Saturday, January 5, 2013

Key Judgments From a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s Nuclear Activity

Published: December 4, 2007

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — Following are key judgments from a November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate, “Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities,” as declassified and released Monday by the office of the director of national intelligence. The judgments include the following footnote:
“For the purposes of this Estimate, by ‘nuclear weapons program’ we mean Iran’s nuclear weapon design and weaponization work and covert uranium conversion-related and uranium enrichment-related work; we do not mean Iran’s declared civil work related to uranium conversion and enrichment.”http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/washington/04itext.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Costs must fall 50% for energy storage to flourish

Costs must fall 50% for energy storage to flourish: report ...
The costs associated with energy storage need to fall by at least a half in the next five years if technologies are to realize mainstream adoption, according to a ...
www.telecomengine.com/.../costs-must-fall-50-energy-storage...

OPEC: Iran-Iraq alliance weakens Saudis

Baghdad (UPI) Jan 4, 2013

An emerging alliance between former foes Iran and Iraq in OPEC is expected to undermine Saudi Arabia, long the oil cartel's dominant force, and other moderate Arab states which could threaten the 12-member oil producers' group and push up oil prices sharply. This also underlines Iran's ceaseless efforts to dominate its western neighbor politically and economically that began the momenthttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/OPEC_Iran-Iraq_alliance_weakens_Saudis_999.html

Chevron Acquires Operating Interest In Western Canada LNG Project

by Press Release

Chevron Corporation announced that its indirect Canadian subsidiary, Chevron Canada Limited, will acquire a 50 percent operating interest in the Kitimat liquefied natural gasA naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases beneath the earth’s surface – often in association with petroleum. (LNGNatural gasA naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases beneath the earth’s

(More)…http://shalestuff.com/shale-industry/chevron-subsidiary-acquires-operating-interest-western-canada-lng-project/article05201

Study Finds Shale Gas is not as Clean as Thought

by peixej@oilprice.com (Joao Peixe)

Last February scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado, released the findings of a study that claimed that around four percent of methane was escaping into the atmosphere as natural gas was being extracted from a field in Denver.Now that same group has studied the gas production techniques of a field in Utah and discovered that around nine percent of the methane gas extracted at the gas field was leaking into the air. Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, far more so…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Study-Finds-Shale-Gas-is-not-as-Clean-as-Thought.html

What happened to the Fukushima 50?

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Uranium Rebound Seen as Japan Considers Nuclear: Energy Markets

Businessweek - ‎Jan 4, 2013‎

Uranium is poised to rebound from a second annual decline as Japan considers restarting its atomic plants almost two years after the Fukushima disaster and China pushes ahead with the world's biggest nuclear building program. The price of the fuel for ...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-01-04/uranium-rebound-seen-as-japan-considers-nuclear-energy-markets

Work restarts on China's biggest nuclear power plant: Xinhua

Work restarts on China's biggest nuclear power plant: Xinhua
Reuters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Work on China's largest planned nuclear facility has restarted, state media said on Saturday, a sign that the thaw in the country's nuclear industry is gaining pace after it was frozen in response to Japan's Fukushima atomic crisis ...http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/us-china-nuclear-construction-idUSBRE90405U20130105

Work resumes on Shidao Bay nuclear plant which will be China's largest

Work has resumed on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which will be China's biggest nuclear facility. Construction of the coastal Shidao Bay nuclear plant in Rongcheng, a city in the eastern province of ...http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1120849/work-resumes-shidao-bay-nuclear-plant-which-will-be-chinas-largest

NRC pleads lack of funds in Yucca licensing battle

Las Vegas Review-Journal - ‎

As in a football game when the offense does not have enough punch to move the ball down the field, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not have enough money left to proceed toward a license for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. http://www.lvrj.com/news/nrc-pleads-lack-of-funds-in-yucca-licensing-battle-185738561.html?ref=561

