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L’Aquila G8 Summit underway right now – well continuing in a few hours and some info they are getting from the International Energy Agency and the continuing saga of financial and economic crisis in the US over toxic assets they are now going to replace with good ones and money and whatever those poor little bankers need – (after they’ve screwed everybody)

09 Thursday Jul 2009

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IEA’s G8 Programme – Aiming at a Clean, Clever and Competitive Energy Future

Following up on its participation in G8 events during the past four years, the IEA has been invited by the Italian G8 Presidency to take part in the G8 Environment Ministers meeting in April, the G8 Energy Ministers meeting in May and the G8 Summit in July. See the official Italian G8 web site: http://www.g8italia2009.it for more details.

Attending the G8 Energy Ministers meeting, in Rome from 24-25 May, the IEA presented its analysis on the impact of the financial crisis on global energy investments (read executive summary). The Agency also provided a background paper on climate policy (read report).

At the G8 Environment Ministers’ meeting in Siracusa on 22-24 April 2009, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka presented a paper on presented a paper to the Ministers on the RD&D and investment needed to ensure that low-carbon technologies become viable, commercial technologies in the future. The IEA presentation emphasised that low-carbon technologies must play a key role in climate change mitigation. See Mr. Tanaka’s remarks, slide presentation and G8 paper.

The IEA G8 programme has identified new strategies for greater energy security and climate protection. IEA points to policies for speeding development and deployment of cleaner, more efficient energy technologies. The IEA has submitted a set of concrete policy recommendations for promoting energy efficiency that could reduce global CO2 emissions by 8.2 gigatonnes by 2030.

The IEA work focuses on: alternative energy scenarios and strategies; energy efficiency in buildings, appliances, transport and industry, including indicators; cleaner fossil fuels; carbon capture and storage; renewable energy; and enhanced international co-operation.

The IEA G8 programme was initiated following the G8 leaders’ request at their 2005 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.

Access the IEA Press Release following the G8 Hokkaido meetings.

http://www.iea.org/g8/index.asp

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http://www.iea.org/textbase/npsum/G8_EE_2008.pdf

Executive Summary of IEA suggestions 2008 – to G8 summit

25 Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations by IEA to G8– 2008
2008
Executive Summary Size: KB
ISBN:
No. of Pages: 68
Download the PDF Type of Document: Paper
The IEA recommends that G8 leaders adopt and urgently implement this package of measures to significantly enhance energy efficiency. This package was developed underthe Gleneagles G8 Plan of Action, which mandates the pursuit of a clean, clever and competitive energy future.

Feedback, comments suggestions on this publication? Please contact us at this link.

[From – ]

http://www.iea.org/Textbase/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2047

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    Welcome to the Oil Market Report online service.

    Each month, access to information on supply, demand, stocks, prices and refinery activity is available through the Oil Market Report online service.

    The OMR publication published each month can be found here on this website in pdf. Available along with it are over 3000 charts and graphs updated monthly. All of this is available to subscribers who choose to receive the Oil Market Report by email. The charts are available simultaneously with the release of the OMR. This web service is a perfect complement to the macro analysis in the report.

    Subscribers, please log in (to the left) for the very latest oil market information.

    Visitors, please see our free public access site. This information is available with a two week time delay.

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    http://omrpublic.iea.org/

    Visitors, please see our free public access site. This information is available with a two week time delay.

    (Which is the link immediately above)

    World Oil Demand Chart from 2009 through July 1 - International Energy Agency

    World Oil Demand Chart from 2009 through July 1 - International Energy Agency

    Highlights of the latest OMR
    dated: 11 June 2009

    Forecast global 2Q09 crude runs are raised 0.2 mb/d to 71.3 mb/d, as a result of higher April preliminary data in OECD countries, reports of high crude runs in China and marginally stronger global demand. But 3Q09 crude runs are forecast at 72.8 mb/d, representing an annual decline of 1.2 mb/d.

    [Etc.]

    The latest free issue of the full OMR

    http://omrpublic.iea.org/

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    Day One of the L’Aquila G8 Summit: the press conference

    Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during the press conference Prime Minister Berlusconi has summed up the first day’s proceedings at the Abruzzo Summit, stressing the agreement reached on fighting climate change, which is to be submitted to the G5 countries during the forthcoming sessions. The other topics on the agenda included the economic crisis and the need for new rules, development and food security.

    Summit Documents: the first day

    The G8 meeting in the Main Conference Hall 08/07/2009 A new page entitled “Summit Documents” is now available online in the “Summit” section of the website. This new item on the menu, the first item in the “Summit” section, will contain all of the Declaration and documents from the L’Aquila Summit in Pdf format ready for downloading and printing.

    http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_Home.htm

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    http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/Media/Foto/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_1246707983758.htm


    The People Working on Our Behalf at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy right now – July 8 – 10, 2009

    Foto di famiglia G8

    High Resolution Download

    Da sinistra: il Presidente giapponese Taro Aso, il Premier canadese Stephen Harper, il Presidente degli Stati Uniti Barack Obama, il Presidente francese Nicolas Sarkozy, il Presidente del Consiglio italiano Silvio Berlusconi, il Presidente russo Dmitry Medvedev, il Cancelliere tedesco Angela Merkel, il Premier del Regno Unito Gordon Brown, il Primo Ministro del Regno di Svezia Fredrik Reinfeldt e il Presidente della Commissione Europea José Manuel Barroso durante la foto di famiglia nel primo giorno del vertice G8 a L’Aquila. SitoG8/ANSA foto: Maurizio Brambatti

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    About Italy

    Welcome to Italy, and Welcome to Abruzzo

    Poppies on the Amiternum's Archaeological site background Many of the guests who will be coming to Italy during this year of the Italian G8 duty Presidency are already familiar with the country and its landscapes, its artistic heritage and the wide variety of cultures, dialects and aspects of the various italian regions. Many of them are admirers of the goods produced by italian creativity in sectors ranging from fashion to design and from machinery to traditional agricultural produce and leading-edge technologies. Connoisseurs of italian wine and cuisine, with their extraordinary variety of flavours and aromas, are also legion worldwide.

    For several reasons, however, Italy is also a country that faces a large number of hazards due to the forces of nature and the way the land has been managed.

    Around 40% of its population lives in highly seismic areas, and Abruzzo, the region that is to host the summit, was struck by a violent earthquake in April. The quake left 300 dead and razed a considerable portion of the architectural heritage of L’Aquila and the surrounding province to the ground.

    The italian G8 Presidency decided to move the Summit venue from its original site in Sardinia to L’Aquila, both as a sign of sympathy and support for the people of Abruzzo and to draw the world’s attention, at this time of hardship, to an italian region with a wealth of history, culture and natural beauty.

    http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_ConoscereItalia.htm

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    G-8 leaders have ambitious environmental goals

    L’AQUILA, Italy (CNN) — Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies pledged to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions at a summit in Italy on Wednesday.

    The Group of Eight leaders said they would “join a global response to achieve a 50 percent reduction in global emissions by 2050 and to a goal of an aggregate 80 percent or more reduction by developed countries by that date.”

    [Etc.]

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/08/g8.summit/index.html

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8141561.stm

    BBC slide show G8 Summit in photos – 07-08-09 – Amazing.

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    http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/laquila/laquila.htm

    See below toward bottom of this post for some general info from this site about L’Aquila and the surrounding area – (before the earthquake, April 6).

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    9 firms to run toxic assets program

    Among those selected: BlackRock and Invesco. Program will be kickstarted with $30 billion government investment.

    By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer
    Last Updated: July 8, 2009: 7:04 PM ET

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The government on Wednesday tapped nine financial firms to manage a scaled-down program aimed at helping the nation’s banks and said it would invest up to $30 billion to get it started.

    Among those selected to serve as asset managers of the so-called Public-Private Investment Program were BlackRock (BLK, Fortune 500), AllianceBernstein (AB), Oaktree Capital Management, Invesco (IVZ), Angelo, Gordon & Co., Marathon Asset Management, RLJ Western Asset Management, The TCW Group and Wellington Management Company.

    [ . . . ]

    “While utilization of legacy asset programs will depend on how actual economic and financial market conditions evolve, the programs are capable of being quickly expanded if these conditions deteriorate,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC Chair Sheila Bair said in a statement.

    [ Etc. ]

    Treasury has said the program is intended to generate a return for private investors and protect taxpayers.

    Under the program, banks and other qualified firms looking to rid themselves of assets will sell commercial mortgage-backed securities and certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued before 2009 and originally considered ‘AAA’-rated by two or more recognized agencies.

    Each of the nine selected fund managers are required to invest a minimum of $20 million in firm capital in the funds they manage. At the same time, no single investor will be able to own more than a 9.9% stake in the PPIP funds.

    It remains to be seen how effective the program will be in helping shore up banks’ finances.

    [there’s more – but the next little bit says that a “key industry group” has long advocated for the program – gee, wonder who that is? – my note]

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/companies/ppip/index.htm?cnn=yes

    First Published: July 8, 2009: 4:31 PM ET

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    25 charged in $100 million mortgage fraud

    (also on CNN – and the news tonight)

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    http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/laquila/laquila.htm

    L’Aquila History and Region Information site – (not the most current – but very interesting and good information).

    Altitude: 714 m a.s.l — Population: ca. 67000 inhabitants — Zip code: 67100 — Phone Area Code: 0862

    L’Aquila

    province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy

    L’Aquila (surface area 466,96 kmq, about 67,000 inhabitants on the whole territory of the Commune, about 45,000 only the town and suburbs), the capital town of Abruzzi and of the Province of L’Aquila, is situated on the left bank of the Aterno River, at an elevation of 2,150 feet (655 meters), in a valley surrounded by the highest mountains of the Appennines, the Gran Sasso and the Velino-Sirente, 58 miles (93 km) northeast of Rome. For its geographical position in the middle of high mountains the city has long, cold winters and abundant rainfall throughout the year, even if autumn is the wettest season. L’Aquila is the main historical and artistic centre of Abruzzi, has an archbishopry and is renowned for its University, Musical Conservatory, Arts Academy, Theatre and Concert Society, National Museum of the Abruzzi and the ancient Salvatore Tommasi library.Formerly a center for handicraft and agriculture, L’Aquila has nowadays become primarily an administrative center for its large province and partly for the region (regional bodies are divided between L’Aquila and Pescara). The economy of the town is characterized by chemical, mechanical and farming industries, the production of wine, cereals, saffron and dairy products, traditional delicatessen and craftswork; the nearby mountains also offer facilities for winter sports and excursions.

    (more info on history and sites in the region found on this page – I don’t think it is the official site but it is a good one.)

    http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/laquila/laquila.htm
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    a little international security info, bank failures, atomic power plants boiling water using the most expensive tab ever created, UK creative expense accounting for Parliamentarians for that tough and difficult work they do, and assorted other US and Global resources for information and opportunities to make new business models that work –

    03 Friday Jul 2009

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    Tokyo welcomes election of Japanese diplomat as IAEA chief
    Japan

    http://en.rian.ru/world/20090703/155422053.html

    http://www.iaea.org/

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    * Russian State Duma calls peace talks with Japan ‘senseless’

    11:2903/07/2009

    TOKYO, July 3 (RIA Novosti) – Japan lays hopes on the election of Yukiya Amano as the first Japanese national to head the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a senior government official said on Friday.

    “We are glad that Amano received great international support and [Japan] managed to increase its significance in the world. It is very important that the citizen of the world’s only nation that suffered atomic bombings has been elected [as IAEA chief],” Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said.

    The 62-year-old Amano, who is currently Japan’s ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, gained two-thirds of the vote from the IAEA board of governors on Thursday.

    Amano will take up the post on December 1, becoming the UN nuclear watchdog’s fifth director general when he replaces Egypt’s Mohamed ElBaradei, who has been in office since 1997.

    “As a national of Japan, I intend to do my best to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons,” Amano told reporters soon after he was elected.

    The mayor of Hiroshima, which was struck by an atomic bomb dropped by the United States in 1945, said in an open letter to Amano that he hoped the new IAEA head would “apply his strengths to forging a concrete path toward the abolition of nuclear arms.”

    The IAEA director general, who is elected for a term of four years, will be formally approved at the organization’s general conference in Vienna in September.

    http://en.rian.ru/world/20090703/155422053.html

    International Atomic Energy (Commission) Agency

    http://www.iaea.org/

    [and for quick navigation – ]

    nucleartourist.com

    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    http://www.nrc.gov/

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    Home > Nuclear Reactors > New Reactors > Design Certification Applications

    Design Certification Applications for New Reactors

    By issuing a design certification, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approves a nuclear power plant design, independent of an application to construct or operate a plant. A design certification is valid for 15 years from the date of issuance, but can be renewed for an additional 10 to 15 years.

    Design certification is achieved through the NRC’s rulemaking process, and is founded on the staff’s review of the application, which addresses the various safety issues associated with the proposed nuclear power plant design, independent of a specific site. During this process, the NRC notifies all stakeholders (including the public) as to how and when they may participate in the regulatory process, which may include participating in public meetings and rulemaking activities related to design certifications. See our Backgrounder on New Nuclear Plant Designs for an overview of new nuclear plant designs and the status of their respective reviews.

    The links below provide information on the design certifications that the NRC has issued to date, as well as the applications that are currently under review. The activities associated with reviewing these applications are reflected in the individual links for docketed design certification applications.

    Issued Design Certifications

    The NRC staff has issued the following design certifications:

    Design Applicant
    Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) General Electric (GE) Nuclear Energy
    System 80+ Westinghouse Electric Company
    Advanced Passive 600 (AP600) Westinghouse Electric Company
    Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Westinghouse Electric Company

    Design Certification Applications Currently Under Review

    The staff is currently reviewing the following design certification applications:

    Design Applicant
    AP1000 Amendment Westinghouse Electric Company
    Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR) GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy
    U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) AREVA Nuclear Power
    U.S. Advanced Pressurized-Water Reactor (US-APWR) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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    ** My Note –

    Just in case it escaped anyone’s notice – they are boiling water here . . . All that effort and money is being used to “boil water” which powers turbines. Unbelievable . . .

    – cricketdiane

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    http://www.nucleartourist.com/

    Japan

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    • Russian State Duma calls peace talks with Japan ‘senseless’

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    Moscow pulling out all the stops for President Obama
    02/07/2009 Moscow pulling out all the stops for President Obama

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    Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52


    Regulators close six Illinois banks and one Texas bank, setting the FDIC back a total of $314.3 million.

    By Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com staff writer
    Last Updated: July 3, 2009: 12:29 AM ET

    Map
    Where the banks are failing

    http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/economy/bank_failures/index.htm

    Bank failures and foreclosures keep mounting

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.

    Six regional banks in Illinois and one in Texas closed their doors, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

    The rash of Illinois failures are interlinked: All six banks were controlled by one family and followed a similar business model that “created concentrated exposure in each institution,” according to the FDIC.

    The agency said that the six failures stemmed from the banks’ investments in collateralized debt obligations and other loan losses.

    [ . . . ]

    Last year, 25 banks failed in the United States.

    Local banks have been hard hit as plummeting home values devalued mortgage-backed assets and rising unemployment rates caused an increasing number of consumers to default on their loans.

    [ . . . ]

    FDIC fund: The total cost of Thursday’s bank failures to the FDIC is $314.3 million, bringing the FDIC fund’s total cost for failed banks to $12.3 billion this year. That compares with $17.6 billion in all of 2008.

    [etc. – a lot more information in this story – very interesting]

    * For more information visit www.fdic.gov

    Video of Citibank being told by Japan to halt its retail operations because it has not assured the necessary procedures to prevent and track possible money laundering ( on this page near center of page in story)

    Embedded video from &amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://money.cnn.com/video&#8221; mce_href=”http://money.cnn.com/video”&amp;amp;gt;CNNMoney.com Video&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/news/companies/bank_failure/index.htm

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    auction_bentley.03.jpgAmong the many non-traditional assets regulators seized when New Frontier Bank failed was this 2003 Bentley Arnage, which was sold for $50,000 at an auction held in May.

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/30/news/companies/bank_failures_assets/index.htm?postversion=2009063016

    Psst! Wanna own a bit of a failed bank?

    With bank failures mounting, the FDIC is stuck trying to sell loans, real estate and more exotic assets like lawnmowers and even a Bentley.

    By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer
    Last Updated: June 30, 2009: 4:33 PM ET

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — When New Frontier Bank failed in April, regulators failed to find a buyer, forcing the FDIC to absorb the roughly $2 billion in assets that were once owned by the Colorado-based lender.

    But what the FDIC may not have anticipated at the time was that the agency would be stuck with a grab-bag of other exotic assets including a white Bentley Arnage, three lawnmowers, a Fleetwood Motor home and more than two dozen works of art, most of which reflected the bank’s rural surroundings in northern Colorado.

    The demise of New Frontier is just one example of the asset messes regulators are often stuck with once a bank is shuttered. At an auction held last month, regulators auctioned off a combined 300 copiers, printers and scanners that were once owned by the California mortgage lender IndyMac (IDMCQ), which collapsed last July in one of the biggest bank failures in history.

    [ . . . ]

    As of the end of March, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. had roughly $16 billion worth of failed bank assets just waiting to be liquidated, according to an agency report published earlier this month.

    But that number is poised to climb higher as more banks fail. Last Friday, regulators seized five institutions across the country, the largest one-day instance of failures in years. Experts widely believe that hundreds more banks could fail in the years ahead as a result of the current recession, which means plenty of work for the FDIC.

    When a bank fails, the FDIC typically tries to find a buyer for the deposits and branches first before. If it’s unsuccessful, as was the case with New Frontier, the FDIC then looks to sell off the bank’s remaining assets.

    Some of that work is handled by the agency itself, but much of it is farmed out to private-firms that specialize in managing and selling assets.

    [etc.]

    Timing, however, can be everything when a bank fails, especially as regulators scramble to squeeze every dime out of a failed bank’s remaining assets.

    Consider the case of Downey Financial (DWNFQ). Last fall, just two months before regulators seized the California-based lender, the company was shopping its twin-towered, six-story headquarters in Newport Beach for a reported $115 million.

    The nearly 43,000-square-foot piece of property is still up for grabs, albeit at a deep discount. Prescient is currently asking for $59 million for the property, according to its Web site.

    Bliss Morris, president and CEO of First Financial Network, a 20-year-old Oklahoma-City-based firm, said the same holds true in trying to sell loans on behalf of the FDIC — the longer it takes to make a sale, the more likely it is that the loans will lose even more of their value.

    [lots more in this story – great info and maybe some opportunities for new small business models to offer some help liquidating these things – ]

    “It doesn’t always take a Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs to come to the table,” he said. “This really is an opportunity.”

    First Published: June 30, 2009: 3:53 PM ET

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/30/news/companies/bank_failures_assets/index.htm?postversion=2009063016

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    http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/news/companies/jobs_june/index.htm?postversion=2009070208

    chart_job_losses_070209.03.gif

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The battered U.S. labor market took a step backwards last month as employers trimmed more jobs from their payrolls in June, according to a government report Thursday.

    There was a net loss of 467,000 jobs in June, compared with a revised loss of 322,000 jobs in May. This was the first time in four months that the number of jobs lost rose from the prior month.

    The June job losses were also far worse than the forecast of a loss of 365,000 jobs by economists surveyed by Briefing.com.

    The unemployment rate rose for the ninth straight month, climbing to 9.5% from 9.4%, and hitting another 26-year high. Economists had been expecting that the unemployment rate would hit 9.6%.

    Nearly 3.4 million jobs have been lost during the first half of 2009, more than the 3.1 million lost in all of 2008.

    [etc.]

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/news/companies/jobs_june/index.htm?postversion=2009070208

    ***

    My Note –

    How could that possibly come as a surprise to experts, analysts and economists? Yesterday, when the report was released, every news show that I watched across every cable station was surprised and evidenced the accompanying surprise and shock from the Wall Street investment community. What did they think was happening and what it would mean?

    It isn’t even funny that the “experts” who are being paid to make these analyses of the same data available to all of us are getting it so wrong, so consistently. They had it wrong last year as they told us it was no more than a little dip in the “bubble”. They had it wrong last fall when they told us that it would all be okay and was no more than a little “contraction” in the economy. They had it wrong when they told their clients and subsequently, the rest of us that it wasn’t the “R” word (Recession, certainly not). Why do they get paid?

    – cricketdiane

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    Medvedev says he wants a “more modern relationship” with the US – (on his blog) as just reported by 12.12 p.m. 07-03-09 on CNNI (206 – comcast)

    ***

    Scotland Yard to quiz Tory peer over £100,000 expenses claim

    By Ian Drury and Rebecca Camber
    Last updated at 12:18 PM on 03rd July 2009

    Lord Hanningfield is accused of staying at his farmhouse in Essex while claiming for overnight stays close to Parliament

    A Tory peer who claimed nearly £100,000 for staying in London despite living less than 50 miles from the capital is being investigated by Scotland Yard.

    Lord Hanningfield, a frontbencher in the House of Lords, is at the centre of a police probe into accusations he stayed at his farmhouse in Essex while claiming for overnight stays near Parliament.

    Peers who live outside the capital are entitled to collect up to £174 a day for overnight accommodation if their stay is ‘for the purpose of attending sittings of the House’.

    [ . . . ]

    The others being investigated are all Labour politicians: Lord Clarke of Hampstead, a former party chairman, and Baroness Uddin, plus former fisheries minister Elliot Morley and backbench MP David Chaytor.

    Lord Hanningfield, 68, who has a taxpayer-funded full-time chauffeur provided by the local authority, has a family home in West Hanningfield, near Chelmsford, which is 46 miles from London.

    (Lord Hanningfield, centre, with a group of Essex MPs including Bernard Jenkin, third rear, and Eric Pickles, second right – photo)

    Police are keen to find out whether he travelled back there on the nights he claimed to have stayed in the capital.

    Since 2001-02, he has claimed £99,970 in ‘overnight subsistence’ and £49,955 for meals and ‘incidental’ travel – paid at £86.50 a day last year.

    Peers do not have to provide receipts and can simply ‘clock in’ at the Lords in order to qualify for their allowances.

    But those who travel home at night are not permitted to pocket the cash.

    Lord Hanningfield on his elevation to the Lords

    Scotland Yard refused to confirm Lord Hanningfield’s involvement, but a Tory source said he was being investigated.

    He is also able to claim expenses as Essex County Council leader. In 2006-07 he claimed £59,110 including £5,319 for travel and £7,466 for fares and subsistence.

    He joined the House of Lords in 1998 and since 2005 has been Shadow Minister for Transport, as well as Tory Whip.

    His role in setting up the Local Government Association in 1997 helped to get him the peerage.

    Lord Hanningfield exposed the fact that the Prime Minister Tony Blair spent £1,000 of taxpayers’ money a year on make-up.

    But he faced criticism last year after spending £62,000 of council money on a ‘fact-finding’ business-class trip to the US.

    [ . . . ]

    Earlier this month it emerged that the Metropolitan Police had formally launched criminal investigations into three Peers and two MPs following a month-long exercise by detectives and Crown Prosecution Service lawyers.

    It followed revelations that Mr Morley claimed £800 a month for a home in his Scunthorpe constituency even though the mortgage had already been paid off.

    Mr Chaytor claimed £13,000 for a ‘phantom’ mortgage he had paid off.

    Baroness Uddin allegedly claimed an empty Kent flat was her main home so she could receive expenses despite living in Wapping, east London.

    Lord Clarke admitted fiddling his expenses by claiming for stays in London when he drove home to St Albans, Hertfordshire, about an hour from the capital.

    The MPs could be charged with fraud, theft or misconduct in a public office.

    The maximum sentence under both the Serious Fraud Act 2006 and the Theft Act 1968 is ten years. Misconduct in public office carries a maximum life sentence.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197214/Police-probe-Tory-peer-claimed-100-000-overnight-expenses-staying-Essex-farmhouse.html?ITO=1490

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    June 26, 2009
    Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: the Quest to Boost Russia’s Image


    Introduced by Vladimir Frolov
    (from – ) Russia Profile

    Contributors: Vladimir Belaeff, Stephen Blank, Ethan Burger, Edward Lozansky, Sergei Roy

    “The main task of the new structure,” wrote Nezavisimaya Gazeta, “is to correct the image mistakes committed over the last year,” since Dmitry Medvedev became president, including Moscow’s failure to persuade other countries to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and as well as the prevailing negative attitude toward Russia in the CIS concerning various financial arrangements.

    The Kremlin has finally understood that it makes more sense to attempt to predict the reaction of the international community at an early stage, and to incorporate these forecasts into major policy decisions, as opposed to putting out public relations fires post factum.

    The emphasis on careful policy planning, strict inter-agency coordination and effective policy implementation is a welcome change in the Kremlin’s approach to public relations.

    http://www.russiaprofile.org/page.php?pageid=Experts%27+Panel&articleid=a1246021758

    [etc. – very long-winded and highly questionable with these experts’ viewpoints based in “perception management” and spin rather than on the validity of fluid accurate information – my note]

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    http://www.russiaprofile.org/page.php?pageid=Links

    from RIA Novosti sponsored site – links they consider important –

    Portal on International Relations by the German Council on Foreign Relations. (http://www.weltpolitik.net)
    The Moscow Expat Site – the virtual community for English-speaking expats and Russians. (http://www.expat.ru)
    Cafebabel.com is the leading European current affairs magazine. Published in 7 languages (English, French, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish), it analyses current affairs from a resolutely European perspective. (http://www.cafebabel.com)
    The RBCC, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce exists to facilitate trade between Britain and Russia. Services include a monthly business digest, in-depth regional and company profiles, exhibitions, conferences and up to the minute Russian business advice. (http://www.rbcc.com )
    The EBRD is the largest single investor in central Europe and central Asia and mobilises significant foreign direct investment beyond its own financing. It provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. It also works with publicly owned companies, to support privatisation, restructuring state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services. (http://www.ebrd.com/new/am/)
    Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard (http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu )
    EurasiaNet is the most comprehensive source for news and information about the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia found anywhere on the World Wide Web. (http://www.eurasianet.org)
    For the past ten years, MARBC has worked to foster business relations between Russia and the Newly Independent States (NIS), and the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region, while cultivating mutual appreciation of political, economic, cultural, and educational interests. (http://www.ma-rbc.org )
    Foreign Policy is the premier, award-winning magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas. (http://www.foreignpolicy.com)
    Foreign Affairs is America’s most influential publication on international affairs and foreign policy. (http://www.foreignaffairs.org)
    Worldpress.org is a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information. It contains articles reprinted from the press outside the United States, as well as originally written material. (http://www.worldpress.org)
    BBC News Europe (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/default.stm)
    Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty – your source for news and information from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Southwestern Asia. (http://www.rferl.org)
    Inside Russia and Eurasia is the website of the monthly intelligence report of the European Press Agency. Independent of government or political ties, it reports and analyses political, economic, social and security developments in Russia and Eurasia without regard for the prevailing consensus. (http://www.russia-eurasia.net)
    ACTR/ACCELS is an international not-for-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States and the nations of Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. (http://www.americancouncils.org )
    The School of Russian and Asian Studies is a team of specialists dedicated to education in and about Russia. In addition to offering accredited Russian language courses, they also offer classes in art, history, int’l relations, journalism, and more in locations across the FSU. (http://www.sras.org)
    Russia Today TV is a news channel oriented to global viewers, it broadcasts in English, 24 hours a day. Russia Today is first in line bringing news of key events in Russia to the world. Exclusive coverage makes this channel indispensable for businessmen, diplomats, journalists and decision-makers in the field of politics and the economy. (http://www.russiatoday.ru)
    Russia Beyond the Headlines is a monthly supplement to the world’s leading newspapers: The Washington Post (US), The Daily Telegraph (UK), The Economic Times (India), Duma (Bulgaria). Russia Beyond the Headlines provides comments, analysis and information on trends in Russia. We dispel stereotypes and help you to understand Russia as a historic, complex nation undergoing change in response to the challenges of modern times, while trying to preserve its traditions and identity. (http://rbth.rg.)
    Defense nationale is a publication whose purpose is to tackle all – national and international – political, economic, social and scientific issues by considering them from the viewpoint of defence. (http://www.defnat.com)
    Oil & Gas Eurasia is Russia’s № 1 oil and gas technology magazine for operators, service and supply companies. US owned, OGE was first to use a bi-lingual format and the first Russian-based publication to audit its circulation. OGE’s parent company, Eurasia Press, also publishes Eurasia Offshore, a quarterly technology supplement for the offshore industry. (www.oilandgaseurasia.com)
    PMR Ltd. is a publishing, consulting and market research company providing information, advice and services to international business interested in Central and Eastern Europe. With highly skilled staff, top ranked web sites such as www.ictrussia.com, www.constructionrussia.com, and www.russiaretail.com, and over 10 years of experience, PMR is one of the largest companies of it’s type in the region. (www.pmrcorporate.com)
    Information Agency “FC-Novosti” provides exclusive information and digests of press reports on the key issues of the Russian economy bearing on investments in Russia and it’s regions; news about major Russian issuers and companies involved in foreign projects; analytical reports and comments on the financial, stock and commodity markets. (http://www.rfcm.ru)
    The European Finance Convention Foundation is an independent Body which was set-up as a non profit organisation in 1987. It has been collaborating over the years with the European Commission and most of the International Financial Institutions, on some of the major matters related to the EU economical and financial integration like the ECU and later on the EURO, the Enlargement process and the EU mediterranean co-operation. (http://www.euroconvention.com/6251-Moscow1.htm)


    Economist Conferences, a division of the Economist Intelligence Unit, is the leading provider of international forums for senior executives seeking new insights into strategic issues. These meetings include industry conferences, management events and government roundtables held around the world. As part of The Economist Group, the publisher of The Economist newspaper, we are a highly respected brand with a 162-year history and an unrivalled reputation for excellence and independence.
    (http://www.economistconferences.com)
    Founded in 1995, the AEB is an independent non-commercial association with a membership of over 600 companies from across the European Union and Russia. Our members range from large multi-national corporations to SMBs and are united by their commitment to forging stronger economic ties between the EU and Russia, as well as improving the business environment here in Russia. The AEB conducts lobbying activity through its 26 committees and working groups, which cover a wide spectrum of industries and sectors, including Energy, Customs & Transport, Airlines, Legal, Taxation and Banking – to name but a few. (www.aebrus.ru)
    Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC – the international publishing, events and electronic information group, delivering business information to the finance, law, energy and transport sectors for over 35 years.
    Euromoney Seminars is a division of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. The business hosts over 80 content led events worldwide. Renowned for the seniority of the audience and quality of the debate, Euromoney
    Seminars offer the perfect mix of market insight and networking. (www.euromoneyseminars.com)
    Marcus evans is one of the world’s leading providers and promoters of global summits strategic conferences, professional training, in-Company training, business-to-business congresses, sports hospitality and on-line information.
    (www.marcusevans.com)
    RedTram is a multi-language news search engine delivering news in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Chinese, Ukrainian and Russian. RedTram offers its readers a well-structured and detailed catalogue, an opportunity of viewing archived news and an advanced search.
    (en.redtram.com)

    The German-Russian Forum organizes the dialogue and meetings between the Russian and the German communities. We provide discussion platforms for political and economic talks and cultural meetings while supporting young managers and regional cooperation.

    Combining social and entrepreneurial responsibilities, we help to build up German-Russian relations and recommend ourselves as a partner for Corporate Citizenship in Russia.

    www.deutsch–russisches–forum.de

    [From – ]

    http://www.russiaprofile.org/page.php?pageid=Links

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    My Note –

    Last year, when I was researching something else, a Google search that I had made with conferences or conventions and Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities yielded an amazing array of international conventions that were being hosted there for 2009 and beyond, (including interpol having their international meeting there.)

    Footballers and fans will certainly remember the world class contest that happened there. Even with the frailty of the world economies, these events are still drawing participants from around the world throughout many and varied communities, industries, sciences, and focused audiences.

    That is no small thing, but the Russian group of leaders do not seem to understand how inappropriate it is to stop or limit the flow of heating products to a wider world whose families are dependent upon it to survive the winter as happened last year.

    We do look to Russia to make it right when that happens whether the countries along the routes of pipelines caused the problems or not, because Mother Russia is the player with the most to lose on the world stage and has the ability to resolve it.

    I am glad to hear that Medvedev has a blog – it would seem such an uneasy balance if only President Obama was using that medium . . . (there are a few others from leaders around Europe and elsewhere, although my guess is that the poor staffer who is actually writing it has more to do than God ever intended a human to get done in a day . . . )

    – cricketdiane, 07-03-09

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    http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIran/index.shtml

    International Atomic Energy (Commission) Agency – 2009

    IAEA and Iran

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    IAEA Daily Press Review

    The objective of the DPR is to present a general overview of international, English-language, media coverage of the IAEA and nuclear issues, that does not purport to be exhaustive. The following articles are obtained from external news sources for whose content the IAEA takes no responsibility.

    30 June 2009

    IAEA in the News

    Election row hits Iran nuclear talks Prospects for negotiations over Iran’s nuclear activities appear bleak after the reassertion of power by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. BBC

    Safety Of Canada’s Nuclear Reactors In Question Because Of Design Feature Canada’s seven nuclear stations which use Candu technology have a positive reactivity feedback design feature which may lead to dangerous power pulses in the event of a major accident. AHN

    Other Nuclear News

    North Korea Trying to Enrich Uranium, South Says North Korea appears to be enriching uranium, potentially giving the state that tested a plutonium-based nuclear device in May another path for making atomic weapons, South Korea’s defense minister said on Tuesday. Reuters

    Berlusconi says G8 sanctions likely against Iran The Group of Eight wealthy powers are likely to agree to adopt sanctions against Iran when they meet in Italy next week, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday. Reuters

    Group offers plan to eliminate nukes by 2030 A group committed to eliminating nuclear weapons presented on Monday a four-step plan to achieve that goal by 2030, while acknowledging that Iran could be a “show stopper.” AP

    [etc.]

    http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Dpr/pressreview.html

    International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, Wagramer Strasse 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
    Telephone (+431) 2600-0; Facsimilie (+431) 2600-7; E-mail: Official.Mail@iaea.org

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    [Also here – ]

    NUCLEUS is the common access point to the IAEA’s scientific, technical and regulatory information resources. It incorporates, and facilitates access to about 100 IAEA databases, scientific and technical publications as well as safety standards.

    Featured Information Resources

    Food Irradiation Clearance Database (FICD)
    A database on country approvals of irradiated foods for human consumption. More »

    International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
    The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) provides leading information on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. More »

    Food Irradiation Facilities Database (FIFD)
    A database on facilities for the irradiation of foods intended for human consumption. More »

    Power Reactor Information System (PRIS)
    PRIS is a comprehensive data source of nuclear power reactors in the world. More »

    Radiation Protection of Patients (RPOP)
    Information to help health professionals achieve safer use of radiation in medicine for the benefit of patients. More »

    Incident Reporting system (IRS)
    The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an international system through which thirty-one participating countries exchange experience to improve the safety of nuclear power plants . More »

    http://nucleus.iaea.org/NUCLEUS/nucleus/Content/index.jsp

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    http://www.iaea.or.at/programmes/a2/

    IAEA – Power Reactor Information System Portal

    International Atomic Energy (Commission) Agency – 2009

    LATEST NEWS RELATED TO PRIS AND THE STATUS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

    Current status of the nuclear industry:

    • 436 nuclear power reactors in operation with a total net installed capacity of 370.221 GW(e)
    • 5 nuclear power reactors in long term shutdown
    • 48 nuclear power reactors under construction

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    Japan: Nuclear Power Reactors – Alphabetic

    Under Construction 2 Operational 53
    Long Term Shutdown 1 Shutdown 5

    Annual Electrical Power Production for 2008
    Total Power Production (including Nuclear) Nuclear Power Production
    964931.668 GWh(e) 240518.529 GWh(e)


    Click on the name of a reactor to view its full details.
    Capacity (MWe) Date
    Name Type Status Location Net Gross Connected
    FUGEN ATR HWLWR Permanent Shutdown FUKUI 148 165 1978/07/29
    FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI-1 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 439 460 1970/11/17
    FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI-2 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 760 784 1973/12/24
    FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI-3 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 760 784 1974/10/26
    FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI-4 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 760 784 1978/02/24
    FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI-5 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 760 784 1977/09/22
    FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI-6 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 1067 1100 1979/05/04
    FUKUSHIMA-DAINI-1 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 1067 1100 1981/07/31
    FUKUSHIMA-DAINI-2 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 1067 1100 1983/06/23
    FUKUSHIMA-DAINI-3 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 1067 1100 1984/12/14
    FUKUSHIMA-DAINI-4 BWR Operational FUKUSHIMA-KEN 1067 1100 1986/12/17
    GENKAI-1 PWR Operational SAGA PREFECTURE 529 559 1975/02/14
    GENKAI-2 PWR Operational SAGA PREFECTURE 529 559 1980/06/03
    GENKAI-3 PWR Operational SAGA PREFECTURE 1127 1180 1993/06/15
    GENKAI-4 PWR Operational SAGA PREFECTURE 1127 1180 1996/11/12
    HAMAOKA-1 BWR Permanent Shutdown SHIZUOKA-PREFECTURE 515 540 1974/08/13
    HAMAOKA-2 BWR Permanent Shutdown SHIZUOKA-PREFECTURE 806 840 1978/05/04
    HAMAOKA-3 BWR Operational SHIZUOKA-PREFECTURE 1056 1100 1987/01/20
    HAMAOKA-4 BWR Operational SHIZUOKA-PREFECTURE 1092 1137 1993/01/27
    HAMAOKA-5 BWR Operational SHIZUOKA-PREFECTURE 1212 1267 2004/04/26
    HIGASHI DORI 1 (TOHOKU) BWR Operational Aomori Prefecture 1067 1100 2005/03/09
    IKATA-1 PWR Operational EHIME PREFECTURE 538 566 1977/02/17
    IKATA-2 PWR Operational EHIME PREFECTURE 538 566 1981/08/19
    IKATA-3 PWR Operational EHIME PREFECTURE 846 890 1994/03/29
    JPDR BWR Permanent Shutdown IBARAKI 12 13 1963/10/26
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-1 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1067 1100 1985/02/13
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-2 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1067 1100 1990/02/08
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-3 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1067 1100 1992/12/08
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-4 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1067 1100 1993/12/21
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-5 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1067 1100 1989/09/12
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-6 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1315 1356 1996/01/29
    KASHIWAZAKI KARIWA-7 BWR Operational NIIGATA-KEN 1315 1356 1996/12/17
    MIHAMA-1 PWR Operational FUKUI 320 340 1970/08/08
    MIHAMA-2 PWR Operational FUKUI 470 500 1972/04/21
    MIHAMA-3 PWR Operational FUKUI 780 826 1976/02/19
    MONJU FBR Long-term Shutdown FUKUI 246 280 1995/08/29
    OHI-1 PWR Operational FUKUI 1120 1175 1977/12/23
    OHI-2 PWR Operational FUKUI 1120 1175 1978/10/11
    OHI-3 PWR Operational FUKUI 1127 1180 1991/06/07
    OHI-4 PWR Operational FUKUI 1127 1180 1992/06/19
    ONAGAWA-1 BWR Operational MIYAGI PREFECTURE 498 524 1983/11/18
    ONAGAWA-2 BWR Operational MIYAGI PREFECTURE 796 825 1994/12/23
    ONAGAWA-3 BWR Operational MIYAGI PREFECTURE 796 825 2001/05/30
    SENDAI-1 PWR Operational KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE 846 890 1983/09/16
    SENDAI-2 PWR Operational KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE 846 890 1985/04/05
    SHIKA-1 BWR Operational ISHIKAWA-KEN 505 540 1993/01/12
    SHIKA-2 BWR Operational ISHIKAWA-KEN 1108 1206 2005/07/04
    SHIMANE-1 BWR Operational SHIMANE PREFECTURE 439 460 1973/12/02
    SHIMANE-2 BWR Operational SHIMANE PREFECTURE 789 820 1988/07/11
    SHIMANE-3 BWR Under Construction SHIMANE PREFECTURE 1325 1373 2011/12/15
    TAKAHAMA-1 PWR Operational FUKUI 780 826 1974/03/27
    TAKAHAMA-2 PWR Operational FUKUI 780 826 1975/01/17
    TAKAHAMA-3 PWR Operational FUKUI 830 870 1984/05/09
    TAKAHAMA-4 PWR Operational FUKUI 830 870 1984/11/01
    TOKAI-1 GCR Permanent Shutdown IBARAKI-KEN 137 166 1965/11/10
    TOKAI-2 BWR Operational IBARAKI-KEN 1060 1100 1978/03/13
    TOMARI-1 PWR Operational HOKKAIDO 550 579 1988/12/06
    TOMARI-2 PWR Operational HOKKAIDO 550 579 1990/08/27
    TOMARI-3 PWR Under Construction HOKKAIDO 866 912 2009/12/10
    TSURUGA-1 BWR Operational FUKUI 340 357 1969/11/16
    TSURUGA-2 PWR Operational FUKUI 1110 1160 1986/06/19

    [from left sidebar – list – put in the country “Japan” – allow list to sort alphabetically]

    My Note – Do you know how big Japan is? There are 53 operational nuclear reactors in a country that is about the size of Delaware. But, I’ll check – maybe its bigger than that . . .

    Area:
    Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order.
    total: 377,835 sq km
    land: 374,744 sq km
    water: 3,091 sq km
    note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
    Area – comparative:
    Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order.
    slightly smaller than California

    People ::Japan

    Population:
    Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order.
    127,078,679 (July 2009 est.)

    country comparison to the world: 11


    https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/JA.html

    – its Okay fine, Ok – The West Bank is the size of Delaware and Japan is the size of several – my note

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    [You need to know this – and this is where to find it – ]

    NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INFORMATION

    This section provides some of the tables and charts which are produced using PRIS data. All data are based on information provided by IAEA Member States through designated national correspondents or governmental organizations.

    • Number of Reactors up to date
      • Operational by age
      • Under Construction
        • By Country
        • By Type
      • Operational & Long Term Shutdown
        • By Country
        • By Type
      • Shutdown
        • By Country
        • By Type

    • Lifetime factors by country up to 2008 (Includes all operational & shutdown reactors from beginning of comercial operation up to 2008)
      • Energy Availability Factor
      • Unit Capability Factor
      • Unplanned Capability Loss Factor

    • Last three years factors by country up to 2008 (Includes only operational reactors from 2006 up to 2008)
      • Energy Availability Factor
      • Unit Capability Factor
      • Unplanned Capability Loss Factor

    • World average factors by year (Energy Availability Factor, Unit Capability Factor & Unplanned Capability Loss Factor calculated only for operational reactors from 1998 up to 2008)
    • Reactors Under Construction
    • Number of Reactors in Operation Worldwide
    • Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation
    • Number of Reactors in Operation by Age
    • World Energy Availability Factors by Year

    [located by using tab above left sidebar search window for details on each country – this page is the “World Summary” listing by clicket on those words in the left sidebar – then it is the portal for all of these things listed above.]

    http://www.iaea.or.at/programmes/a2/

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    My Note –

    This is the answer to the question – “how did I know that?” – I already knew where to look . . .

    – cricketdiane, 06-30-09

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    NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS INFORMATION
    Last three years Energy Availability Factor
    (Includes only operational reactors from 2006 up to 2008)

    Country 2006 2007 2008 2006-2008
    No. of Reactors EAF (%) No. of Reactors EAF (%) No. of Reactors EAF (%) No. of Reactors EAF (%)
    ARGENTINA 2 87.6 2 82.7 2 83.7 2 84.7
    ARMENIA 1 76.1 1 73.8 1 69 1 73
    BELGIUM 7 87.7 7 90.5 7 84.6 7 87.6
    BRAZIL 2 81 2 78.4 2 86.2 2 81.8
    BULGARIA 4 79.9 2 82.5 2 87.5 4 82.9
    CANADA 18 84.6 18 80.7 18 80 18 81.8
    CHINA 9 87.3 11 86.5 11 86.5 11 86.8
    CZECH REPUBLIC 6 79.4 6 78.3 6 78 6 78.6
    FINLAND 4 92.8 4 94.7 4 92.5 4 93.3
    FRANCE 59 81.6 59 78.5 59 77.6 59 79.2
    GERMANY 17 89.6 17 75.7 17 79.9 17 81.7
    HUNGARY 4 81.5 4 87.1 4 86.1 4 85
    INDIA 16 55 17 51.6 17 43.6 17 49.8
    JAPAN 55 69.1 55 63.2 55 57 55 63.1
    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 20 92.3 20 90.2 20 93.2 20 91.9
    LITHUANIA, REPUBLIC OF 1 73.5 1 83.8 1 84.5 1 80.6
    MEXICO 2 93.9 2 89.7 2 83.1 2 89
    NETHERLANDS 1 84.6 1 95.1 1 92.6 1 90.9
    PAKISTAN 2 70.7 2 68.1 2 55.5 2 64.7
    ROMANIA 1 90.3 2 96 2 90.3 2 91.9
    RUSSIAN FEDERATION 31 75.1 31 76.9 31 80.6 31 77.5
    SLOVAK REPUBLIC 6 82.5 5 82.1 5 87.8 6 84
    SLOVENIA 1 89.9 1 90.9 1 98.6 1 93.1
    SOUTH AFRICA 2 65.6 2 80.4 2 81.3 2 75.8
    SPAIN 9 87.7 8 81.1 8 86.4 9 85.1
    SWEDEN 10 82.7 10 80.9 10 77.8 10 80.4
    SWITZERLAND 5 92.8 5 93.5 5 92 5 92.8
    UKRAINE 15 77.8 15 77.3 15 77.1 15 77.4
    UNITED KINGDOM 23 67.1 19 63.3 19 54.3 23 61.9
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 103 91 104 92.1 104 91.1 104 91.4
    World Wide 442 82.9 439 80.9 439 80 447 81.3


    The following data from Taiwan, China is included in the totals

    2006 2007 2008 2006-2008
    No. of Reactors EAF (%) No. of Reactors EAF (%) No. of Reactors EAF (%) No. of Reactors EAF (%)
    6 89.1 6 90.2 6 90.4 6 89.9


    Above data from PRIS database. Last updated on 2009/06/15

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    [above information found by clicket on this link – from list on the page before it – ]

    http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.factors.htm?faccve=EAF&facname=Energy%20Availability%20Factor&group=Country

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