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Can nuclear tests cause earthquakes and tsunamis?

Could the eaerthquake in Haiti be man-made?  The answer is yes. Did You Know 23 Jan 2010 “………..There is also this one.  The earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra occurred in a location geologists know is susceptible to powerful earthquakes. The quake occurred along a “subduction zone,” in which the Indian tectonic plate is being subducted, or pulled beneath, the Burma tectonic platelet. The overlying plate jumped upward more than 4.5 metres, lifting the water above it and setting off the tsunami.

For some, the finger of blame doesn’t point squarely at nature but at top secret military testing in the waters of the Indian Ocean. The Egyptian weekly magazine Al-Osboa claimed the earthquake that triggered the tsunami “was possibly” caused by an Indian nuclear experiment in which “Israeli and American nuclear experts participated”.

Could the Earthquake in Haiti be man made, the answer is Yes « Did You Know

January 24, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, safety | , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power company misled legislature

Nuclear Engineer Says He Alerted State About Yankee Pipes Last Summer  VPR  01/22/10 John Dillon – Montpelier, Vt. State officials reacted strongly last week when Vermont Yankee admitted it had underground pipes that could leak radioactivity.But the news should not have come as a complete surprise. A nuclear engineer who advises the legislature says he alerted the state last sutmmer and fall about the potential problems with the underground pipes…… Continue reading →

January 24, 2010 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

UK tax-payer might have to fund new nuclear power

there was no guarantee that government will not have to step in at some point to help pay for the construction and decommissioning costs……..

UK new nuclear build will not get government subsidies The Energy Collective 22 jan 2010 Taxpayers off the hook for cost of new plants The British government will not use taxpayers’ money to subsidize the construction of new nuclear power plants, Philip Hunt, (right) minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Jan 21. Continue reading →

January 24, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, UK | , , , , | Leave a comment

Iran rejects UN nuclear deal; Russia “regrets” this

Russia Regrets Iran’s Refusal of UN Nuclear Deal VOA News 22 January Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country “regrets” Iran’s apparent rejection of the U.N.-backed proposal to send its uranium abroad to be enriched. Continue reading →

January 24, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , | Leave a comment

Risk of radicals getting control of Pakistan’s nukes

Nuclear-armed Pak risks slipping into radical hands: David Miliband DNA January 22, 2010  WASHINGTON: In a rare appearance before a powerful US Congressional committee, British foreign secretary David Miliband today warned that a nuclear-armed Pakistan risked slipping into radical hands as the country was home to al-Qaeda leadership.

Nuclear-armed Pak risks slipping into radical hands: David Miliband – dnaindia.com

January 24, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment

Worker exposed to radioactive substance at German nuclear plant

Worker exposed to radioactive substance at German nuclear plant Earth Times  22 Jan 2010 Muenster, Germany – A worker has been accidentally exposed to a radioactive substance, uranium hexafluoride, at a uranium enrichment plant in Gronau in northern Germany, officials said Friday…..The Urenco company gave no details on how the substance escaped in the container preparation unit at Germany’s only enrichment plant on Thursday…..The plant enriches uranium for use in nuclear-power reactors. Anti-nuclear groups have vainly called for it to be closed.

January 24, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment