Japan:
¶ Some Japanese reactors need further seismic research done. [Bloomberg]
World:
¶ After India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) issued a report saying nuclear regulators were too lax and the country was heading for a Fukushima-like disaster unless they changed, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board answered by saying they were doing enough for safety already. [Business Standard]
¶ First Solar is building unsubsidized solar farms in India. Factories to build panels will be put up in India as part of the business plan. [eco-business.com]
¶ North Yell, in Shetland, Scotland, will have the world’s first community-owned tidal turbine. [eGov monitor]
¶ The cracks in the Doel Unit3 reactor are not the same ones that were found in 1979, according to a spokesman for the Belgian nuclear regulatory agency. The ones in 1979 were in a different part of the reactor, and evaluated at the time, and found not to be a problem. [MyrtleBeachOnline.com]
US:
¶ Plans to use weapons-grade plutonium for MOX fuel have been stalled. Testing on the fuel cannot begin before 2016, and will take nine years. [The Aiken Leader]
¶ Mitt Romney’s energy plan appears to be to continue drilling for oil, but do it harder and faster by making federal permitting easier. [Denver Post]
… A unique, different interpretation is that Romney is saying rather subtly that he is embracing renewable power. [Business Insider]
¶ A manufacturer of solar-powered furnaces wants to set up shop in Vermont. [Boston.com]
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