Nuclear crisis info to be put on Web / About 900000 pages of documents to be ...
The Daily Yomiuri - Feb 10, 2013
A locker at the Nuclear Regulation Authority Secretariat contains a huge number of files regarding the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The Nuclear Regulation Authority plans to digitize about 900,000 pages of documents related to the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with ...
Fukushima documents to be digitized
UPI.com - 1 hour ago
The crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan is seen in this March 24, 2011 aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE. UPI/Air Photo Service Co. Ltd.
Japan's former nuclear regulatory chief held 30 illegal meetings
PennEnergy (press release) - 5 hours ago
The former director general of Japan's fourth-month old Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) held more than 30 private meetings with power company executives, in clear violation of rules prohibiting the watchdog's officials from participating in such meetings ...
Uranium mining efforts persist below the surface
The Virginian-Pilot - Feb 6, 2013
Mining opponents find themselves wanting to celebrate but, at the same time, worry that they might have overlooked something - perhaps a new proposal that will suddenly pop up in some committee and unravel their apparent victory. Their biggest concern ...
Don Merricks
Altavista - Feb 6, 2013
We have completed four weeks of the 2013 General Assembly session and we have passed crossover. Now we begin work on hearing the Senate bills in the various committees of the House, along with presenting passed House bills to the Senate ...
Senator drops uranium bill
South Hill Enterprise - Feb 6, 2013
Sen. John Watkins withdrew a proposed bill Thursday that would have paved the way for regulations and a vote to end Virginia's 31-year moratorium on uranium mining, but called on Gov. Bob McDonnell to di- rect state agencies to move forward on drafting a ...
Del. Danny Marshall's column
Chatham Star Tribune - Feb 6, 2013
Last Thursday, as expected, a bill to move forward with uranium mining regulations came before the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee. We had heard that the bill might be stricken (withdrawn) by the patron, Sen.
Plans threaten to move uranium issue forward
South Hill Enterprise - Feb 6, 2013
Last week Virginia legislators and Virginia Uranium Mining proponents reinforced what Virginia and North Carolina citizens battling uranium mining have been experiencing first-hand, namely, that the cost of freedom, in this case freedom from radioactive ...
McDonnell's moves might have sealed the fate on uranium mining in Virginia
TriCities.com - Feb 6, 2013
He's respectful of authority and its symbols. He's dedicated to ritual and dutifully carries it out. He ac-knowledges absolutes and accepts that some things aren't likely to change. No wonder he punted on uranium. Even before a hostile Senate committee dealt a ...
Back door approach
YourGV.com - Feb 6, 2013
Opponents of uranium mining may have had the upper hand Thursday when Sen. John Watkins withdrew his SB 1353 to avoid a vote because he knew 11 or 12 of the 15 on the Senate Ag Committee were against the bill that directed the state to write ...
Mining, health risks and medical geology
YourGV.com - Feb 6, 2013
A little known multidisciplinary field that spans the vast scientific landscape from medicine to earth science goes by the name of “medical geology.” Defined in an online college course (http://ocw.mit.edu) by the same name as “the study of the interaction ...
Uranium issue off table for now
South Hill Enterprise - Feb 6, 2013
On Thursday, Jan. 31, a proposed bill that would have set the stage for regulations and a vote to end Virginia's 31-year moratorium on uranium mining was withdrawn by State Sen. John Watkins. Watkins withdrew SB 1353 from the Senate Agriculture, ...
Uranium mining: Ball is in Virginia governor's court
Henderson Daily Dispatch (registration) - Feb 5, 2013
Sensing defeat among fellow Virginia lawmakers, supporters of legislation lifting a ban on uranium mining have now turned to an alternative path through Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell. Sen. John Watkins, a Republican from Powhatan, was leading the ...
