Asia report: Revisiting Japan's solar demand and nuclear comeback

New Hampshire, USA -- Japan's solar market continues to race ahead: domestic solar demand is surging, to the point where it's bottlenecked behind expectations. And what's that sound of tiny footsteps approaching?

Japan's domestic solar cell shipments more than tripled from July to September from the same period a year ago, while exports fell by two-thirds, according to the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association. Domestic shipments in the first half of the fiscal year alone (April-September) nearly equal those from the entire previous fiscal year, 3.7 GW to 3.8 GW. Meanwhile, the Okinawa Prefecture is reaching its upper limit in how much solar PV generation it can take on. They're turning to energy storage to help address the problem.

At the other end of the scale, though, mega-solar power plants are producing just a fraction of their authorized output, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), which is mulling the causes of the delays (lack of funding, developers holding out for more attractive profits, grid interconnection complexities, even failure to secure land rights) and may cancel approvals for some developers who aren't progressing quickly enough.

But there's another reemerging energy interest in Japan these days. Japan quickly shuttered its nuclear fleet following the Fukushima disaster (inspiring other nations to quickly followed their example), leading in part to a renewed embrace of renewable energy options. Even the person who came up with Fukushima's nuclear-supportive tagline turned to solar power. But the recently elected Abe government and METI are reemphasizing nuclear as an important baseload power source with additional safety and cost measures, reversing the previous administration's pledge to get rid of nuclear power by 2040. The problem is that replacing nuclear is leading to bringing more fossil fuels and pollution, or choosing non-baseload renewables with higher costs. "You can't fill the void left by nuclear with renewable energy," said one analyst quoted by Bloomberg. The Japan Renewable Energy Foundation points out, though, that factoring in those safety measures and decommissioning costs hikes the cost of nuclear power, erasing any savings vs. today's pricing.

IN THE NEWS

China Doubling its Renewables Pace: China has installed roughly 36 GW of renewable energy capacity this year through October, roughly two-thirds of that from hydro but also with increases in wind and solar power (and nuclear power which is included in their definition of renewable). That's a bit off the hopes set in January of 49 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2013, though China still expects 10 GW of grid-connected solar power capacity by the end of this year.

Toshiba Eyeing German Residential Rooftops: Toshiba and Gagfah, Germany’s largest real-estate company, are launching a joint venture to add rooftop solar to family apartment buildings in Germany, a move that would square up the Japanese company as an independent power producer (IPP) against local and regional utilities. During nonproductive periods (night and cloudy days) the company says it will purchase power from the wholesale markets for customers at the same rate as power generated by the systems. The Japanese company initially plans to install 3 MW of solar power on 750 apartments, and more than 100 MW by 2016, eventually including batteries and Toshiba's smart grid tech.

Biomass and Cold Storage in India: A biomass energy project inaugurated in the Uttar Pradesh village of Sitapur is said to be the first of its kind, powering not only 140 households but also a cold storage unit for harvested fruits and vegetables. It's an interesting and important application for a nation where 22 percent of agricultural produce is spoiled and wasted, valued at Rs 330 billion. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and two Australian aid and research agencies developed and oversee the project, which will be transferred to community ownership after two years.

Slashing Costs for Fukushima Offshore Wind: The Marubeni-led group behind the 2-MW pilot offshore wind project at Fukushima, which started operations about one month ago, describe their goals to reduce the technology's costs in half for the second phase of their project.

CSP in India: Areva says it has commissioned initial steam operation at its 100-MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Dhursar, Rajasthan state. The project, to be operated by Reliance Power, is expected to ramp to commercial operation in March 2014.

Hydro Tasmania Wants Wind Farm Support: Hydro Tasmania reportedly wants the federal government to help with its proposed $2 billion 600-MW King Island wind farm project, which would be the nation's largest. The project would require an underwater high-voltage cable to connect to the national electricity market in Victoria; a second cable link also is being mulled among politicians.

Tata's $400M Cleantech Investment: Tata Capital and the International Finance Corporation are pledging to jointly invest 25 billion INR (U.S. $401 million) in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in India. Tata Cleantech has participated in group loans for 350 MW of mostly wind projects, and wants to back 2 GW of renewable projects over the next five years.

India REC Demand Doubles: Demand for renewable energy credits in India doubled in November to exceed 300,000 bids, according to data from REConnect Energy Solutions. Demand has been particularly brisk since August when regulators in several states tightened their rules on local distributors who haven't been meeting their targets.

Chinese Hybrid Solar/Hydro Plant Ramps: The 320-MW hydro-solar project near the Longyangxia Dam in Qinghai Province, said to be the largest of its kind in China, has been connected to the grid and commenced trial operations after about nine months of construction, according to media reports. Annual output is projected to be 498 GWh.

CPV Project in China Gets Funding: Focusic New Energy Holding has secured a CNY 200 million (U.S. $32.7 million) loan from the China Development Bank to finance a 20-MW CPV project in Hami, at the edge of the Gobi desert in Xinjiang province. Focusic and Soitec have been working on a 3-MW pilot project since 2011, which is planned to start delivering power to the grid by the end of this year with another phase completed next year.

ON THE HORIZON

Malaysia's 2015 Renewable Energy Target: Malaysia's Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry says it is confident that it can achieve its goal of 5.5 percent of renewable energy in its energy mix by 2015, encompassing solar, small hydro, geothermal, and biogas. Those goals increase to 11 percent by 2020. At the same time, the government separately announced a 15 percent hike in electricity prices for users who consume more than 300 kWh/month, which should spur more energy-saving practices from LEDs to appliances.

Singapore's 10-2020 Renewable Energy Goal: Singapore could meet 10 percent of its power demand by 2020 with renewable energy sources, up from barely 1 percent today, without any government subsidies, according to the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS). The catch: it'll cost S$4 billion from the private sector.

A DEEPER LOOK

Kiribati, The Climate-Change Poster Child: Business Week has an excellent firsthand account of climate change's potential impact, and one its first dramatic victims: the Republic of Kiribati, a far-flung collection of atolls near the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, which is rapidly in danger of being erased from the earth. The Asia Development Bank (ADB) also has a nice infographic tracking the impact of future climate change on vulnerable island nations in the Pacific.

Australia hits 3 GW of Solar Installations: Australia achieved 3 GW of installed solar power capacity earlier this month, spanning about 1.2 million individual systems. That also makes up nearly 10 percent of the National Electricity Market's (NEM) demand, according to market tracker Sunwiz, which takes a closer look at solar's contributions to -- and reshaping of -- Australia's electricity market.

