2010 March 03 « nuclear-news

Poor longterm trend for uranium prices

things are not exactly looking too rosy for the industry, to say the least

A Death Cross For Global Uranium StocksFNArena News – March 02 2010 , By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck A recent sector report by Canadian stockbrokers Haywood Securities has revealed that price charts for many international uranium stocks carry the so-called “Cross of Death”. This is when a shorter term trendline moves below the longer term trendline and stays beneath it. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | cancer, nuclear, uranium | Leave a comment

Anti-uranium groups in India boycott uranium mining meeting

KSU boycotts uranium meet The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) Shillong, March 2: The first meeting of the joint committee on uranium mining was today boycotted by groups opposing the quarrying of the radioactive mineral in Meghalaya. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear | Leave a comment

Nuclear power- a very risky investment

What Thomas (Steve Thomas, Professor of Energy Studies at the University of Greenwich,) describes paints a very risky picture for nuclear investment.

The State of the Nuclear Industry in Canada and Abroad – Pt 1. Enviralment by: Aizen | March 2, 2010“…while the decision on whether to order new nuclear plants will be taken on a range of considerations, it is important idea of economics behind nuclear power so it can be properly gauged against other options…. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | Leave a comment

Marshall Islanders fear return to nuclear radiation contaminated islands

RONGELAP ISLANDERS LOATH TO RETURN TO NUKED HOME PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT March 2, 2010 U.S. says radiation no longer a threat on Marshalls atollBy Giff Johnson MAJURO, Marshall Islands– Fifty-six years after an American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, the U.S. Congress is pressing Marshallese Islanders to return home by next year.But Rongelap Islanders say they fear for their health if they return home to the necklace of coral islands that was exposed to the Marshall Islands equivalent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, OCEANIA | antinuclear, cancer, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

No depleted uranium for Salt Lake County!

A recent Salt Lake Tribune poll found 76 percent of Utah voters want to close the state’s door to depleted-uranium shipments.

Salt Lake County says N-O to D-U By Jeremiah StettlerThe Salt Lake Tribune 03/02/2010 If there’s one thing the state’s Republican governor and the Democratic-led Salt Lake County Council can agree on, it’s this: Depleted uranium doesn’t belong in Utah.

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March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia’s grandiose nuclear in space plans

Russia toys with exotic nuclear space projects 02-27-2010
Source: RIA Novosti Russia is pondering new applications for yet-to-be-built nuclear-powered spacecraft, including military satellites, nuclear power plants, and space tugs, Energia space corporation said Wednesday. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactor | Leave a comment

Families, Aborigines, soldiers seek justice after nuclear tests’radiation

“We are dealing with generations of people who have been affected by radiation from the fallout and who have never had that acknowledged,” she said.

“The medical science now exists in order to prove these injuries are linked to the tests.”

Aborigines to sue British Government over nuclear tests Telegraph.co UK Australian aborigines and former servicemen are to sue the British Ministry of Defence over diseases and disabilities that they claim were caused by nuclear testing in the Outback more than 50 years ago. By Bonnie Malkin, in Sydney
02 Mar 2010 “….. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal | AUSTRALIA | Leave a comment

Request for criminal probe into U.S. nuclear power company

Trouble mounts for Louisiana’s Entergy following radioactive leaks at Vermont nuclear plant. Facing South 3 March 2010, New Orleans-based power giant Entergy is in hot water following revelations that its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant has leaked radioactive contamination to the environment — and its trouble isn’t limited to Vermont. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | Leave a comment