UK's Horizon Nuclear Power to pick reactor design by year-end - POWER-GEN WorldWide

UK's Horizon Nuclear Power to pick reactor design by year-end - POWER-GEN WorldWide

Hinkley Point nuclear power stations and the proposed development at Hinkley Point C.

 The type of reactor, is likely to become a key issue here ?.

Links to external websites:

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/127159.aspx


http://friendsofquantock.com/newsletter-articles/2012/02/18/hinkley-c-infrastructure-planning-commission-hearing/


http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=7459



http://hinkleypoint.edfenergyconsultation.info/newsroom-faqs/frequently-asked-questions/



http://www.mendipsociety.org.uk/


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/17/activists-occupy-nuclear-site-edf




http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/node/252?page=1

Japan and Radiation

 It is good to see radioactivity information, been made available to the general public !.
As it will go some way, to allowing people to personally manage their exposure, to radiation !. 
This should contribute to public safety.
I trust it will be kept up to date, as that will increase its public value !. That might contribute to, the Commercial use of Nuclear Energy, being perceived as being less of a general threat !.

Links to external websites, at:

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Monitoring information
of environmental radioactivity level

http://www.mext.go.jp/english/

Some Interesting Links to information on events in Japan, January 2012

Links to external websites Some Interesting Links to information on events in Japan, January 2012

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/news/fukushima?LANG=en&VAR=radiation&WMO=1140000001

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/news/fukushima?LANG=en&VAR=radiationoveraccu

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/news/fukushima?LANG=en&VAR=links

http://radioactivechat.blogspot.com/2012/01/fukushima-earthquakes-jan-2012-updates.html

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/01/2-35-microsvh-in-tokyo/

http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/03/the-fukushima-fifty.html

Links to external websites, carrying news on Fukushima January 2012

http://intelwars.com/2012/01/07/mysterious-cesium-spike-in-fukushima-on-jan-2-2012/


http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120111p2g00m0dm024000c.html


http://satoh-lab.ex.nii.ac.jp/users/ledduy/acmmm2012/?page_id=24


http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/01/08/plutonium-from-fukushima-has-now-circled-the-planet/


http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-09/fukushima-cleanup-begins-long-term-impacts-are-weighed


http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/policy/management-failures-were-critical-in-fukushima-nuclear-catastrophe

Knowing !.

 The events last year (2011), in Japan, and the continual unfolding of the aftermath, raises some very important questions about the future of Nuclear Power ?. In particular about its use in the Civil spear ?

 There has now been some Three major events over a number of decades, and each of these events have involved the spread of contamination outside the footprint of the sites involved. Giving the increase in numbers of nuclear sites, then there must surely be an increase in risk, to the public at large !.

 Is it not now time to address the implications of this as a matter of urgency ?

From a British point of view we seem to have a situation, not unlike that experienced in the Industrial Revolution, where machinery existed and operated without Guards and Emergency stops !. While this may not be the case on nuclear sites, there appears to be a disconnect, when leakages reach outside their site footprints !

 This surely demands the provision of a monitoring system which acts in real time and is both sensitive and quickly reactive in detecting a wide range of contaminants, and ranking the risks in regards to particular geographical areas, perhaps much like mobile phone cells, in regards to the geographical area footprint !

 This would then provide the civilian population, that is to say the public at large, the opportunity to make decisions, based on reliable information !. Rather than having to rely on speculation, and suspicion !.

 If this cannot be done then the future of Nuclear Power, can come into doubt !. Interest groups who are opposed to nuclear, for a variety of reasons, may seek to block its operation, without regard to the consequences !.  This could well happen as the shock of what happened in Japan wears off, and the form and scale, of the disruption, risk and harm, becomes apparent !.

Links To external websites relating to Japan

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)    http://www.jaea.go.jp/english/

Situation and response of JAEA to the Great East Japan Earthquake

                                             http://www.jaea.go.jp/english/jishin/past.html




The IAEA is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field.
http://www.iaea.org/inisnkm/nkm/ws/research_institutes/japan.html


http://www.iaea.org/inisnkm/nkm/ws/research_institutes/japan.html

Nuclear Energy Handbook    re: Japan    http://www.iaea.org/inisnkm/nkm/ws/countries/japan.html

The World Nuclear Association is the international organization that promotes nuclear energy and supports the many companies that comprise the global nuclear industry.

Nuclear research centres    http://www.world-nuclear.org/reference/portal/nuclear_research_centres.html

Westinghouse Electric Company provides fuel, services, technology, plant design, and equipment to utility and industrial customers in the worldwide commercial nuclear electric power industry.

Westinghouse Electric Company has a long-standing commitment to excellence in commercial nuclear reactor technology.

http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/


Weather Online        dose rates

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/news/fukushima?LANG=en&WMO=tpf1mp06&VAR=radiation&TT=15&MM=12&JJ=2011&STD=720

Tokyo      Chidori Kawasaki Ward - Absorbed dose rate

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/news/fukushima?LANG=en&VAR=radiation&WMO=1140000001