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UN inspectors arrive in the Iran for nuclear talks

(Reuters) - a team of UN inspectors was denied in Tehran on Monday for talks on Iran's nuclear program, a day after the Islamic Republic obviously as retaliation for the strengthening of EU sanctions ordered a stop to the British and French company of its oil.

The European Union angrily Tehran last month when it decided to a boycott of its oil from 1 July. Iran, the world's largest oil exporter, responded with a warning, the Strait of Hormuz, to close the main Gulf oil shipping lane.

On Sunday, its oil Ministry went a step of further, announcing that Iran has now stopped selling oil to French and British companies, a movement, but little or no effect on the supply is achieved with France or United Kingdom.

"Export of crude oil, British and French companies stopped..." "We sell our oil to new customers," spokesman Alireza Nikzad was quoted: on the website of the Ministry.

Iran, which denies Western accusations that it wants to make nuclear weapons, has driven in recent weeks also willingness to resume of the negotiations highly on its nuclear program his rhetoric.

The five-member team of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold two days of talks in the Iran, but Western diplomats have played down any hope of a breakthrough.

"I'm still pessimistic that Iran will demonstrate substantive collaboration," said a Minister Plenipotentiary in Vienna.

But the results this week talks is important and will be monitored closely because it could either increase the confrontation or travel offer to reduce tensions.

The European Commission says that the block was not short of oil, if Iran crude oil exports stopped when it has enough stock to his needs for approximately 120 days.

Industry sources said that European oil buyers already large cuts in the purchases of Iran made months in advance of the EU sanctions.

French and Dutch/oil, which but overall were total and shell large buyer of Iranian crude oil already stopped buying Iran and traders last week had said that Shell had scaled back sharply.

Shell, which has refused to comment on his commerce with the Iran was one of the largest consumer of Iranian crude worldwide, with about 100,000 barrels per day in Europe and about the same amount of the Japanese subsidiary Showa Shell.

Latest EU data for the third quarter of 2011, shows that the oil sales in the UK fell to 0 (zero) and France imported 75,000 barrels per day, only 6 per cent of its crude oil imports. Iranian crude interruption between European countries is exposed on the most debt-ridden Greece.

MILITARY IMPACT?

Iran says its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, but its refusal to curb uranium enrichment, which can have both civilian and military purposes, has concerns.

Western powers not with violence against the Iran excluded, and it has an intense public debate in Israel whether it be, however, an atomic bomb Iran should attack.

The top U.S. officer said on Sunday that a military strike is premature, since it was not clear that Tehran would use its nuclear capabilities to build a nuclear bomb.

"I think it is unclear (, that Iran would build a bomb) and on this basis, I think it would be premature, only decide that the time for a military option to us, was", said General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the US military of Joint Chiefs of staff.

He said that he believed that the Iranian Government is a "rational actors."

In the West has some optimism about the prospect of fresh talks with Tehran, said, especially after it promised last week, "new initiatives" to the table bring sent a letter to EU foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton.

"In these negotiations, we find a way out of the Iranian nuclear issue, current so that both sides win," Iranian TV quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday.

Oil, a major component of Iran's export revenues and an important lifeline for the increasingly isolated economy is on. It has little refining capacity and has about 40 percent of the need to import gasoline for domestic consumption.

Pressed tightened sanctions, combined with high inflation, have to feed the ability of the working class Iranians to themselves and their families, and this uncertainty provides the setting for a parliamentary vote on March 2.

UN nuclear watchdog holds lectures in the Iran

UN nuclear watchdog was officials in Tehran on Monday for discreet talks about suspicious nuclear activities of Iran, in the midst of a worsening international showdown, the tensions and rising oil prices has sent.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hoping for "concrete results" from the two days of talks focused himself on "the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programme," the delegation leader, Chief UN nuclear inspector Herman Nackaerts, said late Sunday from Vienna departing.

But he shows booked progress "can take a while."

Iran has taken an increasingly defiant stance against Western sanctions and Israeli threats of military action against it.

On Sunday its oil Ministry announced crude oil exports to France and the United Kingdom had stopped was, apparently in retaliation for an EU ban on Iranian oil, which will be introduced in the next five months.

Although Iran offers less than three percent of the oil imports of France and almost none of Britain's, oil traders took fright at the prospect of Iran extended the 20 percent of its crude oil buys his action with the rest of Europe of.

Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery April rose to an eight-month high, up $1.52 to $121.10 in Asian trade. New York's main contract, West Texas intermediate light sweet crude for delivery March, jumped $1.72 $104.96 per barrel.

The Islamic Republic has also summoned in recent days what it was called "great" nuclear progress, it was more centrifuges, thousands add to its uranium enrichment activities, and produce, what he said was 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel declare.

The IAEA issued in November a report express strong suspicion that examined Iran, a nuclear weapon and missile warheads, confirmed last month that a new, fortified uranium enrichment plant outside Iran's Holy City of Qom had enabled.

The West has to stop its uranium enrichment Iran sanctions ratcheted force tried, but without success so far.

Israel, who believes that his existence through a nuclear Iran is threatened, has stepped up his warnings, that it could launch air strikes, calls for the United States and Britain to urge restraint.

Recent attacks by three Iranian nuclear scientists and attempted bomb arch enemies stressed a possible covert war between the two Middle East plots against Israeli diplomats in several countries.

But Iran has also agreed to revive an EU Overture for talks with the world powers, which reduced a year ago.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, said Al-Alam television, with the pressure from the Mächte--the so-called P5 + 1 group consisting of five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany-should subside.

He said "they better would do, to change its method because what they have used in the past with success does not meet yet".

"We will continue our (nuclear) path," this is purely for peaceful purposes, he said.

Added Abbasi Davani, that previous talks on it, the Iran with nuclear fuel now invalid "because we hindering our own fuel - now if we sit at the table, it will ask us, (P5 + 1) If you want fuel."

He mocked also Israel, what he said was "Afraid of the progress we have made in the nuclear field."

The official of an assassin fled bomb in 2010, said: "they have done everything they can to kill our nuclear scientists." "If it is not of Iran is now attacked because they are not in a position to do so."

But an attack should occur, he, Iranian military warned "Is an appropriate response."