Possible export of nuclear waste draws criticism

Possible export of nuclear waste draws criticism
Deutsche Welle
The search in Germany for a permanent storage facility for nuclear waste has been a long slog and has so far led nowhere. Late last year, due to ongoing protests by the anti-nuclear lobby, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier announced an end to ...http://www.dw.de/possible-export-of-nuclear-waste-draws-criticism/a-16500605

Merkel confirms Germany won't export nuclear waste

Deutsche Welle -

The German chancellor has said the country is to dispose of its nuclear waste within its own borders. The announcement came after her environment minister denied a report that the government planned to export it. Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered her ...http://www.dw.de/merkel-confirms-germany-wont-export-nuclear-waste/a-16500965

Decontamination companies suspected of illegally cumping radioactive waste

Decontamination companies suspected of illegally dumping radioactive waste in ...
The Japan Times
Decontamination companies suspected of illegally dumping radioactive waste in Fukushima. Kyodo. Contractors might be illegally dumping radiation-tainted soil, vegetation and water into rivers or other places near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20130105a1.html

CROOKED CLEANUP: Government mishandled complaints about shoddy ...

Asahi Shimbun - ‎1

Environment Ministry officials failed to act on a flood of complaints from residents in Fukushima Prefecture about companies carrying out shoddy decontamination work. No effort was even made to record the number or contents of those complaints, in part ...

Cleanup Crews Near Fukushima Plant Dump Waste in Rivers, Newspaper Reports

New York Times (blog) - ‎

According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, cleanup crews working near the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, “dumped soil and leaves contaminated with radioactive fallout into rivers.” CROOKED CLEANUP (1): Radioactive waste dumped into rivers during ...

Ministry to probe lax decontamination

The Daily Yomiuri -

The Environment Ministry started an investigation Friday into whether decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture is being carried out according to the ministry's instructions, in response to allegations that contractors have been lax in their compliance.

CROOKED CLEANUP (2): Some decontamination workers sorry for following ...

Asahi Shimbun -

A man in his 20s questioned the shady practices involved in decontaminating areas in Fukushima Prefecture, only to be assured that everything was OK. He continued working and watching others around him dump the collected waste instead of properly ...

24 Groups: NRC Rushing Nuclear "Waste Confidence" Process, Not Satisfying ...

Melodika.net (press release) - ‎24 minutes ago‎

In documents filed Wednesday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a wide range of national and grassroots environmental groups said it would be impossible for the NRC to adequately conduct a court-ordered assessment of the environmental ...http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=548856&Itemid=54

Court should order US NRC to resume Yucca review: petition

Platts - ‎

Petitioners seeking to force US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume its review of the Department of Energy's application for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, on Friday said Congress' failure to act on the matter means a federal ...http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6989382

Deadline advances Yucca lawsuit

Deadline advances Yucca lawsuithttp://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130105/AIK0101/130109807/1004/nuclear-agency-county-clash-over-waste-funds

“CANDU in Japan: different, proven, and symbiotic with the current fleet”

“Japan is a highly advanced nuclear nation, and has extensive experience with many reactor technologies and fuel cycles. These include the so-called FUGEN reactor, which incorporated heavy water moderator, boiling light water coolant, and mixed oxide fuel. When Japan’s new prime minister Shinzo Abe said last week that he wants new nuclear reactors and that they should be much different from the 50 light water designs that for decades provided the bulk of Japan’s nuclear electricity, Steve Aplin of Canadian Energy Issues gave some reasons why the heavy water CANDU could perfectly fit the bill.”

Post URL: http://canadianenergyissues.com/2013/01/02/candu-in-japan-different-proven-and-symbiotic-with-the-current-fleet/

Blog URL: www.canadianenergyissues.com

"Once Upon A Nuclear Ship" by Will Davis

"Once Upon A Nuclear Ship"

by Will Davis

http://atomicpowerreview.blogspot.com/2013/01/once-upon-nuclear-ship.html

China 'biggest' nuclear plant construction resumes

Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2013

China has resumed construction on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which will be its biggest-ever nuclear facility, state media said Saturday. Construction on the coastal Shidao Bay nuclear plant in Rongcheng, a city in eastern China's Shandong province, resumed last month, the state-run China Internet Information Center reported, http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/China_biggest_nuclear_plant_construction_resumes_999.html

German minister says 'never again' to nuclear power

Berlin (AFP) Jan 04, 2013

German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said Friday his country would never again return to nuclear energy, hitting back at a top EU official who doubted Berlin's commitment to phase out nuclear power. "I cannot see any plausible political line-up that would enable a revival of nuclear power in Germany," Altmaier told Friday's edition of the Leipziger Volkszeitung regional daily.http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/German_minister_says_never_again_to_nuclear_power_999.html

Tehran Shut Down Over Extreme Pollution

Tehran Shut Down Over Extreme Pollution
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/tehran-shut-down-over-extreme-pollution/

Officials in Tehran have ordered schools, universities, government offices, and
other institutions to close on January 5 because of high air pollution in the
Iranian capital.

Only emergency and health services will report for work under the order from
Morteza Tamadon, the Tehran governor.

The ISNA news agency said games in Tehran had also been called off [...]

Friday, January 4, 2013

Should Japanese Nukes Be Scrapped Because of NRA Seismic Judgments?

From The Hiroshima Syndrome -

(January 4) Should Japanese Nukes Be Scrapped Because of NRA Seismic Judgments?

Over the past month, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority has concluded that geologic anomalies running near and under the Tsuruga and Higashidori nuclear stations might be seismic. It makes no sense to cavalierly have the two nukes in question dismantled because of the possibility itself. Site-specific criteria should be set and the operators given the option to either upgrade or decommission the facility in question.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism

By JUSTIN GILLIS

I would guess a few Green readers had the experience, over the holidays, of arguing yet again about global warming with a parent or brother-in-law who thinks it’s all a big hoax. Maybe there’s some undiscovered substance in roast turkey that makes people want to pick fights around the dinner table.

M.I.T. Press

Fortunately, the M.I.T. climate scientist Kerry Emanuel has provided us with a solution to this problem: an updated edition of “What We Know About Climate Change,” his 2007 book explaining the science of global warming.http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/an-antidote-for-climate-contrarianism/

How Nuclear Will Make a Comeback

from RealClearEnergy - Homepage by William Tucker, Nuclear Townhall

William Tucker, Nuclear Townhall
Reading the papers these days you get an idea of what it must have been like to live during the Great Depression. We look back at the 1930s as an era of unremitted suffering, with people standing in endless bread lines and hobos asking handouts. But it was also the era of Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire and Joe DiMaggio and a time when industries such as radio and commercial airline flight were in the process of being born. The American economy is a vastly complex organism, far too sprawling and complex to be summarized in a few numbers such as unemployment rates and GNP.http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-how-nuclear-will-make-a-comeback/

Wind moratorium bill unveiled at statehouse

Wind moratorium bill unveiled at statehousehttp://vtdigger.org/2013/01/04/wind-moratorium-bill-unveiled-at-statehouse/

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Inaugural Invitation

January 4, 2013

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United States Senate

Tammy Baldwin – Wisconsin ■ Sherrod Brown – Ohio

Bob Casey – Pennsylvania ■ Kirsten Gillibrand – New York

Martin Heinrich – New Mexico

Heidi Heitkamp – North Dakota ■ Mazie Hirono – Hawaii

Tim Kaine – Virginia ■ Angus King – Maine

Amy Klobuchar – Minnesota ■ Claire McCaskill – Missouri

Chris Murphy– Connecticut ■ Bernie Sanders – Vermont

Debbie Stabenow – Michigan ■ Jon Tester – Montana

Elizabeth Warren – Massachusetts

Sheldon Whitehouse – Rhode Island

United States House of Representatives

Ron Barber (AZ-01) ■ Ami Bera (CA-07) ■ Tim Bishop (NY-01)

Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) ■ Bruce Braley (IA-01)

Cheri Bustos (IL-17) ■ Lois Capps (CA-24)

Suzan DelBene (WA-01) ■ Lois Frankel (FL-22)

John Garamendi (CA-03) ■ Joe Garcia (FL-26)

Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) ■ Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01)

Denny Heck (WA-10) ■ Steven Horsford (NV04)

Derek Kilmer (WA-06) ■ Anne McClane Kuster (NH-02)

Dave Loebsack (IA-02) ■ Patrick Murphy (FL-18)

Rick Nolan (MN-08) ■ Raul Ruiz (CA-36)

Brad Schneider (IL-10) ■ Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)

Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09) ■ Mark Takano (CA-41)

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Babcock & Wilcox sees Korea, China as small reactor competitors

Babcock & Wilcox sees Korea, China as small reactor competitors
Charlotte Business Journal
Babcock & Wilcox CEO Jim Ferland says the federal grant will allow his company to stay on track for developing a 180-megawatt modular reactor.http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2013/01/babcock-wilcox-sees-korea-china-as.html

Cancellation leaves no options for US waste

from World Nuclear News by Jeremy Gordon

A plan to create an interim store for used nuclear fuel in Utah is officially dead after Private Fuel Storage decided to give up on building the facility in the face of federal obstruction. The move leaves the USA reliant on temporary storage at power plants for the foreseeable future.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR_Cancellation_leaves_few_options_for_US_waste_0401131.html

NPCIL-Nalco Power to expand nuclear generation capacity in India

NPCIL-Nalco Power to expand nuclear generation capacity in India
Power Engineering Magazine
The company, which is a joint venture between Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and National Aluminium Company (Nalco), will raise a term loan of up to Rs15bn ($276.12bn) over the next three months to fund the construction of power generation ...http://www.power-eng.com/news/2013/01/04/npcil-nalco-power-to-expand-nuclear-generation-capacity-in-india.html

Thorium Reactors: Latest nuclear power industry push

Thorium Reactors: Latest nuclear power industry push
OpEdNews
These discussions are not moderated. We rely on users to police themselves, and flag inappropriate comments and behavior. In accordance with our Guidelines and Policies, we reserve the right to remove any post at any time for any reason, and will ...http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Thorium-Reactors-Latest-n-in-Sci_Tech-130104-994.html

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review

Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog) - ‎

Following a visit to the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan's newly instated prime minister said he may support the construction of new reactors and remains committed to reviewing his predecessor's goal to phase out nuclear power. http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/01/04/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-010402.aspx

Shandong to Build Nuclear Power Plant with Safety

Shandong to Build Nuclear Power Plant with Safety
CRIENGLISH.com
China has relaunched its nuclear power project in one of its most energy-thirsty regions. However, as Japan is still suffering from the ecological and political repercussions of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it seems natural for some to have ...http://english.cri.cn/7146/2013/01/04/2361s742014.htm

Vogtle Construction Photos and Video

Construction Video and Photoshttp://www.southerncompany.com/nuclearenergy/photos.aspx

Kudankulam unit-1 to be commissioned in 2 weeks: AEC

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-01-03/news/36130513_1_kudankulam-indo-russian-project-ratan-kumar-sinha

Don't dismiss nuclear power

http://www.ocregister.com/news/nuclear-202191-ocprint-power-plants.html

New Nuclear Plant Hits Some Snags

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324731304578193880676864240.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email

Bono Sings the Praises of Technology

The musician and activist explains how technology provides the means to help us eradicate disease and extreme poverty.
To say that Bono is the lead singer of the rock band U2 is like saying that Thomas Edison invented the record player: it leaves out a lot of biography. The 52-year-old Irishman (born Paul Hewson) is also a technology investor and an activist who cofounded the ONE and (RED) organizations, which are devoted to eradicating extreme poverty and AIDS. He has spent years urging Western leaders to forgive the debts of poor nations and to increase funding for AIDS medicines in Africa.

http://www.technologyreview.com/qa/508771/bono-sings-the-praises-of-technology/

For Energy Startups, A Glass Half Full or Empty?

