Nuclear Hotseat for February 28, 2012

Published: Feb. 28, 2012, 11:33 p.m.

Japanese government shown to have been in chaos after Fukushima, w/possible Tokyo evacuation; only 2 nuke reactors left online in Japan... and no rolling blackouts; stillborn calves at Fukushima-area farm; NRC cites Palisades Power Plant for safety violations, plus Perry near Cleveland and Susquhanna near Harrisburg, PA; North Anna tritium double federal standard, but plant operators claim no knowledge of where it's coming from or how it happened. Homer Simpson territory!; Iowa taxpayers to shell out for nuke construction costs whether the plant gets built or not; Indian Prime Minister blames US for local Kudankulam anti-nuke protests; Germany NOT restarting nukes, but using alternatives to send electricity to France; and both Czech Republic and Kuwait decide to go nuclear-free.