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| With San Onofre closing, sources of region's energy are uncertain Los Angeles Times The permanent closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant leaves significant unanswered questions about the future of the energy supply in Southern California, the head of the state's Public Utilities Commission acknowledged Tuesday. "How much we pay for ...http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-san-onofre-20130612,0,3047893.story |
| Repairing Pickering nuclear plant is a waste of money Toronto Star The Pickering plant is one of the world's oldest nuclear facilities — some units are around the same age as the infamous Fukushima reactors — and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is asking for approval to run the plant for another four to six years ...http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/06/12/repairing_pickering_nuclear_plant_is_a_waste_of_money.html |
| Reaping nuclear rewards means paying the costs The Conversation The waste from the UK's nuclear power stations is managed at the huge Sellafield nuclear re-processing site in west Cumbria. This week, its owner Sellafield Ltd will be sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court for sending low-level radioactive waste to a ...http://theconversation.com/reaping-nuclear-rewards-means-paying-the-costs-15106 |
| Nuclear Power Is So 20th Century Huffington Post And who knows if the nuclear waste will ever be safely stored (we'll need hundreds of years for the final answer to that question, regardless of where the waste ends up) or if that will add still more billions to the tally. If it were operational ...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-tamminen/nuclear-power-is-so-20th-century_b_3423988.html |
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The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 resulted in the tragic accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and subsequently uncontrolled release of radioactive contaminants into the atmosphere. This review article attempts to compile and interpret data collected by various national and international monitoring networks in response to the Fukushima releases across the northern hemisphere. The majority of the releases occurred during the period March 12–22 with a maximum release phase from March 14–17, 2011. The radioactivity released was dominated by volatile fission products including isotopes of the noble gases (xenon and krypton), iodine, cesium, and tellurium. The radioactive gases and particles released in the accident were dispersed over the middle latitudes of the entire northern hemisphere and for the first time also measured in the southern Hemisphere. Isotopes of iodine and cesium were detected in air, water, milk and food samples collected across the entire northern hemisphere. Elevated levels of fission products were detected from March to May 2011 at many locations over the northern hemisphere.
This article focuses on the most prevalent cesium and iodine isotopes, but other secondary isotopes are also discussed. Spatial and temporal patterns and differences are contrasted. The activity ratios of 131I/137Cs and 134Cs/137Cs measured at several locations are evaluated to gain an insight into the fuel burn-up, the inventory of radionuclides in the reactor and the isotopic signature of the accident. It is important to note that all of the radiation levels detected outside of Japan have been very low and are well below any level of public and environmental hazard.
| San Diego utility revives plans for electric plant San Jose Mercury News SAN DIEGO—A Southern California electric utility said Tuesday that it was reviving plans to build a large, natural gas-fired plant after news that the San Onofre nuclear power plant was closing. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. said it will ask regulators ...http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23436943/san-diego-utility-revives-plans-electric-plant |
| How much of a setback is San Onofre's closure? Electric Light & Power (blog) Uncertainty is the stated reason why Edison International's Southern California Edison decided to permanently retire its already shut down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS ). This uncertainty stems from low natural gas prices, the lingering ...http://www.elp.com/blogs/eye-on-the-grid/2013/06/how-much-of-a-setback-is-san-onofre-s-closure.html |
International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century
Kirill Komarov
Luc Oursel
Caroline Reda
