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i-NUCLEAR EDF commits to post-Fukushima enhancements on its French fleet by I-Nuclear The EDF Group said June 28 it is committed to implementing post-Fukushima safety enhancements at its French nuclear plants to meet the recommendations of the French n…

Fukushima Watch: Are the Oi Reactors as Safe from Earthquakes as the … Wall Street Journal (blog) The two nuclear reactors Japan is preparing to restart weren’t vetted for safety as thoroughly as they should have been — at least from the standpoint …

… country’s nuclear trauma in the 67-year wake of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, especially since the 2011 Fukushima era, has snuffed the government’s interest in weaponization. It is thus disappointing but not surprising that Japan recently altered its…

… at a crossroads. Cheap natural gas has become the fuel of choice for electric utilities, while the Fukushima accident has forced nuclear plant operators to once again win the confidence of policymakers and consumers, despite their track record of s…

http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Japanese-reactor-building-has-slight-tilt-3665412.phpSource : BydioExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Construction is under way at Holland Park in London of Fukushima Garden, a Japanese garden named to encourage reconstruction from the March 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in the Tohoku region. A July 24 ceremony will mark the completion of t…

Sarah Parker and Terry Conway Kenzamuro Oe, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994, spoke on June 6 at a demonstration of 3,000 people opposing the restart of the Oi nuclear reactor in Fukui Japan, saying that the [...]Source : Socialist Resist…

Via Xinhua, a June 25 report: Fukushima seafood on sale for 1st time since nuke crisis. Excerpt: Octopus and whelks caught off the coast of Fukushima went on sale Monday at supermarkets and retail stores in northeastern Japan’s Soma City,…Source : H5…

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is to abandon plans to export its nuclear power plant expertise as it struggles to cope with the Fukushima disaster, according to news reports. The turnaround by one of the world’s largest utilities would be a blow to Japan’s o…

Record radiation levels detected at Fukushima reactor TEPCO, the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Wednesday record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number 1, further hampering clean-up operatio…

Nuclear power plant construction to continue globally, bilateral agreements key by Lee Gliddon Nuclear power plant construction will continue globally, with challenges, a panel of nuclear industry experts said during the American Nuclear Society ‘s (AN…

Lessons learned in the aftermath of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident An ASME Task Force released recommendations for a new nuclear safety construct that will reach beyond the traditional regulatory framework of adequate protection of public health a…

… Ron Wyden, who you may remember as one of the main sources the New York Times used in a recent Fukushima radiation fear story . Wyden, who has no real expertise on nuclear reactors or engineering, took a single day field trip to Fukushima earlier t…