The head of the Iranian elite revolutionary guards, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, told state television that the West for the nervousness was responsible, higher oil prices have sent.

"The crisis, have caused them in the region led to a rise in oil prices, and they feel the effect," he said.

"By providing their armed forces to the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman, they will try to control the crisis." "But the view more of them and their forces, the worse will be the impact."

Ali Jafari said to show current military exercises in the South of Iran, the Islamic Republic to respond ability to any threat. And he hinted that Iran could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf if necessary.

"We borders, and also of those brother see us Muslim countries as responsible for the protection of Iran, especially when it comes to security in the Strait of Hormuz," he said.

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Japanese Nuclear Power Company Under Fire Over Unethical Conduct

The Japanese government minister in charge of the nuclear industry has lashed out at one of the country's leading nuclear energy companies, accusing it of watering down a report that found the firm guilty of manipulating public opinion.

An independent panel found that the Kyushu Electric Power company stacked public meetings with employees pretending to be ordinary citizens.

The report also implicated the governor of the prefecture in the scandal.

But in its own report responding to the panel's findings the nuclear power company dismisses the scandal.

Presenter: Mark Willacy, North Asia correspondent
Speaker: Yukio Edano, Japanese Industry Minister; Toshio Manabe, president of Kyushu Electric Power

WILLACY: It was the Kyushu Electric Power company's response to a damning report into its manipulation of public opinion.

The independent panel found the firm stacked public meetings with its own employees - employees pretending to be ordinary citizens who stood up and spoke in favour of nuclear power.

The panel found improper links between the company and the governor of the prefecture where its key nuclear plant was based.

It found Kyushu Electric had engaged in other improper tactics, twisting public opinion by sending in fake emails to a TV broadcast about nuclear power.

But in its own report responding to the panel's findings Kyushu Electric brushed off the scandal and the governor's name hardly even gets a mention.

"Kyushu Electric has some nerve doing this," says a clearly livid industry minister Yukio Edano. "Especially given the public's scepticism at the moment about nuclear power. I just can't understand it," he says.

The report of the independent panel and the report of the Kyushu Electric Power company could be about totally different things - a criticism the firm's president swept aside under questioning at a press conference.

"It's inevitable there'll be some differences of opinion between the two reports," says Toshio Manabe with considerable understatement.

The independent panel found that Kyushu Electric moved to take unethical actions like stacking meetings with undercover employees after being told by the governor Yasushi Furukawa that he wanted to hear positive opinions about nuclear power.

The panel called for there to be more transparency in the relationship between the governor and the nuclear company.

"Our company firmly believes there's nothing wrong in our relationship with the governor," says Kyushu Electric's president Toshio Manabe. "These false charges shouldn't be laid." he says.

Back in Tokyo, the minister in charge of the nuclear industry was having none of it.

"Kyushu Electric's management has failed to address the contradictions between its report and the independent panel's finding," says industry minister Yukio Edano. "This raises serious questions about its governance and I will now consider ordering the company to re-issue its report," he says.

No longer does Japan's nuclear industry appear to have a lap-dog minister in Tokyo promoting its interests.

Kyushu Electric's blinding arrogance in this case will only feed growing public cynicism and anger about the sort of people running Japan's nuclear power plants.

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Nuclear site is 'minor' - leak

8. October 2011-11: 36 GMT state Dounreay in Caithness is demolished in a ? 2 billion project will radioactive material is leaked at the site of the former Dounreay nuclear power station of Caithness, was confirmed.

Radioactive liquid waste water is within a treatment facility have leaked.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) said the leak was smaller and not get outside of the system.

SEPA has launched an investigation. Dounreay is currently a ? 2 billion of off operating the legislative process.

Dounreay site restoration limited (DSRL) said, that no one was threatened by the incident.

The local SNP MSP praised the staff dealing with the leak, but repeated his opposition to nuclear energy.

Rob Gibson, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, represents, said: "thank God, have no staff of Dounreay in this incident was injured and I hope, that the investigation will insure the environment the public will not be affected."

"These events underline both the complexity of the decommissioning processes and the opportunity to the errors still can be made."

"Nuclear energy has no place in a secure Scotland."

Liquid waste

Dounreay was generated in the 1950s as an experimental nuclear power, the complex, but no electricity since 1994.

Radioactive liquid waste water occurs when a reactor and associated equipment are cleaned.

The sewage treatment plant in Dounreay removes some radioactivity of the waste liquid as part of the process.

A section of the treatment plant is closed for investigation.

DSRL is dealing with 100 tonnes of breeder material.

The fuel is safely stored will, while still the dismantling of the site.

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Czechoslovakia fights to double its nuclear energy program

Surrounded by corn, cycling and nature reserve, the eight large refrigeration have dominated the nuclear power station Dukovany the Czech landscape near the Austrian border for nearly three decades towers.

The Government worked against the odds to keep, so for many years to come.

Despite growing global skepticism about the use of nuclear energy, it plans to increase the country's nuclear power generation dramatically - a move that would give the country a place among the nuclear-dependent peoples of Europe.

The Czech reflects a sharp separation of nuclear use between European Nations and relations with neighbouring countries, which could have decided to free up nuclear seriously damaged are.

Chancellor Angela Merkel decided the Government, the nuclear phase out, 2022 based on the March collapse has Japan's Fukushima plant and Switzerland followed. Austria nuclear energy after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986 abandoned and strictly against the Czech nuclear program.

Other former Eastern bloc countries now in the EU are the Czechs ahead on nuclear energy - the different economic needs between East and West.

Slovakia builds further nuclear plants. And Poland has U.S. and Japanese companies know-how and technology for his first talks with French, nuclear facility be completed by 2030.

The Czechs argue, nuclear energy is required because it is a clean and cost efficient source.

They are based 33 percent of their total electricity currently on six nuclear reactors - four 440-megawatt reactors in Dukovany and two 1,000 megawatt reactors at a different plant in Temelin is located an hour north of the Austrian border. The Government is hoping for at least the double output.

"We see increase in electricity production in nuclear power plants by around 30 percent to 60 percent by 2050," explained Deputy industry and Trade Minister Tomas 1935–1937 associated press.

"We mining have uranium and in the long term, there is no doubt nuclear energy is irreplaceable for us", 1935–1937 said his Ministry has put forward the new energy overhaul for the next 50 years to the Government by the end of the year.

