Seventeen months after the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s six-reactor complex at its Fukushima Daiichi, discussions continue about the possible effects of the radiation “dusting” the prefecture’s inhabitants received, and their consequences. Far outside most media coverage, 2012 is shaping up to be the media battleground between the massed proponents [...]
Japan’s six reactor Fukushima Daichi nuclear complex has inadvertently become the world’s bell-weather poster child for the inherent risks of nuclear power ever since the 11 March Tohoku offshore earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, triggered a devastating tsunami that effectively destroyed the complex. Ever since, specialists have wrangled about how damaging the consequences [...]
High-level Meeting, Calling for Strong International Safety Standards Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening session of the High-level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security, in New York, 22 September: I thank you for attending this very important meeting. Earlier this year, I visited Chernobyl to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the disaster. [...]
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and utility partners have returned from a fact-finding mission to Japan. During the trip, SEPA observed that Japan appears to have embraced solar at the consumer, manufacturing and national policy levels. Many of the participants described their renewed sense that the U.S. is also on the right track, with [...]
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