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Finance facts could end Obama’s pro-nuclear push

some experts are predicting a repeat of the experience of the 1980’s, in which the costs of many projects soared in price until they became prohibitive and the plants were abandoned before completion.

Nuclear Power Gets Strong Push From White House

The New York Times By MATTHEW L. WALD
January 29, 2010

The Obama administration moved vigorously on two fronts Friday to promote nuclear power, proposing to triple federal loan guarantees for new projects and appointing a high-level panel to study what to do with nuclear waste. Continue reading →

January 30, 2010 Posted by | politics, USA | , , | Leave a comment

China leads in solar energy, using U.S. technology

Obama can take heart in the fact that China’s two big solar farms will use U.S. technology. The big photovoltaic farm will use panels built by Arizona’s First Solar ( FSLR – news – people ) and the solar thermal farm will use technology developed by California’s eSolar.

The World’s Biggest Green Energy Projects Forbes.com Jonathan Fahey, 01.29.10, The U.S. and Europe have led the way in renewable power, but right now China has the grandest plans. Continue reading →

January 30, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change, renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

Costly cleanup at notorious Hanford Nuclear Site, Washington

the notorious distinction of being one of the most contaminated nuclear sites in the Western Hemisphere……………

Federal funds aim to clean up nuclear wasteland By Patrick Oppmann, CNN January 29, 2010

— The federal government has set aside nearly $2 billion in stimulus funds to clean up Washington state’s decommissioned Hanford nuclear site, once the center of the country’s Cold War plutonium production. Continue reading →

January 30, 2010 Posted by | safety, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Time to shut down Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor

Former Yankee co-owner says shut it down: Times Argus Online By DANIEL BARLOW VERMONT PRESS BUREAU  January 29, 2010 MONTPELIER – One of the former co-owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant called on lawmakers Thursday to vote this year against continued operation of the troubled Vernon reactor beyond 2012. Continue reading →

January 30, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Unecessary and cruel radiation experiments on squirrel monkeys

There are obvious flaws to this research: 1) High doses of radiation are not the same as low levels of radiation. 2) Squirrel monkeys are not the same as humans. 3) The dangers of radiation are not a secret. And, of course, the fact that animals will suffer needlessly.

More Radiation for Space Monkeys  ANIMAL WELFARE  Stephanie Feldstein  29 Jan 2010 It’s not the first time monkeys have been exposed to radiation. So many studies have documented the painful and disturbing effects of exposure, that there’s no reason for further animal research. But NASA doesn’t see it that way. Continue reading →

January 30, 2010 Posted by | Religion and ethics, USA | 3 Comments

Continuing protests against NASA’s radiation tests on monkeys

“NASA prides itself on looking to the future, but when it comes to crude and cruel animal experiments, the agency is stuck in the Dark Ages,”

PETA to hold protest at NASA Ames against monkey experiment – San Jose Mercury News By Diana Samuels Daily News Staff Writer : 01/28/2010

A half-dozen people dressed in monkey masks and locked inside small cages plan to demonstrate in front of NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field today, protesting radiation experiments on primates. Continue reading →

January 30, 2010 Posted by | general | , | Leave a comment