2010 May 16 « nuclear-news

UK’s nuclear plans hit by one blow after another

Another blow to nuclear plans, Ruscombe Green, 17 May 2010, “….new uncertainty over new nukes following the appointment of anti-nuclear Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. He has strengthened his assertion that new nuclear build will not receive any Government subsidies including in the event of a nuclear accident…….
Nuke-waste subsidy?
Chris Huhne may also be under pressure from anti-nuclear Lib-Dem colleagues to examine other potential aspects of Government subsidy Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear fuel cycle requires huge energy, and emits huge C02

Some estimate that the energy requirements of mining and milling lean ores may surpass the energy produced in a nuclear reactor.

5 Questions Iowans Should Answer Before Accepting Nuclear Power, Blog for Iowa, by Paul Deaton, 17 May 2010,” .… 2. Do you accept the socialization of nuclear power? In a recent study in Idaho, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy found that there is no financial return on investment in nuclear power without substantial government subsidies. Our open market system of capitalism won’t support nuclear power without government subsidies. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, climate change | antinuclear, climate change, global warming, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Switch from uranium mining to wind farming in New Mexico

VIDEO NM uranium capital turns to wind energy

NM uranium capital turns to wind energy | Mount Taylor, N.M. | KRQE News 13

KRQE News 13, 16 May 2010, MOUNT TAYLOR, N.M. (KRQE) – A part of New Mexico that was once one of the world’s major sources of uranium is about to become a major supplier of wind energy……The Cibola County Commission officially endorsed the project this week. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | antinuclear, climate change, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, reactors, renewable energy, renewables, uranium, wind | Leave a comment

UK Green Party set to grow, due to the nuclear issue

Green Party Set to Gather Disaffected Lib Dems, The Energy Collective, Vicky Portwain on 05/15/2010, The Green Party has asked Lib Dem voters not happy with Nick Clegg joining forces with the Tories to talk to the Greens instead. Green Party MSP Patrick Harvie said “Lib Dem members and supporters did not work hard over the last weeks and months to see their party become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tories“. He said the Liberal Conservative coalition decision “will be the death-knell for the Lib Dems here in Scotland“.Caroline Lucas MP, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, said:“The Lib Dems have shown themselves to be not so much a party of change as a party of changing its mind…….The Lib Dems are likely to lose people who are anti-nuclear energy to the Greens who have confirmed their “unequivocal opposition to nuclear power“. Green Party Set to Gather Disaffected Lib Dems

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear technology | Leave a comment

How USA has helped Israel to get nuclear weapons

How US Weapons Grade Uranium was Diverted to Israel | Before It’s News, May 17, 2010“……. U.S. presidents have long acquiesced to “strategic ambiguity” – a policy of neither confirming nor denying that Israel even possesses nuclear weapons. This pretext has allowed the U.S. to deliver the lion’s share of its foreign assistance budget to Israel, despite clear legal prohibitions imposed by the Glenn and Symington amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Japan urges China to reduce nuclear weapons

Japan, China in spat over nuclear arsenal (AFP) todayshotnews.net, 16 May 2010, SEOUL (AFP) –Japan has urged China to cut its nuclear arsenal or at least to stop stockpiling more atomic weapons, prompting a strong reaction from Beijing at their foreign ministers‘ talks, officials said Sunday. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

UK’s opportunity for alternatives to nuclear power

In fact more nonnuclear generation is already under construction and will come on-line by 2015 than is scheduled to go off-line.

Another blow to nuclear plans, Ruscombe Green, 17 May 2010, Alternatives to nukes Last month a PricewaterhouseCoopers study showed that Europe could meet all its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2050 by using a “super-smart” grid powered by solar farms in North Africa, wind farms in northern Europe and the North Sea, hydro-electric from Scandinavia and the Alps and a complement of biomass and marine energy Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, UK | antinuclear, climate change, energy efficiency, nuclear costs, renewable energy, renewables, solar, wind | Leave a comment