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First reported 12 mins ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 1 reports

PG&E Corporation

California, by Planning Early for Nuclear Retirement, Positioned to More Safely End its Nuclear Era

Carl Zichella, Director of Western Energy Transmission, San Francisco With the announcement that the two remaining San Onofre nuclear plants in southern California are being retired permanently, you may wonder what will happen to the remains, some of ... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 12 mins ago]

Entities: Nuclear, San Onofre, PG&E Corporation, California Public Utilities Commission, Nuclear Accident

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Japanese Politicians Suffer Relapse of Foot-In-Mouth

While reciting the Liberal Democratic Party line about the need to restart Japan's nuclear reactors, ruling-party policy chief Sanae Takaichi said in a speech Monday there had been "no deaths" as a result of the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accide ... [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Suffer, Sanae Takaichi, Nuclear Accident

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc

Kaieda visits TEPCO?s Fukushima Revitalization HQ, meets with Fukushima Governor

On June 10, DPJ President Banri Kaieda visited Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Revitalization Headquarters and Fukushima Prefectural Offices, both located in Fukushima city. He met with the head of the Fukushima Revitalization Headquarters, Yoshiyuki ... [Published Noodls - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Fukushima (Japan), Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc, Yuhei Sato

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

'Not adequate': MoD response to simulated nuclear accident slammed

Facebook Tweet GoogleMissile: Exercise simulated missiles catching fire after motorway crash.A simulated nuclear accident in Ayrshire saw "unacceptable" delays in emergency response times, according to an official report.Exercise Senator was conducted ... [Published Stv.tv - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Accident, emergency, Nuclear Weapon, Casualty

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

AREVA Group

"French nuclear reactors are safe and...

Vouching for the safety of its nuclear technology which would be used for the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra by French firm Areva, Ambassador of France to India, Francois Richier today said "the reactors would be very safe and Fukushim ... [Published Siasat Daily - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear Reactor, India, AREVA Group, France

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Canada to bolster nuclear liability laws

Canada to bolster nuclear liability laws ( http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-Canada_to_bolster_nuclear_liability_laws-1106134.html )Civil liability for damages from a nuclear accident in Canada willincrease from the current CAD75 million ($73 million) ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Liability, Nuclear, Canada

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Fukushima accident raised levels of radioactive strontium off the east coast of Japan by up to a hundred times

Activity of 90Sr (Bq•m-3) in surface waters off the eastern coast of Japan. The red triangle marks the position of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The black dots show the areas where samples were collected. The two charts on the right show ... [Published PhysOrg.com - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Strontium, Fukushima (Japan), Radioisotope, Fukushima I Dai-Ichi Nuclear Plant

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Thyroid cancer after Fukushima accident

JAPAN: Nine more young people have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer since Japan’s worst nuclear accident two years ago, bringing the total number of cancer cases to 12 among residents who were 18 or younger at the time of the meltdowns at the Fukushima ... [Published 6minutes.net.au - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Thyroid neoplasm, Fukushima (Japan), Cancer, oncologist, Fukushima Medical University

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

Fukushima radiation caused little damage to health

What a relief. It looks as if the local population and most of the workers exposed to radiation from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident in March 2011 will not have ill health as a result. That's the conclusion of the most comprehensive investigation ... [Published New Scientist - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Radiation, Fukushima (Japan), Nuclear Accident, Wolfgang Weiss, Workers

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 9 reports

Fukushima nuclear disaster poses no immediate health risks: UN experts

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the largest since the nuclear accident in Chernobyl in 1986, was a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the Tohoku ... [Published Times of India - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Disaster, United Nations, Fukushima I Dai-Ichi Nuclear Plant

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 3 reports

6/1/2013: World: NO HEALTH RISK FROM FUKUSHIMA RADIATION: UN

Radiation leaked after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 is unlikely to cause any ill health effects in the future, a UN scientific committee drawing up a major new report said Friday. “Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at... ... [Published Hindustan Times - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Radiation, Risk (Health), Fukushima (Japan), United Nations

