Japan

There is no ‘safe’ exposure to radiation

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/51585989-82/nuclear-radiation-scien...

Radiation from Japan is now detectable in the atmosphere, rain water and food chain in North America. Fukushima reactors are still out of control and hold 10 times more nuclear fuel than there was at Chernobyl, thousands of times more than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The official refrain is, “No worries here, perfectly harmless.” Our best scientists of the previous century would be rolling over in their graves.

Japan's nuclear body pushing for expansion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080321/sc_afp/japanenergynuclearclimatewar...

TOKYO (AFP) - A government advisory body on Friday urged Tokyo to take the lead in promoting nuclear energy worldwide as part of efforts to fight global warming.

Japan is struggling to meet its obligations to slash greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol and is also being hit hard by high oil prices as Asia's largest economy has virtually no natural energy resources.

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