Institute for Public Accuracy Friday, May 13, 2011 Dangers of -- and Subsidies to -- U.S. Nuclear Industry The Boston Globe reports today: "Nuclear plant emergency generators like those that failed in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami also failed during tests at the Seabrook Station in New Hampshire and … [Read more...] about Dangers of — and Subsidies to — U.S. Nuclear Industry
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Why Kan and some gov officials suddenly seem anti-nuclear
A few interesting comments I have heard.. A) Knowing that the DPJ and LDP have both promoted nuclear power because they get money from the industry, why is Kan suddenly anti-nuclear in his closing of Hamaoka for the time being? B) Why did one of his advisers, rapidly pro nuclear himself, suddenly quit the Kan advisory position he held?I t could be that they … [Read more...] about Why Kan and some gov officials suddenly seem anti-nuclear
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Radiation for Children’s Day: Japan Callously Puts Thousands of Kids in Harm’s Way
By ROBERT ALVAREZMay 5 is Children's Day, a Japanese national holiday that celebrates the happiness of childhood. This year, it will fall under a dark, radioactive shadow.Japanese children in the path of radioactive plumes from the crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station are likely to suffer health problems that a recent government action will only … [Read more...] about Radiation for Children’s Day: Japan Callously Puts Thousands of Kids in Harm’s Way
Japan’s government faces looming crisis over ‘whack-a-mole’ nuclear policies
http://japanfocus.org/events/view/84May. 01, 2011: David McNeill in Fukushima City Like most Japanese parents, two months ago Sasaki Takayuki barely knew what radiation was. Today, he thinks about little else. “I’ve sent my kids to my wife’s family in Tokyo,” says the baker and father of two. “I told her to stay there till it’s safe but who knows when that will be? … [Read more...] about Japan’s government faces looming crisis over ‘whack-a-mole’ nuclear policies