Fukushima News Roundup April 30, 2012

Radioactive particles from Japan detected in California kelp

Radioactive particles released in the nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami were detected in giant kelp along the California coast, according to a recently published study.

• Public deserves to be informed of looming Fukushima disaster and Ron Paul’s Rocky Mountain CollegianUK Progressive Magazine. Public deserves to be informed of looming Fukushima disaster and Ron Paul’s Rocky Mountain Collegian. What they have utterly failed to appropriately report is the ongoing situation caused by the earthquake at the Fukushima nuclear facility. As a Ron Paul supporter the media’s failure to inform the public on the facts of…
• Businesses pick up in disaster-hit Fukushima Channel News AsiaBusinesses pick up in disaster-hit Fukushima. Channel News Asia. AIZU WAKAMATSU Fukushima Prefecture Unfounded fears over radiation contamination has badly affected the whole of Japan’s northern Tohoku region. Fukushima’s economy was especially hurt by the nuclear crisis caused by last year’s earthquake and.
• Op-Ed Brazil the Next Fukushima DigitalJournal.comDigitalJournal.com. Op-Ed Brazil the Next Fukushima DigitalJournal.com. Last year Fukushima Japan And now Could Brazil be the next on the list Could Brazil boosted both by its new position as the world’s sixth largest economy and its current vibrant economy decide to rethink totally its nuclear ambitions be they and more.
• Muttonbirds affected by Fukushima researcher New Zealand HeraldMuttonbirds affected by Fukushima researcher. New Zealand Herald. By Paul Harper Some muttonbirds returning to New Zealand for the mating season have been in bad condition and the Fukushima nuclear disaster could be to blame. Photo supplied The meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may be Muttonbird numbers lowerRadio New Zealand. all 2…

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• Initiative helping Fukushima children see forthcoming solar eclipse calls for Mainichi Daily NewsMainichi Daily News. Initiative helping Fukushima children see forthcoming solar eclipse calls for Mainichi Daily News. Mainichi Staff at the National Astronomical Observatory are calling for donations to help children in triple disaster-stricken Fukushima Prefecture view the annular solar eclipse expected on May 21. The donations will go to providing the children.
• Tepco submits turnaround plan to Japan govt ReutersCTV.ca. Tepco submits turnaround plan to Japan govt. Reuters. Owner of Fukushima plant battles to recover from tsunami Gives no detail of content of turnaround plan Sources have said govt likely to take stake in co Tepco also seen restarting Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant Will raise household electricity Fukushima operator submits plan for government bailoutCTV.ca. TEPCO…
• THE PUBLIC EYE Fukushima is a Metaphor for What Happened to the US Berkeley Daily Planeteuronews. THE PUBLIC EYE Fukushima is a Metaphor for What Happened to the US. Berkeley Daily Planet. By Bob Burnett More than a year after a tsunami swamped the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plants the radiation peril continues reactor 4 is teetering on the edge of collapse which would force the evacuation of one-third of Japan’s…
• The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From Over Huffington PostAFP. The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From Over. Huffington Post. More than a year after the Fukushima nuclear power disaster began the news media is just beginning to grasp that the dangers to Japan and the rest of the world are far from over. After repeated warnings by former senior Japanese officials Japan’s Kansai…
• Holiday volunteers arrive in disaster zones Jakarta PostJakarta Post. Holiday volunteers arrive in disaster zones. Jakarta Post. Volunteers and residents plant flowers on the grounds of temporary housing in Minami-Soma Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday. Courtesy of The Yomiuri Shimbun Many volunteers visited devastated areas in the Tohoku region on Saturday the first day of and more.
• Fukushima damage leaves spent fuel at risk-US lawmaker ReutersBloomberg. Fukushima damage leaves spent fuel at risk-US lawmaker. Reuters. Wyden a senior Democratic senator on the Senate Energy committee toured the ruined Fukushima plant on April 6 and said the damage was far worse than he expected. Seeing the extent of the disaster first-hand during my visit conveyed the magnitude of Japan still divided…

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Japan will go without nuclear power for the first time in decades after the last plant currently operating in the country is shut down early next month. Japan’s trade minister said two reactors that have been idling since the massive earthquake and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi facility would not be brought back online before the country’s last plant is shut down. Before the Fukushima crisis last year, nuclear power made up about 30 percent of Japan’s electricity demand, but all but one of the country’s 54 reactors are currently offline following safety concerns.

Japan May Be Atomic-Power Free Next Month After Shutdown

Bloomberg - Japan may be without atomic- generated electricity for the first time in more than four decades next month when its last reactor still running after the Fukushima nuclear disaster shuts for maintenance.

Since the crisis on March 11 last year, 53 of Japan’s 54 reactors have been shut either owing to damage from the earthquake and tsunami, government order, or mandatory maintenance. The plants provided 30 percent of the country’s electricity prior to March 11. The last one running on the northern island of Hokkaido goes offline from May 5.

Japan may “momentarily” be without atomic power from that date, the Mainichi newspaper cited Industry Minister Yukio Edano as saying on April 15 after he spent the weekend in western Japan and failed to get immediate agreement from local authorities that reactors run by Kansai Electric Power Co. (9503) in Fukui prefecture passed safety tests and should restart.

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