Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Fukushima Update

Here are the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates. Please click the link for the full reports.
 
A global poll shows that nuclear support is increasing but still lags behind all other electricity sources... German industrial giant Siemans is withdrawing from the solar energy business... A member of Japan’s new nuke safety agency (NRA) says they are considering expanding their definition of active earthquake faults... The NRA has posted their worst-case radiation projections for Fukushima-level accidents at all 16 Japanese nuclear power stations... Greenpeace says Japanese government radiation monitoring posts in Fukushima are unreliable... One bag of rice from Fukushima Prefecture shows a higher-than-standard level of Cesium contamination... The honorary Chair of Japan Airlines, Kazuo Inamori, calls nuclear energy a “necessary evil”.
 

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