Siemens company gets out of nuclear project with AREVA
Siemens exits nuclear joint venture with Areva The Times of India Apr 10, 2011, BERLIN: Germany’s Siemens AG says it has sold its stake in a joint venture to build nuclear power plants with Areva NP for €1.62 billion ($2.3 billion) to the French firm.
Spokesman Constantin Birnstiel said on Sunday that the company had sold its 34 per cent stake on March 18 to Areva SA which also owns the remaining 66 per cent. He added that court proceedings were ongoing and Siemens could not comment further….
India’s public do not regard nuclear energy as safe
survey of nearly 10,000 people by pollsters Chanakya, part of New Delhi’s RNB Research, showed 77 percent of Indians were worried about atomic safety.
Japan crisis fuels India nuclear safety concerns, Daily Times -, 11 April 11, NEW DELHI: Japan’s nuclear crisis has fuelled public unease in India over ambitious government plans to ramp up nuclear power capacity to feed the country’s growing, energy-hungry economy…. Continue reading
Japan’s low-skilled, low paid, nuclear workers
The biggest problem is the nuclear one,” said Itsunori Onodera, a lawmaker with the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, whose hometown of Kesennuma was ravaged by the tsunami. “If the area of nuclear contamination spreads, people won’t live there and there’ll be no reconstruction.”
McDonald’s Wage For Nuclear Job Shows Japan Towns Fading, Bloomberg, By John Brinsley and Aki Ito – Apr 11, 2011 A week before becoming ground zero for the world’s biggest nuclear crisis since 1986, the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant offered $11 an hour for full-time maintenance work in an area of Japan that was lagging even before last month’s earthquake and tsunami struck. The wage, the same as McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) pays for part-time work in Tokyo, shows the scale of the northern Tohoku region’s economic blight and indicates towns may never recover from the disaster….. Continue reading
Tonga to represnt Pacific islands on International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Tonga appointed to global energy agency, Australia Network News:, 11 April 11, Lano Fonua from the Tonga Energy Road Map says the small islands of the Pacific will now have a platform to rub shoulders with decision makers. Tonga has been appointed as the Pacific’s sole representative on the International Renewable Energy Agency’s council (IRENA).A renewable energy organisation in Tonga says the Pacific will receive more global recognition concerning climate change now it has been appointed to an international energy agency…..
Australia Network News:Stories:Tonga appointed to global energy agency
UK govt wants to sell off their problem “Mox” plutonium
[UK] ministers have now agreed they should press on with preparing the public for an even bigger Mox plant to deal with the growing stockpile of British-owned plutonium, expected to reach 109 tons within a few years.
Government’s doomed £6bn plan to dispose of nuclear waste, The Independent, 11 April 11“.…..Government ministers, their officials and advisers are all privately convinced that “recycling” plutonium waste into nuclear fuel that could be “burned” in nuclear reactors represents the safest and least expensive option in dealing with the stockpile. Continue reading
Psychological impact of Fukushima nuclear crisis
The crisis will likely drag on for months, hindered by a major conundrum: how to keep reactors cool while also disposing of highly radioactive water pooling in and under the plant.
One month on psychological impact is only sinking in – The Irish Times – Mon, Apr 11, 2011 DAVID McNEILL in Tokyo The cherry blossom season is party time in Japan, but this year it has been overshadowed by tragedy and loss…..Lights in Tokyo are dimmed, restaurants are half empty and most cherry blossom parties are a muted affair, overshadowed by the tragedy that befell the northeast on March 11th and the nuclear crisis that it sparked in Fukushima, 250km (155 miles) up the coast from the capital…. Continue reading
International Uranium Film Festival May 2011
URÂNIO EM MOVI(E)MENTO, the 1st INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL Rio de Janeiro May 21st to 28th 2011 – São Paulo June 3th to 5th
Latin America´s first film festival to highlight nuclear and radioactive issues. It is an annual event with 2 international competitions. The URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL wants to inform especially the Brazilian, Latin American and Portuguese speaking societies and stimulate world-wide the production of independent documentaries and movies about the whole nuclear fuel cycle, about the dangers of radioactivity, about the environmental and health risks of uranium exploration, mining and processing. In August 2011 the FESTIVAL will travel to Recife, João Pessoa, Natal, Fortaleza and in September to Salvador.
Despite pro nuclear hype, the industry is in big trouble
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While the captains of the nuclear and uranium industries continue to sing the praises of new nuclear reactors, new types of reactors, and the long term glowing outlook for the industries – the facts tell something else.
In Germany, the peak association of utility industries now states a clear wish to have all nuclear power cswiftly closed down – all finished by 2020.