A trio of big player - American Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Japan's French State nuclear engineering giant Areva SA, Toshiba Corp., and a consortium led by Russia's Atomstroyexport - are already bidding to win a lucrative multibillion tender to build two more reactors on the Temelin. The reactors are expected to be ready for use in the middle of the next decade.

Has influenced by Austrian environmentalists was protested demanding it be closed for security reasons. Czech authorities stress both systems are safe and no problems, the transfer of called reactor stressing, which currently must be carried out in Europe after the Japanese disaster.

Dukovany of life opened a year before the disaster of Chernobyl will expire in 30 years. Germany closes plants of the same age - but the Czechs, despite international pressure to do so.

The nation largest electricity source already has gone through a review of 26 billion crowns ($1.4 billion) to increase its output last year, and improvement of control systems, as the plant apply for the nuclear authority gets ready the license renewal of at least 10 years, said plant spokesman Petr Spilka.

Target that at least a new 550-megawatt reactor at the site Dukovany be built and more places were for new equipment, said 1935–1937.

1935–1937 Said that a new 2,000-megawatt plant in the northeastern part of the country could be operational by 2060.

In contrast to the Austrian and German public spheres, the Czechs if she do not like to support nuclear - plant in their backyard.

Local environmentalists the Government plan called "bizarre", would say that it lead to the creation of an unpredictable energy.

"Such strong dependency on one dominant source energy could be problematic," said Martin SEDLAK, an energy expert for the friends of the Earth Czech Republic. "Investment in nuclear power are economically challenging and unpredictable."

You're not alone.

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger has sworn to all legal and political means in order to stop the Czechs, and his Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich, said that his country the Czech plan "wrong a" in the course of Japan's nuclear disaster.

"It is unacceptable that someone expanded nuclear energy after Chernobyl and in particular of Fukushima," said Berlakovich APTN. "Austria interests for good neighbourly relations with the Czech Republic." "But in the interests of security of our people, we reserve all political and legal steps."

The Czechs remain resolutely ahead go.

"We, that events in Fukushima cannot, by any means, in question presented the case for nuclear energy,", President Vaclav Klaus said at the United Nations last month. "These arguments are strong, economically rational and convincing." "Nuclear power is a stable, the irreplaceable source of energy today are legitimate, and in some countries."

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Monika Scislowska in Warsaw and APTN video journalist contributed Philipp Moritz Jenne in Vienna.

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Idaho fire prompts evacuation of nuclear facilities

By Laura Zuckerman

Salmon, Idaho (Reuters) - firefighters fought on Thursday a fast-growing 28,000-acre wildfire rages in several miles of spent nuclear fuel in a US Department of energy lab in the stored to control high desert of Eastern Idaho.

The growth and the intensity of the blaze, the nationwide largest active wildfire, who order Idaho National Laboratory asked a key facility at the site of 890 square mile of all unnecessary persons evacuated, lab officials said.

The materials and fuels complex, about 38 km from Idaho Falls consists of facilities for the examination, treatment and processing spent nuclear fuel and irradiated materials, radioactive waste, according to the lab Web site.

Technician lead this work with remotely operated tools and equipment within shielded Chambers contamination and radiation contain.

Fire crews took preventive measures, to protect the plant building, also by buffer zones of gravel or sand, lab spokesman said Ethan Huffman are surrounded.

A statement late Thursday the laboratory, which employs around 6,000 employees, contractors, including added: "There is no known radiological threat to the public at this time."

Earlier in the day, nearly 50 firefighters from the laboratory and the US Bureau of land concentrated their efforts on a separate facility in the spent nuclear rods, according to the laboratory are stored to protect management.

Additional radioactive rods cooled in storage ponds further South at a site called the Idaho nuclear technology and Engineering Center remain unchanged.

The Centre of workers "Protection have made on the site as a precaution," said the lab in a late update without further explanation.

"they (the fire) from all directions at the moment;" fighting winds dominate every minute "Lab spokeswoman Sara Prentice said Thursday afternoon."

The exact distance between the top of is rapidly spreading blaze and different facilities on site laboratory, which contains three working reactors, Thursday night was not known exactly, lab officials said.

But flames in several miles sites where abgebrannter fuel, including the materials and fuels complex and kept the so-called naval reactors facility is to achieve.

CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION

Thursdays Incendio came three days after crews a previous fire deleted by ARTEMISIA and meadows on the northwestern edge of the property burned.

, Said this brand of a vehicle with a tyre blown a highway in the vicinity of laboratory was thrown drag Government officials his metal edge along the roadway.

The cause of the new fire was examined. It is one of five forest fires which broke out Thursday between lightning, high temperatures and strong winds in Eastern Idaho.

Fires have charred tens of thousands of acres in Idaho and in the Northern Rockies in recent days, including parts of Montana, Yellowstone National Park and Northwestern Wyoming.

The national weather service on Thursday still fire warnings for the region due to the rising temperatures, dwindling moisture and forecasted storm with wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour increased.

Windy, hot, a separate fire was dry conditions also difficulties on Thursday for the 170 firefighters assigned to flaming control in forested high country of the Eastern Idaho and Western Montana.

The saddle burnt complex blaze, the 21.100 acres in Idaho of salmon Challis national forest and the Bitterroot National forest, Montana, burned the bosses with such intensity and in such rugged terrain, triggered as it insecure, to launch an attack with the exception of air.

"These are not the kind of conditions, insert the people," Bob MacGregor said US Forest Service spokesman.

Ground crews worked Thursday protect 30 isolated houses and perimeter in advance of the flames coming.

Authorities in Montana, said residents of the 50 houses West of Darby to prepare for evacuation and smoke in the Bitterroot Valley called upon to advise health authorities, small children and people with respiratory, heart problems, inside to stay.

(Edit Johnston by Steve Gorman, Jerry Norton, and Cynthia)

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Japan vows nuclear energy use cut

Japan swears nuclear energy use cut a speech keeps Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan during the service the 1945 as a memorial to us Atomic Hiroshima in Hiroshima Peace on think Park on 6 August 2011. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has vowed to cut the use of nuclear power, such as the Asian country of sixty-six years since the U.S. marked atomic bombings of Hiroshima.

"I will reduce Japan's dependence on nuclear energy, to create a society that is not to rely on nuclear energy," was quoted by AFP KAN: on Saturday.

Kan said in the Hiroshima Peace Park in a ceremony, the victims of the atomic bomb U.S. 1945 some 140,000 people devoted to, immediately, or due to Burns and after the explosion killed radiation disease.

