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Japan’s nuclear industry’s future looking gloomy

The Japanese government last June highlighted exports of nuclear-power plants as a pillar of its economic growth strategy….All that now is in doubt. Interest in the companies’ hardware—and nuclear power in general—has fallen sharply as a result of the Fukushima disaster.

Japan’s Nuclear-Reactor Industry Faces Challenge – WSJ.com, Chester Dawson, 12 April 11, As Japanese manufacturers consider moving some operations offshore, another industry is facing yet another challenge……. Before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese companies had hoped to export ¥20 trillion, or about $230 billion, a year in nuclear plants and other infrastructure-related business, according to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Continue reading →

April 13, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Japan | Leave a comment

At least seven nuclear cores or spent fuel pools in trouble at Fukushima

It has been obvious all along this was a 7. There are three reactors that are not being cooled (No. 1, 2 &3) and four fuel pools too (No. 1, 2, 3, and especially 4)…there were at least seven cores or pools that had been in difficulty. He noted that at Chernobyl it was only one reactor that created the problem.

Fire at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, more aftershocks | Reuters By Shinichi Saoshiro and Kazunori Takada TOKYO  Apr 11, 2011 – Engineers were fighting a fire at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant on Tuesday as another major aftershock rocked eastern Japan, swaying buildings in central Tokyo and closing Narita airport runways…… Continue reading →

April 13, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

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