USA has had the longest and biggest association with commercial nuclear power. USA now appears to be leading the way in seriously questioning the viability of the industry.
The Fukushima disaster is not ending any time soon. Nobody dares to estimate the financial cost. The human and environmental costs are not fully known, but already are extensive. Japanese survivors of the tsunami and earthquake can now start to rebuild their lives. Japamese affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident struggle on with uncertainty.
Poll shows Americans losing faith in nuclear power
Fox News Poll: 83% Think Nuclear Crisis Like Japan Could Happen in U.S., FoxNews.com, By Dana Blanton April 08, 2011 Most American voters think a nuclear crisis like what is happening in Japan could happen in the United States. In addition, the number believing nuclear power is not safe is on the rise.
Fully 83 percent of voters think a disaster similar to Japan’s could happen in the U.S., while a small 15-percent minority doesn’t think so. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Friday.
No gender gap or partisan divide on that issue: most men, women, Democrats, Republicans and independents all agree it’s possible a major nuclear crisis could happen here. …..Click here for complete poll results……
Fox News Poll: 83% Think Nuclear Crisis Like Japan Could Happen in U.S. – FoxNews.com
Nuclear power industry – a sober warning to investors
“New nuclear generation is already more expensive to build than most other sources of electricity,” it continues, “its liability insurance is effectively socialized and material questions are being raised regarding its waste products.”
Investors Warned: Fukushima Could Ignite Backlash Against U.S. Nuclear Power Industry, Forbes, – Osha Gray Davidson -Apr. 8 2011 A new report by Moody’s Investors Service has a title guaranteed to send chills through the nuclear power industry: “Re-evaluating Creditworthiness for Global Nuclear Generators.”
The report warns that “All nuclear operators…will suffer the consequences that emerge from a post Fukushima environment.” Continue reading
Prevention of nuclear meltdown causes radioactive water problem
Cleaning the water could take many years, if not decades to complete. The cost could run into tens of billions of dollars..
Containing a calamity creates another nuclear nightmare, Sydney Morning Herald, Julie Makinen, Ralph Vartabedian April 9, 2011, TOKYO: For nearly four weeks, Japanese emergency crews have been spraying water on the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors in a desperate attempt to avert the calamity of a full meltdown.The improvised solution to one nuclear nightmare is spawning another: what to do with the millions of litres of water that has become highly radioactive as it washes through the plant. Continue reading
One officer killed on nuclear submarine – it could have been much worse
Officer killed in shooting on British nuclear submarine, Asia ONe News, 9 April 11, LONDON, ENGLAND – A Royal Navy officer was killed and another seriously injured in a shooting on a British nuclear-powered submarine, police said, which was only halted when a visiting politician tackled the gunman.
Another member of the navy was arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident on Friday in the southern English port of Southampton, officials said, stressing that the shooting was not “terrorist-related”. Continue reading
Facts on radioactive spent nuclear fuel rods
How urgent is the situation?
Fairly urgent. The NRC predicts that at the rate we’re discarding rods—about 2,000 tons a year—we’ll run out of existing storage space by 2015…..
Radioactive fuel rods: The silent threat – The Week, 9 April 11, Japan’s nuclear crisis has highlighted the danger of the spent fuel rods piling up outside America’s nuclear plants Continue reading
Continuing danger of explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant
The nitrogen injection was the latest in a series of efforts to prevent another nuclear catastrophe in Japan,…..Radioactive particles have settled in the area around the plant, contaminating water, vegetables, dairy products and other food. More explosions could spread the poisonous material farther.
But the nitrogen injection itself carries risk, since it could disperse radioactive vapour into the environment………
Explosion still a risk at Japan nuclear plant Workers inject nitrogen gas to reduce chances of blow-up but are running out of space to store radioactive water. Al Jazeera: 07 Apr 2011 After stopping the leak of highly radioactive water from a crippled nuclear plant north of Tokyo, Japanese authorities have begun injecting nitrogen into part of the facility in order to prevent a hydrogen explosion. Continue reading
Germany’s peak utility organisation calls for swift end to nuclear power
The group called on the government to set everything in motion to speed up the transition toward a stable, ecologically responsible and affordable energy mix without nuclear energy.
Association of German utility companies calls for abolishing nuclear power by 2020, The Washington Post, 9 April 11, BERLIN — Germany’s utility companies want “swift and complete” abolishment of nuclear power in the wake of the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima reactors, says their umbrella organization. The technology should be phased out by 2020 or at the latest by 2023, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries, BDEW, said Friday following a board meeting. Continue reading
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