Economics are the downfall of the nuclear industry
The industry’s renewed glimpse of its mortality comes as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working on the question of whether the existing plants can get a second 20-year extension, to age 80. But license extension may not be the problem. Wider economic circumstances may be instead.
Aging and Expensive, Reactors Face Mothballs NYT, Matthew Wald , 23 Oct 12 THE conventional wisdom about nuclear reactors is that they are expensive to build but cheap to run.
No solution to Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel
Filmed: Oct. 18, 2012
Published: Oct. 21, 2012
Translation: Fukushima Diary
Hiroaki Koide, Kyoto University Reactor Research Institute: There are a lot of problems and Tepco and Japanese government state they are going to pick the melted fuel up someday, somehow. I personally think it’s impossible.
30-km nuke safety zone may not be enough http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121024a3.html Kyodo Radiation doses beyond 30 km from four nuclear plants, including those in Niigata and Fukui prefectures, could reach 100 millisieverts in the first seven days amid a severe meltdown crisis like the one that started in March 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 complex, according to estimates by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.The NRA is crafting new guidelines on nuclear disaster mitigation measures based on the Fukushima disaster and has proposed a radius of 30 km from a nuclear plant as a rough standard for areas where special preparations against fallout exposure should be made.
The latest simulation results, however, could lead local governments to require preparations in areas beyond the 30-km zone.
The four nuclear power stations are Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima No. 2 plant in Fukushima Prefecture, Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture, and Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The NRA assumed two scenarios — one in which the amount of radioactive substances released is as high as in the Fukushima disaster and the other in which all reactors at each plant suffer meltdowns — to identify areas in which exposure could reach 100 millisieverts in the first seven days. The simulation did not take into account the geography around the plants.
For Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, areas located within a 40-km radius of the plant would register 100 millisieverts.
High radiation in Fukushima neighbourhoods
Japan Newspaper: Radiation levels rising every month since decontamination in Fukushima district — Gov’t won’t help or even respond — “Are they forcing us to tolerate high radiation?” http://enenews.com/mainichi-radiation-levels-rising-every-month-since-decontamination-in-fukushima-district-govt-wont-help-or-even-respond-are-they-forcing-us-to-tolerate-high-radiation Title: One year on, Fukushima still fights uphill battle to decontaminate farming district
Source: Mainichi Japan
Date: Oct. 18, 2012
h/t Fukushima Diary
[…] The residents of the Onami district are frustrated with the government’s inaction, with one of them saying, “Are they forcing us to tolerate high radiation doses?” Continue reading
The KOCHtopus strangles the truth on climate change – profit is their motive
Koch Brothers and Their Amazig Climate Change Denial http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/10/22/koch-brothers-produce-counterfeit-climate-report-deceive-congress an upcoming junk study from a Koch-funded think tank that has taken on the format and appearance of a truly scientific report from the US Government, but is loaded with lies and misrepresentation of actual climate change science. The false report is a tentacle of the Kochtopus–with oil and industrial billionaires Charles and David Koch at the head. Continue reading
Japan official fudging of radiation readings
False hope: radiation monitoring in the Fukushima area (includes video) Greenpeace by Greg McNevin – October 23, 2012 Last week, three Greenpeace radiation-monitoring teams took to the streets of Fukushima City and the heavily contaminated region of Iitate to again record and assess contamination threats.
Like many trips before, we noticed decreased expose rates in a few areas, but many hotspots remain throughout heavily populated Fukushima City. What is more concerning, however, is the official government radiation monitoring stations that have appeared throughout the city.
Earlier this month The Association for Citizens and Scientists Concerned About Internal Radiation Exposures raised concerns that the Japanese government was manipulating radiation readings with these official monitoring stations. Continue reading
West Bengal government puts another fly in India-Russia’s nuclear ointment
The West Bengal government’s decision means that the hunt for a new site will begin afresh, at a time when anti-nuclear activists are protesting against nuclear power…
Haripur site cancellation is one more wrinkle in India-Russia ties THE HINDU, 23 Oct 12 SANDEEP DIKSHIT Search on for another location for the proposed nuclear electricity park
There is another wrinkle in India-Russia relations, besides the known differences over Sistema’s telecom investments, the delays in the commissioning of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and the applicability of the nuclear liability legislation to units 3 and 4 of
the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.
India and Russia are scouting for another site for a nuclear electricity park after the West Bengal government decided to cancel the allotment of a site in Haripur. Continue reading
Japan Engineer: Tepco won’t spend money needed at Fukushima Daiichi — Asahi: Tepco still giving large ‘donations’ to areas with nuclear facilities (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/japan-engineer-tepco-wont-spend-money-needed-fukushima-daiichi-asahi-tepco-giving-large-donations-areas-nuclear-facilities Continue reading
UK govt – secret nuclear deals over “champagne and croissants.”?
EDF Denies U.K. Nuclear Deal to Be Sealed in ‘Smoke-Filled Room’, Bloomberg News By Sally Bakewell October 23, 2012 Electricite de France SA rejected criticism that its one-to-one talks with the U.K. over the deal it’ll get to build nuclear plants in the country means officials setting rates in a “smoke-filled room” without open scrutiny….. Continue reading
Urgent need for Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to become law
Nuclear test ban body’s new head to seek compliance of key powers Oct 23, 2012 By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) – A 183-nation body set up to monitor a ban on nuclear bomb tests elected a new head on Tuesday to face the tricky task of helping convince the United States and other hold-outs to finally turn the landmark treaty into global law. Continue reading
Bankruptcy of Fukushima commercial fishery
Ministry of Agriculture paid TV company $1,090,000 for “Support by eating” TV commercial,with fishery agency bankrupt http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/10/ministry-of-agriculture-paid-tv-company-1090000-for-support-by-eating-tv-commercialwhile-fishery-agency-was-left-bankrupt/by Mochizuki on October 23rd, 2012 ·
Event : Damaged by 311 and went bankrupt
Company : Otsuchi fishery cooperative In Iwate prefecture
Time : 1. 2012
Money : 0 JPY (0 USD)
Event : TV commercial “Support by eating”
Company : Most of the TV companies
Time : Summer of 2011. (Broadcast 800 times in the summer of 2011, 1200 times in this spring)
Money : 87,000,000 JPY (1,089,836 USD)
In this TV commercial, Japanese idol group TOKIO is acting. However, it was their volunteer, they were not paid.
Identifying nuclear reactors that are in dangerous locations
In China 19 of the 27 reactors are being built in areas identified as dangerous.
Scientists pinpoint nuclear plants in high-risk zones http://www.
powerengineeringint.com/articles/2012/10/scientists-pinpoint-nuclear-plants-in-high-risk-zones.html 19/10/2012 By Diarmaid Williams Scientists in the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium have produced a pioneering study, which shows nuclear power plants that are located in zones affected by tsunamis. Continue reading
Nuclear industry now looks for private investment, not government
Financing Nuclear Power Projects: New Trends Emerging for Asia EIN News 23 Oct 12 The financing of nuclear power projects is a key consideration for any country planning to include nuclear power in their energy mix. The industry has started to see a shift towards private sector financing and this trend is expected to increase going forward
The financial cost of new nuclear power projects is a major factor in planning for a sustainable nuclear future [ now there’s an oxymoron – Christina Macpherson ] . Continue reading
JAPAN -Member Of Nuclear Regulatory Body Hints At Expanding Definition Of Active Faults
21:46 23 October
Member of nuclear regulatory body hints at expanding definition of active faults
TOKYO, Oct. 23, Kyodo
A member of the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Tuesday suggested broadening the definition of active faults that could undermine the safety of nuclear power plants in Japan, which are currently regarded as those that have moved in the last 120,000 to 130,000 years.
Expanding the definition could mean that utilities would have to take heed of faults that they have not paid attention to in the past, possibly leading them to reevaluate the quake resistance of each plant.
“I have never used 120,000 and 130,000 years (when talking about active faults),” seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki told reporters, while suggesting that around 400,000 years could provide a possible benchmark.
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