Japan:
¶ Russian scientists are studying the consequences of the Fukushima Disaster. [The Voice of Russia]
¶ Thirty percent of big businesses polled said renewable energy offers a viable alternative to nuclear. Only three of 109 companies polled said there was no replacement for nuclear. [Equities.com]
World:
¶ A Malayan company is building a pilot plant to digest palm oil mill waste and use the product to generate electricity, reducing carbon emissions greatly in the process. [EcoSeed]
¶ As had been feared, other reactors built by Rotterdam Dry Docks may have cracks like those in the Doer Unit 3 reactor. A reactor in France seems to have the same problem. There are ten reactors built by the same company in the US, and a number of others elsewhere. [Expatica Belgium]
US:
¶ The NRC is considering doing a study of health effects that may arise from normally operating nuclear power plants. [Los Angeles Times]
¶ Frito-Lay’s plant in Casa Grande has been selected Green Business of the Year by the EPA for the Pacific Southwest Region. The company’s sustainability project took plant “off the grid,” while producing zero landfill waste. [TriValley Central]
¶ Texas Brine has begun drilling at the sinkhole site in Louisiana to find whether there cavern there has failed. The sinkhole threatens butane storage in area caverns and gas pipelines. [WAFB.com]
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