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News from the past week in matters nuclear

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UK govt has done a complete about face, and now announces that it will subsidise new nuclear power, despite all previous promises of “no subsidy for nuclear”. Conflict of interest, as nuclear career executives now in government planning department.   In UK, the angst and agonizing about Sellafield’s  huge amount of high level nuclear waste continues. Nuclear submarine leaking radioactive waste in Scottish waters

USA also having wrangles about who will pay for new nuclear reactors, and for nuclear waste cleanup. Utah and Florida communities getting rebellious about having to pay upfront for reactors that might never be built. Hanford nuclear site – the most polluted place in America, now leaking radioactive fluids, and even semi solids.

Mass rally to urge Obama to act on climate change

China. Wind energy now surpassing nuclear energy, and rapidly being developed, while nuclear power development slows down.

Russia. had an awful scare when a meteorite exploded above an old nuclear weapons site.

Fukushima. The story just gets worse. Much continues to be covered up, by Japan, USA and mainstream media. which is the history of this nuclear disaster. Fukushima’s Governor is asking for the “acceptable” level of ionising radiation to be raised. TEPCO is arranging “temporary compensation” for nuclear victims – they will have to repay this money. Radiation level still found in blufin tuna, off Fukushima coast – indicatng that leakage into the ocean is still happening.

February 21, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes