Fukushima worker dies

From Reuters:

TOKYO May 14 – A worker at Japan’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Saturday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said, bringing the death toll at the complex to three since a massive earthquake and tsunami in March.

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A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 – by Isao Hashimoto: here.

Britain: Campaigners have held a vigil to mark two months since Japan’s devastating earthquake and to call for an end to nuclear power: here.

Britain: MPs and environmentalists accused the government today of attempting to hide planned subsidies to the nuclear industry: here.

Anti-nuclear protests attract 20,000 in Switzerland – swissinfo.ch: here. And here.