http://www.euronews.net/ Moves towards restarting Nuclear reactors in Japan have provoked an angry protest from people worried about a repeat of the Fukushima disaster.
They disrupted a hearing in Tokyo by a panel of experts reviewing the results of stress tests on two reactors that may be restarted.
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, goes on “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC to discuss the upcoming December 14th Full Committee Hearing “The Leadership of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” The hearing will examine the management and operations of the NRC, as documents obtained during the course of a Committee investigation of the NRC’s management and operations suggests that the Commission has moved away from the values of collegiality and collaboration that have historically guided it.
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Japan has opened the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant to journalists for the first time since the disaster of last March. RT has obtained a video of the inside of the crippled complex. On Saturday, representatives of the Japanese and international media — more than 30 reporters, photographers and cameramen — were taken on a tour of the facility which was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. Despite TEPCO’s assurances that the radiation leaks pose much less danger now, the visitors had to wear a full set of protective gear during the tour. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, some 225 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, was severely damaged by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, and spewed large amounts of radioactive materials onto the surrounding countryside, much of which remains off-limits. Since then, the authorities have struggled to contain the crisis, with pledges being given in the summer that it would be resolved by the end of this year. However the Japanese government has admitted that it will take up to 30 years to completely neutralize the radiation released from the reactors.
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D. Raghunandan of the All India Peoples’ Science Network argues for an independent review of nuclear safety measures and audit said to be concluded by the Atomic Energy establishment of the Indian government. Protestors in Kudankulam and elsewhere are unwilling to trust the government’s claims of safety of the Nuclear reactors, because there is a large credibility gap. This can only be breached if an effort is made to bestow autonomy to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and safety concerns after the Fukushima incident over nuclear energy are sufficiently allayed through independent review of the existing programme.
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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) — South Africa’s Energy Minister Dipuo Peters hinted to possible delays to the country’s proposed deployment of 9 600 MW of new Nuclear energy capacity, saying that government’s decision on the matter would be guided by current investigations arising from the recent Fukushima Daiichi disaster, in Japan.
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Almost three-quarters of Japanese people who voted in a poll would like to see Nuclear power phased out of Japan.
The country is still struggling with the Fukushima disaster caused by the earthquake and tsunami three months ago – the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago.
A Japanese government spokesman admitted voters could have been influenced by the rejection of atomic power in Italy’s referendum on Monday.
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The stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant in Japan is proving a draw for a selection of animals.
At least two dogs and a cat have been caught on the operators’ webcams, picking their way through highly dangerous radioactive rubble.
The site has been the exclusive domain of specialised rescue teams since Japan’s earthquake and tsunami shattered reactors at the plant in March.
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More problems have been reported at the Fukushima nuclear plant, two months after it was crippled by Japan’s deadly earthquake and tsunami.
A water leak from a reactor vessel and another spill of contaminated water into the ocean are the latest setbacks in the worst Nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
Operators Tepco told a news conference about the difficulties at Reactor No.1, which had been seen as the closest to stabilising.
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Workers have entered a reactor building at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear plant for the first time since it was damaged by March’s earthquake and tsunami.
Plant operator Toyko Electric Power said a dozen staff are installing new ventilation systems in reactor number one to filter out radioactive particles from the air.
Toyko Electric president Masataka Shimizu has met with evacuees forced out of their homes by the disaster.
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Protests against a proposed Nuclear power plant in western India have turned violent a day after the death of a protester from police gunfire. An angry mob opposing the government plans hurled stones at forces who charged at them with batons. Activists have also blocked the road to the site by dumping burning tyres, bringing traffic to a standstill. Opposition to the plant has grown since Japan’s nuclear crisis, as it’s in an an area of high seismic activity.
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