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so much for clean cola coal...

"Y'know it's coming from over there," he says, nodding in the direction of one of the largest coal plants in the world, right across the two lane highway where Maddox collects his mail.
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Okay folks, let us admit, some of the most serious effects due to radiation were not even discussed here.
Yes we discussed radiation, cancer etc.. but now comes a very serious report. Please read..
The Associated Press reports that one of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it. However, the Fukushima Crisis is far more serious that the AP and other corporate media care to report. Have you ever wondered why “our leaders” all seem to be quite relaxed about this apparent crisis? Indeed, they are so relaxed, that they have probably gotten you to even think that Fukushima is not a crisis anymore?

You might even also think that whatever is going on “over there“, you will entrust to some leader “someplace” to fix it. But, what if “our leaders” were responsible for Fukushima? Some researchers like Dr. David Ray Griffin allege that “leaders” were responsible for 9/11. Why would the leaders who caused Fukushima ever want to fix it?

Indeed, if our so-called “leaders” were responsible for Fukushima, we, as humans, would have a much, much bigger crisis, which requires us to immediately face. Indeed, the logic of the current behaviour of “our leaders” is that they must have somehow caused “Fukushima”, as these same “leaders” also “profit” from the bloating military budgets of a 9/11 they must have caused.

Ancient Pagan Gnostic insights suggest that artificial life forms orchestrated and now perpetuate Fukushima. Dr John Lash’s research into Pagan Gnostic texts referred to these demonic and lower dimensional artificial life forms as “archons” -- please see metahistory.org. Fukushima was apparently launched by these artificial life forms for the same reason that these same alien entities promote today’s ever morphing computer technology as “advancing” society into “modernity”.

Alien artificial life forms have apparently crossed into our dimension, and have interfered with the human experience of time and space. The result is a predictable disorientation onto our popular human consciousness.

Our cosmic human ancestors were apparently highly spiritually evolved and telepathic beings who would have no use for the accoutrements of artificial intelligence that we dubiously consider “advanced”. Alex Collier is a voluntary contactee of Ethical Extraterrestrials who affirms this insight on our hidden human history that has been further elaborated by African Zulu Elder Credo Mutwa and other indigenous peoples.

The apparent goal of the archons is to for us, as human beings, to wilfully assimilate ourselves to the false reality matrix of artificial intelligence. In so doing, the archons seek for us, as humans to give up our vital spiritual interconnectedness to the natural word that is our cosmic essence of who were are as beings of a higher dimensional consciousness.

The archons cannot take on a soul which enables our creativity which the archons lack, based on ancient Pagan Gnostic insights. Instead, the archons rely on repressing our human advanced sensory capabilities to trick us into bringing ourselves down to their lower dimensional plane of an artificial existence. The archons exist as parasites onto our human collective consciousness, and seek use human creativity to become an extension of their intergalactic predatory and calculated ego. The archon are creatures of computerized calculations for achieving self-serving preservation at the expense of other more evolved life forms. The archons seek to act like a sophisticated computer virus onto our human minds.

In the apparent view of the calculated artificial intelligence of the archons, the more that we, as humans, can accept the destruction of the natural world around us through events like Fukushima, is the more that we, as humans, will have to become dependent on “substitutions” by artificial intelligence, and accompanying virtual reality. These include, for example, the chirping of simulated birds in place of the real ones killed-off by pollutants including radiation, and our eventual willingness to surrender parts of ‘our biological make-up’ with artificial implants and appendages to cope with the brave “New World” of the aliens.

The apparent life forms who preside over the perpetuation of Fukushima are apparently “formidable shape shifters” [the above video is introduced by Dr. Michael Salla -- voice] according to ancient Pagan Gnostic insights. In other words, these artificial life forms can assume a human form, but lack the human soul which instils amongst us, as humans, with that spiritual interconnectedness with each other and with Mother Nature which inspires our desire to protect our planet Earth. David Icke has discussed this insights many times in his lectures on the subject matter, that is reinforced both by indigenous elders like African Zulu Elder Credo Mutwa, and Dr. Lash’s research on the Pagan Gnostics. [second video below].

