Japanese officials launch a complex mission to retrieve a sample of melted fuel debris from a damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Sep 10, 2024 Report: China outpacing U.S. in nuclear power China is outpacing the U.S. by at least a decade in developing nuclear power, accord...
emissions-free nuclear energy by multilateral lenders such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank was "out of step" with the wishes of most of their shareholders, adding that there has been a "sea-change" in the outlook on nuclear power due to the climate crisis and the war in ...
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Many campaigners see nuclear power as unsafe, with high-profile accidents at Three Mile Island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl making those names watchwords for disaster sites. Nuclear power is also the subject of debate in environmental circles, with ecological ‘debt‘ from construction and research ...
The government is required to review its energy plan at least every three years. The last plan, in 2010, called for Japan to boost its reliance on nuclear power to about 50 percent of its total electricity in 2030. Prior to the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis, triggered by a massive...
Communicating Disaster: How Did Government Scientists, and the Media Perform in the Crisis? For most of Japan and the rest of the world, the first clear sign of trouble at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was a breaking news video aired ... David,Pacchioli - 《Oceanus》 被引量...
The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences. He is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland. ...
Japan is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0 magnitude undersea quake off its northeast in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing. The 2011 tsunami also sent three reactors into meltdown at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the nation'...
In September 2008, Kudlow argued that lower oil prices would “make it much easier for people to pay their mortgages on time,” thus abating the growing credit crisis. Kudlow said that he was “grateful” that the “human toll” from the Fukushima nuclear disaster was worse than the “ec...
This language first appeared in the G7 leaders' communique issued in Germany in 2022, but was emphasised by Japan when it hosted the G7 summit this year. With its nuclear power capacity still far below pre-2011 Fukushima disaster levels, and constraints on its expansion of renewable energy, ...