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Utility execs are major LDP donors via The Japan Times

Posted on 2011/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sunday, July 24, 2011 70% of party’s individual donations made by power chiefs, highlighting cozy ties with politicians Utility execs are major LDP donors Kyodo Current and former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and eight other utilities accounted for … Continue reading →

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Genkai reactor may have faulty vessel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2011/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Study says aging No. 1 unit should be suspended Kyodo SAGA — A nuclear reactor that began operations 36 years ago at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai plant may have a faulty pressure vessel, an analysis by researchers showed Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Vermont Yankee owner mum on $60 million fuel buy decision via The Republic

Posted on 2011/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DAVE GRAM  Associated Press First Posted: July 22, 2011 – 1:29 pm Last Updated: July 22, 2011 – 5:34 pm MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont Yankee’s owners remained silent Friday about whether they’ll order fuel for the nuclear reactor during a scheduled … Continue reading →

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NPCIL to borrow $5.7 bn for world’s largest nuclear plant via The Financial Express

Posted on 2011/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

fe Bureau Posted: Saturday, Jul 23, 2011 at 0048 hrs IST New Delhi: Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL), India’s lone nuclear power generation utility, is going ahead with its aggressive capacity addition plans despite the renewed concern over safety of nuclear … Continue reading →

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太陽光発電見えぬ道筋　孫社長呼びかけ自然エネ協議会　１２都県参加見送り via msn.産経ニュース

Posted on 2011/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

2011.7.23 22:28 福島第１原発事故を契機に自然エネルギーへの転換を求める声が上がる一方、性急な転換を危 惧する声も強まっている。ソフトバンクの孫正義社長の呼びかけで、３５の道府県が参加する「自然エネルギー協議会」の設立総会が１３日に開かれた。孫社長 は「大変な熱意」と全国の約４分の３の自治体が集まった状況を評価する。ただ、参加を見送った自治体からは「課題や不明な点が多い」と慎重な意見も相次い でいる。 「多数派の勢いに押されそうだが、あわてて参加してだめになった場合、県としての責任がある」 続きは太陽光発電見えぬ道筋　孫社長呼びかけ自然エネ協議会　１２都県参加見送り

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Consumers Pay For Nuclear’s £1bn Windfall via the energy collective

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Consumers will end up footing the bill for the £1 billion windfall that nuclear power companies can expect to get from the government’s support for this dangerous technology. The Carbon Price Floor system that has been proposed by the Treasury … Continue reading →

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A Ticking Atomic Clock: Nuclear Power vs. Efficient Homes via EnergySavvy.com

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Why home energy efficiency is more cost effective and better for our economy than replacing our nation’s dying nuclear power plants. Over the next 20 years, the power plants that produce one-third of the nuclear energy in the United States … Continue reading →

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CiU, PP y C’s impiden que prospere moción para suspender licencia de Ascó I via ABC Agencias

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

22-07-2011 / 14:20 h La moción, que ha sido expuesta por el diputado de Solidaritat Toni Strubell, ha sido votada favorablemente por todos los grupos de la izquierda -PSC, ICV-EUiA y ERC-, además del proponente, que han coincidido en recordar … Continue reading →

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A Bright Future for the Heartland via Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Powering the Midwest Economy with Clean Energy From the manufacturing centers and corn and soybean fields to the major finance hubs and lead­ing research universities, Midwest states have long served as an economic engine for the United States. Yet the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power’s real chain reaction: spiralling costs via guardian.co.uk

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The new delays and bumper cost overruns of EDF’s new reactor in France make it very hard to believe that nuclear power can fulfil the promises its supporters make Time is money, they say, and the new nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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