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4 exposed to radiation at Rajasthan n-plant  Express news service : Jaipur,  Jul 24 2012 In the second such incident in a month, four workers at Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan were exposed to harmful doses of leaked tritium radiationon July 19. Two persons were exposed to similar radiation on June 29.http://www.indianexpress.com/news/4-exposed-to-radiation-at-rajasthan-nplant/978569/

July 24, 2012 Posted by | incidents, India | Leave a comment

International Energy Agency recognises increasing role of renewable energy

This is the first time the IEA has devoted a medium-term report to renewable power sources and the agency says this is “a recognition of the dynamic and increasing role of renewable energy

Wind energy will grow by 100 terawatt-hours per year  reve,  By , 23 July 12,   – IEA  Wind power will be the second biggest contributor to global renewable electricity generation by 2017, according to a ground-breaking report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Despite economic uncertainties in many countries, global power generation from renewable sources including wind turbines will increase by more than 40% to almost 6,400 terawatt hours (TWh) – roughly the equivalent of one-and-a-half times current electricity production in the US, predicts the Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2012. Continue reading →

July 24, 2012 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

UK govt ‘sabotaging clean energy future’

And it is big – £110bn – all of which will ultimately be paid by you and me through our electricity and gas bills. The good news, trumpeted most recently not by greens but by the UK’s biggest business lobby, the CBI, is that the green economy is growing fast, in stark contrast the rest of the UK economy. It already employs a million people…..

Why is the Treasury intent on sabotaging our clean energy future?, Guardian UK, Damian Carrington, 23 July 12 George Osborne appears utterly unwilling to give up burying landmines along the road to a low-carbon energy system. The reason why is a disturbing one. Defending the indefensible is not uncommon in politics, but its rarely a winning strategy. Yet George Osborne and the Treasury appear utterly unwilling to give up burying its landmines along the road to a clean energy system that is fit for the 21st century. The urgent question is why: the answer is a disturbing one. Continue reading →

July 24, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Oyster Creek nuclear plant shut down http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/23/4651792/oyster-creek-nuclear-plant-shut.html#storylink=cpy The Associated Press, Jul. 23, 2012   LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Officials shut down the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township after the plant lost off-site power Monday.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says emergency generators powered safety systems and plant operators responded appropriately to the situation. Officials believe the loss of power resulted from a ground of a high-voltage line that provides electricity to the nuclear plant in
Ocean County.

July 24, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Widespread practice of underreporting radiation exposure of Fukushima workers

AP: Fukushima radiation cover-up http://enenews.com/ap-fukushima-radiation-cover-believed-be-part-widespread-practice-plant  22 July 12,    “believed to be part of a widespread practice at the plant” Japanese authorities are investigating subcontractors on suspicion of forcing workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to so they could stay on the job longer.

The investigation marks the first time the government has looked into the case, believed to be part of a widespread practice at the plant since it was hit by the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Health and Labor Ministry officials […] said TEPCO had several workers share a dosimeter not just early in the crisis when the equipment was in short supply due to tsunami damage, but even after a full stock had been regained.

July 23, 2012 Posted by | Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Fukushima workers faked radiation doses, to keep their jobs

Without faking the exposure level, the executive told the workers they would quickly reach the legally permissible annual exposure limit of 50 millisieverts,

Japan firm ‘told workers to lie about radiation dose’ News.com.au July 21, 2012 Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan were apparently told to lie about radiation.
A SUBCONTRACTOR at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant reportedly told workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure. Continue reading →

July 23, 2012 Posted by | Fukushima 2012, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Falsified radiation doses for Fukushima workers

the executive instructed about four workers to make the [lead shield] covers… 

Radiation dosages ‘falsified’ The Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network Asia One News, Jul 23, 2012 The health ministry is investigating allegations that a construction company ordered its workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to cover their dosimeters with lead to indicate lower exposure levels, according to sources. Continue reading →

July 23, 2012 Posted by | Fukushima 2012, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

New government inquiry finds that Japan’s nuclear reactors are still unsafe

Japan nuclear plants ‘still not safe’ Report from independent panel delivers damning assessment of country’s nuclear regulator and Fukushima plant operator. Aljazeera 23 Jul 2012 A government-appointed inquiry has delivered a damning assessment of Japanese nuclear regulators and the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, raising further fears that despite new rules, the country’s nuclear sector still does not meet safety requirements.

The 450-page report by a 10-member panel of independent experts was released on Monday, and comes as anti-nuclear activists continue a vociferous campaign against the restarting of two nuclear reactors in the country.

The government is currently readying a new energy policy, due next month. Continue reading →

July 23, 2012 Posted by | Japan, safety | Leave a comment

Secrecy in UK’s deals about buying nuclear reactors

Nuclear deals “behind closed doors” could damage low-carbon plans Construction News 23 July, 2012 | By Tom Fitzpatrick Perceptions that decisions on nuclear contracts for difference are being made “behind closed doors” could be “hugely damaging” to the UK’s low-carbon plans, according to a new report.   subscribers only
http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/nuclear-deals-behind-closed-doors-could-damage-low-carbon-plans/8633398.article

July 23, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

China, Japan, USA, France, Russia all keen to market nuclear reactors to UK

Two consortiums interested in reactors  http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/19dd4f1e-d425-11e1-942c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz21Vo4ZRkh By Rebecca Bream, Anousha Sakoui and Jim Pickard  London July 22, 2012 The management of Horizon, the energy group, and government officials are to start detailed talks with potential investors, including Chinese state-owned power groups, about building nuclear reactors in Anglesey and Gloucestershire.


