Japan:
Prime Minister Noda is telling the people the Oi reactors need to be restarted, and others as well. He wants the ones that can’t be restarted to be replaced with new nuclear reactors. [Article at theenergycollective]
Fifteen months after the disaster, the Wall Street Journal’s Japan Realtime is starting a column called “Fukushima Watch,” which it says is intended to better served those who are “obsessed” by the matter. [Article in the WSJ’s Japan Realtime]
World:
According to some pundits, now is the time to invest in nuclear power, because investors fled after Fukushima, driving down stock prices. They say the future of nuclear is the brightest of any form of energy. [Article in Wall Street Daily]
Worldwide investment in renewable energy was $257 billion in 2011. [Article in Fuel Fix]
The International Energy Agency is calling for $23.9 trillion in spending on clean energy by 2020, and $140 trillion by 2050. [Article in AlertNet]
Is it possible to raise enough money to meet the demand?
The Indian parliament has never debated nuclear power, and so the issue is entirely dependent on the prime minister, who is directly in control of the Department of Atomic Energy. [Article at CounterCurrents]
US:
In a 2007 interview, Allison Macfarlane said the nuclear industry could not grow without subsidies. Now she is nominated to Chair the NRC. [Article in Business Week]
Industry leaders are backing away from coal. [Article in FierceEnergy]
The National Conference of State Legislatures is filing papers in support of Vermont’s appeal of the ruling by Judge Murtha of the U.S. District Court in Brattleboro. [Article at CBSNews]
Duke Energy and Sumitomo have announced completion of a 131 MW wind farm in Kansas. [Article in REVE]
The appeals court ruling saying the government could not grant licenses until waste management has been cleared up could give the state a basis for refusing the Certificate of Public Good to Vermont Yankee. [Article in VTDigger]
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