The “people” who therefore preside over the perpetuation of Fukushima are therefore archons, rather than human beings. This is apparent in their “not-a-care-in-the-world” response to the worsening Crisis which is further expediting our cosmic destruction as spiritual-biological beings that is inherently more evolved and therefore more ‘advanced’ than the archons. Our ongoing human perception that the world of artificial intelligence represents an advanced state of existence, is an apparent product of the disorientation of the human consciousness by the archons.

If you seek out aliens, just turn on your television, and begin to watch the archon and their operatives mis-directing of attention away from vital issues like Fukushima, and into a narcissistic service to the self mentality. Indeed, this was the plot of John Carpenter’s apparently insightful and provocative film “They Live” (1988) [below video]

As humans, it is within our cosmic identity to embrace a service-to-others. It is vital that we, as humans, liberate ourselves from a false reality matrix of artificial intelligence.

As humans, we also need to stop seeking archons and their false gods that seek to enslave humanity as our potential political or religious “saviours“. We need to come together to stop Fukushima, and is in the process re-direct our psycho-kinetic thought potentials (that the archons have sought to mis-direct and oppress), onto the healing of the destruction of our planet.

The Canadian is a socially progressive and not-for-profit national newspaper, with an international readership. We provide an alternative to the for-profit commercial focused media, which often censors vital information and perspective of potential interest to the diverse Canadian public, and other peoples internationally
Source: The Canadian (http://s.tt/18qGL)
For more: see: Artificial Life forms preside over Fukushima suggest Pagan Gnostics

It seems that Busby worshipers and others who endlessly talked about dead men walking and millions of deaths due to radiation simply forgot this angle of the disaster.
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:rotfl: :rotfl:
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Early returns to Fukushima
Restrictions in sizeable parts of Fukushima's evacuation area have been relaxed, enabling some residents to visit at will and work towards a permanent return. Two towns have opened, and a third will follow in two weeks' time.
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Long-term no-go areas considered
Kyodo
The government is considering designating areas near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as off-limits for residents for an extensive period, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Wednesday.

Concern is growing that a large amount of water contaminated by radioactive materials being stored at the crippled plant could threaten the safety of people living in the vicinity, government officials said.

The central government also believes it will be necessary to secure the area around the plant so workers can safely carry out their assignments while they remove melted fuel from the facility's reactors.
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Government holds off on decision to restart reactors
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and other Cabinet ministers hold a meeting to discuss about restarting the two reactors at Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture on April 3. (The Asahi Shimbun)

Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, the trade minister said on April 3, as concerns about a summer power crunch vie with safety worries in the wake of last year's Fukushima crisis.
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Strontium at Fukushima plant flows into sea
There is no dearth of News in Japan on Fukushima. If we really want to post news about Fukushima then all should be allowed.Not selective ones by some.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says more radioactive wastewater has leaked from its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and flowed into the sea. The water contained high levels of strontium.

Workers at the plant discovered water leaking from a pipe connected to a wastewater tank, at around 1:00 AM on Thursday.

Workers shut valves, and the flow stopped about an hour later.

TEPCO says about 12 tons of wastewater leaked from a disconnected joint in the pipe. The company also says it believes that a large portion of the water has flowed into the ocean through a nearby drainage ditch.

The utility is trying to determine how the joint became disconnected, and how much water poured into the sea.

Radioactive wastewater also leaked on March 26th from a different section of the same piping.

Last December, water leaked from another device within the plant compound.
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gakakkad wrote:

so much for clean cola coal...
Gakakkad and Gerard, some time ago I posted my thoughts after I saw one coal power plant (one of the larger one in US) in West Virginia. The amount of ash it generated every year contained, among other things, tons of Uranium, enough U235 to produce a couple of Hiroshima size bombs every year!

See this

Or: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1997/fs163-97/FS-163-97.html
Or:http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~aubr ... PTSu03.pdf
First, the numbers for a 1 GW in coal plant on average (in US) a year
4.7 Tons U
(Good enough to get 2 nuclear bombs per year from U235)
11.6 Tons of Th

(727 tonnes of uranium and 1788 tonnes of thorium per year for US - see ref above)

(These numbers are consistent with what I posted before)
Gakakkad, I posted link to UCSF symposium in the other thread..
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News from France:
There are reports of two fires in the reactor building of Penly 2( per report NPP shutdown was automatic on detection of smoke in the reactor building)
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Apparently an oil fire in a pump that was put out.

