Saturday, August 20, 2011

Nuclear Energy - News August 20, 2011


Nuclear Energy - News August 20, 2011


San Clemente: Anti-nuclear group want experts to speak
San Clemente: Anti-nuclear group want experts to speak (The Orange County Register)
Anti-nuclear advocates are asking San Clemente to let them fly in experts from around the country to testify at a Sept.
CFIA to test salmon for radiation from Japanese nuclear reactor (The Times Colonist)
Salmon caught off the coast of British Columbia will be tested for traces of radiation from the nuclear disaster in Japan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced.
Nuclear waste removal dig to start on Monday (Leader-Times)
After two decades of changed plans, studies and disappointments, works crews finally will dig and remove the first shovel of radioactive dirt on Monday at the nuclear waste dump along Route 66 in the village of Kiskimere, Parks Township.
NRC Sets Out Timeframe for Nuclear Safety Review (WOWT-TV Omaha)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving forward on sweeping safety changes for the U.S. nuclear industry triggered by the crisis in Japan.
Blue Castle Nuclear Project Closer to Filing Licensing Application (World News Report)
Blue Castle Holdings Inc., developer of the Blue Castle Nuclear Project, is progressing rapidly toward completing site characterization activities needed for the filing of a licensing application with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and for State and local permitting.

Did quake or tsunami cause Fukushima meltdown?
Did quake or tsunami cause Fukushima meltdown? (New Scientist)
"It is not correct," a spokesman for Japan's nuclear safety watchdog, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency , told New Scientist .
Quake in Japan Is Causing a Costly Shift to Fossil Fuels (HeraldTribune)
The half-century-old, oil-fueled power generators here had been idle for more than a year when, a day after the nuclear accident in March, orders came from Tokyo Electric Power headquarters to fire them up.



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