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Japanese whole body counter for Babies are desgined not to measure Cesium 137

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Japanese radioactive ash and dust and Belarusian radioactive soil

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October 10 Energy News

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Opinion:

¶ “Xcel’s Plan to Cut Carbon 60 percent is Affordable and Will Benefit Minnesota’s Economy” Xcel’s revised proposal for Minnesota would accelerate investments in renewable energy by adding wind power solar power. They are doing this to take advantage of lower costs and replace coal. [The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists]

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World:

¶ According to the International Energy Agency’s Energy Efficiency Market Report 2015, energy efficiency improvements of IEA member countries contributed to a total 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions avoided over the last 25 years. This is roughly equivalent to annual emissions by all IEA member countries. [CleanTechnica]

¶ The UK government announced it still intends to end subsidies for onshore wind farms, but has included a grace period to soften the blow. The government expects about 2.9 GW of onshore…

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This week’s nuclear news

a-cat-CANStudy shows there is no safe low level of ionising radiation. Astronauts to Mars would get cancer from ionising radiation in space.

Exaggerated, inaccurate, reporting about nuclear smugglers. Smugglers tried to sell radioactive material to extremists.

Cyber security danger to nuclear stations.

Wikileaks released text of Trans Pacific Partnership – worrying sections about freedom of information.

CLIMATE CHANGE. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says now is the time for carbon tax.

European regulators approve nuclear waste plan – all too generous to the operators.

UK. Scotland’s Labour MPs join new labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in supporting nuclear disarmament. Britain’s national embarrassment – the failing Hinkley nuclear white elephant. Nuclear power building – UK’s worry of China’s poor health and safety record. Serious questions about China’s involvement in Britain’s new nuclear power projects. Rating agencies warn EDF of downgrade, if they continue with Hinkley nuclear station plan.

JAPAN. Fukushima. Surge in thyroid cancers in Fukushima.  Radiation danger forces delay to inspection of Fukushima Unit 2 Containment.  Critical problem of Fukushima nuclear reactor No2 – where is molten core?  Nuclear contamination case against TEPCO is sent by police to prosecutors.  Chilling Fukushima photos by Arkadiusz Podniesinski.

RUSSIA.  The continuing scandal of Russia’s Mayak nuclear contamination – whistleblower seeks asylum in France. At least four Russian cruise missiles have crash-landed in Iran

USA.

FRANCE. France’s nuclear corporation AREVA is still there – only just. France hoping to get Japan to help save failed nuclear company AREVA.

SOUTH KOREA. Increasing public opposition to South Korean govt’s nuclear power policy.

SOUTH AFRICA. Impossible to fund South Africa’s nuclear power plan.

INDIA. A nuclear power plant project is stalled.

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