Still the heart raced a bit. Never know which one will be the last for the area.
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^^^ Even in Japan, some people are getting now publicly worried ...
Japan government fears non-nuclear summer will hamper restarts
Japan's government is rushing to try to restart two nuclear reactors, idled after the Fukushima crisis, by next month out of what experts say is a fear that surviving a total shutdown would make it hard to convince the public that atomic energy is vital.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and three cabinet ministers are to meet for a third time on Friday to discuss the possible restarts of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant in Fukui, western Japan - a region dubbed the "nuclear arcade" for the string of atomic plants that dot its coast.

Trade minister Yukio Edano, who holds the energy portfolio, could travel to Fukui as early as Sunday to seek local approval for the restarts, Japanese media said.
<snip>
BTW Edano who in the past, post Fukushima, publicly talked about "zero nuclear energy" now said something to the effect "The government's policy is now to reduce reliance on nuclear power as low as possible....it should in future account for less than the third of national electricity ..."
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News from something closer to home.. (I know a few people involved)..

There was a story, IIRC I posted here about MIT iRobots:
iRobot to the rescue CSAIL spinoff sends robotic aid to Japan
The above story is year old, but these robots are still being used at Fukushima.

Now three of these robots are being sent to a NPP in South Carolina.
Interestingly the NPP is 1960s vintage, but has been okay-ed /renewed to work till 2030. ..

Here is news link of the current news..
iRobot Warrior and PackBot Robots Support U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Operations

BEDFORD, Mass., Apr 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- iRobot Corp. IRBT -0.35% , a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, announced that three of the company’s robots have been purchased by Progress Energy and are in use at the Robinson Nuclear Plant near Hartsville, SC.

Progress Energy purchased one iRobot 710 Warrior® and two iRobot 510 PackBot® robots. Warrior, a powerful and rugged robot, carries payloads weighing more than 150 pounds and lifts up to 220 pounds. Modular, adaptable and expandable, PackBot is a tactical mobile robot that performs multiple missions while keeping the operator out of harm’s way.

“iRobot’s unmanned ground vehicles have proven their worth as rugged tools that can be used in a wide range of missions,” said Tim Trainer, interim general manager of iRobot’s Military Robots business unit. “Robots mitigate risk by keeping personnel out of radioactive environments and serve as a cost-effective way to perform operations. iRobot is excited about growing its presence in this market.”

Warrior and PackBot also continue to play a vital role at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. After last year’s earthquake and tsunami, iRobot sent two Warrior and two PackBot robots to the country and provided operator training. Since then, the robots have been used on a regular basis to remove debris and measure radiation levels at the plant.
<snip>
I remember Kinect (xbox) being attached to one of the smaller robots ..and it was fun.
(Actually the challenge given to those MIT students was to hack Kinect and see if one can use it as the robot's eyes to look at the room in three dimension - which they were able to do. )

For techies at heart - they may enjoy this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRPEns8MS2o
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^^^ Story in WSJ about what some are calling flip-flop of Edano.
Nuke Restarts: Edano Now On Board?
In one of the great policy dramas playing out in Japan these days — whether the government will allow any nuclear reactors to operate this summer — Yukio Edano has a starring role. The minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry has been one of the power sector’s biggest critics, and is seen as one of the biggest obstacles to allowing reactors to resume operation.
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But this week, atomic tea-leaf readers see in Mr. Edano’s public comments signs of a turning point — critics might say “flip-flop” — that would allow the nuclear juice to resume...{This is what I was pointing out just a few posts above before..}.
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A Fyzicyst reduced to Atomic version of Tea leaf reading to see signs of improvement. Its really an improvement over prediction of meltdown.
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There is no dearth of News in Japan on Fukushima. If we really want to post news about Fukushima then all should be allowed.Not selective ones by some...
Yes, agree that there is no dearth of news about Fukushima, and I think all discussion should be allowed, not selective ones....

