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@all Question..Are all the European energy companies privatized like they are here in the US?

@LM Not sure but there has been a trend of global privatization of the energy industry around here. In Portugal the process is nearly completed. The Portuguese Government still holds just over 50% of the leading electric company but the last phase of privatization is scheduled for the next few years. EDP, our leading electric company, is the 3RD biggest wind power producer in the world (producing 6.2 GW/h) and it ranks 192ND in the world's top 500 companies. EDP has wind power turbines in the USA (New York, Iowa, Pensilvania, Washington and Oklahoma), Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Brasil, China and Angola and is currently expanding in Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Illinois in the USA. Our second electric company is REN which separated from EDP during the privatization process. Our Government still holds exactly 50% of the shares of REN.

TVA defends Browns Ferry after reports of equipment, operator failure. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant had far more problems during recent tornadoes than TVA told the public after winds took down power lines and the plant went into automatic shutdown.
Tennessee Valley Authority statements after the late April tornadoes indicated everything functioned as it should when all three reactors shut down when the power they generated had nowhere to go because more than 300 monster power towers had been blown down.
But documents the utility is required to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission show reactor operators became distracted while manually operating cooling water flow to the Unit 1 reactor and water began boiling off faster than it was being replaced.
Additionally, a valve failed, a diesel-driven fire pump failed, the diesel-driven generator for the security station failed, the warning sirens were lost, power to the chemical lab was lost, and an emergency diesel generator keeping cool water flowing to one of three reactors shut down because of voltage fluctuations caused by a fluid leak after a brass fitting broke. www.timesfreepress.com

good night, bo. good dreams for you tonight

Night Bo!

Just wanted to say hi guys. I am away visiting family, so not able to be on a that much right now.

Westinghouse pauses at end of UK reactor generic design approval process
15 July 2011
The UK nuclear regulator has published results of most of the final step of a generic design assessment of the EDF/Areva EPR reactor and the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design.
Until March, the UK regulator had planned to publish interim approvals-in-principle of both designs in June, with a list of issues that need resolution to achieve final approval. After the Fukushima Daiichi event, however, this goal was pushed back to the end of the year to take into account the final Fukushima Daiichi lessons learned report from chief regulator Mike Weightman, scheduled for publication in September. www.neimagazine.com

I grow up listen to people say " Money is a dirt thing" . But now I learn that Money can kill you in a diferent way. 420 million yen stolen from ATMs near Fukushima nuclear plant
Some 420 million yen was stolen from ATMs near the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant between the onset of the nuclear disaster and the end of June, National Police Agency (NPA) figures have shown.
Figures released by the NPA on July 14 showed thieves broke into convenience stores within the 20-kilometer evacuation zone around the plant 25 times during the period, stealing roughly 420 million yen from ATMs in the stores. There were also 106 cases of vacant houses being burglarized. mdn.mainichi.jp It is better pay by credit card in japan.......

@lillymunster Here is a source for the 300 drinking water standard. search.japantimes.co.jp

@Majj That's awesome!

Yes it is very good news , but solar panels exist for many many years...... . Only now they talk on it. But they are talking and that is what matters. :-)))))) . "I see light in the end of the tunnel" . Wen you corner a animal against the wall any thing can happen. The MAN is corned now. In this case Very good things will happen. I'm a Optimist :-)))))))))))

If it realy work , will be a fantastic solution Turn Your iPhone into a Radiation Detector. When there's radioactive meat drifting into your supermarket, you might want a way to screen it yourself. And if you're in Japan, getting your hands on a geiger counter can be tricky (and expensive). This Kickstarter has a solution.
The Smart Radiation Detector's creators say they can sell the thing—a small black box that plugs into your iPhone's audio jack—for just $50, as it uses a cheap radiation-detecting diode instead of a Geiger-Muller tube. But it's still sensitive enough to detect even trace amounts of radiation, and visualizes it neatly with an accompanying iOS app. They're almost at around a quarter of the funding goal, with 18 days to go—so throw a little change their way if you dig the idea. gizmodo.com

New CTBTO Takasaki isotope readings www.cpdnp.jp Spike in radiation observed in Fukushima area July 6-7 confirmed.

@Pedro Jesus Thanks for the info .

@lillymunster Forgot about that very relevant issue. You're absolutely right. I've also seen some prototypes of clothing which use a very soft film that can generate enough power to charge your cell phone, MP3 player and other gadgets. The technology is advancing at a steady and quick pace.