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Friday, December 28, 2012

Fukushima Update 12/28

Here are the topic summaries for today's Fukushima commentary and updates. Please click the link for the full reports...
 
Commentary - Suggested Japanese Nuclear New Year’s Resolutions - One of the western traditions as New Year’s approaches is to make resolutions, to be kept over the course of the following 365 days. Here are a few nuclear energy resolutions I suggest for Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority, the new Tokyo government, the Japanese people, and the Japanese Press.
 
Fukushima update topics include - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is ready to review his predecessor’s plans to end nuclear power in Japan by 2040... Reactor restart issues have impacted PM Abe’s new cabinet in Tokyo... The NRA has postponed the decision on making Japan’s standards for evacuations from nuclear plant releases the most restrictive in the world... Eight United States sailors have filed a $210 million lawsuit against Tepco for allegedly withholding radiation information during the weeks following 3/11/11... Futaba mayor Katsutaka Idogawa has dissolved the Futaba town assembly, rather than resign in accordance with the group’s unanimous no-confidence vote... Toshiba announced it has placed 36% of its stake in Westinghouse Electric Corporation up for sale.
 

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