




Collapse of spent fuel storage pool at Fukushima Daiichi could be worse than initial accident, says new report
A collapse of the already tilting reactor No 4 building at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, ¬atop which sits a spent nuclear fuel storage pool containing 1,535 fuel assemblies – including 204 unused ones – would lead to a “significant global impact,”– by far topping last year’s triple meltdown at the plant, a new report says. According to the report (available for download in PDF at lower right in blue box) released by Holpchi CH, a Swiss-based industrial analytics think-tank, even a 10 percent release of the storage pool’s inventory of radioactive cesium and strontium would “represent 3 to 10 times the March 11, 2011 release amounts, substantially increasing risk levels in Japan and marine life.” “This is an acute example that we will have to live with the threats emanating from Fukushima for years to come,” said Nils Bøhmer... /US sends floating base for special forces to Gulf to thwart Iran
Officials told the New York Times newspaper that Washington would view any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz as a "red line" triggering a US military reaction. "The message to Iran is, 'Don't even think about it,'" the daily quoted a senior Defense Department official as saying on condition of anonymity. "Don't even think about closing the strait. We'll clear the mines. Don't even think about sending your fast boats out to harass our vessels or commercial shipping. We'll put them on the bottom of the Gulf." The US Navy has doubled the... /
Greek recession set to get far worse, minister warns
ATHENS — IMF and EU auditors arrived in Athens on Tuesday to audit state finances and progress on bailout conditions, finance ministry sources said, as the new government warned that a bad recession had turned worse. The audit by inspectors from the EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund is expected to take weeks and comes as Greece’s new conservative government takes the full reins of power after winning elections on June 17. Since the election, the coalition led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has has been stuck... /
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