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The GOP hates big government, but they love the Price-Anderson Act which is an insurance program that allows nuclear power plants to pass the cost of any Fukushima-type disaster on to taxpayers. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f…

An Environment Ministry draft report states that Japan can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent without relying on nuclear power. This news is most welcome after the dangers of nuclear power were starkly exposed by the Fukushima nuclear fi…

Nearly 40 percent of tsunami-hit farmland in six prefectures along the Pacific coast will be restored by the start of the rice planting season in May, the farm ministry said. A total of 21,476 hectares of farmland was inundated by massive tsunami acros…

By Bill Powell and Hideko Takayama 20 April 2012 FORTUNE – More than a year has passed since a massive earthquake and a series of tsunamis triggered the worst accident at a nuclear power plant since Chernobyl in 1986, but the epic debacle at the Fuku…

… because the media is relentless in their fear and smear against government officials and Tepco and Fukushima. The Japanese media IS the Western media. And there IS no difference. A Mike Wallace style idiotic interrogation style method against well …

Revisiting the Potential Nuclear Century This is a review of estimates for a nuclear energy century. 1000 reactors for 2030 would be the high-2030 scenario from the World Nuclear Association (WNA) – Nuclear Century. The WNA lists nuclear generation tar…

… energy companies that are cooling on nuclear power, a process that accelerated after last year’s Fukushima disaster in Japan. Just three weeks ago, two German utilities, Eon and RWE, announced they were selling their joint venture to build atomic…

More coal disasters than nuclear ones: expert BusinessLIVE An aerial image of the Fukushima nuclear reactor after the meltdown . « On average 5000 people die annually because of accidents in the coal mining industry. In contrast, according to the World …

… the disaster and Salsberg’s book would cross paths. As news of trouble at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima began to develop, and the crisis deepened, Salsberg and his team agreed on a comprehensive revision and the results paid off. A book born i…

I’m Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Health Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke with Jonathan Li…

After Germany last year committed to closing its nuclear reactors, it’s relying more on coal and importing power from neighbors that use nuclear energy. KLEINENSIEL, Germany — When the German government shut down half the country’s nuclear reactors a…