Three days after the explosion of Hiroshima another U.S. nuclear attack in the port of Nagasaki, at least 70,000 people was killed.

Kan made the comments as the country with a nuclear crisis on the Fukushima nuclear power plant caused by the twin disasters of Quake and tsunami to fight on 11 March.

The Japanese Premier has come under fire for his handling of the crisis, since the incident took place. Foreign Media accusing the Japanese Government to hide the reality of the severity of the disaster.

Kan added that he would carry out a thorough investigation of the causes of the accident was "serious concern not only in Japan, but also in the world."

Mayor talking about Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui, during the ceremony, said that the March 11 disaster is reminiscent of the memories of the disaster sixty years ago indicating that the current threat, created by radiation from the Prefecture of Fukushima plant "enormous fear among the affected areas and many others."

"The Japanese Government should humbly accept this reality, quickly check our energy policy and Institute concrete countermeasures to recover the understanding and trust of the people," concluded Kazumi.

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A bomb survivor in Japan opposed to nuclear energy

TOKYO - for more than 65 years was the worst event in the modern history of Japan alone, with nothing after important enough, to change their lessons. Those who survived the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki decided that similar bombs should never be deleted. To ensure this result, they called the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear power, was another matter. Japan's nationwide survivor group energy collecting never against nuclear-generated, perhaps because many saw a redeeming justice in using it peacefully. Reactors could be the country's economy, makes they hoped by you the same power that caused so much damage.

Then the damage was on 11 March, also. The tsunami triggered meltdowns at three Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors were nowhere near acute or deadly as the disaster, which swallowed up Hiroshima. In both cases have been thousands of people to radiation, exposed to.

In both, thousands lost their homes. That's why, for Hiroshima of survivor Akira Yamada, which seem not so final of 1945 bombings. Saturday is the 66th anniversary of the bombing of his city, but the first on which he will vote against civilian nuclear energy.

"Yes, the are connected," said Yamada. "I can with both regrets."

To be seen as positive energy

Since the crisis of Fukushima, Japan has launched a nationwide debate on the merits and risks of nuclear energy program. The most ardent Atom activists are typically a history leave to speak, as if racing reactors in the 1970s the country ignored clear years to build, warning Aug. 6 and 9 August 1945.

But the most bomb survivors, known as Hibakusha, have long had a much more complex, and often positive view of nuclear power - explains partly why Japan now has reactors of along almost every rural swath of coastline, 54 in all, accounting for about 30 percent of national energy supply.

Some Hibakusha saw civilian nuclear energy as the opposite of the destruction that they had experienced. Some were nuclear energy researchers, paving the way for country-wide acceptance of the technology.

In its Charter documents Nihon Hidankyo, Japan nuclear bomb victims organisation, called for the prevention of nuclear war and the Elimination of nuclear weapons. But his statements on nuclear energy, even after accidents at Chernobyl and three mile Iceland, have been limited to occasional and unemphatic tenders better safety testing and research.

"Even if we had gone through the terrible experience, nuclear energy energy at that time was seen as the discovery of a second fire", said Nagasaki survivor Sueichi Kido 71. "were in a way we hope that nuclear power could be used as a great tool to make our lives better."

Now debated

In June instead of three months in the nuclear emergency unfolding of the northeast coast of Nihon Hidankyo of its annual meeting of the General Assembly in Tokyo. In recent years Yamada, said the event had grown predictable: survivors talking about their health and their friends, who had died. Sometimes they shared details of an ongoing lawsuit.

This time it was different. About 120 survivors in a conference room, where they spent two days in debate whether Hidankyo should call for a phase-out of nuclear energy, crowded. Two participants said an overwhelming majority, was killed. But several survivors from Hiroshima spoke about the nuclear energy plays key role in the Japanese economy. There were enough resistance to a debate fuel.

Yamada, 85, felt also conflict. 1951 Had moved to Fukushima city, where he taught the history of Economics at the University of Fukushima. In the 1960s he had studied, work migration trends and he pointed out, such as children and young people in isolated parts of Fukushima Prefecture were forced all but jobs in Tokyo. This changed with the construction, in 1967 the first nuclear reactor in Fukushima Daiichi.

As one of two representatives of Fukushima at the meeting of Yamada said "I was in a difficult situation." He about 30 bomb survivors still live in Hama-Dori, in which close said the plant, and all were concerned with plant activities. It had sustained her career and her children. "she hung on this work," he said. At the same time, he found too notable to ignore the similarities between meltdown and the bombings. A bomb had blown sechsundsechzig years ago shingles off the roof of his house, and he had climbed up there to see "A fireball swallow the whole city."

Now he lived 40 miles from the exploding buildings at a nuclear power plant, and he felt compelled to urge local authorities to provide full life that were subjected to medical treatment.

"People, been through radiation exposure of whatsoever - they all have the same risks" Yamada said. "It is consistent with the ideas of Hidankyo to speak."

That's what Nihon Hidankyo decided to do. Called after the 8th June session Terumi Tanaka, Secretary General of the Organization for the decommissioning of the reactors, which was shut down for the controls. A month later, after an executive group for the first time for the "Elimination of the nuclear power generation." meet called

Kido, Nagasaki survivor, called him a "historical transition". He regrets, however, that the Group of the change earlier in time to prevent that a new horror made had not.

Special correspondent Ayako Mie contributed to this report.

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Japanese PM vows cut nuclear power at Hiroshima a-bomb Memorial

August 06, 2011 14: 43 PMJapanese PM vows to cut nuclear power on Hiroshima a-bomb Memorial Memorial HIROSHIMA (Japan), Aug 6 (Bernama)-Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday confirmed the need to reduce the country's dependence on nuclear energy in a ceremony in Hiroshima 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack, China's Xinhua News Agency reported.

A nuclear bomb was at an altitude of 600 M at the end of the second WELTKRIEGS about 140,000 people kill, ignited in 1945 on Hiroshima. A second atomic bomb that 9, 1945 was deleted on Aug of Nagasaki and Japan surrendered six days later.
In his speech, Kan, Japan said the causes of the nuclear accident Fukushima No. check will nuclear power plant and aim for a society that would not depend on nuclear power generation.

Mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui invited one year peace statement the Japanese Government review its energy policy after the nuclear crisis on the site verkruppelten.

