Japan to Phase Out Nuclear Energy – Over 30 Years – Maybe

The New York Times has the story : In its first comprehensive energy review since the Fukushima disaster, Japan said on Friday that it ...

Japanese Business to Nuclear Energy: Stay

Reuters has released a poll gauging the attitude of Japanese businesses toward nuclear energy. Based on a number of stories I’ve read, I exp...

Why We Need to Keep a Level Head About the Nuclear Butterflies from Fukushima

Over the last few days, we've seen thousands of stories around the Web concerning a study that concluded that radiation released into th...

Japan: Onagawa Good - Emissions Very Bad - Nuclear Energy?

Japan's Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant The nuclear facility that was nearest the epicenter of the 2011 earthquake in Japan was not Fukushim...

Japanese Contenders

The Times has the story: The race in Yamaguchi Prefecture between Tetsunari Iida, the founder of a renewable energy research institute ...

A Vote for Nuclear Energy in Japan (Maybe)

Despite the fact that it’s a good outcome, there is some room for doubt: But those favoring restarts took heart in the victory Sunday i...

Paul Scalise on Japan's Need for Nuclear Energy

As our Mark Flanagan noted yesterday, Japan restarted one of the two reactors at the Ohi Nuclear Power Plant yesterday. The plant's sec...

The Japan Fukushima Commission Report

The Japanese government has released “The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission,” a 600-page report that is notabl...

Ohi in the House

The first of two reactors at Japan’s Ohi facility has rejoined the grid : "We have finally taken this first step," said Hidek...

Trust and Turning On the Nuclear Facilities

We haven’t looked at editorial punditry lately, but there have been some thoughtful entries lately. The Washington Post  weighed in on the r...

The Price Point in Japan

Outside Japan, it seemed inevitable : Japan has given final approval for the restart of two nuclear reactors, a move that will end a to...

No Public Health Concern From Radiation Levels in Blue Fin Tuna

Over the Holiday weekend here in the U.S., the news wires were humming with reports that Blue Fin tuna caught off the coast of California h...

Ironies in Germany and Japan – and Reopening Ohi

A little irony – and a touch of tunnel vision: With audacious hypocrisy, American pro-nuclear pundits have been indulging in the famil...

Nuclear Energy Goes Dark in Japan

For now, anyway, Japan is doing without nuclear energy: Over the weekend, Japan's last remaining nuclear reactor shut down for reg...

Japan and the Impact of No Nuclear Power

It’s not hard to understand the reason why : Kansai Electric Power said it incurred a net loss of 242.26 billion yen ($3 billion) turni...

Why the World Can't Afford to Phase Out Nuclear Energy

Today's Washington Post features an unsigned editorial that asks an important question: CAN THE WORLD fight global warming without nuc...

Japan and The Summer Heat

Germany is exhibit A for the economic havoc that turning off nuclear facilities can wreak if care and planning aren’t taken. No energy sourc...

Why Arnie Gundersen’s Claims on Low Level Radioactive Waste Are Baffling

Over the past few days, plenty of folks have been asking questions about a claim anti-nuclear activist Arnie Gundersen made concerning some ...

Concentric Circles of Irony

Almost too awful : If a crisis over Iran curbs the supply of liquefied natural gas while Japan's nuclear fleet is shut, it could ca...

One Year Later

Yesterday was the anniversary of an earthquake of unimaginable intensity rapidly followed by an inexorable tsunami – in Japan – near a nuc...