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Radiation from Japan nuclear plant arrives on Alaska coast - North - CBC News

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Scientists at the University of Alaska are concerned about radiation leaking from Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, and the lack of a monitoring plan.

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Some radiation has arrived in northern Alaska and along the west coast. That’s raised concern over contamination of fish and wildlife. More may be heading toward coastal communities like Haines and Skagway.

Douglas Dasher, a researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, says radiation levels in Alaskan waters could reach Cold War levels.

“The levels they are projecting in some of the models are in the ballpark of what they saw in the North Pacific in the 1960s,” he said.

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Le coup très élevé d’une énergie bon marché : Fukushima, deux ans plus tard.
High cost of cheap energy : Fukushima tragedy 2 years on — RT News
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Two years after the Fukushima disaster, much of the clean-up effort is still ‘theoretical’, survivors go to court for compensation and thousands march against nuclear power, while the government gives up on the phase-out promise.

Experts estimate closing the damaged Fukushima reactors down will cost around US$15 billion and will take about 30 to 40 years.

Hier, ayant suivi le 28 minutes sur ARTE, j’apprends que le bilan d’une catastrophe nucléaire majeure en France s’élèverait à 5 800 milliards €. Ce bilan avait été évalué à 430 milliards € quelques années plus tôt. Mince ! Je comprends mieux pourquoi les médias nous conditionnent à une augmentation de 30% du prix de l’électricité d’ici 2020. A mon avis, ils sont encore très optimistes.