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Bulgaria’s renewable energy racing ahead in a responsible manner

there is no doubt that the renewable energy industry is soaring there.

Keeping Bulgaria Renewable Energy Responsible Green Chip Stocks,  By Jeff Siegel , April 7th, 2010“……Since government incentives kicked in over there, new wind, solar and biomass projects have totalled more than 11,000 megawatts. This is huge!Well today, the Bulgarian government announced that it is proposing a ban on building solar and wind farms on quality arable land. Definitely a smart decision on the part of Bulgaria.Certainly the expansion of renewable energy operations is integral to the long-term economic growth of the Balkan country. Continue reading

April 8, 2010 Posted by | Bulgaria, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Westinghouse trying to sell nuclear plants and nuclear fuel to Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Westinghouse May Build Nuclear Reactor in Bulgaria’s Kozloduy – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency 8 April 2010, “…Westinghouse has made it clear it is interested in participating in a future tender for the construction of a new 1000 MW reactor in the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy which has four inactive 440 MW reactors and two working 1000 MW units, all of which are Soviet-made.The US energy company has also told Traikov that it was ready to obtain a license so that its nuclear fuel could be used for the Russian reactors in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria: Westinghouse May Build Nuclear Reactor in Bulgaria’s Kozloduy – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

April 8, 2010 Posted by | Bulgaria, business and costs | , , , , | Leave a comment

Lou Zeller, anti-nuclear activist’s vision of hope

“I’ve been doing this for over 24 years,” Zeller said. “Whether it’s a Democrat or a Republican administration, they all love nuclear power.” In either case, he added, “We’ve been able to turn back the drive to support it.”

Anti-nuclear in the age of Obama , Los Angeles Times, By Richard Fausset April 7, 2010 Longtime activist Lou Zeller struggles to generate opposition to the president’s vision in a much different era, when jobs and climate change are bigger concerns than Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. “…. Continue reading

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Indian Point nuclear power plant fails water quality certificate

Nuclear power plant’s water permit denied, POWER-GEN WorldWide. 7 April 2010-– The New York Department of Environmental Conservation denied Entergy’s request for a water quality certificate for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, saying the plant “will not comply” with the state’s water quality standards. Continue reading

April 8, 2010 Posted by | Legal, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Secret moves to permit higher levels of ionising radiation

“This critical debate is taking place entirely behind closed doors…”

Radiation Exposure Debate Rages Inside EPA Plan to Radically Hike Post-Accident Radiation in Food & Water Sparks Hot Dissent, YubaNet.com,  By: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)Washington, DC Apr. 5, 2010 A plan awaiting approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would dramatically increase permissible radioactive releases in drinking water, food and soil after “radiological incidents” is drawing vigorous objections from agency experts, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Continue reading

April 7, 2010 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

UK govt acting on dangers of low level medical ionising radiation

Radiation fears lead to curb on CT scans, Ministers stop short of banning whole body scans for the worried well  Sarah Boseley,   guardian.co.uk,   6 April 2010,  A clampdown on clinics offering MOT health checks to the worried well – which can include whole body scans – was signalled by the government today, amid concerns over the exposure of healthy people to unnecessary radiation. Continue reading

April 7, 2010 Posted by | health, UK | , , , , | Leave a comment

Obama’s new nuclear weapons policy

White House to Unveil More Restrictive Nuke Policy CA-GOV  TPMDC April 6, 2010The Obama administration is set to unveil a new policy on nuclear weapons, which narrow the circumstances under which the United States would use such weapons. The Associated Press reports: “The U.S. officials said the administration’s new policy would stop short of declaring that the United States would never be the first to launch a nuclear attack, as many arms control advocates had recommended. But it would describe the weapons’ purpose as ‘primarily’ or ‘fundamentally’ to deter or respond to a nuclear attack. The officials said the document would say it is a U.S. goal to move toward a policy in which the ‘sole purpose’ of nuclear weapons is to deter or respond to nuclear attack. That wording would all but rule out the use of such weapons to respond to an attack by conventional, biological or chemical weapons. Previous U.S. policy was more ambiguous.”

