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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 being (…)
22 August 2013 BBC‑News (UK): Fukushima leak is ’much worse than we were led to believe’ Fukushima leak is ’much worse than we were led to believe’ BBC-News, 22 August 2013 Last updated at 05:32 ET By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent, BBC News A nuclear expert has told the BBC that he believes the current water leaks at Fukushima are much worse than the authorities have stated. Mycle Schneider is an independent consultant who has previously advised the French and German governments. He says water is leaking out all over the site and there are no accurate figures (…)
22 August 2013 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Czech Republic): Fukushima Plant Faces One Crisis After Another Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Czech Republic): Fukushima Plant Faces One Crisis After Another By Antoine Blua August 21, 2013 More than two years after suffering a nuclear disaster, Japan is stuck in damage-control mode. The embattled operator of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which suffered multiple meltdowns after it was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, is scrambling amid new revelations that hundreds of tons of contaminated water have leaked from a (…)
18 August 2013 The Tokyo Times (Japan): TEPCO is preparing to remove 400 tons of irradiated fuel from Fukushima TEPCO is preparing to remove 400 tons of irradiated fuel from Fukushima The Tokyo Times, 18 August 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove a record amount of 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale. More than 1,300 used fuel rod assemblies packed tightly together and containing radiation equivalent to 14,000 times (…)
18 August 2013 The National (United Arab Emirates): Fukushima and Chernobyl haunt atomic future Fukushima and Chernobyl haunt atomic future Colin Randall The National, Aug 18, 2013 In the long shadows of Chernobyl and Fukushima lurks lingering uncertainty over the global nuclear energy sector as arguments rage about safety and cost-effectiveness. Europe has been severely affected by a reluctance to invest as concerns grow about the reliability of some nuclear plants and the hefty costs of construction, operation and waste disposal. The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (…)
14 August 2013 Reuters (US): After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan’s nuclear clean‑up REFILE-INSIGHT-After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan’s nuclear clean-up Reuters, 14 August 2013, 10:12pm EDT By Aaron Sheldrick and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tonnes of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale. Containing radiation equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released in the (…)
12 August 2013 Der Spiegel (Germany): „Ein störanfälliges Provisorium“ Japan „Ein störanfälliges Provisorium“ Nuklearexperte Mycle Schneider, 54, Herausgeber des „Welt-Statusberichts Atomenergie“, über das Krisenmanagement in Fukushima SPIEGEL: Japans Regierung hat den Konzern Tepco kritisiert, weil das verseuchte Wasser ins Meer läuft. Sollte der Staat die Kontrolle übernehmen? Schneider: Die Firma ist de facto bereits bankrott und wurde nationalisiert, der Staat wäre also zuständig. Doch sie darf weiterwurschteln, als ginge es darum, eine Garage zu (…)
12 August 2013 Le Temps (Switzerland): Tepco est mis sous tutelle au Japon Tepco est mis sous tutelle au Japon Lundi 12 août 2013 Daniel Eskenazi Les autorités, fâchées par la gestion calamiteuse des suites de la catastrophe de Fukushima, placent Tepco sous étroite surveillance Le gouvernement de Shinzo Abe effectue un virage à 180 degrés. Après l’aggravation de la situation à la centrale de Fukushima Daiichi cette semaine, Tokyo a décidé d’intervenir dans la gestion des affaires de Tepco. Pour la première fois en deux ans et demi, le pouvoir japonais (…)
5 August 2013 Hindustan Times (India): Nuclear growth in India has been slow: report [Nuclear growth in India has been slow: report >http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/newdelhi/Nuclear-growth-in-India-has-been-slow-report/Article1-1103398.aspx] HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times, New Delhi, August 05, 2013 First Published: 01:27 IST(5/8/2013) | Last Updated: 01:29 IST(5/8/2013) The global electricity generation from nuclear plants dropped by 7% in 2012, adding to the record drop of 4% in 2011, just after the Fukushima incident, according to the World Nuclear (…)
3 August 2013 Renewables International (Germany): The future of nuclear ‑ facts and forecasts Energy mix The future of nuclear – facts and forecasts Renewables International — The Magazine, 3 August 2013 The latest edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 was published last month. It sees nuclear on a clear decline for that year, but various forecasts see nuclear growing, both in absolute terms and as a share of total energy supply. It is the twentieth birthday of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, the best place for reliable independent information (…)

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