Nuclear News Roundup Jan 16, 2017 Views are being sought on the creation of ecological areas and wetland habitats to help reduce the possible effects of constructing a planned new nuclear power station. Horizon Nuclear Power is consulting ahead of its main application to build £10bn Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey. Bbc.com President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he and the president of Kazakhstan are united in a shared determination to prevent North Korea from “threatening the world with nuclear devastation.” Therepublic.com The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) recent rejection of Secretary of Energy Rick Perry’s plan to force electricity customers across the country to pay billions of dollars to prop up uneconomic coal and nuclear plants is only the tip of the iceberg in the fossil fuel industry’s bailout efforts. Thehill.com On Tuesday, Japan's state broadcasting organization, NHK, sent out a terrifying mobile notification which read: "NHK news alert. North Korea likely to have launched missile. The government J alert: evacuate inside the building or underground." Japanese residents only had a very brief time to contend with existential questions about how to spend their final moments; the apocalyptic warning was retracted minutes later, CNN reports. Theweek.com
