“Based on U.S. Energy Department data, assuming a total of 11,138 spent fuel assemblies are being stored at the Dai-Ichi site, nearly all, which is in pools. They contain roughly 336 million curies (~1.2 E+19…
Category: Environment
A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations. As hydraulic fracturing has exploded onto the scene,…
Since the very first tar balls began rolling onshore along the Gulf of Mexico following 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oilrig explosion and subsequent underwater oil geyser, the oil industry told us to relax because those tar balls…
A clutch of recent studies reinforces evidence that people are causing climate change and suggests debate should now move on to a more precise understanding of its impact on humans. The reports, published in…
About 12 tonnes of water contaminated with radiation has leaked from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Plant operator TEPCO believes most of the water flowed into the Pacific Ocean. It says the contaminated water leaked…
CONTAMINATED FUKUSHIMA FISH RECYCLED AS FOOD AID: Canned Fish from Tohoku sent to Developing Countries, With Help of WFP Another “win” for Japan’s Foreign Ministry who operates the ODA (Official Development Assistance). They have…
This year’s frenzy of oil and gas exploration in newly accessible Arctic waters could be the harbinger of even starker changes to come. If, as many scientists predict, currently inaccessible sea lanes across the top…
People brave strong winds and rain in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters A typhoon-strength storm has caused travel chaos in Japan. Gusts of up to 150 kilometres an hour have been recorded in western…
A new exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum features more than 100 ‘skinned’ animals – from a balancing giraffe to a blood-red shark. “Ouah! Qu-est-ce que c’est que ca?!” A group of French high…
JAPANESE FISH CONTAMINATED: Highest level of radioactive cesium to date found in freshwater fish in Fukushima village IITATE, Fukushima — Radioactive cesium far exceeding the allowable limit and way higher than previously detected contamination levels…