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Japan: Fukushima radiation readings hit new high in near contaminated tanks
2013-09-04 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked more than 20 percent to their highest level, Japan's nuclear regulator said, again raising questions about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in 27 years. Readings just above the ground near a set of tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant showed radiation as high as 2,200 millisieverts (mSv), the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said on Wednesday. The previous high in areas holding...
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Japan: Fukushima operator reveals leak of 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water
2013-08-20 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Frantic efforts to contain radioactive leaks at the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been dealt another blow after its operator said about 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water had seeped out of a storage tank at the site. The leak is the worst such incident since the March 2011 meltdown and is separate from the contaminated water leaks, also of about 300 tonnes a day, reported recently. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it did not know how the water leaked out or where...
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EPA looking at contaminated sites for renewable energy
2013-08-07 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There are a lot of contaminated sites in the US. Many are former landfills that are urban mounds of varying size, and they are often devoid of trees. This makes them good candidate sites for solar power or other forms of renewable energy. This is a win-win opportunity in many instances! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently updated its RE-Powering Mapping and Screening Tool, which will now provide preliminary screening results for renewable energy potential at 66,000, up from 24,000,...
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Fukushima plant operator cannot confirm volume of contaminated water into ocean
2013-08-07 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Wednesday that it cannot confirm the exact volume of contaminated groundwater that is leaking into the ocean. The Japanese government believes radiation-contaminated water has been leaking into the Pacific Ocean at a rate of 300 tons a day, an industry ministry official told reporters on Wednesday. "We are not currently able to say clearly how much groundwater is actually flowing into the ocean," said Tokyo Electric...
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Japan government: Fukushima plant leaking 300 tons/day of contaminated water into sea
2013-08-07 09:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Japanese government official said an estimated 300 tonnes of contaminated water is leaking into the ocean each day from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Wednesday to step up government efforts to stem radioactive water leakage. Abe ordered the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to urgently deal with the water situation and ensure the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, takes appropriate action to deal with the cleanup, which is expected...
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