2009 October 02 « nuclear-news

Secrecy around nuclear energy’s connection with cancer

Risky Business What CPS won’t tell you about nuclear power

Walking behind South Texas Project Unit 1 with STP Operating Company spokesperson Cathy Gann.

San Antonio Current, By Greg Harman, 30 Sept 09

“…………..Nuclear power grew up in darkness.

Just as the atomic-weapons program that preceded it, nuclear-power research was considered “classified at birth” by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. All information about the “the production of fissionable material, or the use of fissionable material in the production of power” was considered “restricted data.” That, of course, included candid discussions about the radiation risk posed by nuclear-power generation. Continue reading →

October 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

“atoms for peace” – nuke industry leading to war

The “peaceful” atom leading to war with Iran

Beyond Nuclear 2 Oct 09 The discovery of a second uranium enrichment facility in Qum, Iran prompted the government of Saudi Arabia to open its air space for potential Israeli air attacks on a growing number of nuclear infrastructure targets in Iran. Continue reading →

October 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iran allows inspectors, but says no country should have nuke weapons

Iran Agrees to Nuclear Plant Inspections, Enrichment

Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) Ladane Nasseri and Gregory Viscusi–– Iran agreed to allow international inspectors to visit its new nuclear fuel plant within the next two weeks and will meet with negotiators for the U.S. and other leading United Nations powers later this month, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. Continue reading →

October 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Growing problem of Korea’s nuclear wastes

Radioactive Waste Becomes Growing Problem Spent Nuclear Fuel to Surpass 30,000 Tons in 2032

THE KOREA TIMES By Kim Tong-hyung 1 Oct 09
“……………..experts warn that the growing amount of spent nuclear fuel could provide a massive headache in the future.

A report by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has revealed that the country’s amassed radioactive spent fuel passed the 10,000-ton mark for the first time at around 10,101 tons. Continue reading →

October 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | South Korea, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, Poznam, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment