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US Nuclear Regulators as US Nuclear Marketing Men

the cables — from 2006 to early 2010 — show that the NRC’s role in promoting its regulatory model around the world can easily turn it into an advocate for U.S. nuclear technology, whether its officials realize it or not…..

U.S. nuclear regulator a policeman or salesman? (Reuters), 18 April 11,  – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission exists to police, not promote, the domestic nuclear industry — but diplomatic cables show that it is sometimes used as a sales tool to help push American technology to foreign governments. Continue reading →

April 18, 2011 Posted by | marketing, USA | Leave a comment

Eight ghost towns in Fukushima Prefecture

Futaba Mayor Katsutaka Idogawa, meanwhile, said it will be “years” before the residents of his town can return. …….

Eerie Hush Descends on Japan’s Nuclear Zone – WSJ.com, 19 April 11, “……..Over the road that runs through the town center, a white-and-blue sign proclaims: “Understanding Nuclear Power Correctly Will Lead to an Abundant Life.”But life, by and large, is what is absent in this town, just a few miles away from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Futaba, once home to 7,000 residents, is one of eight towns forced to evacuate the day after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami damaged the nuclear plant. In the following days, tens of thousands of residents living within 12 miles of the damaged reactors fled. Last Monday, the Japanese government expanded the mandatory evacuation zone to encompass more towns. Continue reading →

April 18, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

Radiation forces Japan to use robots in Fukushima nuclear plant

Japanese Using Robots To Peer Into Crippled Nuclear Plant Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011 April 18, 2011 Reports said robots were being used to investigate Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, one day after plant operators announced a new nine-month stabilization plan for the facility Continue reading →

April 18, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

Internet leak of nuclear submarine secrets

Nuclear secrets leaked in redaction gaffe, Information Age, 18 April 11,  Ministry of Defence redacted secret parts of nuclear documents just by changing the background colourThe UK’s Ministry of Defence accidentally published nuclear secrets online after staff used an easily reversible technique to redact sensitive parts publically available documents.The documents were published online following a Freedom of Information request from anti-nuclear campaigners. Certain sensitive parts of documents were supposed to be redacted, but staff simply changed the background colour of the text to black – a procedure that is easily reversed by copying and pasting the text into another document.The gaffe revealed top secret emergency response procedures for UK nuclear submarines, and details of US nuclear subs too…… Nuclear secrets leaked in redaction gaffe

April 18, 2011 Posted by | safety, UK | Leave a comment

Tokyo – thousands march against nuclear energy

Japan: Thousands march against nuclear power | Green Left Weekly, April 17, 2011, By Alexander Brown About 15,000 people attended the “No Nukes” protest in the central Tokyo district of Koenji on April 10.The rally called for assistance to those affected by the March earthquake and tsunami disaster, and for an end to nuclear power. Organisers said more than 1.23 million yen (A$14,000) had been raised for those affected by the disaster.About 2500 people joined a separate rally in another part of the city calling for the Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka to be switched off. The Hamaoka plant is on a fault line considered likely to be affected by future quakes.The Koenji rally, officially titled the “Great Anti-Nuclear Rock Festival Demo in Kōenji”, was called by Matsumoto Hajime of the Shiroto no ran (Amateur’s Riot) network.The network, based in Koenji, has been trying to build alternative spaces and communities in the area.
Japan: Thousands march against nuclear power | Green Left Weekly

April 18, 2011 Posted by | Japan, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Solar field instead of nuclear plant, in Italy

Italy’s Last Reactor Town Goes Solar in Fight Against Nuclear , by Alessandra Migliaccio and Flavia RotondiApril 18 (Bloomberg) — Montalto di Castro, the town where Italy’s last nuclear plant was built before a two-decade ban, is fighting against a return to atomic power and staking its future on solar energy by hosting Europe’s largest photovoltaic park. Continue reading →

April 18, 2011 Posted by | Italy, renewable | Leave a comment