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

‘Nothing to fear’ from UK nuclear plants

‘Nothing to fear’ from UK nuclear plantsIreland has nothing to fear from proposals for eight new nuclear power plants in Britain, this country’s nuclear safety watchdog says.A three-year study by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) ... [Published Irish Examiner - May 22 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, Ireland, Nuclear

Quotes

..."I was brought up in the fortress of the Catholic Church," he says. "They would brandish the crucifix and tell us that if we ate meat on Fridays, we would go to hell." (In that respect, Bruckner differs from the other most prominent nouveaux philosophes, who are Jewish.)

The Gallic Gadfly [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - Jun 17 2013]

The MoD said that since the 2011 exercise, "Some improvements were identified to further enhance procedures and these have since been addressed."

'Shambolic' MoD response to nuclear simulation criticised [Published Herald Scotland - Jun 17 2013]

"We are reviewing the safety aspects of Unit 1 at Kudankulam as directed by the Supreme Court" an AERB official said

AERB reviewing safety aspects at Kudankulam [Published The Hindu - Jun 16 2013]

"Fifty years from now, who knows? Maybe we could power the whole world with wind and solar or algae. I don't really care about nuclear power, I just care about any technology that can reduce CO2 emissions."

Filmmaker Urges Nuclear Power Opponents To Reconsider Stance [Published KPBS - Jun 15 2013]

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Jaitapur atomic project: Areva seeks help of Fr... [Published Business Standard India - Jun 16 2013]
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AERB reviewing safety aspects at Kudankulam [Published The Hindu - Jun 16 2013]
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Government scientists' 'voices lost' [Published BBC - Jun 14 2013]
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Akie Abe, His “Anti-Nuclear” Wife [Published Business Insider - Jun 13 2013]
Metamorphosen [Published Alternatives Journal - Jun 12 2013]

Blogs

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California, by Planning Early for Nuclear Retir... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 12 mins ago] Carl Zichella, Director of Western Energy Transmission, San Francisco With the announcement that the two remaining San Onofre nuclear plants in southern California are being retired permanently, you may wonder what will happen to the remains, some of ...
Your Dad’s Next Nurse Might Be a Robot [Published IEEE Spectrum - 2 hours ago] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Steven Cherry: Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum’s “Techwise Conversations.” An article in Spectrum last year described what we called “ Generation Smartphone ” and claimed that “the smartphone’s ...
Japanese Politicians Suffer Relapse of Foot-In-... [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - 11 hours ago] While reciting the Liberal Democratic Party line about the need to restart Japan's nuclear reactors, ruling-party policy chief Sanae Takaichi said in a speech Monday there had been "no deaths" as a result of the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accide ...
Canada to bolster nuclear liability laws [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Jun 11 2013] Canada to bolster nuclear liability laws ( http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-Canada_to_bolster_nuclear_liability_laws-1106134.html )Civil liability for damages from a nuclear accident in Canada willincrease from the current CAD75 million ($73 million) ...
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for June 7th to... [Published Greenpeace news - Jun 11 2013] Here’s the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. State of the Fukushima Reactors TEPCO and Japan’s central government said this week that they plan to begin the process of moving ...

Audio/Video

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Japan marks tsunami anniversary amid slow recovery [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 11 2013]
Introductory Statement to Board of Governors – ... [Published IAEA Videos - Mar 04 2013]
Introductory Statement to Board of Governors – ... [Published IAEA Videos - Mar 04 2013]

Press Releases

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International IAEA emergency response workshop ... [Published IAEA Press Room - May 31 2013]
IAEA RANET Capacity Building Centre in Fukushim... [Published IAEA Press Room - May 27 2013]
IAEA to designate capacity building centre in F... [Published IAEA Press Room - May 22 2013]
IAEA Team Completes Initial Review of Japan’s P... [Published IAEA Press Room - Apr 22 2013]
Leading Diversity Symposium Devoted To United S... [Published CisionWire - English - Mar 14 2013]