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Dangerous radioactivity released from damaged plant, says IAEA

Japanese authorities also today informed the IAEA at 04:50 CET that the spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere.

Japanese Earthquake Update, International Atomic Energy Agency,    15 March 2011 Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that there has been an explosion at the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | Japan, safety | Leave a comment

Australian pro nuclear expert explains how Fukushima nuclear plant is safe

The plant is safe now and will stay safe……If you want to stay informed, please forget the usual media outlets [Does he include  the International Atomic Energy Agency as an “usual media outlet” , I wonder?]

Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a Simple and Accurate Explanation, Brave New Climate, Barry Brook, 13 March 2011, [Barry Brook quotes Josef Oehmen, a PhD Scientist, whose father has extensive experience in Germany’s nuclear industry.] Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, marketing | Leave a comment

Mayor of London says don’t worry: nuclear power is safe, clean and green

Disaster as divine retribution The Age Boris Johnson March 15, 2011 To take Japan’s quake and tsunami as a sign we should abandon nuclear power would be a further catastrophe……

First off the blocks, I see, is the anti-nuke lobby. These are the atomkraft-nein-danke brigade, ……….They will now do everything they can to exploit the Fukushima explosions and the difficulties being experienced in bringing a couple of nuclear plants under control……
. I just doubt that there is any real read-across between the difficulties of nuclear reactors in a well-known earthquake zone, and the proposed nuclear programs elsewhere…..WE don’t have to make amends by sacrificing a hetacomb to Poseidon. We don’t hAZve to lead a hundred garlanded men and maidens to the top of the pyramid and then cut out their beating hearts. ….. we don’t have to sacrifice our efforts to provide safe clean and green nuclear power....http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/

March 15, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, spinbuster | Leave a comment

Scramble to prevent nuclear meltdowns in 3 Japanese reactors

Authorities are now scrambling to prevent meltdowns in three of the plant’s four nuclear reactors…..

Third blast at Japanese nuclear plant, ABC Radio, The World Today with Eleanor Hall, Hayden Cooper, 15 March 11-– This morning, there’s been another explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was badly damaged in last Friday’s powerful earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | Japan, safety | Leave a comment

Nuclear accident does not worry General Electric nuclear company

The chief executive of General Electric Co, which has built a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, said there was no change in his company’s plans for India....He said it was premature to say that safety issues would cloud the outlook of the nuclear energy business.

India’s N-plan may take a hit; equipment suppliers not worried Economic Times 15 march 11, Japan’s nuclear crisis will create obstacles for India’s atomic energy programme, but this has not dented the optimism of equipment suppliers such as GE and India’s Larsen and Toubro Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Nuclear marketing going ahead in China and India, anyway

in China, which has the world’s most ambitious nuclear expansion plans, a vice minister of environment, Zhang Lijun, said on Saturday that Japan’s difficulties would not deter his nation’s nuclear rollout…..The United States has lobbied extensively to open India’s nuclear power market to American industry. Indian and American officials spent more than five years negotiating a nuclear energy agreement that was blessed by both governments and international nuclear agencies.

Emerging economies move ahead with nuclear plans, New York Times, by Heather Timmons and Vikas Bajaj, 15 March 11, NEW DELHI — Despite Japan’s crisis, India and China and some other energy-ravenous countries say they plan to keep using their nuclear power plants and building new ones. Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | China, India, marketing | Leave a comment

Dangerous radiation levels from TEPCO’s no 2 nuclear reactor

With radiation levels around the facility up, TEPCO suspects the core of the No.2 reactor has partially melted, a critical nuclear safety situation..

Stay indoors: Japanese PM’s order to residents beyond nuclear reactor evacuation zone after blast, Sydney Morning Herald, Glenda Kwek, March 15, 2011

Radiation levels near a quake-stricken nuclear plant are now harmful to human health, Japan’s government says after explosions and a fire at the facility. Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | Japan, safety | Leave a comment

Japan’s history of nuclear power troubles

Japan’s history of civilian nuclear power generation is also littered with problems, … Since 1999 there have been several accidents that have marred what was perceived as a safe industry.

Japan’s Nuclear Half-Century, New Matilda,   15 march 11, All eyes are on Fukushima but this is not an isolated crisis. Mark Pendleton looks at how nuclear accidents have shaped contemporary Japan Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 Posted by | history, Japan | Leave a comment