September 21, 2012 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Japan backtracks on 2040 nuclear phase out plan The Japanese government in an abrupt turnabout Wednesday backtracked on its plans to fully adopt the goal it announced just…
September 19, 2012 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Impact to US West Coast from Fukushima disaster likely larger than anticipated, several reports indicate Non-naturally occurring radionuclides from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown last year radioactively contaminated the entire northern hemisphere within…
September 17, 2012 Nuclear issues France vows to lower nuclear dependence to 50 percent by 2025, and commits to new emissions cuts France’s President François Hollande Friday renewed campaign promises that swept him to power in May to reduce his country’s reliance…
September 16, 2012 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Japan offers vague, weak nuclear exit by 2040 that could have reactors chugging decades beyond deadline Japan finally announced, in the wake of last year’s disastrous triple meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, that it…
September 14, 2012 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Nuclear waste ship leaves Murmansk harbor for good after 20-years of politicking and environmental pressure The Lepse nuclear service ship, which has since 1988 languished at dockside in Murmansk’s atomic icebreaker port, posing enormous radiological…