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Safety check forces Swedish nuke plant shutdown – The Local

Safety check forces Swedish nuke plant shutdown
The Local : 21 Oct 08 13:Sweden shut down one of its nuclear reactors on Tuesday to check the plant’s control rods after cracks were found in the rods at an identical plant, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) reports.

Safety check forces Swedish nuke plant shutdown – The Local

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | safety | Leave a comment

KRDO.com Colorado Springs, Pueblo – Weather, News, Sports – Health Concerns At Uranium Mill

Health Concerns At Uranium Mill

krdo News Channel 13 By Sean Hauser Oct 21, 2008

CANON CITY – Twenty-four years ago it was closed because of radioactive contamination.  Now, a study is looking into renewed concerns at the Cotter Uranium Mill in Canon City……………………

It’s no secret that the uranium mill in Canon City has had its problems in the past.

“We do have some contamination extending off to the North and West of our property that’s a subject of a notice of violation between Cotter and the state that has been identified out there for a number of years,”…………………….state documents show a new plume of uranium-contaminated groundwater is spreading from the mill under a nearby golf course.

KRDO.com Colorado Springs, Pueblo – Weather, News, Sports – Health Concerns At Uranium Mill

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | environment | Leave a comment

Resolving Environmental Injustice on a Local Level | Newsweek Project Green | Newsweek.com

And Justice For All
NewsWeek 22 Oct 08 An environmental expert talks about the challenges of helping disadvantaged communities deal with pollution and climate change at a local level……………A report released today by two environmental organizations, the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland, found that localized pollution is the leading contributing factor to disability and disease in communities across the world. Even in the United States, air pollution and contaminated water sources result in death, persistent illness and neurological impairment for millions of people. And children, researchers found, are usually disproportionately affected.

Resolving Environmental Injustice on a Local Level | Newsweek Project Green | Newsweek.com

October 22, 2008 Posted by | indigenous issues | Leave a comment

Uranium mining jeopardizes well-being of Navajo Nation – News

Uranium mining jeopardizes well-being of Navajo Nation
New Mexico Daily Lobo Hunter Riley 10/21/08 The Navajo Nation has struggled for years to keep uranium mining off its lands.

However, with two leading presidential candidates now supporting the expansion of nuclear energy, American Indians may soon lose the power to decide who uses their land and its resources.

Community members considered the controversies surrounding uranium mining in the Navajo Nation last week, as guest lecturer Traci Voyles spoke about her research on the topic.
She said past uranium mining on Navajo land in New Mexico is an example of environmental racism, …………Uranium mining has negatively effected the Navajo population, Voyles said. The pueblos near Gallup and Crown Point have seen an increase in respiratory health problems and other diseases related to mining, she said.

The Navajo Nation placed a ban on uranium mining and milling on its lands in 2005, but Dina Gilio, co-chairwoman of the Native American Studies program, said the ban may be lifted if the government decides to expand nuclear energy initiatives.
Voyles said the first part of her dissertation focuses on the historical aspect of environmental racism and colonialism and the history of the federal government’s involvement in these problems. She will also investigate how native groups are facing these issues later in her project.

Uranium mining jeopardizes well-being of Navajo Nation – News

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | indigenous issues | Leave a comment

No Nukes Is Good Nukes | pressconnects.com | Press & Sun-Bulletin

No Nukes Is Good Nukes
PressConnects.com Donald Allen • October 20, 2008 “…………………….nuclear power generation has one very big drawback; nuclear waste. The “used up” fuel from reactors is still very radioactive and will be for about a hundred thousand years. The big problem obviously is what to do with it. In the early days we dumped used fuel from our atomic submarines in the deep part of the ocean. We don’t know exactly how it might have effected the marine environment, but we pretty soon figured out that dumping wasn’t a real good idea. From that day to this, all we have done with most of the used (but still radioactive) fuel it store it “temporarily” some where and moved it around from one temporary storage place to another……………………….The true bottom line is; nowhere is the right place! No one wants it near them because they think something that is radioactive for tens of thousands of years can’t be kept secure and safe virtually forever. It might leak, explode, be shot into the air by earth movement, get stolen or even forgotten until someday it comes back and bites us from behind. Some say the current crop of waste can be further reprocessed into safer forms and less volume of radioactive material. They even claim a use for the reprocessed material may eventually be found. But the recycling of nuclear waste process is expensive and has all of the dangers incumbent with still having some radioactive waste material at the end albeit of a lesser volume. The nuclear powered power plant is not a very attractive option, even if we think things are getting desperate, energywise!…………………….Let’s ask our putative leaders if they are willing to cast off the economic control of corporate contributions from the petrochemical industry, the nuclear industry, the financial industry that manipulates the markets, etc. Let’s ask our leaders to truly represent us and work for our general welfare as the constitution of the U.S. requires. With our support real leaders can not fail. We have the vote, which no amount of private money can buy from us if don’t let it, and that is the real key to power now and for the future.

No Nukes Is Good Nukes | pressconnects.com | Press & Sun-Bulletin

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | wastes | Leave a comment

Local News | Where McCain, Obama stand on environmental, energy issues | Seattle Times Newspaper

Where McCain, Obama stand on environmental, energy issues
The seattle Times 22 Oct 08 By Warren Cornwall – “………………….The differences can hit close to home for Washington residents and businesses: The choice of president could influence where this region gets new power, which energy industries thrive and how the state confronts climate change…………………Both say climate change is a real, man-made problem that warrants federal action. And both endorse a pollution-cutting scheme known as “cap and trade.”…………………McCain’s approach to new energy sources is largely in step with fellow Republicans. Like Bush, nuclear power is a centerpiece of his plan. He has called for construction of 45 new nuclear-power reactors in the United States by 2030…………….In past global-warming legislation, McCain has pressed for nuclear industry subsidies and loan guarantees worth as much as $3.7 billion
Obama has given nuclear power a cooler reception. While saying he supports it, he says the nation needs to figure out a way to deal with the radioactive waste it produces. He opposes the present nuclear-waste disposal plan — burying it deep in a mountain in Nevada — warning that safety questions remain……………….Washington also has a history of radioactive pollution and financial catastrophe. The Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland and a former uranium mine northwest of Spokane are both federal Superfund cleanup sites.

The organization that built the Columbia Generating Station, known by the acronym WPPSS, earned the nickname “Whoops” for a $2.25 billion bond default in 1983, after cost overruns forced it to stop building four other nuclear reactors…………………..

Obama has placed greater emphasis than McCain on renewable energy, and sees a bigger role for the federal government to promote it.

He favors tax breaks for renewable power projects, as well as making utilities meet renewable energy quotas.

He has called for a $150 billion initiative to boost research in fuel-efficient cars, renewable energy and “clean coal” technology.

Local News | Where McCain, Obama stand on environmental, energy issues | Seattle Times Newspaper

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | politics | Leave a comment

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia’s leading newspaper.

New jobs in a clean economy *
Sydney Morning Herald October 22, 2008 Tackling the threat of climate change will destroy some jobs but replace them with others, Kelsey Munro reports. It is shaping up to be the boom sector of the future. So-called green collar careers in renewable energies, recycling industries, green services and any other jobs contributing to better environmental outcomes are expected to grow rapidly over the next few decades.

Many of today’s green jobs hardly existed 10 years ago. In the 1990s, jobs such as those of carbon trader, solar panel installer or green energy auditor sounded to many like science fiction. To really expand the future green-collar economy, skills and training initiatives – up-skilling and re-skilling – will also be necessary.

That is the finding of research commissioned by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum, a not-for-profit body, and carried out by the CSIRO. The report, Growing The Green Collar Economy, says green-collar job growth should offset and possibly exceed job losses caused elsewhere by cuts to carbon pollution.

“The traditional thinking that if you’re more concerned about the environment you will lose jobs is not true,” says Heinz Schandl of the CSIRO, one of the authors of the research.

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia’s leading newspaper.

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment