Japan:
¶ A protest surrounded the Japanese Parliament with a human chain. In early reports, journalists present said there were at least ten thousand people participating, but the protest was just starting, and many more people were expected. [Perth Now]
World:
¶ The International Energy Agency is predicting that renewable production of electricity will increase worldwide by 40% over the next five years. The increase will bring total production to 6,400 TWh per year in 2017. This level of production is about 31% of total world electric generation in 2008, and means that world renewable electric production will exceed nuclear by roughly 50%. [IEA Press Release]
US:
¶ The NRC is sending a team of scientists to talk with local people about mining uranium in Virginia. The mine has the potential to be one of the largest in the world, and people are worried about processing uranium and maintaining mine trailings in a humid environment and a state with denser population than the drier states in the West. [Gazette-Mail]
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