At least two consortiums have told the government and Horizon, which is being sold by German energy groups Eon and RWE, that they are interested in bidding for the venture, which plans to build new reactors near the sites of existing nuclear plants at Wylfa, Anglesey,
and Oldbury, Gloucestershire.

The first is led by Toshiba Westinghouse, the Japanese-owned nuclear reactor manufacturer, in partnership with State Nuclear Power Technology Corp of China and Exelon, the US power generator.
The second comprises Areva, the French state-controlled reactor manufacturer, and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp, possibly in partnership with other energy groups and investors. Continue reading →

July 23, 2012 Posted by | marketing, UK | Leave a comment

There’s money to be made in nuclear decommissioning

Olympic Park builder eyes nuclear wind-down deal http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/olympic-park-builder-eyes-nuclear-winddown-deal-7965171.html MARK LEFTLY   MONDAY 23 JULY 2012 The US group that led construction of the Olympic Park and a New York-listed rival are the latest companies considering bids to oversee the UK’s £5bn nuclear decommissioning programme. Continue reading →

July 23, 2012 Posted by | decommission reactor, UK | Leave a comment

Saudi Arabia heading towards nuclear weaponry

VIDEO  Saudi Arabia To Purchase Nuclear Inquisitr.com 22 July 12An unintended consequence of Iran’s march towards a nuclear weapon was that the other big boys in the block would feel the need to arm also.  Military sources are reporting to Israeli intelligence website Debka  that Saudi Arabia has begun its journey on the way to a nuclear weapon’s capability.

The Saudi’s are currently in Beijing negotiating to purchase Chinese nuclear capable ballistic missiles…… Saudi Arabia has been poised for action against Iran since the European Union agreed to an oil embargo against Iran.  Iran has promised that in the face of aggression it will hit Saudi and other gulf countries oil shipping routes and even move to close the vital Straights of Hormmuz.  The United States has moved the Fifth Fleet into the gulf in order to
protect the shipping routes…  http://www.inquisitr.com/282628/saudi-arabia-to-purchase-nuclear-capable-missiles-from-china-video/#F6OJqHwIVkhstRAs.99

July 23, 2012 Posted by | Saudi Arabia, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Climate Science Denial – Australia’s Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)

 

 

Science denial tourism, sponsored by the IPA  Want to a free trip around Australia, all expenses paid? It’s easy, just publish a book denying climate change (scientific credentials not required) then
contact the Institute of Public Affairs — they’ll take care
everything. Graham Readfearn from DeSmogBlog.com reports on the IPA —
Australia’s home of anti-science……
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/environment/science-denial-tourism-sponsored-by-the-ipa/

July 23, 2012 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, spinbuster | Leave a comment

Fukushima’s children: more than a third at risk of developing cancer

 doctors are outraged that the results are not being sufficiently publicized. 

The World Health Organization warns that young people are particularly prone to radiation poisoning in the thyroid gland. Infants face the direst consequences, as their cells divide at a higher rate.
Children who were under 18 when the nuclear disaster struck last year will be subject to continuous thyroid examinations every two years until they reach 20 years of age, and after that, every five years for the rest of their lives.

Over a third of Fukushima children at risk of developing cancer  http://www.rt.com/news/fukushima-children-radiation-exposure-abnormalities-632/  20 July, 2012,Over a third of children in Japan’s Fukushima region could be prone to cancer if medics don’t apply more effort in treating their unusually overgrown thyroid glands and commit to international health aid and consultations, according to a new report.
The shocking new report shows that nearly 36 per cent of children in the nuclear disaster-affected Fukushima Prefecture have abnormal thyroid growths. This is an extremely large number of abnormalities – some of which, experts say, pose a risk of becoming cancerous.
After examining more than 38,000 children from the area, medics found that more than 13,000 have cysts or nodules as large as 5 millimeters on their thyroids, the Sixth Report of Fukushima Prefecture Health Management Survey states.
In comparison, a 2001 analysis by the Japan Thyroid Association found that fully zero per cent of children in the city of Nagasaki, which suffered a nuclear attack in August of 1945, had nodules, and only 0.8 per cent had cysts on their thyroids, reports the Telegraph.
Radiation enters the body and is distributed through soft tissue, especially in muscle, and then accumulates in the thyroid. It is this accumulation that can potentially lead to cancer. Continue reading →

July 21, 2012 Posted by | Fukushima 2012, health, Japan, Reference | Leave a comment

Japan’s ruling party ‘fracturing’ over nuclear power

Newspapers reported on Friday that the government had picked Shunichi Tanaka, 67, an expert in radiation physics and a former deputy head of the Cabinet Office’s Atomic Energy Commission, to head the new safety regulator.

 some saying he represented Japan’s “nuclear village” — a nexus of politicians, utilities and regulators that experts say was a major factor in the failure to avert the Fukushima disaster.  …..

Ex-Japan PM joins anti-nuclear demo outside PM’s office  
* Ex-PM Hatoyama at anti-nuclear rally bad news for PM Noda

* Efforts to pick new atomic safety commission members snags after media leak

* Nuclear energy becoming bigger part of political debate (Recasts with ex-PM Hatoyama joining anti-nuclear demo near)

By Mari Saito and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO, July 20 (Reuters) – In a rare move by a former Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama joined a boisterous anti-nuclear demonstration outside his old office on Friday, a fresh sign that the ruling party he once led is fracturing over energy and other policies. Continue reading →

July 21, 2012 Posted by | Japan, politics | Leave a comment

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