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Why nuclear power is useless against global warming

Nuclear power not the answer to global warming Bleeding Heartland by: desmoinesdem Wed Dec 17, 2009 To avoid the most catastrophic impacts of global warming, the U.S. needs to cut power plant emissions roughly in half over the next 10 years.
*       Nuclear power is too slow to contribute to this effort. No new reactors are now under construction and building a single reactor could take 10 years or longer, while costing billions of dollars. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | climate change, USA | , , , | 2 Comments

Poor safety, corruption in China’s nuclear program

Nuclear Power Expansion in China Stirs Concerns The New York Times By KEITH BRADSHER 15 Dec 09 inside and outside the country, the speed of the construction program has raised safety concerns.
The last country to carry out such a rapid nuclear expansion was the United States in the 1970s, in a binge of reactor construction that ended with the Three Mile Island accident Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear workers’ cancer from radiation

More former Hanford workers eligible for money Seattle pi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS December 16, 2009 RICHLAND, Wash. — More former workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation may be eligible for compensation for developing cancer due to radiation exposure. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

France’s nuclear power troubled in extreme weather

French Nuclear Power Struggles in a Cold Snap Business Week by: Carol Matlack on December 16 “…… the system also has shortcomings, as became evident this week when a cold snap sent electricity demand soaring. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | France | , , , , , | Leave a comment

CT scan radiation cancer danger

CT scan radiation ’causes cancer’ Herald Sun Washington  AFP * December 17, 2009 TWO US studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine have found that radiation from computed tomographic (CT) scanners can cause cancer decades after patient exposure. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | 2 WORLD, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Anxiety over Iran’s missile test

Iran raises nuclear tension with long-range missile test Open Security Rukeyya Khan, 16 December 2009 Iran said on Wednesday it had successfully tested what it called an upgraded version of its longest-range solid-fuel missile. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | Iran, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Failure of nuclear non-proliferation

The failing diplomatic effort to contain the bomb’s spread By Bennett Ramberg — Special to GlobalPost

December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES — On Nov. 26 in his final report to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors before retiring after a long distinguished career, Director General Mohamed ElBaradei dared to utter what no other senior public figure would about Iran’s nuclear portfolio: “We have effectively reached a dead end.”

Coming from the individual who has done the most to coax Tehran away from developing a nuclear weapons breakout capacity, the statement proved to be stark acknowledgement that diplomacy has failed.

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December 17, 2009 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear pork cash starts rolling out

Southern Co. Said to Be First in Line for Nuclear Aid

By Daniel Whitten

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Southern Co. is in line to win tentative approval for a federal loan guarantee financing a nuclear power plant as the government moves to revive U.S. reactor construction stalled for 30 years,…. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | politics, USA | , | Leave a comment