Iran claiming that U.S. kidnapped nuclear scientist
Iran presses case of nuclear scientist it says held in US By Jay Deshmukh, Google hosted news, (AFP) – 10 June 2010, TEHRAN — Iran said Tuesday it will use legal channels to secure the release of its nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who in a video clip screened on Iranian television channels said he was kidnapped by US agents.Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the film confirmed Tehran’s charges that Amiri had been “kidnapped by US and Saudi intelligence services.”But Washington denied the accusation…………. Continue reading
Photos of infant victims of depleted uranium – Afghanistan
VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN |AajMedia News VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AajMedia News by Abasin Khan Sharzai June 13th, 2010 These photos of newly-born infants have been taken by Dr. Mohammad Daud Miraki, a well-known Afghan researcher, anthropologist, sociologist and scholar. He visited Afghanistan to find out about the situation after the American invasion of Afghanistan. The deformed infants are the result of the uranium munitions used by American troops and bomber aircrafts all over Afghanistan Continue reading
Residential wind power – cheap, efficient, clean
Already many homeowners all over the world are using wind generators to produce power.
(UK) Residential Wind Power Systems, By: George Moss, Viral Socialite. 14 June 2010 High energy prices coupled with a desire to use more green energy resources has fueled an increasing interest in wind energy. Unstable energy supplies and an ever growing uncertainty among homeowners has caused a tremendous amount of desire to explore developing residential wind power generation systems Continue reading
Iran’s pressure on Russia for defense systems against Israel
Iran Demands Russian S-300s to Make It ‘Invincible’ to Israel, BusinessWeek, by Henry Meyer June 13 (Bloomberg) — Russia must honor a contract to supply S-300 air-defense systems, an Iranian lawmaker said.“Russia should abide by agreements made between the two countries and deliver the system to Iran,” Continue reading
Scotland and Wales go for renewables, not nuclear energy
Who wants nuclear power? Not Wales, or Scotland….they want renewables environmentalresearchweb, 13 June 2010, The Welsh Assembly Government’s new Energy Policy Statement ‘A Low Carbon Revolution’, sets out an approach to accelerating the transition to a low carbon energy economy in Wales, focusing on efficiency measures and the use of indigenous renewable forms of energy such as marine, wind, solar and biomass. It claims that by 2025 around 40% of electricity in Wales could come from marine sources and a third from wind……. Continue reading
Obama is beholden to toxic nuclear industry
Obama’s Nuclear Dreams: Resurrecting a Noxious Industry, t r u t h o ut , 13 June 2010, He may soon be called the nuclear industry’s Golden Child. No president in the last three decades has put more taxpayer dollars behind atom power than Barack Obama. And there may be good reason why the president is salivating over the prospect of building new nuclear power plants around the country….. Continue reading
Inspection of mysterious shutdown of nuclear plant
Reactor shutdown prompts inspection at Surry nuclear plant. The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg Virgini, June 12, 2010 SURRY — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has dispatched a Special Inspection Team to the Surry nuclear power plant. The team is reviewing a June 8 trip that prompted a shutdown of the reactor.According to the NRC, a Unit 1 electrical bus failed while plant employees were performing maintenance. That loss of power to some components caused the Unit 1 reactor to automatically shut down. There were several complications associated with that shutdown, including loss of power to some components, loss of some instrumentation and control room indications, and a small fire in a cabinet in the control room.
USA’s problem with Jordan’s nuclear power plans
Jordan’s Nuclear Ambitions Pose Quandary for the U.S. WSJ.com – By JAY SOLOMON SAWAQA, Jordan—The Kingdom of Jordan is in a sprint to become the Arab world’s next nuclear power. And America wants to help it succeed. U.S. and Jordanian officials are negotiating a nuclear-cooperation agreement that would allow American firms to export nuclear components and know-how to the Mideast country, America’s closest Arab ally in the volatile region…. it’s a partnership that puts the Obama administration in a bind: It is trying to make good on its pledge to promote greater civilian use of atomic energy, without angering Israel and risking a Mideast arms race. Continue reading
Queen Noor promoting “Global Zero” in USA
Queen Noor Aims To Reach The World On Nuclear Proliferation Through “Countdown To Zero” Thaindian News, June 14, 2010 “….Queen Noor of Jordan; the widow of King Hussein is one of the chief brains behind the concept of “Countdown to Zero” a documentary which deals with the alarming topic of nuclear bomb proliferation. The Queen was attending the lunch at the Beverly Hills “Four Seasons Hotel” as the founder member of “Global Zero”. As a matter of fact “Global Zero” happens to be a movement which aims at phasing out all nuclear weapons all around the globe.
