Ex-TEPCO execs should be charged over Fukushima: panel
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2014 -
An independent legal panel on Thursday called for criminal charges to be brought against three former executives of the Fukushima nuclear plant operator for their role in the 2011 atomic disaster.
The ruling - issued by a judicial review panel composed of ordinary citizens - could ultimately pave the way for an indictment, after prosecutors announced last year that they would not pursue a ...
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Profits shrink at Japan's 'megabanks'
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2014 -
Japan's top three banks on Thursday posted lower quarterly profits as the impact of last year's stock market surge faded.
Mitsubishi UFJ, the country's biggest lender, saw its net profit slip about six percent to 240.5 billion yen ($2.4 billion) as revenue weakened in the three months through June.
Rivals Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group saw bigger drops with th ...
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Mapping the optimal route between 2 quantum states
Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 -
As a quantum state collapses from a quantum superposition to a classical state or a different superposition, it will follow a path known as a quantum trajectory.
For each start and end state there is an optimal or "most likely" path, but it is not as easy to predict the path or track it experimentally as a straight-line between two points would be in our everyday, classical world.
In ...
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SPCG and KYOCERA Complete 35 Utility-Scale Solar Farms in Thailand
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 -
SPCG Public and Kyocera have announced the full operational launch of one of Southeast Asia's largest solar power projects. Since 2010, 35 "solar farms" totaling approximately 257 megawatts (MW) have been constructed under the project, and connected to the utility grid in Northeastern Thailand.
A ceremony held earlier this month in Surin Province commemorated the launch of the installation ...
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KYOCERA Solar Modules Tapped by Sierra Nevada to Power New Brewery in Mills River
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 -
Nearly everyone enjoys a good beer now and again. A delicious beer sustainably brewed with renewable energy that pours down from the sun might make that happy hour indulgence even more enjoyable.
Kyocera Solar has announced that Sundance Power Systems Inc. has installed 650 kilowatts (DC) of high-quality Kyocera solar modules on Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.'s new Mills River, North Carolina b ...
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Heavy Metals and Hydroelectricity
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 -
Hydraulic engineering is increasingly relied on for hydroelectricity generation. However, redirecting stream flow can yield unintended consequences. In the August 2014 issue of GSA Today, Donald Rodbell of Union College-Schenectady and coauthors from the U.S. and Peru document the wholesale contamination of the Lake Junin National Reserve by acid mine drainage from the Cerro de Pasco mining dist ...
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Flyer Hopes To Make Solar Flying Popular
Midland Park NJ (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 -
Solar-powered aircraft could offer a low-cost way to train future pilots, if the partners developing the Sun Flyer succeed in their ambitious plans. A technology demonstrator-a PC-Aero Elektra One-for the Sun Flyer solar-powered airplane made its first flight earlier this month in Munich, Germany..
While the Elektra One technology demonstrator didn't fly with solar panels, the panels will ...
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