As a group, clean-tech startups are struggling. Here are some of the technology and business trends that will shape startup activity this year.
It’s no secret that times are tough for funding clean technology startups. But innovators are adapting to the many things that have changed since the go-go years of the mid-to-late 2000s.http://www.technologyreview.com/view/509556/for-energy-startups-a-glass-half-full-or-empty/

Are China's Energy Sectors Ready to Roar in 2013?

by Yen Ling Song, Platts

Yen Ling Song, Platts
The past year could arguably be labeled as “China’s year that wasn’t”. The Year of the Dragon, while considered the luckiest of the Chinese zodiac, did not herald particularly auspicious tidings. Instead, China was saddled with a slowing economy, political scandals that rocked the country and territorial squabbles with its neighbors in the South China Sea.In the energy sphere, widespread speculation about major overhauls to oil and gas pricing did not materialize, nor was progress made on gas pipeline sales from Russia. Monthly measurements of...http://blogs.platts.com/2013/01/03/china_2013/

Fukushima Update

Here are the topic summaries of today's commentary and Fukushima updates. Please click the link for the full reports.

Commentary - Should Japanese Nukes Be Scrapped Because of NRA Seismic Judgments? -Over the past month, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority has concluded that geologic anomalies running near and under the Tsuruga and Higashidori nuclear stations might be seismic. It makes no sense to cavalierly have the two nukes in question dismantled because of the possibility itself. Site-specific criteria should be set and the operators given the option to either upgrade or decommission the facility in question.

Now, for some Fukushima updates - It appears that any return to a nuclear “revival” in Japan must proceed with socio-political caution... The NRA says their screenings of nukes for restarts will not begin until July, at the earliest... The Fukushima Office for Environmental Restoration is concerned that decontamination contractors may have illegally dumped some of the waste material... The Potassium Iodide (KI) tablet controversy has come to Japan... Tepco says they will begin the tedious process of removing the fuel bundles from Fukushima Daiichi Spent Fuel Pool #4 this year... Rod Adams, of Atomic Insights, says that the current exclusion zones around F. Daiichi should be removed, allowing for repopulation.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

Our Wind Policy Is Still Insane

by Brad Plumer, Washington Post

Brad Plumer, Washington Post
It took a lobbying blitz and a little bit of luck, but the wind industry eventually got its hoped-for reprieve in Tuesday’s fiscal cliff deal. . .http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/03/the-fiscal-cliff-deal-helped-wind-power-but-our-wind-policy-is-still-insane/

Energy Lobbyists Gird for Tax Overhaul Fight

by Jim Snyder, Bloomberg BW

Jim Snyder, Bloomberg BW
A battle is brewing over a potential corporate tax overhaul in 2013, and the prospect fills oil and gas lobbyist Lee Fuller with dread.“As a whole, this industry really doesn’t see an advantage to these proposals that would lower the corporate rates and eliminate deductions,” said Fuller, the vice president for government relations at the Independent Petroleum Association of America.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-01-02/energy-year-ahead-energy-lobbyists-gird-for-tax-overhaul-fight

My New Year's Wish: An Honest Oil Policy

by Marshall Kaplan, Fuel Freedom

Marshall Kaplan, Fuel Freedom
On Thanksgiving, I had the good fortune to meet a former special operations soldier. We talked about the Middle East. He believed that U.S. and western dependency on Arab oil was one of the key reasons why the nation went to war in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan, and might go to war in Iran. My new friend said that he and many of his buddies didn’t want to believe this, but during and after his service, he realized the relationship was a fact. Growing up as a youngster, I believed that our multiple engagements in the Middle East were making the world safe for ...http://www.fuelfreedom.org/blog/a-new-years-wish-a-transparent-and-honest-oil-strategy/