Queen Noor Aims To Reach The World On Nuclear Proliferation Through “Countdown To Zero”
Utah will suffer, if “blended” radioactivity is allowed
Nuclear cocktail, Don’t blend radioactive wastes, Salt Lake Tribune : 06/11/2010 0 If you combine hamburger and soy beans and call it a vegetable burger, you’re doing vegetarians a disservice. The meat is still part of the patty.Likewise, if the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows the nuclear industry to blend assorted low-level radioactive wastes to achieve a mix that unfairly qualifies for disposal in the Beehive State, Utahns will be done a disservice. Like meat in a fake vegeburger, the hotter wastes that we prohibit would still be a part of the mix.
State regulators and elected leaders have made it crystal clear through statute, rules and speech that Utah is only willing to accept Class A waste, the most benign category. The NRC should honor that wish instead of trying to foist hotter Class B and C wastes on the state through blending. But that’s the effort afoot, as the NRC contemplates a policy change that would benefit the nuclear power industry and Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions — at Utah’s expense.
Inida’s nukes planned for populated areas, despite poor radiation safeguards
Radiating error, THE WEEK, Mayapuri incident exposes chinks in the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s armour. By Payal Saxena, June 12 India plans to have 20,000MW of nuclear energy by 2020 and triple that by 2032—an ambition that would translate into 31 nuclear reactors in all. Most plants are planned in areas with high population density, Continue reading
BHP’s (World’s soon to be Biggest) Uranium Mine ‘manipulating’ records
Roxby’s radioactive risk, The Independent Weekly. HENDRIK GOUT04 Jun, 2010 Mining giant BHP Billiton is risking the lives of its staff and employees at Olympic Dam in South Australia by exposing them to unsafe levels of radiation, according to a company whistleblower.Documents received by The Independent Weekly say BHP Billiton has been warned about the risks, and has chosen to take no action. The documents show BHP Billiton uses manipulated averages and distorted sampling to ensure its “official” figures slip under the maximum exposure levels set by government. Continue reading
Spectre of nuclear testing again raised in Nevada
Candidates in Senate race sound off on nuclear testing, ksl.com -May 20th, 2010 By John Hollenhorst SALT LAKE CITY — A surprise issue has emerged in Utah’s U.S. Senate race: testing of nuclear weapons in Nevada. Continue reading
“Blending” of radioactive wastes will avoid safety requirements
“blending” would allow utilities, processors, and waste disposal sites to avoid existing environmental and safety requirements for how they dispose of the hotter waste……….the new “blended” waste has significantly higher concentrations of radioactivity than the typical lowest level radioactive waste…..
In the past year, state governments have also had to deal with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s reclassification of Depleted Uranium (which becomes more radioactive over time) as Class A waste.
Obama Administration Should Say “No” to Blending Radioactive Waste, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joseph DiCamillo, 12 June 2010, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will consider whether to allow for the first time nuclear waste processors to “blend” higher level radioactive waste with the lowest level radioactive waste at a hearing on June 17. Continue reading
$600 billion in global subsidies to fossil fuel industries
What will it take to create a level playing? Just how much do governments spend on fossil fuels anyway? Thanks to a new report by IEA, http://www.iea.org/files/energy_subsidies.pdf , we now know the number is $557 billion worldwide as of 2008.
Time to come clean on energy subsidies? Renewable Energy World, Elisa WoodJune 11, 20100 Time to come clean on energy subsidies?What you don’t know will hurt you. That’s the message in Michael Lewis’ new book, “The Big Short,” which traces today’s worldwide economic downturn to a single problem: the secretive nature of prices in the subprime mortgage bond markets.
What’s this got to do with energy? Our industry has its own opaque corners that can cause widespread damage. This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) is attempting to focus light on a big one: energy subsides for fossil fuels. Continue reading
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