Japan:
¶ Solar power is rising in Japan, and some of it is happening at the village level. [euronews]
¶ There are 130,000 tons of radioactive ash and sludge stored in northern Japan, and no good plan on what to do with it all. [The Japan Daily Press]
World:
¶ Chancellor George Osborne says the UK must become an international leader in the development of low-carbon technologies such as energy storage. [Solar Power Portal]
¶ A two-year study of performance of solar installations in the UK shows they do better than expected. [Click Green]
US:
¶ Renewable energy systems are rescuing schools from budget cuts. [The Truth Pursuit]
¶ At San Onofre, an NRC inspection report revealed seventeen years of bad record keeping on low-level radioactive waste, and maintenance workers discovered the oil in a diesel backup generator had coolant mixed with it. [OCRegister]
¶ An advisory panel to the NRC does not support requirements that 31 nuclear units install vent filters, saying a better regulatory step would be to require the plants to improve protection from radiation release. [Platts]
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