(As the Royal Wedding and conflicts in the Middle East claim the news cycle, the situation at Fukushima continues to be unresolved; a slowly unfolding disaster whose final dimensional impact remains unknown.

There are important take-aways from the disaster, and there are industry incentives to suppress that conversation.  Our own Vermont watchdog, Arnie Gundersen suggests there is no time left to waste in getting to it. – promoted by Sue Prent)

Fairewinds Calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Delay Licensing Until Fukushima Lessons Are Evaluated from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.

Gundersen implores Congress and NRC to think outside the box.  Pause licensing of new nukes and 20-year-life extensions until the lessons learned from Fukushima are applied.  Fairewinds Associates recommends that regulators look at the feasibility of emergency evacuation plans, containment leakage, and aging management plans for 40-year-old Fukushima model reactors.