the fukushima plant is producing every largest quantities of water, the vast majority of reactivity inotope, a particular form of hydrogen, they cannot simply be practically removed from water, allowing this not... allowing their larger quantities of this water to build up onshore poses a threat and hazard. ultimately i do not believe there is any good options here, but i do believe that slowly discharges water overtime is probably the least bad option that is available. —— slowly discharging this water. bad option that is available. -- slowly discharging this water. james acton, co-director_ slowly discharging this water. james acton, co-director of _ slowly discharging this water. james acton, co-director of the _ acton, co—director of the nuclear policy programme at the carnegie endowment for international peace, thank you forjoining us on tuesday. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. japan's prime minister has announced an extension of covid—19 restrictions in tokyo and other regions until the end of the month. he said it was needed to curb infections and preve

united states against japanese food products including rice, vegetables and other produces from fukushima prefecture earthquake and tsunami, and we are most appreciative, thank you. ordered. mr. pallone: and madam speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act of 2021. the need to pass this legislation grows more urgent every day as anti-abortion extremists continue to pass harmful state laws that are intended to restrict access to reproductive health care and turn back the clock on the constitutional protected right to abortion. while the courts seem willing to chip away decades of clear ec

following the fukushima disaster in japan, anglo merkel announced that germany's nuclear power would be phased out. as it stands, the last nuclear plant will close next year. cold power is also set to be closed down by 2038. as a matter of officially, america will certainly be remembered for her climate policy when we think of her withdrawal from nuclear energy after fukushima. but i think she will be very negatively associated with these policies. no one will forgive her for this decision if it results in failure for germany. we can't produce energy that is 3 times as expensive as in the rest of the world and pretend that we are saving the world. germany's share of manmade c o 2 emissions is 0.4 percent in relation to the rest of the world. as germany moves away from nuclear and co, they have to find solutions to provide the energy that is needed. but us politicians push green energy proposals that going to bump heads with people who aren't so willing to change at any cost. peter, all of a r t branded bird germany the u. s. secretary of state claims, he doesn't know who is it. in th

the fukushima plant is producing ever larger quantities of water.oved. there is one particular isotope, a particularform of hydrogen, that cannot simply practically be removed from water. not doing anything with this water, allowing very larger quantities of this water to build up on the shore poses threats and hazards. ultimately, i don't believe there's any good options here, but i do believe that slowly discharging this water over time is probably the least bad option that is available. the winner of this year's mercury prize has been announced — it's the singer/songwriter arlo parks. she's just 20 years old. music this is the track eugene from her debut album collapsed in sunbeams. arlo parks got her first break in the music business after sending a demo to the bbc. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin patterson was at hammersmith apollo in london, where the awards took place. and i am here with the winner, arlo parks. the judges described you for having a singular voice. they said that was one of the factors. and the themes of this album, coll

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still burning coal — in part because chancellor merkel abandoned nuclear power after the disaster of fukushimaing green. but, deep in the german forest, the damage is already done. they�*re cutting down acres and acres of dying woodland. these trees took 60 years to grow, and are cut down injust six seconds. forester hans showed us the problem. these bugs bore into the heart of the tree until it dies. they like warmer, drier weather, and climate change is weakening the tree�*s natural defences. all hans and his colleagues can do is destroy the affected trees to try to stop the spread. they are trying to replant, using other types of trees which they hope will prove more resistant to a warmer, drier climate. germany�*s fairytale forests won�*t disappear, but they will look very different in the future — and so will german society. today, more than a quarter of people living in germany have a migrant background. for years, this country has relied on migration to filljobs, keep the economy going, rejuvenate an ageing population. but in september of 2015, angela merkel welcomed refugees to germany

, what is probably the most dficult decision she made, and the most error she made was after the fukushima tsunami, she moved quickly take germany out of nuclear energy. a country that uses a lot of coal and with the climatehange we now face today, i would argue that probably is more difficult to defend. it is a decision that was made really for domestic purposes and now has an implication certainly in the troubling times of getting rid of co2. i would s that is probably the most difficult decision that she made for the germans to inherit. phil: it is interesting. as you say, her most difficult decision was one of her fastest. she is renowned for sitting on things, waiting to see how it will play out, making the calculations, and then deciding, but not in this case. >>o, i think you are rht. she has managed very, very well. the financial crisis kept the euro together, dealing with greece and german banks as well, but managing between german interests and european interests , and if you look at the most important decision she made, it was one that goes to the heart of her background as the

so we mentioned camico, it's interesting in the sense the price is back to pre-fukushima around that it was trading at 25 times, today, something like 700 times. i know maybe that calculus changes given the price of uranium, but how do you start to think about the valuations relative to the move in a stock like that? >> sure, there's been a lot of technical buying as we have seen with reddit, that we also have seen a couple funds, hedge funds step into the space that have brought some financial assets into it that weren't there before, but we're seeing right now if you look out decades or two, we're seeing a lot of companies right now think about using nuclear that have not before so for example, uranium, it doesn't use any greenhouse gas emissions or emit any. what we're seeing is a lot of companies that are looking to reduce their fossil fuel imprints as part of the 2050 paris climate accord we saw, we're seeing a lot of companies right now and countries and governments start to think about reducing fossil fuel footprints and that's also driving future growth plans for some of thes

in part because chancellor merkel abandon nuclear power after the disaster of fukushima.ning green. but deep in the german forest, the damage is already done. they are cutting down acres and acres of dying with land. these trees took 60 years to grow, and are down injust six seconds. this forester showed us the problem. these bugs, bore into the heart of the tree until it. they like warm a drier weather, and climate change is weakening the tree �*s national defences. all hans and his friends can do is destroy the affected trees to stop the spread. they are trying to replant, using other types of trees which they hope will prove more resistant to a warmer, drier climate. germany's fairytale forests won't disappear, but they will look very different in the future. and so will german society. today, more than a quarter of people living in germany have a migrant background. foryears, in germany have a migrant background. for years, this country has relied on migration to filljobs, keep the economy going, rejuvenate an ageing population. but in september of 2015, angela merkel

it comes to climate change, i think because she took some snap decisions like in 2011 after the fukushimamuch fossil fuel needed, and it will take germany a long time to leave the coal— burning sector. and also when it comes to other things like pension reforms or the labour market reforms, like her predecessor, he did these reforms — she never did those. saying i bet you germans will miss her, and also if we have a messy outcome of the election on sunday night, if she stays until the 17th of december, she will be longer in office than helmut kohl. i am sure she will enjoy that. i am sure she would! she is a politician with 80% approval ratings and as stefanie said, there may be a reason for that. she has not confronted any sacred german issues and things that perhaps needed to be changed, but how big a globalfigure has she become, if at all? one wonders these days how much europe or indeed the uk included matter in the pacific region? in terms of a german—australia relationship, not so much. - and in fact, in the recent- years, there has been criticism and concern about perceived softnes

japan's decision to start pouring a million tonnes of contaminated wastewater from the stricken fukushimator of the nuclear policy program at the carnegie endowment for international peace, told us what the iaea will be looking into. primarily, i would think, from the perspective understanding the radiological effect this water will have on the surrounding environment, the maritime life, if you like. and i think whatjapan sees in this is it wants to try to build international confidence, and domestic confidence, for that matter, that its plan won't negatively affect the environment in a significant way, and it hopes that the iaea will be able to confirm that at the end of this process. there's a saying amongst nuclear engineers that the solution to pollution is dilution of the solution. in other words, if you have something that is, in this case, kind of moderately radioactive and you release it slowly, over a long period of time, diluted down with very large quantities of water, then its effect on the environment and on fish and marine life ought to be minimal at the end of that process.

efficient technically trained staff to manage them, otherwise you get leaks like the one we saw in fukushimad. there is a pr problem for nuclear energy. i would not agree with what you said before. the issue of costs — we might need several editions of hardtalk to discuss it. it's not exactly like that. but i would say that now, nuclear energy is moving into small— and medium—sized reactors which are, of course, much easier to fabricate and to deploy. here, i want to be clear because we don't have any commercial interest in this. it is obvious nuclear energy is a commercial option for those who may wish to use it. rafael grossi, director of the international atomic energy agency, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. a pleasure. thank you very much. hello, there. for most of this september, temperatures have been a lot warmer than you might normally expect to see. temperatures over the weekend, for example, reached 23 degrees and north scotland's kinloss. but a cold front has since moved through and that's really dumped the temperatures. in kinloss, the same spot, down to 13 deg

most important domestic policies was her 2011 decision to phase out nuclear energy after japan's fukushima disaster. another landmark policy was opening up germany's borders community. 1000000, mostly syrian refugees and 2015 america has also been credited with keeping the e u. together during more than a decade of crises, she also played a critical role and tackling the european and global financial crisis between 20072009. ah, oh, let's not bring in our guests. in hamburg, we have mona l o'mara, she's a rice in an activists focusing on social justice in berlin. we have already broken a political analyst and also professor of political science at stanford university in berlin and in london rica, franka a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. i will welcome to you all. thanks so much for joining us today. now as we've been saying anglo michael remains incredibly popular in germany, and if she was around again, she'd probably win hands down. so i wanted to start with who might succeed heads a, see a very close race to close to call at the moment. i think almost

the subject of nuclear power in japan is a sensitive one after what happened at fukushima. we could see a bit of a change in policy and the market is reflecting that. haidi: we look like we are setting up for another great day. let's get to some of the other first word headlines we are watching. the military junta that seized power in guinea says it plans to establish a unity government. it's a urging mining companies to keep operating. the current leader assures mining firms that their agreements would be honored. they also said curfews have been lifted in mining zones and courts have been open. in a step to reform the private education sector come authorities in beijing says that government should establish and mark fees and have price increases by the end of the year. china overcome halt its private education sector in july, banning some firms from raising outside capital. singapore has not ruled out a return to virus code. before raising the frequency of testing for higher rate environments and will ban social gatherings at workplaces until september 8. new infections i

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reach out to all the callers listening -- i don't know how many there are out there, do you know fukushimaleanup of the -- the 4000 veterans that cannot get medicare by being exposed to radiation. mike wallace 25 years ago -- he never helped us. we have been trying to get medical care for 43 years. i am a one under percent disabled veteran. the v.a. has to take care of me. i don't mind giving up my life for my country, but all the veterans that are not one under percent disabled,, they are destitute. they cannot -- we need help. c-span, the v.a. -- no one is going to take care of us. we need the american people to take care of us. host: are you in v.a. facility now? caller: no, i am not. host: we will stay in new orleans here and go to don on the independent line. caller: a very good morning to you, and i would like to give a big salute to the weather channel -- they were in the heart of the hurricane reporting, and we appreciate their accuracy, the experts giving us accurate information and educating us on whether, even in california, the fires, the impact of weather on this hemisphere. t