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The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to approve a plan to close the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in 2025 which excluded an $85 
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This book is a definitive, scientific retelling of exactly what happened at Fukushima—and an urgent reminder that U.S. nuclear power isn’t as safe as it could and should be.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
I heard David speaking about this the other day. Looks to be a good read.
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On a stretch of lonely beach in the heavily contaminated no-go zone surrounding the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, one man is on a hopeless but ceaseless mission. His seven-year-old daughter is the only person unaccounted for after a five story tsunami crushed the nearby town of Okuma in March 2011. The authorities stopped looking for her long ago. Norio Kimura has not and never will.
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The operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant reveals 600 tonnes of reactor fuel melted during the disaster, with the exact location of the highly radioactive blobs remaining a mystery.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The "technology needs to be invented" and only start in 2020, taking 30-40 years!!! What the heck! They STILL don't even know where all that melted fuel is!?!
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Radiation detected off the U.S. West Coast from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan has declined since the 2011 tsunami disaster and never approached levels that could pose a risk to human health, seafood or wildlife, scientists say.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
I must say I've been at something of a loss to understand the recent burst of postings (and in-person questions from everyone from my dental hygienist to fellow parents from our son's Cub Scout pack) about "all that radiation we are getting [from Japan]."
While there has indeed been a signal here on the West Coast, the amounts are miniscule and of essentially no consequence to ecosystems here on this side of the Pacific. As with so many disasters, we seem to really want the story to be all about us. The really story is the lessons we can draw from this disaster AND the on-going struggles of our friends in Japan.
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