I dare say a lot, if not the majority of items, in the news papers are similar in tone to that of highlighted in C's post above eg " ...large amount of radioactive waste-water..Sr/Cs/I .. leaking .. from crippled plants .. with a potential of great harm.." etc.. More times, than not, scary figures of Becquerels, Sieverts are posted without much context..

So posting the news about Fukushima is important, but eve more important, IMO, is to put some effort in understanding and discuss what it all means. We all know among expert analysis there is also rubbish propagated by kind of reports of Busbys and Zaid Hamids. But even straight news items where quantitative figures are given, one should try to understand what those quantities mean.

It is easy to detect even *very* small quantity of radioactivity but critical point is does it have any meaningful effect? One can still detect/measure radioactive Cs in wine and trace it to Chernobyl ( because grapes grown in 1985 absorbed Cs from Chernobyl) but how meaningful it is if one wants to relate it to KNNP's protests?
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chaanakya wrote:A Fyzicyst reduced to Atomic version of Tea leaf reading to see signs of improvement. Its really an improvement over prediction of meltdown.
Wow! Speechless! Can you expand on which "Fyzicyst is reduced to Tea leaf reading?"
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It is easy to detect even *very* small quantity of radioactivity but critical point is does it have any meaningful effect? One can still detect/measure radioactive Cs in wine and trace it to Chernobyl ( because grapes grown in 1985 absorbed Cs from Chernobyl) but how meaningful it is if one wants to relate it to KNNP's protests?

The radiation exposure during a trans-atlantic flight is 0.07 mSv .. maybe the some brfites might consider travelling by sea , the next time they visit US/India ..
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^^^ It will look even more scary if presented as 70 muSv..:) .. Yes we can detect Cs originated from Chernobyl or Fukushima even thousands of Km's away ..

As said before, there is no shortage of scary headlines about radioactivity .. There is a recent deluge of stories that radiation is spreading in Pacific ocean "much more than people realized". ". 2,000,000,000,000,000 Bq of estimated Cs...10000X level even at 600Km .."Fukushima-derived Cs isotopes being detected in zooplankton and mesopelagic fish, even Ag (110 () in zooplankton...

Not only some of this may have been posted here in Brf but recent headlines from respected sources such as:
Fukushima Radiation Moving Across Pacific Ocean and VOA's New Data Show Fukushima Radiation Moved Rapidly Out Into Pacific Ocean are also there.

These recent stories are all based on the recent paper published by PNAS ..
Here is the link: (Fukushima-derived radionuclides in the ocean and biota off Japan

It has wealth of information, and quantitative reliable data..and though you may see numbers such as 1000X.. of this and that, you may also like to notice this (which some times is ignored in the news paper stories):
"...radiation risks due to these radionuclides are below those generally considered harmful to marine animals and human consumers, and even below those from naturally occurring radionuclides."
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Amber G. wrote:
chaanakya wrote:A Fyzicyst reduced to Atomic version of Tea leaf reading to see signs of improvement. Its really an improvement over prediction of meltdown.
Wow! Speechless! Can you expand on which "Fyzicyst is reduced to Tea leaf reading?"
The kind who qualifies as 'atomic' tea leaf reader referred to in your so forcefully.
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Meanwhile Pilgrim Plant's renewal (in Massachusetts US - A BWR of NPP of 1960 vintage and very similar to Fukushima NPP) is in news again...Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to go ahead with hearings to grant a new 20-year license extension.. is being resisted by MA's AG.
NRC Pilgrim Plant Hearings Appealed by Massachusetts AG
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I ll present it as 7 x 10^7 pSv . :evil: Scaaaary....
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Anyway, more tea leaf reading from the news media ...
Japan Closer to Restarting First Reactors Since Fukushima
Japan took another step toward restarting its first nuclear reactors since the Fukushima disaster, trying to avert electricity shortages this summer that could set back the country’s economic recovery... <snip>
Of course, except for one, all other Japans NPP's are offline, so it remains to be seen how long irrational fear last.

Also: AP story
Japan gives preliminary OK to restart 2 reactors
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Some more tea-leafing from Japan's neighborhood in China..Qinshan NPP (Story appears in TOI too)...
China expands oldest nuclear power plant
China has expanded its oldest nuclear power plant.

