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Shifting to Renewables in Japan – An Uphill Task
TOKYO, Aug 28 2012 (IPS) – Renewable energy is emerging as the “clinch deal” in Japan`s painful power crisis that pits the government and business against public demand for zero nuclear power. But...
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New Japanese regulator takes over
A new nuclear regulatory regime came into force in Japan today. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has been created in response to shortcomings identified in the country’s previous regulatory...
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San Onofre Power Plant Problems Could Require Months, Even Years, Of Reviews
LOS ANGELES — Environmentalists accused federal regulators Tuesday of conducting a bogus review of a proposal to restart the damaged San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast.Just days...
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Activists plan to sue Mass. nuclear plant owner – Businessweek
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts activists have announced plans to sue the owners of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for what they say is the continuous pollution of Cape Cod Bay over the last 16...
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Fish near Fukushima have high radiation levels | Nation/World | Detroit Free...
Most fish and seafood caught near Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant still have elevated levels of radioactive cesium more than 18 months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, indicating...
View ArticleCancer risks near seven nuclear sites to be studied
12:51PM EDT October 25. 2012 – HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal regulators say a pilot study of cancer risks posed to residents near seven nuclear power sites in the United States will update 22-year-old...
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TEPCO struggling to find somewhere to store contaminated water ‹ Japan Today:...
TOKYO — Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tons of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water...
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Vermonters take sides as board debates state’s nuclear future – WCAX.COM...
WILLISTON, Vt. -The Public Service Board once again grapples with the continued operation of Vermont Yankee. Monday night, they heard from residents.From Bennington to the Northeast Kingdom, about 80...
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Fukushima plant situation ‘volatile,’ a year after cold shutdown declared –...
Workers are nowhere close to determining the state of melted fuel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a year after the government declared the damaged reactors were in a “cold shutdown” state....
View ArticleThe Myth of Nuclear Necessity – NYTimes.com
FIVE years ago, four titans of American foreign policy — the former secretaries of state George P. Shultz and Henry A. Kissinger, the former defense secretary William J. Perry and the former senator...
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