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Any extra nuclear radiation is a grave danger

There is no baseline population of unaffected people anymore…Any additional dose of highly efficient ionising radiation (alpha and beta) when delivered internally is a grave risk to modern humans.

What’s a safe dose of radiation? Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 19 May 2010,  Depends where it the source is and what cell it is dosing. How often that cell is dividing and whether succeeding generations from that cell are similarly dosed by an adjacent internal emitter (hot particle). In such a case, no amount of external environmental monitoring will detect the threat. Which is probably why Dr Johnson suggested surveying PEOPLE rather then the environment years after the contamination events. Continue reading →

May 19, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, health | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear weapons states now building new, advanced, nuclear weapons

the Nuclear Weapon States are developing new advanced technologies for conducting above-ground experiments

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty? zikkir.com | 18 May 2010, By Hayrettin Kilic“………..  Unfortunately, the vicious cycle of nuclear proliferation is now spreading to developing countries. As a result, five nuclear states (NWS), U.S, Russia, China, France, and Great Britain are refining their nuclear proliferation strategies to fight a nuclear war in the Third World Countries. Continue reading →

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Radiation scanning of airline travellers – scientific doubts on safety

“There really is no other technology around where we’re planning to X-ray such an enormous number of individuals. It’s really unprecedented in the radiation world”..

Scientists question safety of airport full body scanners, Gadling.com, by Scott Carmichael   May 18th 2010 “…..Since the first of these machines made it to an airport, the TSA has been very vocal about telling the traveling public that they are 100% safe, and that we have nothing to worry about. Except for the risk of too much exposure to ionizing radiation that is… Continue reading →

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Court cases looming over radiation exposure

“Their bone marrows were terribly suppressed….”

Radiation victims plan legal action against DU , The Times of India, May 19, 2010, “…. Deepak and Ajay Jain, the two scrap dealers who were battling for life at Army hospital till a month ago, now plan to take legal action against Delhi University (DU), Continue reading →

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How to put it over the people about nuclear power

If nuclear power was really as safe, clean, cheap and reliable as its supporters insist, there’d be no need to ‘socialize’ anybody.

Socializing the dangers of nuclear power Greenpeace International, by jmckeati – May 18, 2010

Indonesia is committed to have a nuclear power plant soon as new source of energy, officials said here on Monday. For the purpose, Indonesia has allocated 7 billion rupiah (about 769,633 U.S. dollars) for nuclear power plant socialization to curb fear among people. Continue reading →

May 19, 2010 Posted by | Indonesia, spinbuster | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Uranium market to stay low

There is a lot of uranium being mined across the globe at present  ……..but it is only going into stockpiles at present…..It is for that reason MF Global can see little change to current uranium spot prices

Uranium Market To Remain Subdued. 18/05/2010 ninemsn Money, By Greg Peel Uranium sector consultant TradeTech has left its weekly uranium spot price indicator at US$41.25/lb following last week’s transactions. Continue reading →

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Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty badly in need of reform

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty? zikkir.com | 18 May 2010, By Hayrettin Kilic“..………In order to reform or re-write the NPT, President Obama needs to study the following existing global nuclear weapons inventory very carefully. As of 2010 there are approximately 23.400 nuclear weapons located at 111 different sites in 14 countries. Half of which is trigger ready or deployable in short time. Russia (13.000) and United states (9.400) possess 96 % of these weapons. The other nuclear club members Britain (180), Chine (240), France (300) along with de Facto countries India (80), Israel (100), Pakistan (90) are also added this monumental list. Continue reading →

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UK’s renewable energy incentives with Feed In Tariffs

How feed in tariffs could ‘democratise’ renewable energy generation,  Engineer Live, 18 May 2010, Suddenly, the rewards for generating electricity from low carbon sources are within the reach of far more people than ever before. Continue reading →

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Alternative energy bill proceeding in Oklahoma

Alternative energy bill passes Oklahoma House, BusinessWeek, The Associated Press May 18, 2010, Legislation to boost Oklahoma’s use of alternative energy like natural gas and wind has passed the state House. Continue reading →

May 19, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Iran’s storage deal: less of a worry than Israel’s nuke arsenal?

Iran’s Uranium Storage Deal, Craig Murray , 18 May 2010, -Iran undoubtedly pulled off a diplomatic coup with its announcement yesterday of a deal with Brazil and Turkey to store its low grade uranium. It is very hard for even the most ardent warmonger to claim that Iran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons, when that same uranium is in storage in Turkey….there is no indication that Iran has the ability for years to produce a nuclear weapon, and this arrangement makes that ever more plain. If any nation has a genune concern that Iran is seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, this agreement to remove almost the entire stock of uranium from Iran can only be welcomed.The failure to welcome this step by US and UK governments indicates that their actual agenda does not relate to Iran’s nuclear programme at all. And I still wait for a British minister to say something about Israel’s very real and very large stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Craig Murray – Iran’s Uranium Storage Deal

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A tax on carbon emissions would be better than USA’s Climate Bill

Making the Simple Complicated – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com, By EDWARD L. GLAESER 18 May 2010, “…….This bill is a behemoth for three reasons. First, it tries to do far more than just charge for carbon emissions. The bill starts by providing “incentives for the growth of safe domestic nuclear and nuclear-related industries.” It supports carbon capture in coal plants, expands offshore drilling, establishes an Office of Consumer Advocacy and promotes “clean energy career development.” Standard economics suggests that many of these interventions would be unnecessary if we had the right tax on carbon emissions; if companies pay the full social costs of their actions, they have the right incentives to invest in greener technologies without any further help from Uncle Sam………..
At the end of the day, it is hard to relish either this ornate piece of legislation or the prospect of inaction on global emissions.

Making the Simple Complicated – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com

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