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Warren Buffett – certain of a “nuclear event” sooner or later

Quote: “We’re going to have something in the way of a major nuclear event in this country. It will happen. Whether it will happen in 10 years or 10 minutes, or 50 years … it’s virtually a certainty.”Buffett said this on CNN in May 2002 Warren Buffett is not your grandpa – Financial Adviser – WSJ

May 29, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , | Leave a comment

U.S. politicians wake up to nuclear scam, postpone “Emergency Bill” bonus for nukes

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE POSTPONES CONSIDERATION OF EMERGENCY BILL, $9 BILLION IN NEW REACTOR LOANS, Nuclear Information and Resource Centre, 28 May 2010, About 3 pm yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee suddenly postponed its scheduled 5 pm meeting to consider the emergency supplemental funding bill, which right now includes a provision that would allow $9 Billion in new taxpayer loans for nuclear reactor construction.

The meeting has not yet been rescheduled, but will take place after the Memorial Day recess; most likely the week of June 14.

Many Appropriations Committee members apparently didn’t even realize the nuclear loans are in this bill. And because of the way they are described–as $90 million for nuclear and $90 million for renewables under the byzantine Congressional budgeting procedures–some members may not have understood that translates into $9 Billion in taxpayer loans for new reactors.

May 29, 2010 Posted by | politics, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AREVA’s uranium enrichment plant a danger to Idaho’s groundwater

Areva uranium enrichment plant in Idaho would threaten aquifer, Beyond Nuclear, 28 May 2010, The $2 billion in federal loan guarantees just awarded to Areva by the U.S. Department of Energy for a new uranium enrichment plant in Idaho, will produce depleted uranium (half-life of 4.5 billion years) and will threaten the Snake River Aquifer, say leaders of the Snake River Alliance.

Areva plans to build a new uranium enrichment plant “on the upstream end of the Snake River Aquifer a few miles east of the Idaho National Laboratory,” stated the Alliance in a press release. “INL’s nuclear activities have already contaminated the aquifer and have left substantial radioactive waste behind. Addressing these environmental challenges has already cost billions of taxpayer dollars and will continue for decades”. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | USA, water | , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

American Indians against new uranium mining

“Our Navajo communities rely on the groundwater for everything. These new projects could contaminate the source of drinking water for 15,000 Navajo community members,”

Navajo Activists Protest Uranium Mining Plans, May 28, 2010, warresisters By Bruce Finley, The Denver PostUranium-mining leaders and federal regulators poised to fuel a resurgent nuclear power industry gathered in Denver on Wednesday,…outside the conference Wednesday, American Indian demonstrators with drums and signs demanded a halt to all new uranium mining on Navajo land, where federal regulators have permitted several projects. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Egypt to invest hugely in renewable energy

Egypt Government to Invest in Wind, From $110 Billion Renewable Energy Budget  Green Prophet,  May 28, 2010 The Egyptian government has announced plans to generate 1,000 megawatts of wind power this year. Speaking at the energy forum for the Middle East and North Africa 2010, Egypt’s Electricity Minister Hassan Younis said that the country is ready to increase its capabilities in alternative energy projects by 2027. He said the planned projects are estimated to cost the government around $110 billion. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | Egypt, renewable | , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Stop enriching uranum – U.N. Secretary General urges Iran

UN Secretary-General Ban urges Iran to desist uranium enrichment to 20%, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) 29 May 2010, – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Iran on Friday to end its continued efforts to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity, the UN News announced.Ban said that if Iran stopped its uranium enrichment it would build a mutual trust over the Iranian nuclear program which the Asian country claims is for purely peaceful energy production but that many nations, and mainly the U.S., see that as an effort to obtain atomic weapons.“I have been repeatedly urging to the Iranian authorities that they have to clear their nuclear program, that it is exclusively for peaceful purposes, and it is not meant for military purposes, and they should fully comply with the relevant Security Council resolutions,” Ban said.Iran continued with its uranium enrichment process even after it agreed to ship low-enriched uranium out of the country in exchange for high-enriched uranium for use at a civilian nuclear research site. UN Secretary-General Ban urges Iran to desist uranium enrichment to 20%

May 29, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

Israel denying its history of nuclear deal with apartheid South Africa

Israel defiant amid nuke controversy, Tribune uk,“……..Israel has struggled to dismiss documentary evidence that it tried to sell nuclear weapons to the white South African régime in the 1970s by Bernard PurcellFriday, May 28th, 2010 Israel this week defended itself against what appears to be the first, long-awaited documentary proof of the widely-held belief that it offered nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime of South Africa in 1975.The indignant denial by President Shimon Peres, through his spokeswoman, came within days of the re-imprisonment of nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu on charges of breaching state security. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | Israel, politics international | , , , , , | Leave a comment

North Korea sending nuclear missile technology to Syria

North Korea “has continued to provide missiles, components, and technology to certain countries including Iran and Syria … (and) has provided assistance for a nuclear program in Syria,

U.N.: North Korea Is Exporting Nuclear Missile Technology Fox News, May 28, 2010| Associated Press UNITED NATIONS North Korea is exporting nuclear and ballistic missile technology and using multiple intermediaries, shell companies and overseas criminal networks to circumvent U.N. sanctions, U.N. experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | North Korea, weapons and war | , | Leave a comment

Europe might have a strategy for limiting North Korea’s nukes

In contrast to Washington, the EU has adopted a different stance towards North Korea over the past decade, which encompasses critical engagement while encouraging the regime to change. The EU has put its money where its mouth is, with almost €500 million of assistance over this period.

Crisis in North Korea: it’s going nuclear, Tribune, uk, , With Korea on the brink Europe could have a key role to play in defusing a ticking time bomb, by Glyn Ford , May 28th, 2010 No one can be unaware of the ongoing standoff on the Korean Peninsula that threatens to become a global crisis with weapons of mass destruction available to both sides. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | North Korea, politics international | , , | Leave a comment

One Australian Aboriginal thwarts AREVA’s uranium mining plans

”Jeffrey Lee has put country and culture ahead of personal profit and his vision means this magnificent place will be protected for all people and all time,”

Owner wants uranium-rich land to be added to Kakadu, Sydney Morning Herald, LINDSAY MURDOCH IN KAKADUMay 29, 2010 The world heritage-listed Kakadu National Park will be expanded to include thousands of hectares of ecologically sensitive land that contains uranium worth billions of dollars. In a generous act, the Aboriginal traditional owner, Jeffrey Lee, has offered the land to the federal government so that it can become part of Kakadu, where he works as a ranger. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, indigenous issues | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment