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Patrick Moore etc paid to sprinkle nuclear “fairy dust”

the selling points that the nuclear industry – and its allies in Congress – are promoting to sprinkle eco-friendly fairy dust around the grim nuclear industry that Wall Street and private investors won’t touch:.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis “……..despite all these problems, a seemingly benign solution for global warming – nuclear energy – has boundless, if simplistic, appeal, even if it could take years to build and threatens public health and safety, while undermining with billions devoted to nuclear bailouts genuine renewable energy. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | 1, spinbuster, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

91 per cent oppose uranium mining in Sept-Iles

Sept-Îles residents oppose uranium exploration ,  CBC News January 6, 2010 | The Quebec government has a duty to put a stop to plans for uranium exploration in the Sept-Îles region because of the overwhelming opposition of residents, the city’s mayor, Serge Lévesque, said Tuesday. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | Canada, politics | , , | Leave a comment

Design of AREVA’s EPR reactors not shown to be safe

Nuclear Reactors of Unproven Design Planned for California’s Central Valley Environment News Service FRESNO, California, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – At least one nuclear reactor is being planned for California’s agricultural Central Valley but it is already running into grassroots opposition and technical problems. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | France, safety | , , , , , | 1 Comment

Escalating costs of closing down old nuclear plants

Entergy Units Short of Money to Close Nuke Plants  2  Entergy units short of having enough money to eventually close nuclear plants

abc BEWS/Money By ALAN SAYRE AP Business Writer
NEW ORLEANS January 6, 2010 (AP)
Two Louisiana power utilities owned by Entergy Corp. are short $235.5 million for the projected costs of eventually closing two nuclear generating plants — and the power provider wants slight increases in customer rates to close the gap. Continue reading →

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission asleep at the wheel on safety

warning that lax oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the nation’s aging 104 nuclear plants has led to near-meltdowns along with other health and safety failings since Three Mile Island – including what some critics say is a flawed federal health study apparently designed to conceal cancer risks near nuclear plants.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis The pro-nuclear Department of Energy is set to offer this month the first of nearly $20 billion in loan guarantees to a nuclear industry that hasn’t built a plant since the 1970s or raised any money to do so in years. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | safety, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Problems for Obama’s nuclear policy

Nuclear Proliferation Threatens Obama Policy AVIATION WEEK By Bill Sweetman
Washington 6 Jan 2010
The coming year will see nuclear weapons higher on the political agenda than they have been in years, as President Barack Obama’s ambition to move toward a nuclear-free future collides with the desire of other nations to join the nuclear club or keep their memberships current. Continue reading →

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Nuclear posturing by small states like North Korea

The Delicate Art of Nuclear Jujutsu University of North Carolina Press Shane J. Maddock, 7 Jan 2010 The second decade of the twenty-first century looms as the age of nuclear jujutsu. Second- and third-tier powers are increasingly poised to use small nuclear arsenals or the threat of nuclear weapons development to force larger powers to submit to their demands. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

Iraq demanding nuclear compensation from Israel

Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strike – Haaretz – Israel News06/01/2010 Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strikeBy Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent The Iraqi government will demand compensation from Israel for the 1981 bombing of the nuclear reactor at Osirak, according to an Iraqi newspaper.

A member of the Iraqi parliament, Mohammed Naji Mohammed, was quoted as saying in newspaper Al-Sabah that the Iraqi prime minister and Foreign Ministry have approached the United Nations with a demand for compensation….Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strike – Haaretz – Israel News

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Conflict of interest in radiation cancer studies

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………Because of questions about conflict of interest and research integrity, Beyond Nuclear, among others, is asking the NRC to take a hands-off position in commissioning a new academic study.

“The NRC receives about 90 percent of its funding from nuclear power reactor licensing fees,” said Cindy Folkers, radiation and health specialist with Beyond Nuclear. “As such, NRC clearly stands to gain from more reactor construction. Therefore, it should not be doing cancer studies or directly hiring people to conduct such studies. This is a flagrant conflict-of-interest and puts a scientifically rigorous, non-biased study at great risk

t r u t h o u t | Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost

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How much of Iran’s nuclear program is hidden in tunnels?

Iran hides nuclear secrets in web of tunnels The Australian  January 07, 2010  ?WASHINGTON: Iran has hidden a large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country, shielding its infrastructure from military attack in warrens of dense rock while obscuring the scale of its nuclear effort, according to reports yesterday. Continue reading →

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No answer received to Iran’s proposal for swapping uranium

‘Iran has received no response to its nuclear proposal so far’ Tehran Times Political Desk anuary 7, 2010 TEHRAN – So far Iran has not received any response to its proposal for swapping its low-enriched uranium with 20 percent nuclear fuel in Japan, Brazil, Turkey, or on the Iranian island of Kish, MP Hossein Ebrahimi said on Wednesday. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power – the most expensive electricity

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………most critically, nuclear power-generated electricity is so much more expensive for consumers and businesses to use than renewables and conservation combined. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, business and costs | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Death of famed Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor

Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor dies aged 93 | World news | The Guardian Justin McCurry 6 January 2010 Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed at close hand the nuclear devastation of two Japanese cities, and lived to tell the tale. Continue reading →

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USA backs AREVA, while indigenous nuclear victims suffer

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………whether in Native-American reservations here or in Niger villages abroad, indigenous, impoverished people live near or work in uranium mines to supply nuclear plants, and suffer the consequences in cancers, birth defects and leukemia. Continue reading →

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