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Court orders Exxon Mobil to pay up for radiation contamination

The claims are among thousands pending against Exxon and other oil companies over allegations that they put employees and residents near pipe-cleaning operations at risk from radiation- related diseases, particularly cancer.

Exxon Must Pay $1.2 Million for Workers’ Radiation (Update2) – BusinessWeek, )March 05, 2010,By Bob Van Voris and Leslie Snadowsky, March 5 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. energy company, must pay $1.2 million to 16 Louisiana workers who claimed they were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation when they were cleaning used oil drilling pipes, a jury said. Continue reading →

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Slovakian communities win right to stop uranium mining

more power and control to local communities, municipal and regional authorities. This will allow them stop or limit geological research of uranium deposits and to stop proposed uranium mining.

Victory! Uranium mining in Slovakia? No way! – Nuclear Reaction -6 March 2010, Regular readers of Nuclear Reaction may remember the campaign in Slovakia to have the law changed so that the country’s local communities can … Continue reading →

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Nuclear ‘renaissance’ stalls in Minnesota

Bill to lift nuclear plant construction ban stalls in Senate committee, POLITICS IN MINNESOTA,  by Charley Shaw, March 4,2010,
Last year, the state Senate passed a bill that lifted the state’s moratorium on nuclear power plant construction.

This year, the fate of the same proposal is now bogged down in a Senate committee. On Thursday, the Senate Energy committee approved a controversial amendment….As amended, the bill  bars utilities from charging ratepayers for construction costs before a plant is completed. Doll’s amendment also requires that a federal nuclear waste repository be created before any new Minnesota construction.

» Bill to lift nuclear plant construction ban stalls in Senate committee

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Groundwater threatened by uranium mining

“It’s a huge potential for contamination of groundwater.”

Uranium Mining In The Black Hills – Debra White Plume’s Response to ‘Clean Nuclear’ Republic of Lakotah, March 3, 2010 The planned uranium mine site in the southern Black Hills can impact four aquifers. Powertech, Inc. USA plans to begin uranium extraction in 2011 and operate for 15 years in the permit area of 10,580 acres located in Dewey and Burdock Counties, north of Edgemont, SD. Continue reading →

March 5, 2010 Posted by | Canada, environment, water | , , , , | 1 Comment

Depleted uranium in Utah violates laws

Politics Up Close: HEAL Utah on Depleted Uranium Study | KCPW03.05.2010 by Jeff Robinson, Governor Gary Herbert has struck a deal to keep additional depleted uranium out of the state for now. But thousands of drums of it are already here, some buried, some about to be buried in the west desert at EnergySolutions facility. But a new report commissioned by the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah says this violates federal and state law on low-level waste disposal. We’re joined by Executive Director Vanessa Pierce and Dr. Arjun Makhijani with the Institute for Environmental and Energy Research.

Politics Up Close: HEAL Utah on Depleted Uranium Study | KCPW

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Britain’s churches unite against nuclear weapons proliferation

Government advisor backs churches’ campaign against nuclear proliferation | Ekklesia, 5 March 2010, Baroness Shirley Williams is urging government action on the proliferation of nuclear weapons as one of the greatest threats to the survival of humankind. Continue reading →

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New uranium mine in Canada to avoid federal environmental assessment

Nunavut uranium proposal won’t undergo federal review, CBC News, 5 March 2010, A uranium mine being proposed in Nunavut will not be subject to a federal environmental assessment, but instead be reviewed by a territorial regulator. Continue reading →

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Patients endangered by poor regulation of medical radiation

Inadequate regulation puts patients at risk | The Platform | STLtoday, 5 March 2010, Seventy-six patients at a Springfield, Mo., health center received radiation overdoses while being treated for head and neck tumors. Continue reading →

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Fossil fuel industries move to block renewable energy sources

Fossil Fuel Producers Ramps Up Fight Against Alternative Energy Sources  by: Oilprice.com March 04, 2010
A fight brewing over the allocation of costs for transmission lines to connect wind and solar power plants to end users is the latest sign that fossil-fuel electricity producers are stepping up the fight against renewable energy sources. Continue reading →

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US Dept of Energy close to awarding loan guarantee to French nuclear power company

Chu: DOE close to award of $2B loan guarantee to Areva, by Dan Yurman , 03/04/2010 The $2 billion measure would aid financing of the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility in IdahoDow Jones reports Mar 5 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that his department is “closing in” on a final decision for a loan guarantee for Areva’s nuclear project in Idaho.In testimony before a Senate appropriations committee Mar 5, Chu was asked why the nuclear loan guarantee is taking so long to award and said: “We’re closing in on that.”Sen. Bob Bennett (R., Utah) said due diligence on the Eagle Rock uranium enrichment project was completed in October.

Chu: DOE close to award of $2B loan guarantee to Areva

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Philippines not convinced that nuclear waste is safe

Uncertainties surrounding nuclear waste  By Nelson D. Laviña,Philippine Daily InquirerFirst   03/04/2010 “.…During his last press conference, Cojuangco presented an expert, a Swiss engineer, who condescendingly told the Filipino people not to fear nuclear energy; nuclear waste could simply be buried. We would like to share with the public some facts and data on nuclear energy and radioactive waste…….. Continue reading →

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Crooked dealings in uranium-rich Kazakhstan

Kazakhs accuse ex-uranium boss of money laundering

Mining Weekly, -2010-03-04By: Reuters
4th March 2010 , ASTANA – Kazakhstan on Thursday accused a former uranium tycoon of money laundering and said its security service had launched a new criminal probe into his affairs in a case that has shaken confidence in the Central Asian state.

One of Kazakhstan’s most prominent business figures, Mukhtar Dzhakishev was arrested last year on accusations of corruption, theft and illegal sales of uranium assets to foreign companies…..

Kazakhstan, hit hard by global economic slowdown, wants to attract fresh foreign investment as well as bolster the role of the state in strategic industries such as uranium and oil.

It has also alarmed human rights groups who have questioned Kazakhstan’s methods of fighting corruption in a country where President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in power for two decades, tolerates little political dissent.http://www.miningweekly.com/article/kazakhs-accuse-ex-uranium-boss-of-money-laundering-2010-03-04

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Depleted uranium causing birth defects in Iraq?

Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects, BBC News`4 March, John Simpson talks about the children with birth defects he saw in Fallujah Continue reading →

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Solar Energy prospects looking up in India

Budget 2010 puts money where mouth is for Solar Energy, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, By Ameet Shah and Sourabh Sen, 4 March 2010,

The 2010-11 budget is great news for renewable energy, and in particular solar energy, in India. In November of last year, the Government of India took a major stride forward in driving sustainable development with the announcement of the National Solar Mission targeting 20,000MW of installed solar power by 2022. But the fact that they’ve now included it in the budget is a critical step.

While the NSM set the vision for solar in India, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s tariff order laid out the details. These guidelines further strengthened the case for investing in the Indian solar sector by setting preferential feed-in-tariffs and declaring long term (25 year) power purchase agreements…http://blogs.wsj.com/india-chief-mentor/2010/03/04/budget-2010-puts-money-where-mouth-is-for-solar-energy/

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