RE: Japan governor forces scrapping of nuclear plant

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca>]

Great come-back line Michael !

....and speaking of scrapping projects designed to meet growing energy
demands, I have serious doubts that the following tragedy up here in
Montreal ( not posted on the web, as usual) will have any effect whatsoever
on ongoing expansion of natural gas distribution networks:

The Montreal Gazette, February 21, 2000

TEENAGERS FOUND POISONED

Two teenagers were found dead from carbon-monoxide poisoning in a home in
Bromptonville in the Eastern Townships yesterday.
The parents of a 16-year-old girl came home at 2:30 p.m. after a weekend
trip and found the bodies of the girl and her 16-year-old boyfriend in the
basement.
Marc Bérubé, spokesman for the Sherbrooke municipal police, said
investigators had not ruled out suicide but they were more inclined to
believe the deaths were accidental. "We think the carbon-monoxide poisoning
might have been caused by either the gas heating system or the fireplace,
which is also fueled by propane," he said.
The level of carbon monoxide in the house was so strong that five police
officers and four ambulance technicians had to be taken to hospital.
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regards,

Jaro
frantaj@aecl.ca

> From: 	Michael Stabin[SMTP:stabin@npd.ufpe.br]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Tuesday February 22, 2000 3:25 PM
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> Subject: 	Japan governor forces scrapping of nuclear plant
> 
> 
> > Japan governor forces scrapping of nuclear plant
> > ``It is difficult to go ahead with the project under the present
> > circumstances,''
> 
> Are they also scrapping all plans for new hospitals because of the Co-60
> accident in Thailand?
> 
> 
> Michael Stabin, PhD
> Departamento de Energia Nuclear/UFPE
> Av. Prof. Luiz Freire, 1000 - Cidade Universitaria
> CEP 50740 - 540
> Recife - PE
> Brazil
> Phone 55-81-271-8251 or 8252 or 8253
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> From: 	Sandy Perle[SMTP:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
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> Sent: 	Tuesday February 22, 2000 8:47 AM
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> Subject: 	Japan governor forces scrapping of nuclear plant
> 
> Japan governor forces scrapping of nuclear plant
> 
> TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - In another sign of Japan's slipping 
> confidence in nuclear power, a major electricity company said on 
> Tuesday it was scrapping a planned plant after a prefectural 
> governor said the idea should go back to the drawing board. 
> 
> Masayasu Kitagawa, the outspoken governor of Mie prefecture in 
> western Japan, said on Tuesday the 37-year-old plan to build a 
> nuclear plant in the prefecture should start from scratch. 
> 
> ``It is difficult to go ahead with the project under the present 
> circumstances,'' Kitagawa told a meeting of the prefectural 
> assembly in a reference to the mounting public debate over nuclear 
> power. 
> 
> ``It should go back to the drawing board,'' he said. 
> 
> Following Kitagawa's comments, Chubu Electric Power Co, which 
> had wanted to build the Ashihama plant, said it would scrap the 
> project. 
> 
> ``We respect the governor's opinion and have decided to send the 
> plan back to the drawing board,'' Hiroji Oota, president of Chubu 
> Electric, told a news conference. 
> 
> He said Chubu would would seek an alternative site for a plant that 
> the company says is essential to meet growing electricity demand. 
> Japan depends on nuclear power for 35 percent of its electricity 
> needs. 
> 
> The decision comes amid growing public anger over nuclear energy 
> following Japan's worst nuclear accident last September in which 
> one worker died and 439 people were exposed to radiation. 
> 
> Mie governor Kitagawa said his action took into account the fierce 
> conflict over the plant that had divided the local community since 
> the project was first unveiled 37 years ago. 
> 
> The project spans two towns, with one supporting it and the other 
> opposed. The differences have led to violent clashes in the past.
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> Sandy Perle
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