Japan’s Katrina Moment
In the cargo-container communities of Japan’s disaster areas, one finds echoes of post-Katrina New Orleans.
Nuclear Tuna and NPR’s Trivialization
NPR shouldn’t trivialize the risk of radioactive tuna from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japanese Parliamentarian Kuniko Tanioka briefs press and NGOs on Fukushima nuclear station, worsening situation, and what has gone underreported from Japan
Japanese Parliamentarian Ms. Kuniko Tanioka is one of the few Japanese politicians willing to speak out publicly and critically on the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns and her government’s response to it. She is joined by Robert Alvarez, IPS senior scholar, in a briefing on Fukushima to occur May 10.
Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the U.S.
The radioactive inventory of all the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools at Fukushima is far greater and even more problematic than the molten cores.
Improving Spent-Fuel Storage at Nuclear Reactors
Storing spent radioactive fuel in dry form rather than in increasingly jammed cooling pools is much safer, and can be done with already available funds.
Fukushima Is So Yesterday
The United States is awaiting its own nuclear catastrophe before changing course.
Obama’s Commission on America’s Nuclear Future Endorses IPS Study
President Obama’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future cites an IPS paper as a reason for endorsing measures to increase spent reactor fuel storage in hardened, dry containers.
Will Fukushima Survivors Be Doubly Victimized With Radiation Sickness and Stigmatization?
Let’s hope that, unlike with Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, bias against Fukushima refugees will be kept to a minimum.
Fukushima Aftermath: New U.S. Senate Proposal For Spent Fuel Storage
Will bipartisan collaboration in nuclear storage be possible? The damage of Fukushima should prompt the Senate to act.
Japan’s Version of Kool-Aid
Lady Gaga recently went to Japan to help out the victims of the earthquake. But did she send out all the right messages?
Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage
The price of fixing America’s nuclear vulnerabilities may be high, but the price of doing too little is incalculable.
Fukushima Has Become the Sequel to “Groundhog Day”
It seems to be deja vu with Tepco and Fukushima — like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day.”
Sans Insurance, a Nuclear Meltdown Can Become a Financial Meltdown
Not only has Tepco failed to turn the corner on wrestling Fukushima into submission, no insurance company will reimburse it for the costs.
Contamination: From Minamata to Fukushima
As with methyl-mercury a half century ago, Japan is once again threatened by a new persistent toxin accumulating in its food and water.
Thanks to Fukushima Nuclear Terrorism Got a Whole Lot Easier
Fukushima has revealed a weak spot in nuclear reactors to terrorists.