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Safety fears stop Turkey-Japan nuclear talks

Turkey, Japan suspend nuclear plant talks amid safety concerns, 11 April 2011, Monday / TODAY’S ZAMAN , İSTANBUL Turkey, Japan suspend nuclear plant talks amid safety concerns

April 11, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Turkey | Leave a comment

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….

April 11, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Germany | Leave a comment

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 →

April 11, 2011 Posted by | India, politics | Leave a comment

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 →

April 11, 2011 Posted by | employment, Japan | Leave a comment

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

April 11, 2011 Posted by | OCEANIA, renewable | Leave a comment

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 →

April 11, 2011 Posted by | politics, UK | Leave a comment

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 →

April 11, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

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