Russia joins OECD’s nuclear agency

Russia has officially joined the OECD’s nuclear group, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). As of 1 January 2013, Russia is the 31st member of the intergovernmental nuclear energy organisation which includes countries from Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific.
In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, there has been much focus on sharing knowledge and expertise between nations to avoid future catastrophes.
Read the full article here http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/01/04/russia-joins-oecd%E2%80%99s-nuclear-agency/
Source: Energy News Live

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Post-Fukushima action plans in European countries

Bulgaria: http://www.bnsa.bas.bg/en/nuclear-facilitie/stress-tests/kozloduy/action-plan-bg-en.pdf ;

Czech Republic: http://www.sujb.cz/fileadmin/sujb/docs/aktualne/National__Action__Plan_CZ_Final_1.pdf ;

Finland: http://www.stuk.fi/stuk/tiedotteet/fi_FI/news_810/_files/88873019816294632/default/European_Stress_Test_-_National_Action_Plan_-_Finland.pdf ;

France: http://www.french-nuclear-safety.fr/index.php/content/download/36308/268647/file/2012-12-20+National+Action+plan+ASN+Version+finale+en+anglais.pdf ;

Hungary: http://www.haea.gov.hu/web/v2/portal.nsf/att_files/Sajto2012/$File/NAcPv4_Eng_final_small.pdf?OpenElement ;

Romania: http://www.cncan.ro/assets/stiri/Romanian-National-Action-Plan-post-Fukushima-rev.0-December2012.pdf ;

Slovak Republic: http://www.ujd.gov.sk/files/Zatazove_testy/Akcny_plan_SE.pdf ;

Slovenia: http://www.ursjv.gov.si/fileadmin/ujv.gov.si/pageuploads/si/Porocila/NacionalnaPorocila/Slovenian_National_Post_Fukushima_Action_Plan_01.pdf ;

Spain: http://www.csn.es/images/stories/actualidad_datos/noticias/spain_action_plan.pdf ;

Sweden: http://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/Global/Pressmeddelanden/2012/%C3%85tg%C3%A4rdsplaner/swedish-action-plan.pdf ;

UK: http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/fukushima/ensreg-report.pdf

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Energy News: New law to force stores to sell produce from Fukushima?

New law to force stores to sell produce from Fukushima?

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:50 PM PST

Study: Radioactive cesium in 25 of 26 food samples from Fukushima prefecture

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 02:32 PM PST

Gov’t Map: Fukushima fallout transported directly to U.S. — Canada, Mexico avoided much of contamination after 3/11 (VIDEO)

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 12:22 PM PST

Analysis of how far corium penetrated underneath Fukushima reactor (IMAGES)

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:41 AM PST

New Close-ups of giant sinkhole: Tree trunks coated in oil; Crude and sheen floating on surface — More land falls in (PHOTOS)

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:40 AM PST

Wired: Workers find nuclear fuel when digging around Chernobyl — “During the initial clean-up, radioactive material had simply been buried”

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:47 AM PST

Fukushima nuke plant workers not checked for radiation doses to arms, legs

Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant workers who struggled to bring the nuclear crisis under control in its first few months were only checked for radiation exposure to the torso despite the presence of highly radioactive rubble, according to former employees of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and other sources.http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130104p2a00m0na015000c.html

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Why Does the U.S. Lack an Objective and Coherent Climate Policy?

by JEMiller_EP

The Federal Government has yet to approve a specific climate policy. Since the U.S. Senate rejected the 1997 Kyoto Protocol no Administration has formally proposed a climate policy to Congress. The Federal Government has, however, developed many non-climate energy regulations that have significantly reduced U.S. carbon emissions over past 30 years. And, since the Supreme Court empowered the EPA to control carbon emissions, the U.S. is being subjected to miscellaneous carbon reduction regulations without well defined climate policy objectives. Why does the U.S. still lack an effective climate policy today?http://theenergycollective.com/jemillerep/165566/draft-posting-progress-why-does-us-lack-objective-and-coherent-climate-policy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

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