Here are the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates and commentary . Please click the link for the full reports.
Commentary – A Phantom Conflict of Interest in Japan - The
international Press reports that a “potential conflict of interest” was
“buried” in last year’s 600-page congressional investigation into the
Fukushima accident. The ICRP members in Japan are taking umbrage with
the allegation made by Dr. Hisako Sukiyama, one of the members of the
Diet's Fukushima Accident Investigative Committee. What’s more important
– a potentiality based on thin evidence or the actual professional
record of those involved?
Other
updates - Many political parties vying for seats in the Japanese Diet
want to replace nuclear energy with of renewables, but they ignore the
down-side of the change-over... Japan’s estimated trade deficit for next
year will be over 82 billion dollars, up 1.3% from 2012, primarily due
to rising LNG imports... With the numerous parties currently contending
for Diet seats, it is possible than a number of “single-seats” will not
be filled because of Japanese regulations... A new government panel has
been created to monitor the progress of the Nuclear Regulatory
Authority... A geologic anomaly found running under the Tsugura nuclear
station’s grounds has been judged to be potentially seismic by the
NRA... Of the 522 Fukushima workers who had thyroid exposure, 163 have
exceeded more than 200 millisieverts to the gland.
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