TOKYO, April 17 (Kyodo) – The government will decide whether people evacuated from areas around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant can return to their homes after plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. settles the crisis in six to nine months as it plans, industry minister Banri Kaieda said Sunday. … Kaieda also admitted […]
TOKYO, April 17 (Kyodo) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday it will take at least six months before the utility can stabilize troubled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, saying that about three months are needed to achieve a ”steady reduction” in radiation leaks. … At a news conference in Tokyo, TEPCO […]
April 11 (NPR) – The typical American uses 99 gallons of water a day for activities like washing clothes, bathing, toilet-flushing and cooking. But that amount doesn’t even come close to the amount of water used on a daily basis by electrical power plants. Each day, coal, nuclear and natural gas plants use about five […]
TOKYO, April 16 (Kyodo) – The accumulated radiation level in Namie, 30 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in the three weeks through Friday stood at 17,010 microsieverts, according to a tally released by the science ministry Saturday. The accumulated levels during the period starting March 23 stood at 9,850 microsieverts in […]
By Tami Luhby, senior writer15 April 2011 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Detroit Public Schools district is sending layoff notices to all its 5,714 teachers, saying it must determine its staffing needs amid a drop in enrollment. The district is also mailing non-renewal notices to 248 administrators. Detroit has lost one-quarter of its population over […]
TOKYO, April 15 (Kyodo) — The total level of radioactive materials in water dumped in the sea from the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture earlier this month was lower than previously estimated, the nuclear safety agency said Friday. But the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency instructed the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric […]
TOKYO, April 14 (Kyodo) — The government’s nuclear safety agency on Thursday continued to grapple with pools of highly radioactive water at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as the level of polluted water filling an underground trench edged up again after it finished pumping out around 660 tons of water. The removal of […]
14 April 2011 (Asahi Shimbun) – Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, are considering a plan to remove spent fuel rods from storage pools at its reactors, sources said. TEPCO workers began collecting samples of water from a storage pool at the plant on […]
By Tami Luhby, senior writer13 April 2011 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — One in six Americans is receiving help from the government, just as fiscal austerity threatens to reduce some of that aid. Soaring unemployment during The Great Recession has driven tens of millions of people to the dole. Enrollment in Medicaid and food stamp programs […]
By Ian Sample, science correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk12 April 201 Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant has been carried around the world and far out to sea, adding to fear and confusion over the danger posed by the leaked material. Japanese officials have taken steps to evacuate residents from five villages outside the exclusion zone around […]
