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Nuclear power leads to increased Doomsday risk

it is unwise and potentially futile trying to slow climate change in ways which increase the risk of nuclear war.”…“Achieving and sustaining a world free of nuclear weapons will be much swifter and more sustainable in a world without nuclear power,”

15 January 2010: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) is encouraged by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ (BAS) decision to move the famous ‘Doomsday Clock’ from 5 to 6 minutes before midnight.    However, ICAN believes there is still much to deliver on to halt the threat of climate change and forge a nuclear weapons free world. Continue reading →

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“Doomsday Clock” – back one minute

Nuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy at news conference held at the New York Academy of Sciences overlooking the World Trade Center site, said there had been “a shift in world opinion” recognizing that nuclear weapons are “no longer useful to fight wars and are not effective as deterrence.”.

Scientists Push “Doomsday Clock” Back a Minute  NEW YORK (Reuters) 15 Jan 2010 – Scientists pushed back the hands on the symbolic Doomsday Clock by one minute citing hopeful developments in nuclear weapons and climate change. Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear protestors braved freezing weather

“Even in blue collar towns like Springfield we had people coming out and supporting us,” Braus said. “It’s not just in Windham County. We saw people all over the state rooting us on.”

Anti-nuclear protesters reach capitol

By DANIEL BARLOW VERMONT PRESS BUREAU – January 14, 2010

MONTPELIER – Anti-nuclear activists totaled around 70 when they left Brattleboro earlier this month for a march through freezing winter temperatures to the Statehouse.

When they arrived in the city early Wednesday afternoon – 126 miles later – their number totaled in the hundreds, flooding the Statehouse with a message that hasn’t been that loud since same-sex marriage supporters lobbied lawmakers in 2009. Continue reading →

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USA army’s depleted uranium secret

“The burden should be on the Army to prove no harm. The Army says there is no harm because they haven’t looked and don’t want to look,” said Albertini. “A license to possess depleted uranium is a nuclear waste dump.”

Residents accuse Army of covering up contamination.  DEPLETED URANIUM By NANCY COOK LAUER

WES T HAWAII TODAY 15 Jan 2010

ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com

HILO — Four Hawaii residents charged the U.S. Army with trying to cover up its discovery of depleted uranium and then taking a cavalier attitude about cleaning it up during a five-hour hearing Wednesday before a panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Continue reading →

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Uranium mining endangers Grand Canyon – to feed Korea’s nukes

Uranium mining resumes near Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Trust News January 14, 2010 by gctrust

Denison Mines, a Canadian company, recently revived operations at the Arizona 1 uranium mine on the Arizona Strip adjacent to Grand Canyon. This industrial activity threatens not only the visitor experience at Grand Canyon National Park, but the water supply for twenty-five million people in Nevada, southern California, and Arizona, as well as seeps and springs in the park. Worse yet is the fact that much of the uranium will be shipped to Korea.

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Germany – what to do with nuclear waste dump mess?

Government admits to mistakes in dealing with nuclear waste dump

The German government has admitted to mistakes in its handling of the controversial derelict nuclear waste dump in Asse. It also called on energy companies to share the cost of shutting it down… Continue reading →

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The future: non-proliferation or a cascade of nuclear weapons?

.………the next 12 months “could be pivotal” in determining whether the entire edifice of non-proliferation can be held together, or whether it will dissolve into “the nuclear cascade” in which nations around the world seek their own weapons of mass destruction, making the world a decidedly more dangerous place.

Will the edifice of non-proliferation hold.  The next 12 months could be pivotal in determining the answer. By HDS Greenway – GlobalPost : January 14, 2010 Continue reading →

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Doctor recommends radio wave airport scanners, not X-ray radiation ones

Sorry, Uncle Sam, I refuse to be ionized, The Daily Observer (Canada)  By DR. GIFFORD-JONES15 Jan 2010

“………Transport Canada reports that more than 40 scanners will be installed in Canadian airports. Fortunately, all of these scanners will use “millimeter wave” technology. This means travellers will be exposed to radio frequency waves that produce a three-dimensional image of a person’s body to detect hidden weapons or explosives. Radio waves are not the same as harmful X-ray ionizing radiation to be used in the U.S. Continue reading →

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New anti-uranium movement in Canada

Oppose Uranium Exploration and  Mining in West Quebe, WQ-CAMU / COQCEU, 14 Jan 2010

We are a community group that works to protect our human, environmental, and economic health from the risks associated with uranium. Our goal is to obtain a permanent moratorium on uranium exploration, mining, and processing in MRC du Pontiac and MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais. To meet this goal our group advocates, educates, and builds coalitions.

Nous sommes un groupe communautaire travaillant à la protection de la santé humaine, environnementale et économique des risques associés à l’uranium. Notre objectif principal est d’obtenir un moratoire à long terme sur l’exploration et l’exploitation d’uranium dans la MRC du Pontiac et dans la MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais. Afin d’y parvenir, notre groupe défend, éduque et bâtit des coalitions.

More information: wq-camu@know-uranium.org http://no-uranium.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-details-on-stelmine-claims-near.html

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Protest against NASA’s radiation tests on monkeys

Because of the biological differences between species, results of radiation experiments on monkeys cannot be reliably applied to humans.

PETA Calls On Space Agency to Ground Cruel and Wasteful Tests and Use 21st Century Research Methods Instead

PETS Media Center
January 13, 2010

Contact:
David Perle 757-622-7382

Washington — Alongside a person wearing a space suit and holding signs that read, “Stop Radiation Tests on Monkeys,” PETA members protest outside the National Air and Space Museum in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) plan to subject as many as 28 squirrel monkeys to a massive dose of gamma radiation. Continue reading →

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Sheikha Fatima speaks for women, on renewable energy

“If we do not take care to identify and to use alternative, renewable sources of energy, then the future for our long term development will be bleak indeed.”

Women are committed to development of renewable energy WAM Emirates News Agency :Sheikha Fatima symposium on ”Women and Renewable Energy: Future Alternatives ” in Abu Dhabi 16 Jan 2010
The event was hosted by the GWU under the patronage of Sheikha Fatima.
”The development of renewable energy is something that concerns us all. I believe that it is an issue to which all women, concerned about the future of their children, should be firmly committed”, Sheikha Fatima added. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST, renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

USA not letting SouthKorea reprocess nuclear fuel

U.S. ‘Unlikely to Let S.Korea Reprocess Nuclear Fuel’

U.S. ‘Unlikely tolet S. Korea Reprocess Nuclear FuelThe U.S. is unlikely to allow South Korea to reprocess spent nuclear fuel that is piling up in secure storage facilities until a satisfactory solution to the North Korean nuclear problem is found, a report said this week. The matter is a key issue in negotiations between Seoul and Washington on the revision of the Korea-U.S. Atomic Energy Agreement, which expires in 2014. ………….http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/01/14/2010011400401.html

January 15, 2010 Posted by | politics international, South Korea | , , , | Leave a comment