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Financial crisis may undermine participation in nuclear tender

Financial crisis may undermine participation in nuclear tender
Today’s Zaman 23 Sept 08 The current worldwide financial crisis seemed poised to hit the nuclear tender process in Turkey when companies expected to take part in a tender for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu said yesterday they have had difficulty lining up financing due to the global financial turmoil……………………………….The companies demanded that Turkish Treasury guarantee that any losses in the event of unexpected problems, such as a court order to cease the plant’s operation or a change in the government’s nuclear policy, will be reimbursed. The companies asked that certain conditions in the contract be clarified and made subject to the relevant laws.

This will be the fourth tender to be held for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Turkey; the previous three tenders failed.

Financial crisis may undermine participation in nuclear tender

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September 23, 2008 Posted by | business and costs | Leave a comment

Fairview Post – Alberta, CA

NDP’s Boucher Rymhs to take nuclear opposition to national level
 FAIRVIEW POST (Canada) by Chris Zwick 23 Sept 08 Adele Boucher Rymhs just finished one political campaign earlier this year as the NDP’s candidate in Peace River during the provincial election, now she has put her name forward once again, this time for the federal New Democrats……………………..

“From the beginning it was a matter of us having a concern about water issues, and then we looked into it and soon you find that nuclear is a condition that will effect the whole world and for a long period of time. So it becomes an issue that affects children, the economy and agriculture. It’s more than just energy and environment,” she said.

The more she looked into it, the more she opposed the prospect and she has been a vocal member of several anti-nuclear groups ever since……………………“This is an industry that is almost passé: they have financial difficulties, they have a credibility issue, and there are a lot of concerns that don’t allow them to build in other places,” said Boucher Rymhs. “It’s just a business deal to them; to us it’s a lifestyle.”

Fairview Post – Alberta, CA

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September 23, 2008 Posted by | politics | Leave a comment

Residents urge Yankee shutdown: Rutland Herald Online

Residents urge Yankee shutdown
RUTLAND HERALD September 23, 2008By Susan Smallheer The only people to speak in favor of the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant Monday night besides its employees were two state legislators from the Northeast Kingdom and the head of the regional Chamber of Commerce in Rutland.Otherwise, Vermonters overwhelmingly said that the Vernon reactor owned by Entergy Nuclear should be shut down in 2012, if not sooner…………………………….“Vermont Yankee is not ‘safe, clean or reliable,’” said Joan Eckley, quoting Entergy Nuclear’s own statewide advertising campaign. “Please close Vermont Yankee as soon as possible.”

Members of the public raised questions about adequate financing of the reactor’s decommissioning fund, the continuing maintenance and operation problems, and the high-level radioactive waste produced, which will remain deadly for thousands of years…………………..Many speakers said that while the shutdown of Vermont Yankee would eventually mean the loss of jobs in southern Vermont, the difference would be more than made up with innovative, high-technology jobs in alternative energy.

Residents urge Yankee shutdown: Rutland Herald Online

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September 23, 2008 Posted by | safety | Leave a comment

For Nevadans, the Presidential Election Is Life or Death in a Much More Literal Way | Environment | AlterNet

For Nevadans, the Presidential Election Is Life or Death in a Much More Literal Way
By Peggy Maze Johnson, AlterNet. Posted September 18, 2008.
This election could be a make-or-break moment in history for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

Will the November 4, 2008, election doom the future of Nevada? That
sounds ominous, I know, but this election could be a make-or-break
moment in history for the Yucca Mountain Project. This is the
ill-conceived plan to bury nuclear waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
Everyone in this state knows the problems inherent in this project and
should be on alert. But also this should serve as a “heads-up” to
everyone in the country.

People are in a panic about how to solve
the nation’s energy deficit problems and it’s easy to talk about
building nuclear power plants as a solution. In the meantime, the Yucca
Mountain Project controversy is never — never — mentioned. The fact
is the only site ever seriously considered for storage of the
inevitable deadly waste generated by nuclear power plants was Yucca
Mountain. Study after study has shown it is a hazardous location for
storing nuclear waste for the millions of years the waste continues to
emit deadly radioactive ions. Of the many drawbacks cited, one of the
most frightening is that Yucca Mountain sits in an active earthquake
zone.

Nevadans voted for George W. Bush in 2000 because he said he would not
approve Yucca Mountain as the nation’s nuclear dump unless the “science
was sound.” Now we know he didn’t mean it. Making Yucca Mountain
scientifically sound would be like putting lipstick on a pig!…………………………….he upcoming election is about many important issues — not the least
being the prospect of tons and tons of more deadly nuclear waste to be
stored if we go ahead and mindlessly build nuclear power plants in a
misguided attempt to solve our future energy needs.

For Nevadans, the Presidential Election Is Life or Death in a Much More Literal Way | Environment | AlterNet

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September 23, 2008 Posted by | wastes | Leave a comment

Fight continues against nuclear dump plan – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Fight continues against nuclear dump plan

ABC News 23 Sept 08 There are renewed calls for the Federal Government to scrap its plans to build a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.

A new storage facility for radioactive waste could be built at the Lucas Heights research reactor in Sydney.

The Federal Government is also considering three sites in the Northern Territory for a long-term waste dump.

Natalie Wasley from the Beyond Nuclear Initiative says there is no need to bring the waste to the NT.

“This is welcome news for the targeted communities because it means that there are other options that the Federal Government can be looking at for the waste, the majority of which is produced at the Lucas Heights reactor,” she said.

Fight continues against nuclear dump plan – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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September 23, 2008 Posted by | wastes | Leave a comment