Video:
“Can Non-Fossil Fuel Renewables achieve 15.7 Terawatts?” [Accuweather.com] (Spoiler: the answer is yes.)
Japan:
¶ The Atomic Energy Society of Japan, a pro-nuclear association of nuclear engineers, conducted a survey of members. Answers to a number of questions were reported. Asked whether nuclear power poses a threat to the future of mankind, 70% said no; the news report does not mention the fact that this means 30% of members of the pro-nuclear association answered some other way. [Asahi Shimbun]
¶ Japan’s new Nuclear Regulatory Authority says it is unlikely any more reactors will go online this year. [The Japan Times]
World:
¶ A study published in the journal Natural Hazards, discusses nuclear power plants in areas threatened by large tsunamis. It lists 23 nuclear power plants with 74 reactors as being at high risk. [Science Daily]
US:
¶ There are now two NRC safety engineers claiming the agency is concealing danger of flooding downstream from dams that could fail. They believe a dam failure would be certain to cause one or more meltdowns much like those at Fukushima. [AllGov]
¶ Coalition Against Nukes representatives met with legislators on Thursday, and then with NRC Chairman Macfarlane and member Maguire yesterday. CAN members attending the meetings say they believe nothing will come of them, because the NRC is totally captured. [The Hill]
¶ The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill called the “Stop the War on Coal Act.” [Power Engineering]
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