The nuclear crisis in the work which was world's worst nuclear accident since 1986 Chernobyl explosion. It was caused by the devastating earthquake in March 11 and the subsequent tsunami. Leaking is still radioactive substances in the environment.
"Many citizens are still at risk of radiation exposure, and this disaster confirmed our worst fears about the dangers of nuclear energy," Takashi Kijima, President of Hiroshima City Council, said in his speech.

With a basic energy policy the Fukushima plant issued in 2010 to increase the ratio of nuclear power generation of Japan's consumption by 2030, but nuclear accident led the nation to reconsider the policy.

An updated energy strategy developed in late July to now, their dependence of nuclear generated power cut. Did the Government not mention but how much will be reduced.

Japan has currently 54 commercial nuclear reactors.
On another development according to Kyodo News unter¬suchung are now 73 percent of the group against the "peaceful uses of nuclear energy".
"We once thought our life would be happier with nuclear power, but the accident we turned down," said a Hibakusha Emiko Hogo Xinhua after Saturday's ceremony.
Representatives from 66 countries and regions, including the France and the United Kingdom, attended the event.
-BERNAMA
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HILLSBOROUGH: student visit the forum for nuclear energy

Hillsborough teenagers were spoken among 200 New Jersey students and their teachers, the nuclear energy in the 8th Woodrow Wilson School public affairs annual Forum at Princeton University.

12 May event was co-sponsored by the n.j. Education Foundation partnership, a non-profit for public education. The students met and spoke with the experts from science and politics.

Alexander Glaser, Assistant Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School and M.V. Ramana, associate research fellow at the school program on Science and global security, presents "everything you wanted to know about nuclear energy, but were afraid, ask."

Research engineer Eric Larson of Princeton environmental Institutepresented "nuclear in New Jersey: status and alternatives?"

Laura Kahn, MD, research fellow at the program on Science and global security, presents "leadership, crises and nuclear reactor accidents: health and public security."

After the presentations were the students pay to answer two questions:

• What should do, New Jersey to the existing nuclear facilities (in terms of health, energy, security, use of existing power plants)?

• What should New Jersey about nuclear energy goes forward do?

Woodrow Wilson School diploma students and public affairs staff supports students, present their policy recommendations to the full group to articulate.

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Fukushima nuclear power protesters urge end

An estimated 1,700 people gathered region, home to a nuclear power plant crippled Japan's Fukushima in the capital, on Sunday, demanding an end to nuclear energy, local media reported.

"To create all nuclear power plants!" "ab" and "give you radiation-free Fukushima back to us," cried the demonstrators as they in Fukushima city, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) of nuclear plants were marching.

The rally, along with residents was evacuated from areas outside the Fukushima Daiichi plant of Japan Congress against Atomic and hydrogen bombs in the context of its long-standing campaign against nuclear weapons organized.

It was the first time that the leading Atom organization staged a rally in Fukushima anniversaries of World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 to observe and 9, 1945.

"We have tilted up on the abolition of nuclear weapons while being weak in our campaign against nuclear power plants", said Koichi Kawano, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor of organization group, leads the rally.

"Let it not more nuclear plant accidents are."

A 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated Fukushima plant on 11 March, what to radioactive leaks.

Hiromasa Yoshida, 45-year-old teacher 20 km outside of the plant evacuated from the town of Namie in an No. go zone, said the rally: "We are the last victims of any nuclear plant accident."

"Now is the time move way from nuclear power generation."

The organisation is to hold similar rallies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the run-up to the 66th anniversaries of the bombings.

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Japan Prime Minister criticized safety regulator, says it promotes nuclear energy

Tokyo - Prime Minister of Japan on Sunday criticized the country's nuclear safety agency for allegedly trying to questions to support nuclear energy in public forums of plants.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the nuclear and Agency for industrial side of the industry was, rather than as a regular. He said that it stressed a cosy relationship and the deep-rooted problem which must be corrected tsunami and the nuclear crisis following on the 11 March.

"NISA that nuclear safety, to check the interest to the general public, provided support for the promoter represented." "It, if true was more than just a help," Kan said at an energy Symposium.

Kan's comment followed a report from the Government show that NISA allegedly tried to manipulate public opinion on town meeting on the promotion of nuclear energy.

Public support towards nuclear energy has moved since March disaster that crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

International atomic and Energy Agency has criticized Japan's murky nuclear regulation system, while NISA separate the Government recognized the need of the trade and industry Ministry, promoting nuclear energy.

In its report Friday to the Department of Commerce in the Chubu Electric Power Co. said, based in Central Japan, NISA asked the company had in fans, bring it in 2007 organized a public forum and let issues offset anti-nuclear views.

The report was part of the Ministry survey of Japanese nuclear power operator on their public forums in the last five years. Another operator, Shikoku electric power co., said that it had received a similar application from NISA.

Chubu said it encourages enterprise staff participate in the meeting, but not give them with questions as it considers it inappropriate.

Trade Minister Banri Kaieda apologized for NISA the question of planting and promised an independent probe.

The problem surfaced in early July, when another utility, Kyushu electric power co., acknowledged June to send mobilization of dozens of people in supporting comments to a public hearing on whether two of its nuclear reactors restart.

Currently Japan 35 54 reactors idle, cause power bottlenecks in the midst of heat wave. The Government has ordered that all reactors security checks after the worst nuclear crisis since Chornobyl.

Kan called for a long-term effort Friday to scale back Japan's nuclear energy directed policy Overtrhe four decades and to renewable energies.

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Japan PM criticises nuclear safety agency

Tokyo (AP) - criticised Prime Minister of Japan on Sunday of the country's nuclear safety agency for allegedly trying to questions, to support nuclear energy in public forums of plants.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the nuclear and Agency for industrial side of the industry was, rather than as a regular. He said that it stressed a cosy relationship and the deep-rooted problem which must be corrected tsunami and the nuclear crisis following on the 11 March.

"NISA that nuclear safety, to check the interest to the general public, provided support for the promoter represented." "It, if true was more than just a help," Kan said at an energy Symposium.

Kan's comment followed a report from the Government show that NISA allegedly tried to manipulate public opinion on town meeting on the promotion of nuclear energy.

Public support towards nuclear energy has moved since March disaster that crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

International atomic and Energy Agency has criticized Japan's murky nuclear regulation system, while NISA separate the Government recognized the need of the trade and industry Ministry, promoting nuclear energy.

