World:
¶ Germany plans to eliminate use of fossil fuels by 2050, and close to 50% of the ownership of renewable capacity is in the hands of ordinary citizens and farmers. [Business Insider]
¶ A political storm is brewing over the possible construction of a new nuclear plant in Taiwan. [Focus Taiwan News Channel]
¶ Officials from TEPCO are visiting the Hanford, Washington, nuclear site, possibly the most contaminated in the US, to see how cleanup is being done there. [Mid Columbia Tri City Herald]
US:
¶ The federal government’s new pollution limits for a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation will cost more than $1 billion, cutting severely into the income of the Navajo and Hopi tribes. [Native American Times]
¶ The GAO released a blistering report on the $13.4 billion waste treatment plant being built at Hanford, Washington, saying billions in overruns are almost certain and questioning whether the project can even succeed. [OregonLive.com]
¶ The NRC is beginning to prepare a detailed plan of what would need to be done to bring the plant safely back to service. [Power Engineering Magazine]
geoharvey 