Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Fukushima Updates

Here is the topic summary for today's Fukushima updates. Please click the link for the full reports.
 
Whether or not Japan’s future energy policy will be “no-nukes” continues to be debated... On Saturday, a steel beam was accidently dropped into the spent fuel pool of unit #3... The Yomiuri Shimbun has posted an impressive overview of the radioactive waste disposal situation in Japan... Nuclear Regulation Authority chief Shunichi Tanaka says the previous “stress tests” on Japan’s nukes will no longer be used... NRA chief Tanaka said no currently-idled nukes will be restarted before the summer of 2013... Technologies developed to facilitate radionuclide decontamination are becoming big business in Japan... Industry Minister Yukio Edano says Tokyo will strongly urge utilities to scrap all plans to build any more nukes... About two-thirds of America favors nuclear energy as an essential part of its present and future energy mix... Blog colleague Rod Adams at Atomic Insights has posted an article by a Yokohama City University lecturer who says Fukushima changed his mind about nuclear energy.
 

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