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Japan marks fifth anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster

2016-03-11 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Decontamination workers observed a moment of silence to mourn the victims of the 2011 tsunami. (Reuters/Kyodo) Related Story: Japan's PM announces 'safe' reactors to be turned back on Related Story: The ghosts of Fukushima: Reflections five years on Related Story: Fukushima survivors rebuild new life in deserted town Map: Japan Ceremonies have been held across Japan to mark five years since one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded spawned a monster tsunami, killing more than 18,000 people...

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5 Years After Fukushima, No End in Sight to Ecological Fallout

2016-03-05 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami, which in turn produced equipment failures and the release of radioactive material at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The disaster is the single largest release of radioactivity into the ocean and one of only two Level 7 nuclear disasters in world history--the other being Chernobyl. The environmental impacts of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are already becoming apparent, according to a new analysis...

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Japan's nuclear refugees face bleak return five years after Fukushima

2016-03-03 00:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Tokuo Hayakawa carries a dosimeter around with him at his 600-year-old temple in Naraha, the first town in the Fukushima "exclusion zone" to fully reopen since Japan's March 2011 catastrophe. Badges declaring "No to nuclear power" adorn his black Buddhist robe. (For a video of 'Fukushima refugees face a bleak return home' click here) Hayakawa is one of the few residents to return to this agricultural town since it began welcoming back nuclear refugees five months ago. The town, at the edge of...

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Invigorating Japanese energy and environmental policy five years after Fukushima

2016-03-02 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Japanese researchers call for increased interdisciplinarity and internationalization in Japanese energy and environment research to provide effective scientific advice and invigorate Japanese energy and environmental policy five years after Fukushima. In less than two weeks, it will be five years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami killed over 15,000 people and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. While Japan has implemented new energy and environment polices after the...

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Ex-utility bosses charged over Fukushima nuclear disaster

2016-02-29 12:02:04| Energy - Topix.net

Three former utility firm bosses have been charged with negligence over the Fukushima nuclear disaster - the first ones from the company to face a criminal trial. A group of court-appointed lawyers have indicted Tsunehisa Katsumata, the then chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company , along with two other ex-executives.

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