The majority of decommissioning work at the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be put on hold while the Group of Seven summit takes place in Shima, Mie Prefecture, on May 26 to 27, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co. japantimes.co.jp
Paperwork related to the manufacture of components for use in UK nuclear power plants by Areva's Le Creusot forge may contain "inconsistencies, modifications or omissions", the French nuclear regulator has advised its British counterpart. The Sizewell B reactor is the only UK reactor to feature such parts. world-nuclear-news.org
As renewable energy becomes increasingly urgent, nuclear energy shouldn’t be discounted. In fact, it should be embraced according to Andy Karsner, managing partner at Emerson Collective and a senior strategist at Google’s moonshot lab. fortune.com
Five-years-ago, an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan killing close to 16,000 and leaving many more injured or missing. It was the costliest natural disaster in world history and caused the second worst nuclear power disaster on record. The lessons learned from that accident are quietly playing out just miles from downtown Phoenix. A massive and secret building loaded with emergency nuclear equipment sits in the valley, ready to go at a moment's notice. It's all a plan hatched after the Japan quake. fox10phoenix.com
