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Australian nuclear agency faked poll results

secret-agentANSTO turn nuclear poll “NO” into “YES  Scott Ludlam  26th October 2009,  The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has been caught out blatantly lying over the results of its own survey which showed overwhelming rejection of nuclear power by Australians. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , | Leave a comment

The truth about the world’s biggest mining company

World’s biggest mining company under fire‘Alternative report’ questions environmental, human rights record of world’s biggest mining company One World.net 27 October 2009 London-based BHP Billiton plc is not a household name in Britain, but the activities of the BHP Billiton group have a massive impact on communities all around the world. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, spinbuster | , , | Leave a comment

Uranium poisoning of the Navajo

The Forgotten Navajo: Uranium contamination  —Pavement Pieces  By Rachel Morgan on October 14, 2009

CHURCH ROCK, New Mexico — Teddy Nez’s home sits 500 feet from the mouth of abandoned uranium mine.

Since 1982, Nez and his family have been breathing in uranium particles and drinking uranium-contaminated water. They didn’t know the land that surrounded their home in Church Rock, N.M. – located on the 27,000 square-mile Navajo Reservation – was slowly killing them. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rethink on medical imaging radiation to cut risks

A COMPUTER program that aims to make radiography imaging safer for patients by minimising their radiation exposure is expected to be tested in a clinical environment next year. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, health | , , , | Leave a comment

Russia’s nuclear dustbin

Toxic  debt The Engineer 126 Oct 09 “……………Big four toxic dumps – The legacy of the Soviet Union’s chemical and nuclear programmeAndreeva Bay – Russia’s nuclear dustbin, home to some 22,000 spent fuel assemblies, 35 metric tonnes of radioactive materials, and 12,000m3 of solid and liquid waste taken from decommissioned vessels of the Northern FleetAtomflot – Final resting place of the Lepse (the floating Chernobyl), an abandoned supply vessel crammed with 650 damaged nuclear fuel rods …………………………..Chernobyl – Engineers are racing to complete the construction of a new shield that will cover the leaking, 20-year-old sarcophagus Chemical weapons – Russia has the largest declared stockpile of chemical weapons — more than 40,000 tonnes. Much of this is stored in artillery shells and rocket warheads

Toxic debt – The Engineer

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100% Renewables by 2030 for Less Than Fossil Power:

100% Renewables by 2030 for Less Than Fossil Power: A Case is Made solve climate by Stacy Feldman – Oct 26th, 2009

Can the whole planet really get 100 percent of its energy from renewables in just two decades?

Yes, according to new research, and for cheaper than coal. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | , | Leave a comment

Exorbitant cost of nuclear power

The wider lessons from nuclear power cost inflation SCITIZEN (UK) 26 Oct, 2009  “……………. the full costs of nuclear technology are probably well above today’s wholesale electricity prices. We may well need nuclear power but we are going to pay heavily for it. The government’s optimistic noises from 2006 to the middle of this year about the commercial viability of nuclear power have turned out to be wrong…………………. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, UK | , , | Leave a comment

Costly Chernobyl cleanup continues

Toxic debt – The Engineer 26 Oct 09 “……………..While the legacy of the Soviet Union’s military might continues to present challenges, it is Chernobyl, a civilian nuclear reactor, which remains the most terrifying symbol of the era. Continue reading →

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