November 27. 2012

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports there will be no statistically-significant rise in cancer due to the Fukushima Accident. It concludes the likelihood of a measurable increase in cancer over the lifetimes of Fukushima residents is low compared to what...

132nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

The Hiroshima Syndrome is once again proud to be hosting the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers.  For the full reports, please click on the individual links.   From Next Big Future (3) – Russia speeds up nuclear investment to get 50% of power from nuclear by...

November 23, 2012

Tokyo’s gubernatorial race has split into two camps over the nuclear issue. Three parties back Kenji Utsunomiya who has pledged to phase out all nuclear energy. Four other parties support Vice Governor Naoki Inose who says it is premature to make specific policy...

November 20, 2012

The December 16th national election could usher in a new, less-antinuclear energy policy. Polls indicate that the liberal Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will no longer control the government and instead be replaced by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)....

131st Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers

The Hiroshima Syndrome is once again proud to be hosting the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers. This week’s topics include (but are not limited to) – phobias should not be used to determine energy policy, a nuclear energy graduate school in Korea, the Japanese news...

November 16, 2012

(For today’s Commentary – Japanese Press Promotes Wide-spread Distrust – please click here) It seems that legal action concerning the Fukushima accident has become increasingly popular in Japan. In addition to our report on a civil complaint on...

November 14, 2012

The planned antinuke rally last Sunday in Tokyo fell far short of its desired attendance. The rally was called “Nov. 11 occupations by 1 million people against nuclear power plants” and was widely advertised across the Japanese internet. The rally took place, but the...

November 12, 2012

Tokyo will review the money being spent on the Tohoku region’s reconstruction. This is due to this fall’s discovery that 25% of the government’s Tohoku earthquake/tsunami funds were diverted to other projects not directly a part of the region’s recovery. Many of the...

November 10, 2012

This week, Rod Adams’ Atomic Insights hosts Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers #130 – “Best of the pronuclear blogs for week of Nov 10, 2012”. This week’s topics include; how biased selection of evidence can give the wrong impression on risks, a two-part chronicle on...

November 9, 2012

Commentary – How Hazardous is Cs-137? – Part II please click here Senior vice industry minister Isao Matsumiya is “begging” for the restarts of idled nukes in Japan. “I am begging the Nuclear Regulation Authority to enable the restart of the suspended...
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