2010 April 26 « nuclear-news

Region’s death toll from Chernobyl nuclear accident close to 1 million

Chernobyl exploded in a remote backwater of an impoverished region. But by official accounts from Ukraine and Belarus, it did $500 billion in damage just there. Nowhere in the US would the property damage be remotely that small. The near-million death toll would be a mere fraction of how many would die here.

Chernobyl demands a REAL climate bill, THE FREE PRESS, Harvey Wassermann, April 26, 2010 “…….after nearly a quarter-century of industry denial, the New York Academy of Sciences has published, Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, the definitive catalog and analysis. Drawing on some 5,000 studies, three Russian scientists have placed the ultimate death toll at 985,000. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Ukraine | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, radiation, reactor, reactors | Leave a comment

Geramany: huge anti nuclear protests, on anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

More than 25,000 people known as “liquidators” – most of them Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians – died after getting the accident under control and constructing a concrete shield over the wreckage, according to Ukrainian official figures.

PICTURE – more pictures of protests in Germany at: http://www.anti-atom-aktuell.de/fotos/20100424_ahaus-demo/index.html

VIDEOS (German language) at Atomkraft spaltet immer noch – WDR MEDIATHEK – WDR.de and http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/atomproteste106.html

Germans form chain in nuclear protest, The Age, April 25, 2010 AFP Tens of thousands of Germans have joined hands to form a human chain to protest against nuclear energy, two days before the 24th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, reactors | Leave a comment

Nuclear inclusion less likely as USA’s Climate Bill is postponed

Graham’s withdrawal of support for the climate bill actually removes pressure on Sen. John Kerry and California Sen. Barbara Boxer, who come from the two most anti-nuclear states in the country. They’ve had to swallow hard to support the climate bill and its support for nuclear energy

Climate bill postponed, Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com, Dan Yurman. 25 April 2010, A top priority for President Obama suffered a severe setback over the weekend as Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham withdrew his support for climate change legislation which was to be introduced in the Senate this week. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, renewable energy | Leave a comment

Climate Change and Nuclear Power highlighted in UK election

Labour & Lib Dems Put Spotlight on Conservative Climate Sceptics The Energy Collective, by Vicky Portwain on 04/25/2010 Labour and Liberal Democrat energy representatives Ed Miliband and Simon Hughes joined forces to put Tory climate change sceptics in the spotlight this week.TThe ‘green hustings’ event organised by the Guardian featured a debate on climate change and energy between the 3 biggest political parties. The debate can be heard online via the Guardian website…… Nuclear Power The Lib Dems do not believe nuclear power stations can be delivered in time before the energy crisis hits and that the nuclear programme undermines the building out of renewable energy……Labour & Lib Dems Put Spotlight on Conservative Climate Sceptics

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, climate change, disarmament, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

UK’s Nuclear Trident unnecessary and astronomically expensive

Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats, has called for its cancellation, arguing that such a program is both inconsistent with President Obama’s calls to work toward eliminating nuclear weapons and is a colossal waste of money that could be better spent on equipping British ground forces

‘Get Real’ About The UK’s Nuclear Trident, Wonk Room , By Max Bergmann , Apr 23rd, 2010 One of the hot issues in yesterday’s UK Prime Minister’s debate is over whether to replace Britain’s Trident nuclear missile system. The fault lines on this issue have oddly unified Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative leader David Cameron. Both support spending more than $100 billion on this project in order to fully replace the existing Trident program thereby ensuring its existence for the next half century. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Britain’s “privatised” nuclear industry owned by French state company

Foreign governments are nationalizing British assets | TopNews United Kingdom by Shamsher Singh on Sun, 04/25/2010 – Britain’s craze for privatisation of industries such as rail, nuclear and utilities has been moving country’s important assets to foreign nations…….French firm EDF owns nuclear power group British Energy,…Foreign governments are nationalizing British assets | TopNews United Kingdom

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, UK | antinuclear, EDF, France, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, reactors | Leave a comment

In absence of radiation safeguards, India’s contamination could be wider

Experts fear presence of more radioactive sources in Mayapuri, The Hindu, Mumbai, April 25, 2010 “…….So far eight victims have suffered in this month after exposure of radioactive material in Mayapuri. All of them are still in a critical condition with dangerously low platelet counts and depleted bone marrows.Besides this, thousands of people in the area now live in fear. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

The resource curse of uranium in African countries

A word of advice to our happy-go-lucky leaders: Keep that uranium underground, Jenerali Ulimwengu, Tanzania , 26 April 2010 The East African: “………..we have plenty of evidence of the “resource curse” all the way from Angola to Sudan to Nigeria to Sierra Leone.A typical country afflicted by this curse can count itself lucky if all that it’s left with are gaping holes in the ground and a scorched-earth ecology. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AFRICA, environment | Leave a comment

AQ Khan Pakistan’s salesman for Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

At the heart of this vast and flourishing Nuclear proliferation racket of Pakistan stands one man Abdul Qadeer Khan [aka Abdul Xerox Khan aka Photochor Khan].

VIDEO Nuclear Terror trader, Pakistan : Story of AQ Khan 01 of 07 at Midnights Children Nuclear Terror trader, Pakistan : Story of AQ Khan 01 of 07 at Midnights Children originally aired by the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] as part of their ‘Nuclear Secrets’ series The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country that lies at the very epicentre of every illegal proliferation of Nuclear Technology ever recorded. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, uranium | 1 Comment

A somewhat limited study on uranium mining and groundwater

CU study looks at impact of proposed uranium mine on groundwater, The Coloradoan, BY BOBBY MAGILL • BobbyMagill@coloradoan.com • April 25, 2010 A University of Colorado study may soon shine more light on how Powertech’s proposed uranium mining northeast of Fort Collins might affect groundwater and the aquifers beneath the mine. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, water | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, uranium, water | Leave a comment

Impact of radioactive waste on remote communities in Russia

Russian atomic waste endangers the people and environment of far north, EnerPub – Energy Publisher, April 25, 2010by Paul A. Goble The dying off of the numerically small peoples of the Russian north, already taking place because of economic development and climate change, is being accelerated by the mishandling of nuclear materials at power stations and military bases in that region and especially by the lack of secure storage facilities for nuclear wastes there. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Uranium mining deal between Iran and Zimbabwe

The pact seems certain to place Iran under even greater scrutiny by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Iran strikes secret nuclear mining deal with Mugabe regime, zimbabwemetro.com, Raymond Mhaka on Apr 25th, 2010 The agreement was sealed last month during a visit to Tehran by a close aide to Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president who last weekend celebrated 30 years in power, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Deceptions over the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

Iran is not in violation of the NPT, but America has been in violation ever since the day we signed it.

America will also continue to forfeit credibility by playing along with Israel’s ineffective nuclear ambiguity.

Blowing Doors and Nuclear Deceptions, the peoplesvice.org, April 23rd, 2010 eileen fleming Last week’s two-day summit on nuclear security in Washington was attended by leaders of 47 countries. Iran was not invited, but did host a two-day conference in Tehran on nuclear disarmament with sixty countries represented.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement delivered at the conference stating that nuclear weaponry was “haram” meaning prohibited under Islam. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, plutonium | Leave a comment