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Areva, through Fresno, pushing for nukes – as “clean”

Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success | SolveClimate.com, by Dave Levitan – May 5th, 2010“………....Radioactive Waste: California to France Perhaps the most interesting challenge comes in California, observers say, where a ban on nuclear construction has been in place since 1976. A California company called Fresno Nuclear Energy Group wants to build an “energy farm” in the large, mostly agricultural area in the middle of the state known as the Central Valley. This farm includes plans for solar and wind installations, a water desalination plant and a nuclear reactor, despite the ban…..
Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success | SolveClimate.com

May 13, 2010 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Many doctors are poorly informed on radiation cancer risks

there is a distinct lack of information about medical radiation risks in the medical community

Cancer Panel Report Cites Medical Radiation Concerns,  News Inferno.com  May 12th, 2010 “…..the PCP pointed to the huge increase in Americans’ exposure to medical radiation. The panel called for increased regulations for technicians operating medical machines that emit radiation and recommended physician knowledge of these devices’ risks be enhanced……The PCP report pointed out that medical radiation exposure increased from 15 percent in the 1980s to a whopping 48 percent today,……Compounding matters, the PCP believes there is a distinct lack of information about medical radiation risks in the medical community, citing a recent survey that found most radiologists and emergency-room physicians (three-quarters) appreciably minimize CT scan radiation doses and about nine of ten emergency room doctors do know realize the scans are linked to an increased lifetime cancer risk,

Cancer Panel Report Cites Medical Radiation Concerns

May 13, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

UK’s new coalition government will promote renewable energy, not nuclear

Blue and yellow make green as the new Government’s policies emerge, Telegraph UK, 12 May 2010, Nuclear power, coal and airport expansion look like being the big losers under the new government,  with energy-saving, renewables and greener transport the big winners.  …… Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | politics, UK | , , , , | 1 Comment

Uranium mining ‘rush” could be a ‘crash’ for Africa

Uranium ‘Rush’ Or ‘Crush’ for Erongo?, allAfrica.com: Adam Hartman 11 May 2010 “…………there are also elements that could turn this positive outlook into a uranium ‘crush’, with serious social, economic and environmental implications.One element is government’s non consideration to re-invest uranium revenue back into the environment and communities effected by the rush. Another element is an unforeseen event that destabilises uranium prices and the global uranium market, resulting in mines ‘turning off the lights and walking away’. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | Namibia, politics international | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Uninhabitable planet if Climate Change is not checked

urge instead the use of carbon tax revenue to develop technologies that can supply clean energy to everyone and provide ‘human dignity’.

Climate change could make half the world uninhabitable Climate change could make half of the world uninhabitable for humans as a rise in temperature makes it too hot to survive, scientists have warned. Telegraph UK,  By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
12 May 2010

Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia and Purdue University in the US said global warming will not stop after 2100, the point where most previous projections have ended.In fact temperatures may rise by up to 12C (21.6F) within just three centuries making many countries into deserts. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2 million youth back Buddhist call for Nuclear Weapons Convention

Two Million Youth Call for Nuclear Weapon-Free World, By Soka Gakkai  NEW YORK, May 12, 2010 – On May 11, a petition of 2,276,167 signatures from youth calling for the adoption of a Nuclear Weapons Convention which would comprehensively ban nuclear weapons was presented to Ambassador Leslie B. Gatan, adviser to the president of the ongoing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ReviewConference, Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, Religion and ethics | , , , | Leave a comment

Solar power’s huge future as global electricity supplier

Solar power could produce 25% of global electricity by 2050, studies say  Los Angeles Times – Tiffany Hsu, May 12, 2010, By 2050, the world could be getting a quarter of its electricity from solar power, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.Releasing two “roadmaps” for photovoltaics technology and concentrating solar power, the agency said that the two technologies could generate 9,000 terawatt hours of energy within four decades. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | , , , , | 1 Comment

North Korea’s nuclear fusion not likely to be for real

North Korea nuclear claim met with skepticism, THIS JUST IN, May 12th, 2010 North Korea announced Wednesday that its scientists had created a nuclear fusion reaction – a claim nuclear experts quickly cast doubt on. “Nobody in the world has been able to sustain a controlled nuclear fusion reaction, the ultimate goal of nuclear technology,” said Dan Pinkston, head of the Seoul office of the International Crisis Group. “I don’t think the North Koreans are going to start … putting nuclear power vendors around the world out of business any time soon.”
Nuclear fusion is the same process that fuels stars, but has never been sustained in the laboratory by any nation, much less one of the poorest nations on earth.
North Korea nuclear claim met with skepticism

May 13, 2010 Posted by | North Korea, technology | , , , , | Leave a comment

Catholic Church condemns nuclear weapons existence as immoral

Vatican questions nuclear deterrence THIS CATHOLIC’S VIEW, The Washinton Post, By Thomas J. Reese, S.J. 13 May 2010, Not only is the use of nuclear weapons immoral, the conditions that allowed the Catholic Church to tolerate nuclear deterrence no longer apply, the Vatican representative to the United Nations said in little noticed speeches in Washington and New York City……At the forums, the nuncio laid out the moral case against nuclear weapons. In the past the use of nuclear weapons was condemned by the church, he said, but nuclear deterrence was granted conditional acceptance during the Cold War……”Nuclear weapons are no longer just for deterrence but have become entrenched in the military doctrines of the major powers,” Archbishop Migliore said. “A war-fighting strategy using nuclear weapons has been put in place.” Georgetown/On Faith: Vatican questions nuclear deterrence – Thomas J. Reese

May 13, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, Religion and ethics | , , | Leave a comment

Continuing radiation incidents in India a worry for nuclear industry

Radiation leak at BARC comes as a shock Sakaal Times, May 12, 2010 A MUMBAI: The radioactive contamination at one of the facilities at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the cradle of nuclear R&D, comes as a shock. Over the last few months there has been several minor incidents and security breaches in nuclear facilities across the country – and this is one more addition. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | India, safety | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear industry resuscitation threatened by European politics

Uranium threatened by political shake-ups FP  Trading DeskMay 12, 2010, by Peter Koven It has been a week of political overhaul in Europe, and one of the victims in the fallout could be the continent’s nuclear renaissance. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by | EUROPE, politics | , , , , , , | Leave a comment