In its report Friday to the Department of Commerce in the Chubu Electric Power Co. said, based in Central Japan, NISA asked the company had in fans, bring it in 2007 organized a public forum and let issues offset anti-nuclear views.

The report was part of the Ministry survey of Japanese nuclear power operator on their public forums in the last five years. Another operator, Shikoku electric power co., said that it had received a similar application from NISA.

Chubu said it encourages enterprise staff participate in the meeting, but not give them with questions as it considers it inappropriate.

Trade Minister Banri Kaieda apologized for NISA the question of planting and promised an independent probe.

The problem surfaced in early July, when another utility, Kyushu electric power co., acknowledged June to send mobilization of dozens of people in supporting comments to a public hearing on whether two of its nuclear reactors restart.

Currently Japan 35 54 reactors idle, cause power bottlenecks in the midst of heat wave. The Government has ordered that all reactors security checks after the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

Kan called for a long-term effort Friday to scale back Japan's nuclear energy directed policy Overtrhe four decades and to renewable energies.

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S Korea, India sign nuclear cooperation pact

SEOUL: South Korea and India cooperation agreement a nuclear energy Monday after a year of negotiations, paving the way for Seoul to export nuclear power plants in the rapidly developing nation.

The Pact signed after summit between President Lee Myung-bak and Indian President Pratibha Patil is conversations, a request and reports to the legal basis is South Korea's participation in India's nuclear power plant construction project, Yonhap News Agency.

India now has 20 electricity power stations in operation, six under construction and is planning to create about 40 more by 2032.

Russia, France, and the United States have plant construction projects in India's nuclear power active.

Seoul National Korea electric power Corp (KEPCO) has tried to get power plant construction market cooperation with nuclear power Corporation of India limited in India's nuclear.

South Korea has strengthened efforts were to export nuclear power plants, because Korean company a 18.6 billion US dollar project end of 2009 four nuclear power stations in the United Arab Emirates build rivals after beating us, Japanese and French won.

While the talks Summit asked Lee Patil for India's cooperation for South Korea in the nuclear power plant business to get President Office said in a statement. Lee also hope for the participation of the Republic Korea expressed India's infrastructure construction projects, it said.

The nuclear Pact was one of the most notable results of Monday's summit talks.

Patil arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a four day state visit, sculpture by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore contains also a visit to a bronze bust, which was built recently in central Seoul by the two countries to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the late poet mark.

She want to visit also a research complex of Samsung Group.

While the talks Summit shared Lee and Patil which considers that the cooperation between the two countries have improved in all areas and expand cooperation in political, security and defence industries, agreed was the Presidential Office statement said.

Reflects changes in the environment trade since trade pact entered into force in January last year the statement said they agreed the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), to improve.

The two sides work together agreed, the statement said negotiations on an aviation Pact, complete a maritime shipping agreements and double taxation prevention Treaty at an early stage in such a way that is both Nations benefit.

The heads of State and Government agreed, closely cooperate, on a series of events to mark the year of cultural exchange between the two countries this year and projects to promote the public understanding and perceptions of each other between the two countries perform, it was said. -Bernama

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Republic of Korea, India sign nuclear cooperation pact

25 Julai'a, 2011 13: 00 PMSouth Korea, India signs nuclear power cooperation PactSEOUL, cooperation agreement July 25 (Bernama)-South Korea and India a nuclear energy Monday after a year of negotiations, paving the way for Seoul to export nuclear power plants in the rapidly developing nation.

The Pact signed after summit between President Lee Myung-bak and Indian President Pratibha Patil is conversations, a request and reports to the legal basis is South Korea's participation in India's nuclear power plant construction project, Yonhap News Agency.

India now has 20 electricity power stations in operation, six under construction and is planning to create about 40 more by 2032.

Russia, France, and the United States have plant construction projects in India's nuclear power active.

Seoul National Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has tried to get power plant construction market cooperation with nuclear power Corporation of India limited in India's nuclear.

South Korea has strengthened efforts were to export nuclear power plants, because Korean company a 18.6 billion US dollar project end of 2009 four nuclear power stations in the United Arab Emirates build rivals after beating us, Japanese and French won.

While the talks Summit asked Lee Patil for India's cooperation for South Korea in the nuclear power plant business to get President Office said in a statement. Lee also hope for the participation of the Republic Korea expressed India's infrastructure construction projects, it said.

The nuclear Pact was one of the most notable results of Monday's summit talks.

Patil arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a four day state visit, sculpture by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore contains also a visit to a bronze bust, which was built recently in central Seoul by the two countries to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the late poet mark.

She want to visit also a research complex of Samsung Group. While the talks Summit shared Lee and Patil which considers that the cooperation between the two countries have improved in all areas and expand cooperation in political, security and defence industries, agreed was the Presidential Office statement said.

Reflects changes in the environment trade since trade pact entered into force in January last year the statement said they agreed the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), to improve.

The two sides work together agreed, the statement said negotiations on an aviation Pact, complete a maritime shipping agreements and double taxation prevention Treaty at an early stage in such a way that is both Nations benefit.

The heads of State and Government agreed, closely cooperate, on a series of events to mark the year of cultural exchange between the two countries this year and projects to promote the public understanding and perceptions of each other between the two countries perform, it was said.

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Survivors of the attack leads nuclear efforts in the Iran

The selection of Dr. Abbasi earlier this year was itself a clear message to the West. When scientists became University he expelled from traveling outside Iran by the UN Security Council because of prove that focus on how to build nuclear weapons, rather than power plants was. But in recent weeks he has publicly stated that his country prepare is to triple its production of a type of nuclear fuel, producing far closer material in a hurry it on the ability to bomb-grade moves.

The exaggeration to recent proclamations about filtering out Iran's tangible progress is always difficult, especially at a time when the country is set to show that neither the Stuxnet computer worm, which crippled last year, part of its nuclear infrastructure nor Western sanctions proved to be more than modest setbacks. Dr. Abbasi itself is rarely seen or heard outside of Iran.

But international nuclear inspectors and American officials say that all evidence nuclear the city of Qum references plants at a military base close to the upcoming installation of centrifuges at a subterranean. Iran reveals the existence of the plant in 2009, after learning that the United States and the European powers were about to announce that she deeply complex, in the Iranian base had discovered.

