A generation crippled by uranium

A generation crippled by uranium China Dialogue Gethin Chamberlain October 12, 2009 Their heads are too large or too small, their limbs too short or too bent. For some, their brains never grew, speech never came and their lives are likely to be cut short: these are the children whom it appears India would rather the world did not see, Continue reading →

October 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India | radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Funding and planning problems hit Italy’s nuclear industry

Italy may have big nuclear ambitions, but funding and plannning problems have not been resolved Utilty Week by: Simon Jones | 02 October 2009 Enel has set up a joint venture with EDF to deliver the first four of at least ten nuclear reactors in Italy, as promised by president Berlusconi. But where to site the reactors – and how to pay for them – has yet to be established.. Continue reading →

October 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, Italy | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium | Leave a comment

Secrecy is a worry, with Nuclear Power Operations

Nuclear industry group works behind the scenes AUGUSTA CHRONICLE>COM By Walter C. Jones | Morris News Service October 12, 2009 ATLANTA — Construction of two reactors at Plant Vogtle in Burke County will be overseen not only by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission but also by a little-known organization that has become a powerful influence in the nuclear power industry. Continue reading →

October 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

Financial risk in Entergy’s nuclear plan

Greenpeace says beware of Enexus The Brattleboro Reformer By BOB AUDETTE 13 Oct 09 BRATTLEBORO — Despite the Department of Public Service’s assertion that recent concessions made by Entergy will benefit Vermont ratepayers, the company’s plan to spin off Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant into a new subsidiary is bad news for the Green Mountain State. Continue reading →

October 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

China’s nuclear waste problem

BBC World have your say Donald 12 Oct 09 I am worried about China and nuclear power. Continue reading →

October 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | 1 Comment

France to promote Bulgaria’s nuclear power

Sarkozy Offers Help for Bulgaria’s Nuclear Plant Belene Energy Novinite.com Sofia News Agency October 12, 2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed cooperation for the construction of Bulgaria’s planned second nuclear power plant on the Danube, which has hit funding problems. Continue reading →

October 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, EUROPE | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Connecticut nuclear reactor shut due to electrical problem

Oct 7, 2009 9 NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Dominion Resources Inc (D.N) shut the 882-megawatt Unit 2 at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut due to an electrical problem in the switchyard, a spokesman for the company said Wednesday……… Electricity traders guessed the unit would return in about a month. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN0747032220091007

October 11, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Kyrgyzstan suffering from uranium tailings pollution

Kyrgyzstan makes progress on toxic dumps but needs to do much more – UN expert Web Newswire October 12, 2009

Kyrgyzstan has made progress in addressing the significant problems of radioactive and toxic waste dumps and in raising international awareness of the serious trans-boundary threats of contamination of groundwater and rivers, but much more remains to be done, a United Nations expert reported today. Continue reading →

October 11, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Kyrgyzstan, wastes | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Secret deal for Scotland to take foreign nuclear waste

SNP turning country into Europe’s ‘nuclear dustbin’

Herald Scotland By Rob Edwards

11 Oct 2009

Environmental campaigners have accused the SNP of turning Scotland into the world’s “nuclear dustbin”. Continue reading →

October 11, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear industry causing a “tsunami” of debt

The many financial failure tsunamis of nuclear power Ace Hoffmann October 7th, 2009 “…………………Seismologists, geologists, and other experts say our coastal nuclear reactors are NOT properly protected (and can’t be) against reasonably foreseeable — even expected — tsunamis…………

Real tsunamis aside, a financial crisis is often called a tsunami as well. Continue reading →

October 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Missile sites leave costly pollution

Pollution an enduring legacy at old missile sites Google News By MEAD GRUVER (AP) – 11 Oct 09 CHEYENNE, Wyo. — As U.S. Air Force officials marked the 50th anniversary of the deployment of nuclear missiles to sites in the rural United States this past week, residents in some of these communities are still grappling with another legacy — groundwater pollution Continue reading →

October 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear “deterrence” makes Japan a target

Japan would be safer without extended deterrence

The Mainichi Daily News, by Dr Tilman Ruff (Mainichi Japan) October 10, 2009 The role Japan can play in achieving that critical goal cannot be overestimated. Continue reading →

October 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

How AREVA and EDF of France sell the nuclear industry

The many financial failure tsunamis of nuclear power Ace Hoffmann October 7th, 2009 “………No country has ever “solved” its nuclear waste problem. France grinds stuff up, releases much of it directly into the North Sea, and stores the rest with no idea of what to do with it. Continue reading →

October 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Solar plants ready in 6 months, nuclear in 20 years

Reportlinker Adds Utilities Go Green: Worldwide Utility Solar Market Shares, Forecasts, and Strategies, 2008-2014

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0153925/Reportlinker-Adds-Utilities-Go-Green-Worldwide-Utility-Solar-Market-Shares-Forecasts-and-Strategies-2008-2014.html

As coal, gas, and oil usage are taxed to help prevent pollution and stimulate use of renewable energy sources, solar energy becomes more attractive to the utility grid electricity providers. The environmental impact of energy use choices promises to be an ongoing factor in energy grid supply. Continue reading →

October 9, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, ENERGY | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

$25 million penalty resulting from shutdown of nuclear plants

Florida Utlity Company to Pay $25 Million for Blackout New York Times By MATTHEW L. WALD

Published: October 8, 2009

WASHINGTON — A Florida utility has agreed to pay a record $25 million penalty for causing a blackout that left nearly a million customers in the dark in February 2008. Continue reading →

October 9, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear | Leave a comment

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