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I muse on Toshiba’s ECO and his shame. He apologised for faking the accounts on nuclear (supposed) profits. However, he gained no personal income from this. It was done out of loyalty to the company.  Wouldn’t happen in Australia, – they’d all do it for themselves here!

JAPAN:  Fukushima:

• the Evacuees Situation .
•  Confirmed equipment failure for ice wall – Ice wall building resumed.
• Fukushima fishermen OK TEPCO plan to release decontaminated water into sea.
• Tepco to start removing the largest debris from Reactor 3 pool / Worker “The most dangerous process”.
• Fukushima will likely go down in history as the biggest cover-up of the 21st Century.
•  Tepco finally admitted irregular sinking in Fukushima plant.
•  Fukushima scrub-down aims to make villages safe, although woods may remain no-go zones.
• Japanese Government – aided by the IAEA – puts nuclear victims at risk with forced resettlement scheme.

Crucial emergency test begins at Sendai nuclear plant ahead of upcoming restart on August 10, 2015.

No idea what to do with the radioactive trash, but Japan still plans to make more of it.

CEO of Toshiba took loyalty to the company too far – resigns over doctored accounts.  How Toshiba cooked the nuclear books.

IRAN: Nuclear experts explain how the Iran nuclear deal cuts off pathways to nuclear weapons.

SWITZERLAND: Thorough analysis of Switzerland’s plan for exit from nuclear power.

CANADA: Canada Environment Minister to decide on Lake Huron nuclear waste plan before court case happens?  Stephen Harper, Canada’s PM blocking action on climate change.

CLIMATE CHANGE:   New UN document seeks to simplify Paris climate negotiations. Climate change danger hangs overChina’s coastal cities (and their nukes!).

INDIA: As Areva Goes Belly Up, Modi’s French Nuclear Plans May Start Unravelling.

USA:  Nuclear Regulatory Commission seriously considering quack science of “radiation hormesis”!   Potassium Iodide pills to be distributed to residents in area of nuclear facility.

FRANCE: quadruples carbon price, will move towards renewable energy.

July 29, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes