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• Summer 2007 earthquake in Japan threatens the viability of an LNG operation in Louisiana

  One aspect of the energy industry that fascinates me is the interdependent nature of the business and the way that one can trace how certain major events have consequences half a world away. Last July, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Japan was shaken by a large earthquake. So far, all visual inspections of the internals of the 7 units located there have not revealed any significant damage... Posted Apr 20 2008, 02:57 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa

• The Rapid-L reactor - designed by Japan's CRIEPI for JAERI - is getting a lot of blog attention

  If you Google "toshiba personal reactor" you will find hundreds of recent blog posts. Here is one example from dvorak.org/blog titled Toshiba’s Personal-Sized Nuclear Reactor . I have had several readers send me links asking what I thought about the design and wondering whether or not the system is real. I have taken some time this morning to do a bit of research and wanted to share what... Posted Dec 22 2007, 10:59 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: CRIEPI, Rapid-L Reactor, Toshiba, JAERI, Japan