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		<title>Oi Restarts Fuels By Political Rivalries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Japan Times story highlights the political strategies and tactics under the surface of the Oi reactor restarts. Kansai Electric and the government claims of power shortages may have more to do with trying to hammer the emerging political party in Osaka than actual energy policy. The new party lead by Osaka mayor Hashimoto has sweeping ambitions to take over seats in the national Diet. Restarts and threats of blackouts may have more to do with political tactics then actual energy needs.
Read the entire thing here at Japan Times. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120516x3.html
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		<title>NISA Finds New Quake Risk Concerns At Oi &amp; Tsuruga</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6071</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NISA has discovered that part of the slope near the Oi reactors could collapse in an earthquake. KEPCO says they will remove some of the soil in 2014. NISA intends to hold an expert meeting to discuss the issue. A landslide could drastically complicate an earthquake caused disaster at the plant. English translation of the original article at the end of the page.
NISA will also begin a six month inspection to determine if faults under the Tsuruga nuclear plant are active. There are concerns that faults under the plant could move with a nearby known active fault.
&#8220;Japan has regulations against building a nuclear plant on top of an active fault that has moved within the last 120,000 to 130,000 years, so the Tsuruga site could be declared unfit to host a nuclear plant.&#8221;
Findings of the research could cause Tsuruga to be shut down.
Machine translation of Oi reactor article:
Fear of collapse ...]]></description>
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		<title>TEPCO To Do Gamma Surveys Inside Units 1-3</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6074</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denki Shimbun has reported that TEPCO will do robotic gamma camera surveys inside units 1-3. The survey has already begun and will look for radiation concentrations and possible containment leaks.
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		<title>Japan Radiation Readings Taken By Train</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6067</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These radiation readings taken by train recently showed up on Twitter. It wasn&#8217;t immediately clear who is doing the work but it appears to be highly detailed survey work with considerable documentation. The map can be seen here and the spreadsheet here. A couple of things found interesting on the map, one that dose rate goes up again north of Sendai and also that there is a notable radiation dose rate around Tokyo  that suddenly drops off toward the west side of the city.
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		<title>California May Face Summer Power Shortages Due To San Onofre</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6063</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With San Onofre nuclear plant still down due to steam generator problems, the power supply in California is struggling to keep up. CAISO is predicting about 46,352 MW during summer 2012 will be available. The actual peak of 2011 was 45,429 MW. This leaves a very tight power supply. California plans to do a couple of things to lower demand:
 Calling back into service Huntington Beach Power Plant units previously slated for
retirement. This not only adds 452 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the LA Basin, but it also
enables 350 MW of additional imported power to transfer into San Diego.
 Accelerating completion of Barre-Ellis &#38; Sunrise Powerlink transmission projects.
 Re-activating the 20/20 demand reduction program and Flex Alert TV and radio
conservation campaign.
 Coordinating military and public agency conservation in key areas of Southern California to
further soften peak demand.
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		<title>Reactor Restarts Come Down To Money</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6060</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The local assembly of Oi town has voted to approve the restart of the Oi reactors. The assembly cited economic concerns such as employment. The $32 million in annual subsidies the city is given from Kansai electric is probably a considerable part of the decision. Some have described the subsidies as like a drug that causes the local municipality to become both dependent and complacent about fostering the economy independent of the power companies.
This approval to restart the reactors is not shared by the other nearby towns. Eight of the eleven nearby towns do not want the reactors restarted.
The power companies in Japan are heavily invested in nuclear. The plan to reform TEPCO hinges on the ability to restart the reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. The Japanese government has nationalized TEPCO, leaving them in a biased position. Kansai is also heavily invested in nuclear power.
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		<title>Fukushima Decontamination May Be Paid For By People Of Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6057</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current plan as expressed by minister Edano. Decontamination will be billed to TEPCO, TEPCO asks for money from the national government. The national government will then determine how to come up with this money likely through tax increases. This seems to be already the situation with most costs. TEPCO is largely out of money and borrowing from the national government. The national government obtains their funds through taxes.
In the event of a nuclear disaster in the US, the Price-Anderson Act covers the first 12.6 billion dollars, the rest is the responsibility of the US government, aka: the US taxpayer.
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		<title>Japan Nuclear Disaster Inspires ChimPom</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6055</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert has a photo collection of the art collective Chimpom&#8217;s new exhibit &#8216;Turning Around&#8217; at the Watarium Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.
The group has been behind a number of well known art actions including the pointing man seen on camera at Fukushima Daiichi and their addition to the painting &#8220;Myth of Tomorrow&#8221; at the Shibuya train station. (ChimPom on the train station exhibit)
Images from the new exhibit can be found on Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert&#8217;s website.
ChimPom http://chimpom.jp
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert http://jeremysuttonhibbert.photoshelter.com/
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		<title>SimplyInfo Releases Japan Travel Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6047</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SimplyInfo.org has released their Japan Travel Guidelines. The guidelines include information to assist travelers in determining and understanding the potential radiation levels at a location within Japan. It also explains the risk factors for certain populations and some common sense safety steps people can use to lower their risk while in Japan.
While many parts of Japan have very low or no additional radiation since the accident, some areas may require some minor cautionary steps for at risk populations. The guidelines also include some tips for safe food consumption. The lack of clear information has given many travelers apprehension. We hope our guidelines will allow people to educate themselves and reduce some of the anxiety about visiting Japan.
The guidelines can be found here or under our Nuclear Safety section.
http://www.simplyinfo.org/?page_id=6029
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		<title>NRC Whistleblowers Show Conflicts In Agency, Ft. Calhoun</title>
		<link>http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=6040</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter sent by NRC employees in the Arlington, TX office blasting Troy Pruett, a regional deputy director at NRC is raising more worries about reactor safety. Employees at the regional offices in Texas claimed that Pruett undermined their efforts to report safety issues at plants and retaliated if employees would not downplay found issues.
The whistle blowing employees are asking for an independent non-governmental company to come in an investigate, claiming the inspector general defers back to NRC management for problem resolution.  One incident specifically cited in the fire last year at Ft. Calhoun station. Pruett pressured employees to downplay the issue and to not give a &#8220;red&#8221; finding.
The revelations at the NRC&#8217;s regional offices raise even more questions about the true nature of Ft. Calhoun&#8217;s damage and safety oversight at the plant. During the worst of the flooding the plant was protected by sand bags and an inflatable tube ...]]></description>
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