As regards inspectors and European and American officials purity Iran announced efforts to increase the production of uranium is enriched by nearly 20 percent. Iran insists that she needs that fuel for a medical research reactor. But last week William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, dismissed this claim as a cover story.

"When enough 20 percent enriched uranium on the underground in Qum is accumulated," Mr Hague said guardian in the British newspaper the "convert it only two or three months additional work it would take in grade material."

Note outside analysts, that during Dr. Abbasi in his new job, the top leadership of Iran, focused to show that they have overcome multiple setbacks, dealt from what they suspect to have been covert actions by the United States and Israel and wide economic sanctions.

"There is evidence that they are accelerated,", said Mark Fitzpatrick, expert Iran and the Director of the programme of non-proliferation and disarmament at the International Institute for strategic studies in London. "they have the production of uranium, increased number of centrifuges have spiders, they are doing, a greater number of second generation centrifuges."

Senior Obama management who say officials with access to the intelligence she agree with that assessment, but they sound not alarmed. They argue that Iran's reliance on an older, unreliable centrifuge shows model, that it problems with the leap to more sophisticated and efficient models. "they have said about the line moves for years, before Abbasi was commissioned,", a senior official said.

The White House silence is remarkable, because President Obama much of its Middle East policies in the recent Arab riots built on the Organization of other countries in the region, to stop Iran's nuclear progress. Management comments on the latest Iranian announcements only if asked.

"Iran is not allowed to install or operate all centrifuges in the framework of UN sanctions, imposed on him," said Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council the question after Mr. Abbasi recent announcements. "Provocative behavior of this way the need for countries strengthened their international sanctions obligations in relation to the Iran fully implemented."

Diplomats say that Dr. Abbasi approach to the nuclear diplomacy is a stark contrast with his predecessor at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi. Mr. Salehi, graduate of m.i.t. with a degree in nuclear engineering, is a polished diplomat, who is fluent in English and handles the media with ease.

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Sunil Chacko: Full calculation of nuclear power can win renewable energy to more ground enable

Doctor, healthcare and finance specialist. University Professor.

In the past, renewable energy sources, like solar, wind, biofuels and geothermal energy, had compared to the pre-Fukushima rush of nuclear energy have been relegated. In fact went, plan 50% of its power in a nation from nuclear to 2030, come Japan as far as where people have grown accustomed to, that no doors to open, as electric motor inlet automatically, and it powered are similar use or waste of energy, depending on the perspective of the onlooker.

The tragic incident, the Japan, starting with the terrible tsunami and subsequent radiation taken the entire nuclear industry of the world has influenced leaks, has not only the nuclear plans of Japan, but. Germany has already announced that it will give up nuclear power in its entirety. Pressure is on countries like India, which had large nuclear targets, now a closer look in the light of the experience of the Fukushima take. In India, however, is not earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, volcanoes, landslides and other disasters, which had to cope with the hard-working Japanese over the centuries the Japan so much his natural disasters, which pale in comparison to the almost continuous cycle. But rather, perhaps more dangerous possibility of human criminals and terrorist actions that could trigger a nuclear cloud release a reactor and subsequent nuclear fallout caused that my late father statisticians likely predictions to the University of California, Berkeley, half a century ago explored. And the possibility of accidents way for nuclear waste, the rail or road transport.

In the meantime, disposal of nuclear waste has become controversial because the cost of commissioning and later decommissioned nuclear power plants. Caribbean States have as an immediate end of shipments of nuclear waste by the Caribbean and stressed that the ocean is as much an integral part of their tourism and based industry, which is indeed the case for the island nation of Japan.

Further, has successfully United States Senate majority leader Senator Harry Reid nuclear waste way from his home state of Nevada big Yucca Mountain, which for decades as a dumping ground held, potential into consideration was drawn.

View the post-Fukushima Japanese shelves not sold meat and fish, contaminated feed with used following messages, such as feed and tainted fluids released into the ocean to the affected nuclear power plants, suffered only one category of losses are small and large companies. The losses were affected as severe for families and communities, beyond the untold suffering of tsunami/radiation.

But nowhere a full costs done was. And a fuzzy debate allows you to continue with polarized intellectual Institute abuse research each other, such as Prof. Jitsuro Terashima, Chairman of Japan, stressed. He gets to reduce dependence on nuclear energy by a revision in Japan's strategic energy plan. In the meantime has Prof. Hiroshi Komiyama, President of Mitsubishi Research Institute, a low-carbon future through enhanced use of renewable energies strongly advocated.

There is no doubt that much more solar energy should use Japan and most other Nations with abundant sunlight through highly efficient photovoltaic and thermal routes. In fact, was Dr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera, for example, a pioneer in this respect.

It is time to support renewable energy with Japan's low cost of capital to reduce the risks of nuclear power and alleviate the impending power shortage, such as Japan and indeed the world comprehensively consider an energy future post-Fukushima.

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Widening scandal at nuclear company

12 July 2011 last update at 09: 49 GMT
the Kyushu E-mail scandal sparked protests last week put dozens of workers at Japan's Kyushu electric company as citizens and lobbying be reopened for a power plant says an internal investigation.
A whistleblower revealed last week that about 50 workers back up after a televised debate Genkai plant restart a plan of the Kyushu E-mails had sent.

But the company internal investigation has found that more than 100 people may have been involved in.

Two-thirds of Japan are 54 reactors since the 11 March earthquake in idle.

9.0 Magnitude tremors, and the massive tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant triggers, and sparked a review of the nuclear industry of the country.

All nuclear power plants, which have been concluded for routine inspections were ordered, remain closed until its security could be guaranteed.

The plant in Genkai, in the South, was one of the first plants once again be opened to.

But the Government announcement last week a more stringent tests on the company thwarted attempts to have restarted reactors across the Board.

Popularity slump

The E-mail scandal has company boss made another blow to Kyushu electric, and a public apology last week.

National public NHK reported that employees more than 30% of all messages sent in support of the Genkai plant is opened again taken into account the messages from Kyushu.

In the meantime, Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced that Japan needs to rethink their commitment to nuclear energy.

Before the crisis of Fukushima, the country had 53% aligned his power until 2030 to nuclear.

But Mr Kan said, this obligation should be scrapped, and the reliance on nuclear power should be reduced.

The Prime Minister, who was under tremendous pressure to resign, has broken into his lowest level of popularity, since his prior to little more than a year assuming.

According to the most recent polls, only 16% of the population believe that he does a good job.

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