With the addition of a new pressurized water reactor power-generating unit, the Qinshan nuclear power facility near Shanghai has a total capacity of 4.32 million kilowatts (=4.32GW) , from its previous capacity of 650,000 kilowatts..(=.65GW)
(Some may find some interesting quotes..
Following Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster last March, China's existing reactors were allowed to continue operating during the country's safety review from March to July and construction on new reactors begun before Fukushima was allowed to proceed...

Chinese regulators declared the country's existing nuclear reactors and those under construction safe, based on the safety review....

The key issue, he said, is "whether we have full confidence in safety."

.. Lin said the Chinese "should trust the government" and its pledge to safely and effectively develop nuclear power.. (vs Busby type experts.. I guess...
(Yeah ..OTOH .. I do note that there are many stories about Sr leaking in Pacific ocean and Iodine being found along California coast - no I am not making this up .. there are many stories about this, including in SF Chronicle ...Even Sri Lanka according to news report is worried about NPP radiation from India.. :eek: )
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Chinese reactor enters commercial operation
Unit 4 at China's Qinshan Phase II has begun commercial operation. The announcement marks the successful conclusion of the project to add two more indigenously-designed units at the plant in Zhejiang province.
Sun Qin, declared to workers and officials gathered in the unit's control room that the reactor had successfully begun commercial operation, 60 days ahead of schedule.
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Also somewhere in background .
Chinese derivative of Westinghouse's AP1000 design...passive core cooling system..may start operating in 2017 ..
CAP1400 test facility under construction
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Amit et al - One recent statement from coal lobby made lot of us :rotfl: . The clip also made it to a few night time comedy shows.

Background: After recent announcement by Obama about tough regulations by EPA on coal ash and other aspects of coal burning new power plants.. the coal lobby spokesperson blamed Obama to be as ruthless against coal lobby as he was against Osama,, :D let me put the exact quotes:
The Navy SEALs shot Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and [EPA administrator] Lisa Jackson shot us in Washington :rotfl: ,
Another important tidbit caught my eye, as I was not aware for it and is quite important for India.

US (since it will have tougher EPA regulations - so will be careful in expanding coal PP's) is exporting coal... and major buyers of american coal include:

India: Up 65 percent, to 4.5 million tons.
Japan: Up 119 percent, to almost 7 million tons.

(I can understand Japan, after Fukushima they closed all NPP's and it may take some time before they start thinking straight.. but why should India import so much coal?

Link:U.S. Coal Exports Soar To 1991 Heights
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On the heel of news that Japan is likely to start two NPP's, another news for Japan's nuclear energy..
David Cameron paves way for Japanese to build nuclear power stations in UK
Japanese companies could help build nuclear power stations in Britain under a joint framework

..The prime minister, who was on his first official visit to Japan, signed an agreement on Tuesday that opened Britain's nuclear market up to "Japanese companies' technical expertise in new plant design and construction".
Busby type's prediction that nuclear energy has no future may be a little premature.. :!:
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While some are busy causing mischief, such and asking Sri Lanka to be afraid of nuclear plants in India ...
Sri Lanka-India resolution row goes nuclear


Rest of the world moves on ..
(From main-stream media in US )
NuHub Launches Partnership with NuScale to Revolutionize the Nuclear Power Industry
COLUMBIA, S.C., April 11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- NuHub announced today that it has partnered with NuScale Power, LLC, which is developing a modular, scalable commercial nuclear power technology, to recruit the nation's first small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) models to South Carolina
Even NYtimes grudgingly has a head line:

Nuclear Power’s Death Somewhat Exaggerated
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^^Also, US, It seems posted lowest unplanned shutdowns since 2005 and strong capacity factors...
US Nuclear Performance in 2011
U.S. nuclear energy facilities in 2011 recorded the lowest number of unplanned shutdowns in more than a decade and achieved near-record levels of reliability and safety performance, according to safety and operations data compiled by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). U.S. companies achieved these milestones despite a year marked by severe weather events that caused extensive damage to communities in numerous states.
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This news caught my eye ... (while in Germany is moving away from NPP, UK, it seems, is moving towards it (See recent news about deals with Japan, France etc..)
UK POWER: Prompt peakload loses value as nuclear capacity rises
..And greater nuclear capacity typically results in lower peakload prices as utilities are able to move from gas-burn, which is what we've seen today."

