Japan quake roundup while Turkey forges ahead for nuclear energy…

photo via Forging Ahead on Nuclear Energy in Turkey by By SUSANNE GÜSTEN As governments around the world scramble to freeze or review their nuclear energy programs in response to Japan?s crisis, Turkey announced plans for the first of its own nuclear plants. Japan nuclear crisis: The downside of using sea water to cool reactors … Read more

Activists in Istanbul marched against nuclear power. And a Japan earthquake roundup

Activists march during a protest against the Turkish government’s plans to build a nuclear power plant in the country in Istanbul March 19, 2011. The leaders of Russia and Turkey, calling nuclear energy safe, promised on Wednesday to press ahead with the construction of a Russian atomic power plant in Turkey despite Japan’s nuclear crisis. … Read more

Greenpeace starts a campaign against Nuclear plans in Turkey…

Campaign site. Well, our PM Tayyip Erdoğan likened nuclear energy to LPG a few days ago: “LPG also has risks, we still use it. And yes we will build nuclear reactors…”

Melek Çetin: Fukuşima?nın İşçileri

Fukuşima?nın İşçileri Japonya?da 3 reaktörü havaya uçarak radyasyon saçan Fukuşima Daiçi nükleer santralından 800 çalışan çekildi, geride kalan 70 teknisyen ölüm tehlikesini bilerek son mücadeleyi veriyor. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/17281892.asp Ölümüne Pislik Temizlemek Çernobil?den sonra ?teknolojinin bir suçu yok, o yüzde yüz insan hatasıydı? dendi. ?Sovyetler?in kapalı ve mağrur ideolojisiydi? dendi. Geriye kalan ölümcül pisliği temizlemek itfaiyecilere ve … Read more

Anxious waiting for Fukushima. A Japan Earthquake roundup…

  Japan: Design of reactors long questioned; seawalls didn’t help from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Screen capture from video of an explosion at the Fukushima Daichi plant in Japan (Reuters) As Japan nuclear fears spread, so does crowdsourced radiation tracking from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Above, “Tokyo Geiger Counter,” built with this DIY … Read more