2009 October 19 « nuclear-news

India’s unhealthy nuclear industry

The New nation 19 Oct 09 “……………….In India, health hazards from nuclear power plants have always been swept under the carpet. In 2007, physicist V Pugazhendhi of the Doctors for Safer Environment released a study on the incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease among women in and around Kalpakkam, where the prototype fast reactor is under construction. It showed the disease affected 24 per cent women within a radius of 5 km from the plant. Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuking Climate Change

Nuking Climate Change mother nature network, by Ken Edelstein Oct 19 2009 When people like John Kerry back nuclear subsidies, green activists find themselves in a difficult position…………………………In many ways, Kerry’s support for nuclear subsidies demonstrates just how desperately he and others view the prospect of climate change. It’s not that nuclear plants have become any safer. Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat exaggerated

ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat hyped By JPOST.COM STAFF Oct 18, 2009Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, maintains that the danger posed by Iran’s nuclear program is being exaggerated, Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

UK govt will not debate costs of nuclear power

Ministers refuse to attend debate on price of nuclear power Terry Macalister * The Guardian, 19 October 2009

The government has refused an invitation to attend a public debate on the cost of new nuclear power today, which will be attended by industry figures, academics and many other interested parties. Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

India’s pursuit of nuclear – fraught with obstacles

India’s desperate pursuit of nuclear energy risky the New Nation, bangladesh, Savvy Soumya Misra October 19, 2009 Ever since the Indo-US nuclear deal signed in October last year lifted 34-year-old global sanctions that denied India access to the international atomic energy market, including uranium, Delhi has been on a shopping spree, buying nuclear fuel and reactors.India has signed civil nuclear agreements with France, USA, South Korea and Russia in the past 18 months………………… Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment