Florida and 30 other US States endangered by nuclear cooling ponds
“It would be hard to manage this hazard (more) foolishly. The federal government’s ineptitude in disposing of spent fuel has left Americans across the country exposed to elevated and undue risks,”
Japan’s crisis adds fuel to Florida nuclear fears. The Palm Beach Post, 11 April 11, Once, the thousands of 12-foot-long rods now being stored in 40-foot-deep pools of water at Florida Power & Light Co.’s two South Florida nuclear plants helped power the state’s electric grid.Their job is done. However, the used, or “spent,” fuel rods have not gone anywhere. Continue reading
Britain has world’s biggest pile of plutonium and now Japan won’t buy it
Chubu Electric and nine other Japanese power companies have also indicated that because of long-term production problems that have dogged the SMP, they will not now be taking any reprocessed fuel from Britain until at least the end of the decade – nearly 20 years after the plant was opened to serve the Japanese market.
Government’s doomed £6bn plan to dispose of nuclear waste, The Independent, 11 April 11, One month after the Japanese tsunami, the world’s biggest reserve of plutonium waste is reaching crisis point. It was meant to be reprocessed and sold – but now no nation will take it. So where is this vast stockpile? Not Fukushima, but Sellafield, CumbriaBy Steve Connor, Science Editor The nuclear crisis in Japan threatens a carefully choreographed UK Government plan to tackle the world’s biggest mountain of plutonium waste stored at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. Continue reading
Young generation supporting an old anti nuclear activist
A wave of younger people are checking daily Geiger-counter readings online and carrying “No Nukes” signs up and down the streets of trendy Tokyo neighborhoods. Two separate protests in the capital on Sunday attracted more than 10,000 people, who called for a moratorium on nuclear power.
In Japan, new attention for longtime anti-nuclear activist – The Washington Post, By Michael Alison Chandler, April 10, Long before the ghostly images of Fukushima’s nuclear workers in white suits and gas masks appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, photographer Kenji Higuchi was recording the lives and risks of the industry’s front-line laborers. Continue reading
IAEA rates nuclear accidents, does not include late cancers
this Japanese incident will be assigned a final numerical rating according to a scale devised by the IAEA. The scale, called INES (for International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale), breaks down the severity of nuclear events into bloodless, regimented categories. Each event ultimately gets a ranking from 1 to 7.
The anomalies, incidents, and accidents of our nuclear world, CNNMoney.com, 11 April 11 From simple leaks to sudden deaths, Fukushima to Pennsylvania, our world’s brief history of nuclear power is rife with mishaps and tragedy. By Shelley DuBois, reporter Continue reading
Nuclear plants affected by global warming
Heatwaves cause problems for nuclear power plants | Climate Central, By Alyson Kenward. 11 April 11, “……Extreme Heat Limits Nuclear Energy Production “……nuclear power has a paradoxical relationship with climate change. Even though it might help mitigate long-term global warming, nuclear power is already being challenged by rising temperatures and the increasing number of heat waves around the world. Throughout the last decade, several plants have had to reduce electricity production during heat waves, just when when electricity demand typically reaches peak levels.
“It’s a dilemma between mitigation of climate change, and adaptation to it,” says Natalie Kopytko, an energy policy doctoral student at the University of York in England. Having recently studied the ways in which climate change could have a negative impact on nuclear power, she says nuclear power is caught in the middle because it could be used to help lower greenhouse gas emissions, but global warming is making the technology less effective at providing electricity…Heatwaves cause problems for nuclear power plants | Climate Central
Warning against Russia’s plan to develop nuclear power in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Russia-Backed Nuclear Project in Bulgaria ‘Pig in a Poke’ – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency, 11 April 11, The plans for a new Russia-backed nuclear plant in northern Bulgaria aim to help Moscow lay its hands on the energy market, impose a monopoly on the prices and keep them high, a right-wing leader has said.”We are now buying a pig in a poke, which is flying on a Russian plane,” Ivan Kostov, former prime minister and leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, told Nova TV broadcast on Sunday….
Kostov says boosting the capacity of renewable energy sources is the answer. Continue reading
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
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….
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
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
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
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
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
International Uranium Film Festival May 2011
URÂNIO EM MOVI(E)MENTO, the 1st INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL Rio de Janeiro May 21st to 28th 2011 – São Paulo June 3th to 5th
Latin America´s first film festival to highlight nuclear and radioactive issues. It is an annual event with 2 international competitions. The URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL wants to inform especially the Brazilian, Latin American and Portuguese speaking societies and stimulate world-wide the production of independent documentaries and movies about the whole nuclear fuel cycle, about the dangers of radioactivity, about the environmental and health risks of uranium exploration, mining and processing. In August 2011 the FESTIVAL will travel to Recife, João Pessoa, Natal, Fortaleza and in September to Salvador.
Despite pro nuclear hype, the industry is in big trouble
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While the captains of the nuclear and uranium industries continue to sing the praises of new nuclear reactors, new types of reactors, and the long term glowing outlook for the industries – the facts tell something else.
In Germany, the peak association of utility industries now states a clear wish to have all nuclear power cswiftly closed down – all finished by 2020.
USA has had the longest and biggest association with commercial nuclear power. USA now appears to be leading the way in seriously questioning the viability of the industry.
The Fukushima disaster is not ending any time soon. Nobody dares to estimate the financial cost. The human and environmental costs are not fully known, but already are extensive. Japanese survivors of the tsunami and earthquake can now start to rebuild their lives. Japamese affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident struggle on with uncertainty.
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