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some headlines in a hurry

we are short of time today – here are a few bits and pieces

Over 21,000 dead, missing amid nuke crisis

Workers are close to restoring power to a nuclear plant’s overheating reactors as Japan’s earthquake toll of dead or missing passes 21,000.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/over-21000-dead-missing-amid-nuke-crisis-20110321-1c2it.html

Fears for British nuclear plans after Japan crisis
The crisis at the Fukushima plant in Japan could delay plans for a new generation of British nuclear power stations, dealing a blow to the atomic energy industry’s hopes for a £30-billion boost.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/fears-for-british-nuclear-plans-after-japan-crisis-20110321-1c2io.html

Headway as Fukushima pumps restart
Engineers restore power to cooling pumps in two reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/headway-as-fukushima-pumps-restart-20110320-1c2b4.html

Crisis of faith for nuclear brahmins
Across the countries of Asia, the leaders of their nuclear industries have moved with the remote authority and mystique of brahmin or Shinto priests, intoning ancient and arcane scriptures, conducting rites and interpreting the heavens.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/crisis-of-faith-for-nuclear-brahmins-20110318-1c0fz.html

Warwick McFadyen: Past becomes present as Fukushima fallout stirs deep memories
Devastation and radiation resurrect postwar Japan, both there and beyond.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/past-becomes-present-as-fukushima-fallout-stirs-deep-memories-20110320-1c24q.html

Reactors will never reopen, says official

THE damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant must be scrapped, the country’s top government spokesman has said. He also revealed ”abnormal levels” of radiation had again been detected in milk and spinach taken from areas near the plant.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/reactors-will-never-reopen-says-official-20110320-1c297.html

Damaged nuke plant must be scrapped: Japan
Japan’s top government spokesman says the country’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant must eventually be scrapped.
http://wwwsmh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/damaged-nuke-plant-must-be-scrapped-japan-20110320-1c2eo.html
‘Samurai’ praised as reactor slowly cools
The men and women working to prevent a nuclear catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant last night appeared to be winning the battle
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/samurai-praised-as-fukushima-reactor-slowly-cools/story-fn84naht-1226025040858

Planned nuclear plants raise fears here
The nuclear crisis in Japan will raise fears about the risk to Australia from nuclear power plants being considered by Australia’s Asian neighbours
http://wwwtheaustralian.com.au/planned-nuclear-plants-in-asia-raise-fears-here/story-fn84naht-1226025038567

Daiichi in annals of nuclear ignominy
BEFORE the earthquake, nuclear power was one of the economic mainstays of this pretty Japanese prefecture, along with seafood and agriculture.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/how-inadequate-equipment-turned-a-desperate-situation-into-a-tragedy/story-fn84naht-1226025040536

Chernobyl solution not an impossibility
JAPAN appears to be considering a “Chernobyl solution” to end its nuclear crisis.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/if-cooling-fails-japan-may-bury-reactor/story-fn84naht-1226025038550

Saving a reactor with car batteries
THE staff risking their lives to try to save the stricken nuclear plant have become heroes, but anger is spreading.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/saving-a-reactor-with-car-batteries/story-fn84naht-1226025003364

Fukushima nuclear plant shut for good

THE quake and tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant will never operate again as a power station, the Japanese government says.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/fukushima-nuclear-plant-shut-for-good/story-e6frf7k6-1226025025196

March 21, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general