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Friday, September 21, 2012

Fukushima Updates

Here are the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates. Please click the link for the full reports.
 
The chairman of the newly launched Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said no idled nukes will be restarted until firm nuclear standards are set... The NRA is already being attacked as being nothing more than a “cosmetic change”... The NRA has announced that one of their first efforts will be to conduct an on-site inspection of the Oi nuclear power station for earthquake safety... The Yomiuri Shimbun says the government must retract its zero nuclear targets for the good of Japan’s economy. Instead, Tokyo should come up with a feasible energy strategy... A Mainichi Shimbun poll shows that there was already a strong national antinuclear sentiment before the Fukushima accident happened... Above-standard levels of radioactive Cesium have been found in nine species of fish caught near Fukushima Daiichi... Shizuoka governor Heita Kawakatsu has submitted a draft proposal for a nuclear referendum to the prefectural assembly... F. Daiichi’s host town, Okuma, has adopted a five-year no-return policy.
 

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