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Call for safety shut-down of Brazil’s nuclear plants

Mayor of slide-slammed city seeks precautionary closer of Brazil’s 2 nuclear plants Google News By Tales Azzoni (CP) – 4 Jan 2010 SAO PAULO, Brazil — The mayor of a mudslide-devastated city urged a precautionary shutdown of Brazil’s only nuclear power plants on Sunday due to blocked highways while the discovery of more bodies raised the region’s storm-caused death toll to 75.Angra dos Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by | safety, SOUTH AMERICA | , , | Leave a comment

A perfect target for terrorists – nuclear reactor’s cooling ponds

The Department of Homeland Security has marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.

Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina .In Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010 Project Censored, Organic Consumers Association January 3, 2010 One of the most lethal patches of ground in North America is located in the backwoods of North Carolina, where Shearon Harris nuclear plant is housed and owned by Progress Energy. The plant contains the largest radioactive waste storage pools in the country. Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by | safety, USA | , , , | 1 Comment

Showdown for Obama’s review of USA’s nuclear weapons

Obama presses review of nuclear strategy Pentagon is rethinking the unthinkable: Making major changes to Cold War arsenal Boston Globe By Bryan Bender  January 3, 2 010

“……….. top US officials are now questioning why the United States still pursues a strategy based on the ability to annihilate its former foe. In a thorough review expected to be completed early this year, the size, structure, and even the very mission of America’s nuclear arsenal are being reconsidered as part of President Obama’s pledge to reduce the role of the world’s most deadly weapons. Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by | USA, weapons and war | , , , | Leave a comment