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Raised levels of radioactivity in seawater, in some foods – Japan

Radioactive food fears grow in Japan, By Hayden Cooper and wires  ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 22 March 11, Japan is continuing to deal with a nuclear emergency as fears of food contamination grow and high levels of radioactive substances are found in seawater near the crippled Fukushima plant.The news comes amid another setback in efforts to cool the earthquake-crippled nuclear plant, with officials spotting grey smoke coming from the roof of the No. 3 reactor……. Continue reading →

March 22, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011, environment, Japan | Leave a comment

The world’s nuclear priesthood faces a crisis of faith

This week the nuclear priesthood is facing a crisis of faith, as engineers in Asia’s most advanced nuclear industry struggle to contain the overheated reactor cores at Japan’s Fukushima No. 1 power plant, run by the Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Crisis of faith for nuclear brahmins, The Age, HAMISH McDONALD. March 19, 2011
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. Continue reading →

March 22, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, Religion and ethics | Leave a comment

Asia Pacific countries monitor radiation from Fukushima nuclear plant

    As winds took the contaminated clouds from the battered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant out into the Pacific Ocean towards Hawaii and the US west coast, Japan’s nearest Asian neighbours stepped up their monitoring of potential nuclear fallout…..Taiwan-based EVA Airways said it would cancel 56 flights between Japan and Taiwan because of radiation concerns.

    Radiation fears sweep the region | The Australian, James Hookway and Michael Sainsbury March 17, 2011, FEARS of a cross-border nuclear disaster swept across the Asia Pacific region yesterday as Japan’s nuclear crisis deepened, with experts and officials trying to calm fraying nerves in countries as far away as The Philippines and Canada. Continue reading →

    March 22, 2011 Posted by | ASIA, environment | Leave a comment

    All Japan’s wind farms survived the earthquake and tsunami

    Some of Japans nuclear capacity has, in effect, phased itself out- very painfully. It will be interesting to see if a new direction is now taken in Japan, and indeed elsewhere.

    Phasing out nuclear in Japan, environmentalresearchweb, 21 march 11, All Japans wind farms evidently survived the recent disastrous quake and tsunami – even a semi-offshore one. With nuclear power’s reputation besmirched, following the spectacular failures at Fukushima, is that the way ahead for Japan? Continue reading →

    March 22, 2011 Posted by | Japan, renewable | Leave a comment

    Japan’s taxpayers will cop the bill for nuclear disaster

    Japanese Taxpayers Likely to Shoulder Nuclear Liability – Law Blog – WSJ, 21 March 11, By Ashby Jones At the end of the day, who’s going to pay to compensate the victims of the problems at Japan’s nuclear reactors?Had the earthquake and resulting issues happened in the U.S., the answer would likely be quite complicated. In Japan, it’s simpler: the Japanese taxpayer will shoulder the burden, according to this WSJ story by Andrew Dowell and Erik Holm. Continue reading →

    March 22, 2011 Posted by | business and costs | Leave a comment

    first nuclear, then uranium, shares tumble

    Nuclear sell-off sweeps to uranium mining, Financial Times, By William MacNamara in London,  March 20 2011 The sell-off slamming the nuclear power industry has swept to uranium mining, the source of nuclear fuel, with a range of miners’ shares opening this morning at least 15 per cent lower than levels preceding the earthquake in Japan.
    Shares in Cameco, the major Canadian uranium producer, have fallen 20 per cent since March 10 despite Jerry Grandey, chief executive, saying that the impact of the Japanese nuclear crisis on the company’s sales would be “minimal”….

    March 22, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Uranium | Leave a comment

    At Fukushima, radiation leak continues, spent fuel storage pool a big problem

    A separate storage pool for spent fuel rods also is drawing the attention of some Tepco and safety officials. The area, which takes fuel rods from all six reactors, is located near the No. 4 reactor. The pool is nearly full with 6,375 units of fuel, according to Tepco.

    Japan Nuclear Dangers Linger Despite Progress, WSJ,  By PETER LANDERS And NORIHIKO SHIROUZU, MARCH 20, 2011,As of late Sunday, power was still out at reactors No. 3 and No. 4, the two most troublesome during the nine-day fight to keep the nuclear plant from spinning out of control. Until Tokyo Electric Power Co. fully restores power at the reactors and turns on cooling systems knocked out after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, it faces continued radiation leakage from spent fuel rods stored at the two reactors. Continue reading →

    March 22, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011, Japan, wastes | Leave a comment

    Serious problems continue at Fukushima nuclear plant

    Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis Mar 20, 2011 TOKYO (Reuters) – Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of uncontrolled radiation.
    IAEA says some positive developments but overall situation remains very serious. Continue reading →

    March 22, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

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