Japan just can’t seem to catch a break as extreme forces in nature repeatedly buffet the island. fairwinds.org

Earlier this week, an odd-looking gargantuan fish from Japan became a minor celebrity on Twitter. But the tide soon turned as curious reactions gave way to harmful rumors that its strange appearance is the result of the effects of radiation from the Fukushima disaster. motherboard.vice.com

THREE reports by top international consultancies which explore the cost of building 9,600MW of nuclear power in South Africa have been classified as secret and will not be made available to the public, the Department of Energy has said. bdlive.co.za

A regional environmental group set the stage Friday for a new round in the decades long battle over Salem nuclear plant cooling-water demands, submitting the most-detailed critique yet of the site’s 3-billion-gallon-per-day draw from the Delaware River. enviropoliticsblogs.blogspot.com.au