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The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011(draft version): Nuclear Power in the Post-Fukushima World (PDF)

Posted on 2011/04/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011 (draft version) Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World: 25 Years After the Chernobyl Accident key finding: . In 2010, for the first time, worldwide cumulated installed capacity of wind turbines (193 gigawatts*), biomass and waste-to-energy … Continue reading →

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“Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel” via BBC News

Posted on 2011/04/11 by Masaki C.

The sale was made despite a warning from British intelligence that it might “make a material contribution to an Israeli weapons programme”. Under Wilson, Britain also sold Israel tons of chemicals used to make boosted atom bombs 20 times more … Continue reading →

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“Japan: Minister in first tour of stricken nuclear plant” via BBC News

Posted on 2011/04/09 by Masaki C.

Industry Minister Banri Kaieda put on full protective gear for a 45-minute visit during which he thanked workers. Workers are engaged in a release of radioactive water into the sea and are pumping nitrogen to prevent explosions. A top executive … Continue reading →

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“More than one in 10 nuclear power plants at risk from earthquakes” via The Independent

Posted on 2011/04/06 by Masaki C.

Scores of nuclear power plants worldwide are at risk from tsunamis or earthquakes similar to the natural disasters that crippled Japan’s Fukushima reactors, according to new research. Many at-risk plants are in countries less able to cope with a disaster … Continue reading →

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The Energy Report – 100% renewable energy by 2050 – WWF

Posted on 2011/04/05 by Masaki C.

By 2050, we could get all the energy we need from renewable sources. This will solve most of the problems of climate change and dwindling fossil fuel resources. Paramount will be the substantive increase in measures to conserve energy in … Continue reading →

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“Campaign Update” by Steven Leeper Chairperson, Hiroshima Peace Culture Institute

Posted on 2011/04/04 by Masaki C.

I write with a heavy heart. The Tohoku disaster is still beyond our comprehension. The victims are still in shock. Help is pouring in from around Japan and around the world, but hundreds of thousands remain homeless, hungry, cold and … Continue reading →

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[video] “Japan urged to extend nuclear exclusion zone” via Al Jazeera

Posted on 2011/03/31 by Masaki C.

The UN nuclear watchdog has suggested Japan consider widening an evacuation zone around a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant as radiation continues to leak into seawater near the plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday radiation measured at the … Continue reading →

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“Donations to Japan lag far behind Haiti or Katrina” via CNN Money

Posted on 2011/03/23 by Masaki C.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — News of the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan has been widespread, but donations have lagged way, way behind. Seven days after the 9.0 quake, donations to nonprofit organizations have reached about $87 million, according to … Continue reading →

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“The Atomic Bomb and “Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy”” on Japan Focus

Posted on 2011/03/23 by Masaki C.

The devastating 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, together with the following massive tsunami, completely destroyed the picturesque northeast coast of Japan’s main island, taking potentially tens of thousands of lives and creating hundreds of thousands of refugees. … Continue reading →

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“Japan’s nuclear crisis: The fine line between security and insecurity” on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2011/03/23 by Masaki C.

On March 11, when the first foreshock struck, my colleague Jeffrey Lewis and I were having lunch with senior industry officials at Japan’s controversial Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant. That facility both enriches uranium and reprocesses spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium, … Continue reading →

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