Der Wettbewerb im Energiesektor ist sicherlich stark verbesserungsfähig. Hier wären kartellrechtliche Schritte dringend nötig.
Zudem wurde bekannt, dass in der EU seit Samstag höhere Grenzwerte für radioaktiv belastete Lebensmittel gelten. Grund ist eine Eilverordnung, mit der die EU-Kommission als Reaktion auf Japan eine nukleare Notsituationen ausgerufen hat. In normalen Zeiten liegen die Maximalbelastungen der meisten Lebensmittel für Cäsium-134 und Cäsium-137 bei 600 Becquerel, seit Samstag sind es 1250 Becquerel. Für Milcherzeugnisse sind nun statt 370 Becquerel 1000 Becquerel erlaubt.
Und Telekommunikation soll besser geworden sein? Wo denn bitte? Bei nahezu allen Anwendern ist der Service nicht besser als vor 30 Jahren. Und die Kosten für reine Telefongespräche (Internettechnik war damals ja technisch noch nicht so weit) sind auch weit höher als die Inflation es vorgegeben hätte gestiegen.
@l3xi: Welchen Staatsvertrag meinst du? Den Sozialstaat als Staatsprinzip findet man in der Verfassung. Was darunter zu verstehen ist, wurde durch die fortschreibende Rechtssprechung des BVerfG eingegrenzt. Ein explizite Aussage zur Wirtschaftsform findet man nicht im GG. Einige Grundrechte wären allerdings mit den meisten Wirtschaftsformen jenseits der Marktwirtschaft unvereinbar.
Vertrag über die Schaffung einer Währungs-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialunion zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (Staatsvertrag) vom 18. Mai 1990[...]ARTIKEL 1 - Gegenstand des Vertrages[...](3) Grundlage der Wirtschaftsunion ist die Soziale Marktwirtschaft als gemeinsame Wirtschaftsordnung beider Vertragsparteien.[...]
Interessant, was die so alles in völkerrechtliche Verträge schreiben, obwohl es nicht explizit in der Verfassung steht.
Japanese officials have conceded that the battle to salvage four crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been lost.The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said the reactors would be scrapped, and warned the operation to contain the nuclear crisis, well into its third week, could last months.
An emotional Katsumata apologised for the anxiety the crisis has caused."We apologise for causing the public anxiety, worry and trouble due to the explosions at reactor buildings and the release of radioactive materials," he told reports in Tokyo late on Wednesday. "Our greatest responsibility is to do everything to bring the current situation to an end and under control."
The hundreds of workers at the plant must now find a balance between pumping enough water to cool the reactors and avoiding a runoff of highly radioactive excess water. As yet they do not have anywhere to store the contaminated water.The options under consideration were to transfer the water to a ship or cover the reactors to trap radioactive particles, Edano said.
UN nuclear monitors have advised Japan to consider expanding the evacuation zone around the stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
On Wednesday, radioactive iodine was estimated to be 3,355 times the legal limit, while previously the figure had been put at 1,850 times the legal limit.Radioactive iodine was blamed for the high incidence of thyroid cancer among children exposed to fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.Nisa's director-general, Hidehiko Nishiyama, told reporters the new levels did not present a health risk because nearby residents had already been evacuated.Officials point out that no fishing is allowed in the area. Because the radiation should disperse as it is carried away by the tides, they do not think there will be a serious threat to marine life.
SPON hat zur Abwechslung mal einen kritischen Kommentar zur Wahrnehmung der Folgen von Fukushima in Deutschland veröffentlicht.
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency deputy director general Hidehiko Nishiyama at the announcement that the accident level at Fukushima Daiichi plant has been raised to maximum of seven. Japan has raised the severity level of its nuclear crisis to the maximum seven, putting the emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on a par with Chernobyl.Officials from the nuclear and industrial safety agency (Nisa) confirmed that the crisis level had been raised from five to seven on the international nuclear and radiological event scale.But they said the new rating reflects the initial impact of the nuclear crisis, adding that radiation levels have since dropped dramatically.
A spokesman for Nisa said the decision to raise the level to the status of a major accident did not mean that the Japanese plant posed the same threat to public health or involved similarly big releases of radiation as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster."At Chernobyl, the reactor itself exploded while still active, which is completely different from the situation at Fukushima," Hidehiko Nishiyama said.He added that the decision had been taken a month after the accident because experts needed time to analyse the data.
Schwätz doch deutsch Mensch
Zitat von: Schattenwurf am 12 April 2011, 12:42:25Schwätz doch deutsch Menschblubb...
The government charges that the damage caused by earthquakes and by the nuclear accident are being magnified by irresponsible rumors, and the government must take action for the sake of the public good. The project team has begun to send “letters of request” to such organizations as telephone companies, internet providers, cable television stations, and others, demanding that they “take adequate measures based on the guidelines in response to illegal information. ”The measures include erasing any information from internet sites that the authorities deem harmful to public order and morality.
