Japan:
¶ TEPCO denies its report on the Fukushima Disaster is a cover-up. [Australian Broadcast Company]
¶ Individual Japanese stockholders are starting to hold corporate managements accountable. [New York Times]
… Nevertheless, all nine Japanese utilities decided to continue with nuclear power. [Asahi Shimbun]
… And in particular, TEPCO shareholders voted in favor of a return to producing nuclear power, despite protests at the shareholders meeting. [euronews]
¶ Radiation readings in a drain under Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 are the highest yet recorded there, at 10,300 millisieverts per hour. [the Telegraph]
¶ The volume in loans for green power generation and other environmentally friendly projects in Japan has been increased by a multiple. [Utility Products]
¶ TEPCO is pulling out of a scheme to supply and run two reactors in Vietnam and ending its export of nuclear expertise. [The Japan Daily Press]
US:
¶ NRC attorneys are agreeing with environmental groups, including the New England Coalition, along with over twenty others, that the Seabrook relicense has to be delayed. [Seacoastonline.com]
¶ The NRC says a new study on the environmental impact of Indian Point on Hudson River wildlife shows older studies overestimate the actual damage by 1000 times. The data supporting the new study was supplied by Entergy, the plant’s owner. [Bloomberg]
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