The return of several EDF Energy nuclear units over the past week and weekend has pushed nuclear power generation back above 8 GW to contribute almost 20% of the UK's energy needs at midday London time, National Grid data showed.
One very interesting item, (Please do watch the ad, it is quite cute, IMO), if I understand the news correctly is: one company (EDF - it recently started 2 NPP's) is offering its UK domestic customers the opportunity to sign up for electricity supplied only from nuclear power plants :!: (with promise of low-carbon tariff, the company guarantees that the amount of electricity used will be matched by electricity generated by nuclear power plants)
Anyway here is the news item, and a link to 1 minute cute ad...

EDF introduces new character as part of Feel Better Energy activity
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published its Environmental Outlook to 2050 report, and the predictions are grim. (India is a member of OECD and Environment Ministers met recently)

OECD outlook report for next 40 years; expresses concerns over climate changes, greenhouse gas emissions.

Nuclear was noted as a major mitigating technology.

Report at OECD's page,
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_2157 ... _1,00.html

Story in news at:
Here
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Caught my eye: (Germany's other fight with nuclear power).. Amitji might be interested ...
Turns out, France, the UK, Poland, and the Czech Republic, which are all planning or building nuclear power plants, are pressuring the European Union to open up the spigot.

... while get the EU to reclassify nuclear energy as low-emission technology, a heavily subsidized category that includes solar and wind power; it would make nuclear power eligible for the same subsidies. Their argument: Europe's commitment to shift to low-emission power generation by 2050 would have to be “technology neutral.”

If the four countries succeed, the EU could subsidize not only construction of nuclear power plants but also the sale of their electricity to the tune of billions of euros—to be paid by all taxpayers in the EU via the EU budget, 20% of which falls upon German taxpayers. Alas, it’s precisely Germany that has decided to exit nuclear power.

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After Germany last year committed to closing its nuclear reactors, it's relying more on coal and importing power (vs renewables, at least for the short term) from neighbors that use nuclear energy...
A report from LA Times/Chicago Tribune..
Germany's nuclear power phaseout turns off environmentalists
When the German government shut down half the country's nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, followed two months later by a pledge to abandon nuclear power within a decade, environmentalists cheered.

A year later, however, criticism of the nuclear shutdown is emerging from a surprising source: some of the very activists who pushed for the phaseout.

They say poor planning of the shutdown and political opportunism by the government have actually worsened the toll on the environment in Germany, and Europe, at least in the short term.

To make up for the lost nuclear power, which supplied 22% of Germany's electricity before the phaseout began, the country has increased its reliance on brown coal, a particularly high emitter of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and a major contributor to global warming. Brown coal now supplies 25% of Germany's electricity, up from 23% a year ago.

Last year's shuttering of eight of the country's 17 reactors has led to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions of 25 million tons annually in Europe,....

Although he supported Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to shutter Germany's nuclear plants, Toepfer said the execution of the policy has been fumbling and haphazard.

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Only six months before the Fukushima disaster, Merkel had decided to extend, not curtail, the life span of Germany's nuclear power plants, a move that aroused vigorous public opposition. After the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, she made a dramatic reversal, announcing that half of Germany's nuclear plants would be shut down immediately and the remainder within a decade.

To some residents in the northwestern German village of Kleinensiel, Merkel's sudden change of heart was born of political motives.

"There was a lot of frustration," said Boris Schierhold, mayor of the municipality of Stadland, which includes Kleinensiel. "People lost a little trust in political decision-making."
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"Our facilities were serviced every year; they're in perfect shape," said Maik Otholt, a Kleinensiel resident. "Nothing ever went wrong. And so now what are we doing? We're buying nuclear energy from France. Their plant is just over the border. And now we're buying that expensive electricity. It's crazy."
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$33 billion cost of Swiss nuclear decision
Switzerland's decision not to build any new nuclear generating capacity will cost the country some CHF 30 billion ($33 billion) up to 2050, according to the country's Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC). The department has undertaken a modeling of Switzerland's energy future to 2050 which will be used in formulating the country's new energy policy.
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