Tag: nuclear power
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Japan nuclear safety – Dr. Charles “Chuck” Casto’s view and lessons learnt
Dr Charles Casto: the Fukushima disaster changed my life. We cannot let this happen again anywhere in the world. Dr Charles “Chuck” Casto: leader of the US Government response to the Fukushima Dai Ichi Nuclear disaster When President Obama expanded the Operation Tomodachi to include the nuclear disaster, Dr. Charles Casto was selected to lead…
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Japan gas imports: +77.5% from Jan ’11 to Jan ’13 – all-out efforts to reduce energy costs
Japan replaced almost all nuclear energy with liquid natural gas imports Increased LNG import costs due to declining yen Japan gas imports: Japan replaced almost all nuclear energy with liquid natural gas imports at very short notice. Japan pays far higher costs for liquid natural gas imports than most other regions in the world (find…