CA-GOV: April 2010 | TPMDC

April 7, 2010 Posted by | USA, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Transparency lacking in China’s nuclear programs

U.S. says China nuclear programs lack transparency, NewsDaily:  by Phil Stewart and Paul Eckert, Editing by Alan Elsner 2010/04/06  WASHINGTON, Apr. 6, 2010 (Reuters) — Lack of transparency surrounding China’s nuclear programs raises questions about its strategic intentions, the United States said on Tuesday. Continue reading

April 7, 2010 Posted by | China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Navajo heroes fight uranium’s radioactive pollution

VIDEO: 7th Southwest Uranium Forum CENSORED NEWS:April 6, 2010 Listen and watch the Native American environmental movement icons of this era!Norman Patrick Brown, Navajo, says there’s over 1,000 radioactive tailings sites today on the Navajo Nation. “How does one heal a land, how does one heal a person’s DNA? How does one reclaim a sacred site?” Continue reading

April 7, 2010 Posted by | indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Syria’s research nuclear reactor to be inspected by IAEA

IAEA allowed access to Damascus research reactor, Business News,

By Veronika Oleksyn, AP April 6th, 2010, VIENNA — Experts from the U.N.’s atomic watchdog have been allowed to re-inspect a Syrian research reactor in the country’s capital Damascus linked to suspicions of a secret nuclear program, diplomats said Tuesday…….

Syria denies hiding nuclear activities and has put forward several explanations for the source of the uranium at the bomb site and of uraniumtraces found at its Damascus research reactor, which IAEA inspectors say would not normally be found at such a facility.

IAEA inspectors allowed to revisit Syrian nuclear research reactor

April 7, 2010 Posted by | politics international, Syria | Leave a comment

Australia’s only pro nuclear political party withers and dies

Pro-nuclear party runs out of energy, The Canberra Times, BY PHILIP DORLING0, 7 Apr, 2010 Australia’s only strongly pro-nuclear power political party has exited the electoral stage with a whimper rather than a bang. Continue reading

April 7, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, politics | , , | Leave a comment

Australia could become world renewable energy leader

A “Desertec” Solar Farm Could Help Power Australia,  Renewable Energy News by Energy Matters , 4 April 2010, Siemens Ltd last month announced a technology blueprint for energy and water sustainability in Australia by 2030. The research, titled “Picture the Future: Australia – Energy and Water (PTF)”, was performed by numerous Siemens researchers and validation processes involved the assistance of 22 of Australia’s leading industry bodies; including the CSIRO, ABARE, the Bureau of Meteorology and The Clean Energy Council. Continue reading

April 7, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, renewable | , , , , , | 1 Comment

Allegations of horror radiation tests in Iranian prisons

Gamma Radiation and Ultra-Violation, World Threats, Ryan Mauro, Cyrus News Agency – April 5, 2010 – This report was disclosed by a group of Iranians working in a medical center in a former Soviet country.There is evidence that shows that women in Iranian prisons are used for Gamma ray research. Continue reading

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Environment Department fines Medical Centre for violating ionising radiation controls

Consuming Interests: Pollution violations around Maryland: Naughty Businesses of the Week  baltimoresun.com 6 April 2010, The Maryland Department of the Environment issued 28 enforcement actions with penalties totaling more than $637,000 last week…………..Fairfax Cardiac Imaging – Hanover, Anne Arundel County: On March 3, 2010, MDE issued a Complaint and Administrative Penalty for $50,000 for alleged violations of Maryland regulations for the control of ionizing radiation from the use of radioactive materials (radioisotopes).

Consuming Interests: Pollution violations around Maryland: Naughty Businesses of the Week – News and tips for consumers on shopping, saving money, deals and credit – baltimoresun.com

April 7, 2010 Posted by | Legal, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Ionising radiation “just keeps on giving” toxic danger

DISARMING THE EAGLE BIT BY BIT The Observation Post * By Vicki Crawford   April 6, 2010 . “…….We should not discount other nations with nuclear technologies either. A nation that can use nuclear technologies to produce electricity can also use it to make bombs. Don’t ignore the dangers of “dirty bombs” either. They’re another gift that keeps on giving in the form of ionizing radiation…..

April 7, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , , | Leave a comment