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Obama making a start on ridding the world of nuclear weapons

Securing world’s nuclear materials goal of U.S. summit – Democratic Underground  Apr-11-10 The summit — the largest gathering of international leaders in the U.S. in more than 60 years — is the next step in Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons eventually. In addition to the treaty with Russia, Obama last week announced a new U.S. nuclear strategy that embraced further cuts in the U.S. arsenal, ruled out the development of new warheads and excluded most of the world’s countries from U.S. nuclear attack.  Securing world’s nuclear materials goal of U.S. summit – Democratic Underground

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Conflict of interest between nuclear disarmament and the uranium industry?

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by Christina Macpherson, 12 April 2010, Wonder what AREVA, BHP Billiton, Cameco, Paladin, Allinace Resources, Mega Uranium  etc will think about this?  The idea of nuclear power expanding – but not needing uranium mining any more!

Barack Obama’s Nuclear summit plan – to re-start the program to use decommissioned nuclear weapons fuel in commercial nuclear plants –  could mean the end of the uranium industry?

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Old nuclear weapons fuel to be used in commercial nuclear reactors

the US and Russia will today sign a long-delayed agreement to dispose of 34 tonnes of plutonium from decommissioned weapons, by using it in power stations.

US summit expected to back Barack Obama’s plan to prevent nuclear theft | World news | The Guardian 12 April Leaders from more than 40 countries will tomorrow back Barack Obama’s plans to prevent the theft of nuclear material from vulnerable stockpiles around the world. Continue reading →

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Damage to bone marrow through ionising radiation

Radiation victims continue to be critical, The Hindu :, Staff Reporter , NEW DELHI, April 11, 2010 Doctors suspect extensive damage to bone marrow. The condition of all six persons exposed to radioactive material at a scrap market in the Capital’s Mayapuri area continued to be highly critical on Saturday with doctors suspecting extensive damage to their bone marrow, making them severely susceptible to infections.Deepak Jain, who is admitted to Indraprashtha Apollo Hospital, is reported to be “very critical” and his treatment is being managed in consultation with senior Bhabha Atomic Research Centre officials.

The Hindu : News / National : Radiation victims continue to be critical

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Revelation: Sarah Palin is not expert on nuclear issues!

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Obama Discredits Sarah Palin As Not An Expert On Nuclear Issues By Richard West on April 11, 2010,  It seems that President Obama is one person that is not going to take Sarah Palin’s criticisms sitting down…………President Obama stated the obvious in a “Good Morning America” interview with George Stephanopoulos; Palin is no expert on expert on nuclear issues. He went on to state that the new policy was developed with experts such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Michael Mullen. To that, Obama said, “I’m probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin.” Obama Discredits Sarah Palin As Not An Expert On Nuclear Issues

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More radiation victims feared in India

Experts fear more affected by radiation in Mayapuri, The Times of India, Risha Chitlangia, TNN, Apr 11, 2010, NEW DELHI: Scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and experts from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), along with Delhi Police, will launch a search operation to track down all the people who visited Deepak Jain’s shop in the past two weeks as they fear that more people had been affected by the radioactive waste. Continue reading →

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First shipment to USA of highly dangerous Highly Enriched Uranium

A team of Americans finally shipped it out last month just after the country’s massive earthquake, weaving a convoy of trucks around shattered highways in the middle of the night to reach a functioning port.

Chile gives its last weapons-grade uranium to US By MICHAEL WARREN and MEG KINNARD (AP) – Google News Hostimg 12 April”.…..”It” is highly enriched uranium 235, HEU for short. It’s the material that most worries anti-terrorism experts. Just 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of it in a nuclear bomb could devastate an entire city, in the same way the United States destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Continue reading →

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Russia to set up “uranium bank” to expand demand for nuclear power

...The bank will allow countries that join the facility to obtain uranium from the stockpile, supplied entirely by Russia, if commercial uranium markets are frozen for political reasons.

Russia’s Rosatom Corp to create a uranium fuel bank with the International Atomic Energy Agency Seeker 401, 12 April 2010, Rosatom Corp., Russia’s state-run nuclear holding company, said its agreement to create a uranium fuel bank with the International Atomic Energy Agency will help expand demand for nuclear power. Continue reading →

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Radiation illnesses need special hospital treatment

Hospitals not equipped to tackle radiation, The Times of India, Risha Chitlangia, TNN, Apr 10, 2010, NEW DELHI: The incident of radiation exposure in the capital has brought to light the city’s lack of preparedness in dealing with any such incident. Not many hospitals in the city are equipped or their staff trained to deal with patients of radiation exposure, nor do they have a special decontamination room as per the National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) guidelines. Experts also point out that there is no central command that can guide hospitals and the police in dealing with this kind of emergency….

… A person exposed to radiation has to be decontaminated and ideally should be kept in isolation,” said Dr Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi, assistant professor, Medicine, AIIMS Trauma Centre, Hospitals not equipped to tackle radiation – The Times of India

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To be banned – whole body CT scans for healthy people

Government to ban whole-body CT scans for ‘health MOTs’ |Guardian UK  7 April 2010 BMJ Group The Department of Health is introducing new rules limiting the use of CT scans – detailed 3D X-rays – in private health checks offered to healthy people. Continue reading →

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Exelon nuclear power plant’s radiation monitor not working

Radiation monitor at Oyster Creek nuclear plant is inoperable, officials say  NJ.com, By The Associated Press, April 10, 2010, A monitor that measures radiation emissions at the nation’s oldest operating nuclear plant has been found to be inoperable…….Exelon Corp., which owns the plant, recently notified the state Department of Environmental Protection about the problem. But it’s not clear how long the equipment — known as a stack monitor — has been out of service. Radiation monitor at Oyster Creek nuclear plant is inoperable, officials say | – NJ.com

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Laser technology increases nuclear power danger

Laser Nuclear Technology Might Pose Security Risk by Richard Harris  NPR  12 April 2010, “…..a new technology that’s been developed to enrich uranium. It’s intended to make fuel for nuclear power plants — but it could be used for weapons, too. Continue reading →

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African countries seeking enriched uranium and nuclear power

others are fearful about security at nuclear power plants in Africa, worried that loose enriched uranium will fall into the wrong hands and be used to build a weapon

Beyond Iran: African Countries Seek Nuclear Power INDYPOSTED, 11 April 2010 by |  Ted Webb We hear about Iran’s development of nuclear energy in the news all the time, but many other countries are also working to enrich uranium, including Senegal and other African countries.

Right now South Africa has the continent’s only two nuclear power reactors, ABC News reports. But Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Algeria, Tunisia, Moroccco, Egypt, Ghana and Niger are all working to achieve nuclear energy.

Some hope nuclear power will help Africa economically, bring electricity to more people and prevent outages. But others are fearful about security at nuclear power plants in Africa, worried that loose enriched uranium will fall into the wrong hands and be used to build a weapon. Beyond Iran: African Countries Seek Nuclear Power

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Nuclear weapons in Italy and other European countries

ITALIE HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Argue with everyone, 12 April, 2010, Pentagon confirms Italie has nuclear weapons From a report by U.S. environmental association Natural Resources Defense Council [1], we had already learned that the United States store 90 nuclear bombs on two Italian bases: 50 in Aviano (Pordenone) and 40 in Ghedi Torre (Brescia). Continue reading →

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Iran not technically up to nuclear capability

Iran not yet “nuclear capable,” Gates say POLITICO Liveby Glenn Thrush April 11, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran is not yet “nuclear capable” – and denied that U.S. officials have given up on being able to prevent Tehran from being able to produce and refine fissionable material.Speaking in a joint appearance with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in interviews aired Sunday, Gates said “it’s our judgment here, they are not nuclear capable,” citing Iran’s trouble with processing nuclear fuel in centrifuges.

Iran not yet “nuclear capable,” Gates says – POLITICO Live – POLITICO.com

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