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Day: June 26, 2012

Photo of the week: Chelyabinsk – A lack of environmental responsibility

  The fortress of Chelyaba, from which the city takes its name, was constructed on the site in 1736; town status was granted to it in 1781. Around 1900, it served as a center for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. A serious nuclear accident occurred at the Mayak nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, which housed […]

Prominent Japanese seismologists speak out against “severe setback in safety standards”

When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and three other cabinet ministers agreed to restart two suspended nuclear reactors at the Oi power station in central Japan they said that the central government “had confirmed the safety and the necessity” of the nuclear reactors. Ever since the decision to restart, the public response has been overwhelming, […]