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[quote:Atom-Boy:MV8xNTM2OTg0XzMwNjkxNTcwXzcxNDIyN0U4] [b]DPJ under fire from own members for approving reactivation of nuclear reactors[/b] [color=darkred]The decision by the government to approve the reactivation of idled nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture drew fire from legislators belonging to the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in a recent meeting. "The government is trying to resume operations at the plant too hastily," said one of the DPJ legislators. The DPJ held a joint meeting between the party's economic and industrial panel, a project team on energy policy and a project team on nuclear accident countermeasures on April 17 to explain the government's decision to approve the resumption of operations at the No. 3 and 4 reactors of the Oi Nuclear Power Plant. --- "Our project team has concluded that it is premature to reactivate the reactors," he said. "The government says no major accident will occur if they are protected from tsunami, but it is another (groundless) safety myth about nuclear plants."[/color] http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120418p2a00m0na005000c.html [b]World builds new nuclear power plants [/b] [color=darkred]Despite the fact that relating to the accident at the Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant seriously undermined people's confidence in nuclear power up to the point of abandoning functioning nuclear projects, some countries on the contrary, want to build their own nuclear power plants. According to the World Nuclear Association, of those contemplating to begin construction in the next five years, 29 countries of the world plan to begin construction in the next five years of 154 nuclear power blocks, but in the long term (construction will begin in the next 15 years), 36 countries want to increase this number to 342. Among these countries is Turkey which is resolved to building a number of nuclear power plants. Thus, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said Turkey is in talks to build nuclear power plants with the three countries on three different models. Turkey has already signed an agreement with China, South Korea and Russia on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The first Turkish nuclear power plant will be built on the Akkuyu site. This means that Turkey will be the second country in the Middle East to have a nuclear power plant. Today, the Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant is the one in Iran and throughout the Middle East. It will operate at full capacity (1,000 MW) in the early summer of this year and will produce from 720 to 730 megawatt hour which is 75 per cent of the final potential of the station. Of the former Soviet Union countries, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Lithuania have plans to build nuclear power plants, while Ukraine and Russia, which already have 15 and 33 nuclear power plants, respectively, wish to increase their number.[/color] http://en.trend.az/capital/analytical/2014779.html [b]Nuclear power will remain important for Japan's energy needs: think tank[/b] [color=darkred]Nuclear power will continue to satisfy a "significant proportion" of the Japan's electricity demand in the future, despite the nuclear accident caused by last year's disasters, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, an economic research body affiliated with the Economist magazine. Martin Adams, energy editor for the think tank, said he detects a more favorable climate toward nuclear power in Japan and a realization that, given the country's scarce natural resources, nuclear energy has a role to play. He said use of nuclear power in the country will remain at low levels for the next two years due to a mixture of continued inspections of reactors, "foot-dragging on restarts" and the likely decommissioning of some aging reactors. --- "Electricity generation from nuclear will not therefore recover to pre-Fukushima levels," he added. "Our forecast is for 30.6 gigawatts of nuclear capacity in 2020, down from 47.7 gigawatts in 2010 — a significant revision from the 61.2 gigawatts we forecast before Fukushima."[/color] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120418a8.html @ Cp. she is dancing again and will come home with a new Boyfriend, both will be very noisy! [/quote]
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