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Lithuania’s Butkevicius Revises Stance on Euro, Nuclear Power via Bloomberg

Posted on 2012/10/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The head of Lithuania’s opposition Social Democrats, who expect to win today’s election, stepped back from previous disapproval of a swift adoption of the euro and building a nuclear power plant. “My desire, as a former finance minister, is to … Continue reading →

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Lithuanian Nuclear-Plant Vote Won’t Change Latvia View, BNS Says via Bloomberg

Posted on 2012/10/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Lithuanian referendum this week on a proposed nuclear-power plant probably won’t change Latvia’s plans to participate in the project, Latvian Economy Minister Daniels Pavluts told the Baltic News Service. Latvia hasn’t given final approval to participate in the project … Continue reading →

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Britain Gives Nuclear a 2nd Chance via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

… The nuclear industry also brings benefits for those around it. The operating Hinkley Point B reactor employs several hundred people from the area. Another 200 or so spend their days working on two 1950s-era Magnox reactors that look like … Continue reading →

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From Hiroshima To Fukushima: An Atom Bomb Anniversary In The Age Of Nuclear Power via International Business Times

Posted on 2012/08/06 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

It was 67 years ago today that the United States dropped an atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On that day, the world witnessed, for the first time, the devastating effects of nuclear weaponry. The anniversary was marked … Continue reading →

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Is New Nuclear Energy Just Mission Impossible? via Huffington Post

Posted on 2012/07/11 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Until headlines last week announced the end of his marriage to Katie Holmes, it seemed there was no mission too impossible for Tom Cruise to accomplish. But even his cool, Burj Khalifa-climbing character in the famous film franchise might refuse … Continue reading →

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Genba, Fabius agree to boost ties via Japan Times

Posted on 2012/05/22 by kojimaaiko

CHICAGO — Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba and his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, agreed Sunday to strengthen nonnuclear energy cooperation. […] At the meeting, Genba proposed that bilateral cooperation on energy be expanded to green technology, and the two ministers agreed … Continue reading →

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How Many Lives Does Nuclear Energy Have? via Forbes

Posted on 2012/02/19 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

N early a year ago, the world fixated on Japan, watching as mammoth waves washed ashore and obliterated everything in their path — including a nuclear power facility. A stunned audience sat stupefied while many of Japan’s citizens saw their … Continue reading →

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How Fukushima Has Changed Nuclear Power in Japan via Earth and Industry

Posted on 2012/01/21 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The Fukushima Daiichi meltdown has profoundly changed the face of nuclear power in Japan, and may result in a complete shift toward alternate sources of energy for the nation. Before the disaster unfolded, nuclear power provided about a third of … Continue reading →

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[video]FRONTLINE: Nuclear Aftershocks via PBS

Posted on 2012/01/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

View the video at FRONTLINE: Nuclear Aftershocks ◇ See NEIS Comments on PBS Frontline’s “Nuclear Aftershocks” program

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Press Release: FRONTLINE INVESTIGATES THE HAZARDS AND BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY via PBS

Posted on 2012/01/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

FRONTLINE Presents Nuclear Aftershocks Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at 10 P.M. ET on PBS www.pbs.org/frontline/nuclear-aftershocks www.facebook.com/frontlinepbs Twitter: @frontlinepbs Has the world lost faith in nuclear power? Almost a year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear … Continue reading →

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