Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Fukushima Updates

Here are the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates. Please click the link for the full reports.
 
The public approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to be rising. In parallel, public opinion on nuclear energy policy has improved since Abe took office... Construction of the enclosure for the removal of the spent fuel bundles from Fukushima Daiichi unit #4 is progressing smoothly. (with link)... The Nuclear Regulatory Authority has decided to broaden the time-span used for the definition of active earthquake faults... The fisheries along the coastline of Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures are gradually recovering from the impact of the 3/11/11 tsunami, but fishermen are still hurt by radiation bans on certain fish... Japan’s Health Ministry wants all workers at contaminated waste disposal sites to be monitored for internal and external radiation exposure... Toshiba is developing a small nuclear reactor to be used in mining Canadian tar sands for fossil fuels.
 

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