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The nuclear week that was

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Europe; a leaked draft report from European Commission reveals that all of Europe’s 143 nuclear reactors have safety problems.

UK in somewhat of  a mess in its new nuclear power project. AREVA, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, and  China National Nuclear Power Corporation have all pulled out of the project, and  Iberdrola, the Spanish group is rumoured to be about to pull out.  It’s all supposed to be “private enterprise” but clearly needs buckets of Government money to have any hope of ever getting going.

India leaving its democratic principles behind, as it labels anti-nuclear activists as psychiatric cases, and as police terrorise those participating in the anti nuclear movement at Kudankulam. Serious criminal charges have been slapped against more than 150,000 villagers protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.

France now developing plans for its phaseout of nuclear power.

Japan. the Fukushima cleanup facing very difficult challenges – it requires new technologies that have not yet even been invented. Tokyo continues to get radioactive fallout – measuring more than the level in Fukushima.

USA: the current election campaigning does mention the word “nuclear” – but only in reference to who’s going to be toughest on Iran. Nary a word about USA’s massive nuclear waste crisis.

October 5, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes