Science:
¶ Low doses of radiation among workers at Chernobyl have been shown to produce a measurable increase in likelihood of leukemia. [Atomic Insights]
Japan:
¶ TEPCO does not foresee resumption of operations at the world’s biggest nuclear plant any time soon. This increases costs, as the company has to buy fossil fuels to replace power from nuclear plants. [TODAYonline]
¶ The Nuclear Regulation Authority is conducting geological surveys under nuclear plants. Fukui is one. [The Japan Times]
… Another is Tsuruga. [The Daily Yomiuri]
World:
¶ Worldwide carbon emissions set a new record in 2011. [Bloomberg]
¶ The list of countries willing to import food items from Japan is growing, though somewhat slowly. Germany has now been added to it. [The Japan Daily Press]
¶ A transformation is underway with renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa. And worldwide, more than half of all new projects are renewable. [Middle East Online]
¶ Australia could be 85% renewable by 2050. [Energy Collective]
US:
¶ Solar PV developer 8minutenergy Renewables has started work on a 266 MW solar farm in California, as a first step in a much larger project. [PV-Tech]
¶ MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., the power provider owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is targeting renewable energy for acquisitions. [Businessweek]
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