Comments for nuclear-news

Comment on Nuclear cover up at fukushima to save money – U.N.S.C.E.A.R. obliges- ICRP dose advice increased!. by John doe

John doe — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:51 +0000

You have hit the nail on the head for sure. Nothing to fear from the radiation at all, its just the fear that is hurting them with cancer. Oh and that nail you hit on the head by the way was a nail in your coffin you s.o.a..bi$@h. Who are you friclen sociopaths

Comment on Fukushima Rad News 5/21/13: Radioactive Ocean; Contamination East of Hawaii;Taiwan Nuke Protests by Wives or girlfriends have proven pandora australia to be vs jade robotic work mattresses ? Patty Boom Boom's Adventures

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:23:31 +0000

Fukushima Rad News 5/21/13: Radioactive Ocean; Contamination East of Hawaii;Taiwan Nuke Protests « nuclear-news

Comment on Is there any proper regulation of radioactivity in Malawi’s uranium mines? by Mining in Malawi

Mining in Malawi — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:28:18 +0000

Yesterday at the launch of a report on the revenue costs and benefits of Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Malawi, one participant asked if the revenue Malawi receives is “dirty money” because of the story about the man who has gone blind as a result of working at the mine.

Learn more about the report at: http://mininginmalawi.com/2013/05/24/the-case-of-paladins-kayelekera-uranium-mine-report-released-on-the-revenue-costs-and-benefits-to-malawi/

Comment on 3 year study of cancers near nuclear facilities: where are the results? by Susan

Susan — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:18 +0000

I happened to be watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6FdtWXOijU
and when the CDC map in the image linked below came up. It was quite a shocker as I knew the cancer clusters matched the locations of nuclear plants. I screen shotted it and pasted a map showing nuclear plant locations.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/581770_189526351203001_1626194161_n.jpg

I wrote the NRC chairman to ask if this study has come out and if not when it is expected but I doubt I will get a reply..

Comment on New research on depleted uranium, cancer, birth defects in Iraq by Sean Carter

Sean Carter — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:53 +0000

i recently read some other quite disheartening information about birth defects in children of veterans and now this. It really is some tragic stuff and I hope more is done to prevent future generations from suffering through these things

Comment on Super expensive nuclear fusion project cancelled by Christina MacPherson

Christina MacPherson — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:12 +0000

I don’t know what is happening. But my guess is that the whole nuclear fusion thing, if it ever comes about, will be hugely expensive to set up. ( It might be cheap to run, though). And sure, we would all like to have such a truly clean source of energy.
So I am thinking that for once in history, nations might be co-operating, instead of each duplicating the other’s efforts. That would be a saner way to develop nuclear fusion.

A new technology shouldn’t be just some kind of status symbol for a country – or even to provide jobs. More jobs would be provided by getting on with renewable energy systems – technologies that already exist.

Anyway, – as far as I can see, nuclear fusion is still but a gleam in the eye of the nuclear lobby – something to greenwash the public into thinking that the nuclear industry has a future

Comment on Super expensive nuclear fusion project cancelled by Robert Steinhaus

Robert Steinhaus — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:17:03 +0000

Nuclear fusion produces only non-radioactive helium (the same material used to fill Blimps and children’s party balloons) as its nuclear waste. The MIT Alcator C-MOD experiment is unusually cost effective and well administered. This untimely budget action would rob the US domestic fusion program of a unique and essential resource critical to harnessing fusion as a practical energy source. Maintaining funding for C-Mod operations would cost only ~$15Million dollars.

Impact on jobs: Alcator supports 300 US jobs, mostly in Massachusetts.

So what is actually happening that causes the shut down of valuable clean fusion experiments like Alcator C-MOD?

US fusion in budget vice -
Domestic facilities struggle for survival as funding is directed to international reactor.
http://www.nature.com/news/us-fusion-in-budget-vice-1.11061

Comment on Renewable energy – Germany’s impressive export of electricity by Fergal

Fergal — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:54 +0000

http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20130520-49809.html#disqus_thread

Comment on Australian government approves nuclear irradiation of tomatoes by arclight2011

arclight2011 — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:14:03 +0000

If you dont like them dont buy them.

only if they are marked as irradiated or you dont get the choice! imo
why wncourage more nuclear waste also.. Australia has enough of it and the UK has enough of reprocessing ref European report on UK air quality.. NO2 is one of the by products of these processes as is Radon (NORM) and something is killing unborn children imo

but statutory labeling would do if the IAEA needs to find outlets for its goods!

Comment on Australian government approves nuclear irradiation of tomatoes by Fergal

Fergal — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:05 +0000

This is nonsense – the tomatoes and capsicums are going to be exposed such low doses of radiation that you would not be able to tell the difference between irradiated and non-irradiated ones. Look at the science and make up your own mind. If you dont like them dont buy them.