2010 May 07 « nuclear-news

Cancer caused by ionising radiation and toxins “grossly underestimated”

President’s Cancer Panel claims cancers due to environmental toxins grossly underestimated – – TIME.com, President’s panel analyzes environmental cancer impact by Tiffany O’Callaghan 6 May 2010, “……what evidence there is suggests that the “true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated,” the authors write……In hospitals and doctor’s offices, the authors emphasize the need to minimize radiation exposure, Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear costs, radiation, reactors | 2 Comments

Obama to visit Australia: gets nuclear agreement first

Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress, NTI: Global Security Newswire May 6, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday submitted for congressional approval a deal that would permit Australia and the United States to trade in nonmilitary nuclear materials and technology (see GSN, March 19)………….the deal would enable “the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production………..The pending “123” agreement could only be canceled after it has been in force for 30 years, he said. The deal would take effect following 90 days of “continuous session” of Congress unless lawmakers move to block it within that period…………The United States is also moving ahead with a similar deal with Russia and is finalizing terms of its nuclear trade pact with India (see GSN, May 5; White House release, May 5).

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

U.S. Energy Secretary wants to add another $13 billion to the $54 billion nuclear loans!

Steve Chu Looks For $13 Billion For Nuclear Plant Loan Program Energy Secretary Steven Chu Seeks $13 Billion For Nuclear-Plant Loan Program Nuclear Power Industry News – Edited by Mark McFadden 7 May, 2010–According to a Dow Jones report, an additional $13 billion in loan-guarantee authority is needed if the U.S. Department of Energy is to award three more nuclear-power projects, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Speaking before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Typically, about $100 million in government money can leverage around $1 billion in loan guarantees……. In the White House’s 2011 budget, the DOE asked for a total of $54 billion in loan-guarantee authority to move ahead several other nuclear-power projects.

Steve Chu Looks For $13 Billion For Nuclear Plant Loan Program – Nuclear Power Industry News

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Nuclear Power Plants “large white elephants” says World Bank

Nuclear power in developing countries: radioactive waste, proliferation and debt « Charles Santiago 6 May 2010,The World Bank view – NPPs are large white elephant s T he World Bank has labeled nuclear plants “large white elephants”.. Its Environmental Assessment Source Book is unambiguous about nuclear’s problems: “Nuclear plants are thus uneconomic Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba at UN Nuclear Conference

I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World, IPS ipsnews.net”Anna Shen interviews TADATOSHI AKIBA, Mayor of HiroshimaMayor Tadatoshi Akiba / UNITED NATIONS, May 6, 2010 Emerging from a U.N. conference addressing the role that the world’s mayors can play on nuclear issues, Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba continues to call for a rapid end to nuclear weapons.He juggles his roles running a city 65 years after nuclear holocaust, and another as president of Mayors for Peace, which counts almost 4,000 cities around the world…

Q&A: “I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World” – IPS ipsnews.net

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

European nations call for removal of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons

West Europeans target US nukes at treaty session Politics News, UNITED NATIONS, 6 May 2010, — Germany and other West European nations at the U.N. nonproliferation conference are calling for elimination of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe — “leftovers from the Cold War” — as a way to advance global arms control. Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Niger’s enviroment contaminated by AREVA’s radioactive uranium wastes

VIDEO Left in the Dust – Areva’s uranium mining in Niger | Greenpeace International

Left in the Dust – Areva’s uranium mining in Niger | Greenpeace International 6 May 2010, Operations of Nuclear giant AREVA put lives at risk in Niger. Uranium mines in Niger operated by the state-owned French nuclear giant AREVA continue to create a radioactive hazard for the people living nearby. Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Niger, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, water | Leave a comment

Nuclear power a financially risky option for developing countries

Nuclear power in developing countries: radioactive waste, proliferation and debt « Charles Santiago 6 May 2010, For developing countries, nuclear power is a high cost option -environmentally, socially and economically…….
A history of failure in developing countries Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | ASIA, business and costs | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, reactors | Leave a comment

China’s nuclear industry strategy – join with wind energy

China Guangdong Nuclear to build 1.25GW offshore wind farm Industrial Fuels and Power News May 6th, 2010 by IFandP Newsroom China Guangdong Nuclear Group is to build the country’s largest offshore wind farm near Lufen, in Guangdong province, according to China News Service. The facility is expected to be built at a cost of CNY20bn (US$2.93bn) and have an installed capacity of 1.25GW, covering an area of 240km2.The group has also announced it has signed an agreement to install 800MW of wind turbines in Yuxi City, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, at a cost of CNY8bn (US$1.2bn).

China Guangdong Nuclear to build 1.25GW offshore wind farm | Industrial Fuels and Power

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, spinbuster | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, renewable energy, wind | Leave a comment

Footprints for Peace speakers in U.S. talk about Australia’s uranium mining

“Australians feel a deep responsibility,” said Atkinson. “We are sending this poison around the world.” ………. The uranium mining has destroyed sites sacred to the aborigines, polluted their water and food supplies and endangered their hunter/gatherer way of life, said Atkinson…………..

Uranium: The Australia-Vt. connection, Brattleboro Reformer, By BOB AUDETTE / Reformer StaffThursday May 6, 2010 BRATTLEBORO — Australia and Vermont are connected in a way not many people think about — through uranium.”We are pretty sure that some of the uranium mined in Australia is being used in the fuel rods at Vermont Yankee,” Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors, uranium, water | Leave a comment