Friday, November 18, 2011

Radiation Alerts update for 11-18-01

Second round of KNPP talks end in stalemate (Newindpress)
CHENNAI: The second meeting of the experts committees formed by the central and the Tamil Nadu governments to allay fears about the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu ended in a stalemate Friday, said a leader of the anti-project protesters.

Fukushima rice shipments banned over radiation concerns (Central Asia News.Net)
Shipments of rice from an area near the nuclear power station at Fukushima have been banned by the Japanese government after high levels of radioactive caesium were detected.

Japan Inc steps up shift overseas as yen stays high (Reuters)
Nissan Motor's Iwaki factory is seen in Iwaki, about 50km from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima prefecture May 17, 2011.

Barrow woman victim of espionage scandal (North-West Evening Mail)
The group later became known as Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment which campaigns against nuclear fuel being imported into and exported from the county.

EU states irked over cuts of nuclear, satellite projects (All Voices)
BRUSSELS Britain and a clutch of European Union states are protesting the removal from the EU budget of a next-generation nuclear reactor and an Earth observation satellite they consider vital for Europe.

Radiation Mystery Solved? Budapest 'Probably' the Source (760 WJR)
Nuclear officials said Thursday they believe they have traced the source of a massive, but harmless, radiation plume that has spread across the atmosphere in Europe to an institute in Hungary, but the head of the institute disagrees.

2012 Elections have nuclear impact in France – Party proposes closing 24 of 58 reactors by 2025:In an electoral pact with the Green party, Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, France's Socialists have agreed to phase out a large chunk of the country's nuclear capacity and guarantee the Greens seats in the next parliament in return for their electoral support. In replacing largely depreciated, long-life assets with less reliable alternatives, the move would deprive state-controlled.

Airborne Radiation Dose Measured by Robot at 1st floor of Reactor Buildings of Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station November 16, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Company Approx. 1,300mSv/h detected near the surface of the northern grooved rail when whether the water exists in the rail or not was being checked Related articles Completion of Cover Construction at Reactor.

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