [Read more…]
March 18, 2011
The worst is unleashed in Fukushima! Daniel Tanuro source: International Viewpoint The gravity of the situation is worsening by the hour at the site of the nuclear power station at Fukushima, in Japan. The managers of the installations are apparently no longer in control of the sequence of events. The risk is growing of a… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
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