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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Found US nuclear power plant map which lets you see nuclear plants near you
I got this from the Glowing Conversations FaceBook group. CNN Money has a map that allows you to search for the closest nuclear power plants to any given location in the US. Very handy: How close is your home to a nuclear power plant? The link has been added to the Japan Radiation Map of my main blog.
5/22/2011 | Long-term survey planned on disaster victims' physical, mental health
Source: Kyodo News via Japan Today
Date: Sunday 22nd May, 07:03 AM JST
TOKYO — The health ministry plans to launch a 10-year follow-up survey on the physical and mental health of a total of 30,000 people in northeastern Japan that was hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, ministry officials said Saturday.
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Date: Sunday 22nd May, 07:03 AM JST
TOKYO — The health ministry plans to launch a 10-year follow-up survey on the physical and mental health of a total of 30,000 people in northeastern Japan that was hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, ministry officials said Saturday.
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5/23/2011 JST | Tamura residents challenge hot zone for short trip home
Source: The Japan Times
Date: Monday, May 23, 2011 JST
by: JUN HONGO
Residents brave radiation fears for two golden hours in ghost town
TAMURA, Fukushima Pref. — Residents of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, were allowed to visit their homes in the nuclear no-go zone for two hours Sunday.
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Date: Monday, May 23, 2011 JST
by: JUN HONGO
Hazardous homecoming: Residents dressed to protect against radioactive contamination wait at a local gymnasium in Fukushima Prefecture Sunday to be taken to their homes in Tamura, one of the cities caught in the 30-km hot zone set up around the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant. JUN HONGO
Residents brave radiation fears for two golden hours in ghost town
TAMURA, Fukushima Pref. — Residents of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, were allowed to visit their homes in the nuclear no-go zone for two hours Sunday.
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5/22/2011 | Photographs show moment tsunami struck Fukushima
Source: StoryfulNews
Date: 5/22/2011
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Date: 5/22/2011
From: tepco
As TEPCO announced a $15 billion loss that could spell the end of the Japanese energy company, new pictures emerged showing the moment the Tsunami hit its nuclear plant at Fukushima Daiichi....
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5/22/2011 | Erratic information fuels mistrust of TEPCO
Source: AFP
Date: 5/22/2011
by: Hiroshi Hiyama
TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power's belated admission that damage to crippled reactors at its nuclear plant is worse than it first thought has fuelled suspicion it withheld bad news in the first days of Japan's crisis.
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Date: 5/22/2011
by: Hiroshi Hiyama
TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power's belated admission that damage to crippled reactors at its nuclear plant is worse than it first thought has fuelled suspicion it withheld bad news in the first days of Japan's crisis.
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5/22/2011 | Local govts clear dirt for kids' health / Reject official definition of 'safe' radiation
Source: Daily Yomiuri Online
Date: May. 22, 2011
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Municipal governments in Fukushima Prefecture have taken it upon themselves to remove radioactive topsoil from children's outdoor play areas, with operations under way or planned at 217 locations, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
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Date: May. 22, 2011
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Municipal governments in Fukushima Prefecture have taken it upon themselves to remove radioactive topsoil from children's outdoor play areas, with operations under way or planned at 217 locations, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
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5/22/2011 | Kan halted seawater injection / Operations stopped for 55 minutes over fears of 're-criticality'
Source: Daily Yomiuri Online
Date: May. 22, 2011
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun
The injection of seawater into the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was stopped for nearly an hour soon after the Great East Japan Earthquake, at Prime Minister Naoto Kan's request, government sources have revealed.
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Date: May. 22, 2011
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun
The injection of seawater into the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was stopped for nearly an hour soon after the Great East Japan Earthquake, at Prime Minister Naoto Kan's request, government sources have revealed.
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5/21/2011 | Toshiba Design Questions May Slow U.S. Regulator’s Nuclear Plant Approval
Source: Bloomberg
Date: 5/21/2011
by: Simon Lomax
U.S. nuclear regulators are demanding more information about Toshiba Corp. (6502)’s new reactor design, potentially delaying its approval for use by power companies such as Southern Co. (SO) and Scana Corp. (SCG)
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Date: 5/21/2011
by: Simon Lomax
U.S. nuclear regulators are demanding more information about Toshiba Corp. (6502)’s new reactor design, potentially delaying its approval for use by power companies such as Southern Co. (SO) and Scana Corp. (SCG)
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