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Mycle Schneider,
Antony Froggatt,
12 September 2013
Project‑Syndicate (Czech Republic/
US
): Nuclear Power’s Renaissance in Reverse
Nuclear Power’s Renaissance in Reverse by Mycle Schneider & Antony Froggatt 5 September 2013
PARIS
– Last June, Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
), declared that “nuclear power will make a significant and growing contribution to sustainable development in the coming decades.” But, as this year’s World Nuclear Industry Status Report highlights, recent trends paint a very different picture. Duke Energy, America’s largest utility, (...)
11 September 2013
CNN
(
US
): Expert Fukushima freeze plan not ideal [video]
Expert Fukushima freeze plan not ideal [video]
CNN
, 3 September 2013 Note: This is a 4 minute clip of a
CNN
interview with Mycle Schneider.
11 September 2013
People’s Daily (China): Rising nuclear crisis casts dark shadow over Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic bid
Rising nuclear crisis casts dark shadow over Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic bid By Jon Day (Xinhua) 08:13, August 28, 2013
TOKYO
, Aug. 27 — The International Olympic Committee (
IOC
) is getting set to decide on the host country for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Sept. 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but while the candidate cities of Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid wait eagerly for the final decision, a dark cloud looms over Tokyo’s prospects due to an escalating crisis at a stricken nuclear power plant. (...)
11 September 2013
Voice of Russia (Russia): Severity of leak at Japan
NPP
raised to level 3
Severity of leak at Japan
NPP
raised to level 3 28 August, 8:03 Japanese nuclear regulators raised the severity of the latest leak of radiation-contaminated water at a damaged plant to the level of “serious incident” on Wednesday. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said last week about 300 tons of highly contaminated water had leaked from a storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The Nuclear Regulation Authority raised the severity of the leak on the International Nuclear (...)
11 September 2013
Korea Times (South Korea): Endless scandals hit nuclear power supplier
Endless scandals hit nuclear power supplier 2013-09-01 13:09
KHNP
suffers from grave loss of public credibility By Kim Da-ye When the heat wave subsides and preventing a nationwide blackout is no longer a priority, the public will recover their composure and question what made this summer the worst one in history. Was the heat probably caused by climate change? No. The government’s inability to adjust electricity rates to reasonable levels and the failure to estimate electricity (...)
9 September 2013
ARTE
(France/Germany): Nucléaire: “Les dinosaures n’ont pas leur place dans un champ de fleurs”
Note: Deutsche Version hier. Nucléaire : “Les dinosaures n’ont pas leur place dans un champ de fleurs”
ARTE
Journal - 30/08/13 Mycle Schneider, né en 1959 à Cologne, est spécialisé dans les domaines de l’énergie et de la politique nucléaire. Il est consultant indépendant auprès de dirigeants politiques, d’institutions et d’organisations non gouvernementales. De 1998 à 2003, il a été conseiller pour le ministère français de l’Environnement et le ministère belge de l’Energie et du (...)
9 September 2013
Japan Times (Japan): Japan under increasing pressure to accept outside nuclear help
Japan under increasing pressure to accept outside nuclear help by Eric Johnston, Staff Writer
OSAKA
– Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, just back from a trip to the Middle East and Africa, where he promoted Japanese nuclear technology, faces mounting international criticism that his administration is not taking the Fukushima crisis seriously and growing calls both at home and abroad for long-term global assistance. Since Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted on July 22, the day after Abe’s (...)
Mycle Schneider,
31 August 2013
CNN
(
US
): Why Fukushima is worse than you think
Why Fukushima is worse than you think By Mycle Schneider, Special to
CNN
30 August 2013 Editor’s note: Mycle Schneider is an independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy based in Paris. He is the coordinator and lead author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. The views expressed are his own. “Careless” was how Toyoshi Fuketa, commissioner of the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority, reportedly described the inspection quality of hundreds of water (...)
28 August 2013
CNBC
(
US
): Is nuclear disaster looming in Japan?
Is nuclear disaster looming in Japan?
CNBC
Published: Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013 | 6:59
AM
ET
By: Holly Ellyatt | Assistant Producer,
CNBC
.com As the world watches Syria amid concerns of a U.S.-led military intervention, halfway across the globe a nuclear disaster could be unfolding with the potential for years of economic and social repercussions in Japan. On Wednesday, nuclear regulators in Japan officially raised the severity rating of the latest radioactive water leak at the (...)
23 August 2013
CTV
‑News (Canada): Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant leaks: What you need to know
[Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant leaks: What you need to know >http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/japan-s-fukushima-nuclear-plant-leaks-what-you-need-to-know-1.1423249] Fan-Yee Suen, CTVNews.ca Published Friday, August 23, 2013 7:
43AM
EDT
Last Updated Friday, August 23, 2013 8:
55AM
EDT
More than two years after a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan, public confidence in the plant’s operators continues to sink as fresh leaks are (...)
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