6/30/2011 Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima

Source: UK Guardian
Date: Thursday 30 June 2011 21.36 BST
by: Rob Edwards

Government officials launched a PR campaign to ensure the accident at the Fukushima 

nuclear facility in Japan did not derail plans for new nuclear power stations in the UK. 

Photograph: AP

 

British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
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5/23/2011 | Another nail in the coffin for the "nuclear renaissance"

Source: Greenpeace
Date: May 23, 2011 at 14:30
by: Jarred Cobb


The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released a statement on Friday about the new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor. In the grand tradition of breaking bad news on a Friday, the NRC was trying to bury a significant blow to the so-called "nuclear renaissance." After a review of the Toshiba-designed reactor, the NRC found: "more problems regarding the AP1000's shield building, as well as the peak accident pressures expected within containment."
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