Gives backgroun, but is partly outdated, because: "unlike all of the other reactors in trouble, Unit 3 (of Fukushima I) has been using plutonium-based MOX (mixed oxide) fuel since September 10, 2010. (www.nirs.org)
J-M Matagne: "Now nobody will be able to say: "French citizens, vote for me, I will sell plants (and weapons) to Libya, a modern democratic country. I will sew a nuclear hem around the Mediterranean. I will sell Brazil a nuclear sub and Rafale airplanes.
Dan Plesch and Harald Heubaum, 13 March 2011 : "Last week, the world’s attention was suddenly torn from Libya to the developing nuclear crisis in Japan. But the events in Libya and Japan have one thing in common. Each case serves as a powerful reminder o
Those who falsely argue that nuclear power brings with it a calculable and acceptable risk because there is no alternative are guilty of cynical cruelty against humanity. They also accept the risk of a global economic collaps. Studies have shown that this
Frigyes Reisch påpekar att att de japanska myndigheterna har ljugit om Fukushimaolyckan. Den bör klassas som 7, inte som 4, på olycksskalan. Det beror på de enorma ekonomiska intressena. Världens kärnkraftsindustri är japansk.
A report by the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, ... , found that in the event of a core meltdown, a Mark 1's containment vessel has a 42% chance of failing—a whole lot closer to a coin flip than you want with something like a nuclear reactor
On Friday (18 March) Japanese engineers revealed that they may try to bury the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in sand and encase it in concrete to try to contain any radiation. ... It won't be easy, though, as a Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) offic
The largest wind farm operator in Japan, Eurus Energy with about 22% of all wind turbines in Japan, is a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO) which operates the Fukushima nuclear facility. Right now, it is likely the company is very happy about it
TOKYO, March 22, Kyodo Work to restore power and key cooling functions to the troubled reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was marred Monday by smoke that rose from the buildings housing the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, the plant
Washington, DC - March 23, 2011 – Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) expressed concern over recent reports that radioactivity from the ongoing Fukushima accident is present in the Japanese food supply. While all food contains radionuclides, wheth
By DAVID JOLLY and HIROKO TABUCHI Published: March 25, 2011 TOKYO — Japan’s effort to contain the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered a setback, an official said on Friday, citing evidence that the reactor vessel of the No. 3 unit may