Tag: Japan
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Japanese Cooperatives Help Identify Radiation in Soil and Food Post-Fukushima
By Nicola Wong Cooperatives are the backbone for Japan’s rural economy through their presence in agriculture, fisheries and even forestry. From rural to urban, farmer to consumer, and junior to elderly, cooperatives play a critical role throughout the Japanese economy. Since 1900, the Japan Agriculture Cooperative Group has been present in every village and nearly…
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Fukushima Radiation: Is it Safe to Eat the Fish?
Following Japan’s devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, fear spread about risks of leaked radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant …
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USEC’s Tsunami: Uranium Company Washes Out
USEC should ditch the uranium enrichment business entirely and play to its demonstrated competence in fields like Internet gambling or telemarketing to members of Congress.
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Japan Learns that Olympics and Fukushima Radiation Don’t Mix
On MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show yesterday, Maddow spoke with Edwin Lyman from the Union of Concerned Scientists about new radiation readings coming from the leaking Fukushima nuclear power plant …
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Radioactive Water Tank Leak at Fukushima Worst Since 2011 Disaster
The seemingly endless torrent of scandals rushing from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima continues with the news that a serious incident is underway at the stricken plant …