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The week that was, in nuclear news

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 This month I’ve been focussing on “small scale renewable energy”.  And what a pleasure this has been. So many good things going on.    Peru is giving free solar panels tothe poorest  2 million poor households.   In Fiji, a team of grandmothers, having received training in India, are now the solar power educators for communities.  UK launches new solar feed-in tariff that will pay back homeowners as they use their solar energy.  Many new developments in more efficient solar panels, and in solar and wind energy storage.

World Nuclear Status Report 2013 details the declining state of  the industry

UK. Angst continues about how to pay for new nuclear power – with hidden subsidy to the French supplier, and bribes offered to  Somerset towns and villages near planned nuclear plant . Sounds a bit like Japan’s “Nuclear Village” doesn’t it –  in which local areas became dependent on government money, for hosting nuclear plants?

USA. They’ve got  a nuclear enthusiast too, for Energy Secretary – Ernest Moniz – who’s just announced new funding for nuclear companies  General Atomics, GE Hitachi, Gen4 Energy and Westinghouse . However, it’s not well known, but the Dept of Energy has decided on deep burial as the solution for nuclear wastes, not nuclear reprocessing and new nuclear plants.

Financial disaster of U.S.Uranium Enrichment Corporation (USEC) threatens viability of USA nuclear industry

Legal case continues, with US navy personnel suing TEPCO for their radiatio-related illnesses.

France. 30 anti nuclear activists  arrested. They broke into France’s oh so secure Tricastin nuclear power plant.

Japan. the Abe government forges on, with drive to restart nuclear reactors. But this is not popular. And – Fukushima continues to leak radioactive water, and measure high levels of radioactivity.

July 18, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes