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Nuclear power promotion should not be included in USA’s Climate Bill

“The nuclear power industry stands to benefit tremendously,” said Slocum. “And this is probably the most undeserving industry in the entire American economy.”

5 Green Groups Declare Senate Climate Bill unacceptable, ,  SolveClimate.com, Stacy Feldman – Apr 28th, 2010 Five national environmental groups declared the stalled Senate climate and energy bill “unacceptable” on Tuesday, saying the nation would be better off in the long run without it. Continue reading

April 29, 2010 Posted by | climate change, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

AREVA’s deceitful spin that nuclear power is clean

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AREVA, France’s  state-owned nuclear company is aggressively pursuing its world-wide business empire. Despite the recent revelations of the degradation AREVA has caused in Niger, AREVA claims this image of being a good global citizen.  AREVA aso  claims that nuclear is “clean”, and “carbon free ” ( forget the carbon polluting fuel and waste disposal cycle)

My advice to California about its “Clean” Energy Park  –  When you sup with the devil, use a long spoon

AREVA and the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group Move Closer to Clean Energy Park Today AREVA and the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group announced another important step toward building the nation’s most advanced Clean Energy Park to region near Fresno, California. AREVA and FNEG signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop the country’s most advanced Clean Energy Park in the state’s San Joaquin Valley.As part of the Clean Energy Park concept, both nuclear and renewable energy sources would be used for generating clean, reliable electricity..

..When complete, the park’s nuclear and solar energy sources would produce clean [?], constant, reliable, carbon-free electricity


April 29, 2010 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

VIDEO on India’s radiation victims

At least eight persons involved in the scrap business were exposed to gamma radiation from radioactive cobalt-60 earlier this month after they tried to

Video: Doctors lose hope on radiation victims NDTV.com

April 29, 2010 Posted by | health, India | , , , , , | Leave a comment

U.S.A.’s business interests pushing for India’s Nuclear Liability Bill

The US government has its interest in the Bill as most nuclear firms because of a cap in the US have little business and they see an enormous opportunity at low cost in India.

No good civilian bargain, Central Chronicle – Madhya Pradesh’s News Portal Shivaji Sarka, April 28, 2010A  scrap yard has exposed the country’s inability to handle a nuclear radiation hazard. The Mayapuri incident in the country’s capital, Delhi involving a cobalt-60 exposes the inadequacy of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Body and raises doubts about the efficacy of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill (CLND), put off for the present. Continue reading

April 29, 2010 Posted by | India, spinbuster | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Citizens rally to save Balpakram National Park from uranium mining

Uranium mining in Balpakram Park opposed, The Assam Tribune Online,  TURA, April 28 – The Tura A’chik (Garo) Senior Citizens Forum has opposed the move to mine uranium by denotifying an area of eight square km in Rongcheng plateau of Balpakram National Park.The senior citizens forum in an emergent meeting here attended by members of the Asima Dingsima Rangsaljong Association (ADRA) opposed the move by the Department of Atomic Energy to denotify the area for the proposed uranium mining…. Continue reading

April 29, 2010 Posted by | India, politics | , , | Leave a comment

Resuscitation of nuclear industry in peril with no solution to radioactive wastes

DOE announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission of nuclear experts who will spend the next 18 months working to evaluate policy options for the management of spent nuclear fuel.

Nuclear Waste Issue Persists as New Plants Forge Ahead | ecopolitology, by Timothy B. Hurst on April 28, 2010 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy are preparing for a new era of American nuclear power plants.


The United States electric industry is gearing up to build new nuclear power plants for the first time in decades. Whether and when any of these new plants are actually completed depends on the outcome of many issues, including regulatory, financing and the ultimate disposal of spent nuclear fuel…… Continue reading

April 29, 2010 Posted by | politics, USA | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Colorado: uranium mining wastes clean-up demanded as Senate passess Bill

Colo. Senate passes bill requiring uranium cleanup, Google hosted news, (AP) –  29 April 2010, DENVER — The state Senate has passed a bill requiring uranium mines and mills to clean up nuclear waste before accepting more radioactive material.The Senate voted 24-9 in favor of the bill Wednesday. It now heads back to the House, where backers hope lawmakers will agree with changes made in the Senate…..Mines and mills are currently allowed to postpone cleanup until they finish production and decommission their production facilities. Lawmakers are concerned that a national focus on nuclear energy will allow mines to postpone cleanup of radioactive wastes while they increase production.

The Associated Press: Colo. Senate passes bill requiring uranium cleanup

April 29, 2010 Posted by | Legal, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Don’t add radioactive tailings to already polluted streams

What would the mining activities of two huge open-pit uranium mines, with a reported possible third mine at Coles Hill, do to the streams and rivers of Southside Virginia over the proposed mining span of 30 years?

Study links stream pollution to higher cancer rates, Star Tribune, , April 27, 2010 Researchers at West Virginia University and Virginia Tech now have the study findings to show a causal link between West Virginia streams, those polluted by coal mining activities, and premature cancer deaths in the humans who live near them. Continue reading

April 29, 2010 Posted by | USA, water | , , , , , | Leave a comment

International Atomic Energy Agency warns on childrens’ CT scans and cancer

UNIAE Warns: Kids Exposed More to Radiation in CT Scans  TopNews,  by Jason Ramsey on Wed, 04/28/2010 The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency has forwarded a word of warning by stating that, kids in various nations, are being largely exposed toradiation, when they undergo computed tomography scans, which increases their risk of developing cancer.A latest report submitted by the agency established that even though specialists have cautioned against the practice, for almost a number of years, yet the kids have been getting adult –sized radiation dosages, at the time of scanning. UNIAE Warns: Kids Exposed More to Radiation in CT Scans | TopNews United States

April 29, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Guam’s nuclear bomb test victims might be compensated, at last

US legislation a “first step” in compensation process for Guam nuclear radiation victims Radio NewZealand,  28 April, 2010 UTCThe Pacific Association of Radiation Survivors, or PARS, has welcomed a new bill in the US senate which would allow Guam residents exposed to nuclear tests decades ago to claim as much as US$150,000 each in damages.The bill looks to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include Guam on the list of affected areas where victims can make claims alongside the likes of Nevada, Utah and Arizona.One of the bill’s co-sponsors, Guam’s congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo, says many people in so-called “downwinder” areas like Guam have been affected by nuclear testing……
“We’ve never been compensated. The Marshall islands were compensated partially and they, evidently, ran out of money through their trust fund and now they’re… ignored. If we (Guam) weren’t a US territory out here, I don’t think they (US lawmakers) would even entertain it.” US legislation a “first step” in compensation process for Guam nuclear radiation victims

April 29, 2010 Posted by | OCEANIA, weapons and war | , , , , | 3 Comments

Bin Laden would use nuclear weapons if he could

Former Bin Laden Bodyguard: Bin Laden Would Not Hesitate to Use Nuclear Weapons, The MEMRI Blog, 28 April 2010, In an interview, Nasser Al-Bahri, who served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard in Afghanistan, said that bin Laden had indeed made attempts to gain possession of a nuclear weapon, …The MEMRI Blog – Full Blog Entry

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