Unprecedented equipment failures at the idled San Onofre nuclear plant have raised the prospect that its multibillion-dollar decommissioning trusts may need to be tapped sooner than anticipated. Yet owners of the plant —… Continue reading
Fukushima is a name known around the world since the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex was shattered and radiation scattered following the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The… Continue reading
A week after a series of conferences in Osaka and a clash between the police the People of both regions have returned to the streets to make the message: 原発から撤退し !! Kanto (Tokyo): http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24599527… Continue reading
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25063261/highlight/289447 There may not have been a protest set for this past Friday but as the video clearly shows Saturday’s town hall meeting was far from a pacific, leisurely weekend for those who… Continue reading
Welfare is a deadening system, at least according to the discussion being waged these days in connection with the presidential campaign. It saps ambition, discourages enterprise, allows the undeserving to sit on their… Continue reading
The operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is preparing to empty the radioactive fuel from one of its twin reactors, a federal official said Monday, another sign the plant won’t be… Continue reading
There was no relation between his death and radiation exposure, the company said. The worker, in his 50s, suffered cardiac arrest when he was installing an additional tank to store contaminated water, TEPCO… Continue reading
As you may have already discerned I’m quite fond of the Japanese culture, and have been around it since I was young, thus I devolved a long-standing taste for Nippon-mono (Japanese things), whether… Continue reading
Southern California Edison plans to cut 730 employees at the ailing San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, a decision that follows two years of analysis that included comparisons to similar nuclear plants, utility officials… Continue reading
I won’t be available or have access to the internet after this afternoon, so I will be post this in advance in the belief that the two sources I have used before will… Continue reading
