2010 July 03 « nuclear-news

Coastal nuclear plants endangered by sea level rise, and oil spills

the NUCLEAR INDUSTRY and CLIMATE CHANGE – our focus for July 2010

NUCLEAR POWER and SEA LEVEL RISE – All reactors on sea coasts endangered by sea level rise

They are also endangered by accidents such as OIL SPILLS, which can affect their cooling safety sytems

July 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | antinuclear, climate change, global warming, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, reactors, uranium, water | 1 Comment

Russia’s Rosatom nuclear corporation now in control of Uranium One

Uranium One gives up control, FINANCIAL POST, June 2010, The company has negotiated a complex deal in which it will hand over a controlling stake of at least 51% in itself to the state-owned Russian uranium companyJSCAtomredmetzoloto (ARMZ). It is a subsidiary of Rosatom, the world’s biggest integrated nuclear firm… Continue reading →

July 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

Renewable Energy can overcome its hurdles

The Four Hurdles of Renewable Energy. CALFINDER , 2 July 2010, American Electric Power CEO Michael Morris is all too familiar with the challenges of incorporating renewable energy into the existing industrial framework. But he believes that the largest of these hurdles can be overcome with sound planning for the future. Here’s what he has to say Continue reading →

July 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, renewable | climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, renewable energy, renewables, solar, wind | Leave a comment

Uranium market stays down, USA govt sells old weapons fuel

Scope for medium term gains in uranium prices, July 02, 2010, by Dorothy Kosich (Mineweb) “……..spot uranium prices continue to trade at low ebb, …”Prices continue to be dampened by a low level of ‘uncovered utility requirements in the West, concern over further production gains in Kazakhstan and the barter of U.S. Department of Energy UF6 inventory to pay for an environmental cleanup at a closed Ohio uranium enrichment plant,” Mohr advised.The announcement of a DOE barter sale to USEC Inc., a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, was blamed for the beginning of a uranium price decline a year ago. The sale will end in the third quarter of this year. However, Mohr said U.S. Energy Secretary Chu intends to sell additional federal uranium inventory under another program.

Proactive Investors (AU) – Scope for medium term gains in uranium prices

July 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, uranium | Leave a comment

The world’s most dangerous project – Russia’s floating nukes

their flexibility also brings a phalanx of new risk considerations to the nuclear bargain — particularly one like this that’s designed to change locales. No surprise then that Greenpeace Russia has dubbed the Akademik Lomonosov the world’s most dangerous nuclear project in a decade…

Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant, EEE Spectrum, 2 July 2010, Russian nuclear engineering group Rosatom launched the world’s first floating nuclear power plant Wednesday, Continue reading →

July 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, reactors | Leave a comment

USA soldiers and depleted uranium – the problem continues

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The Stark Raving Viking: Using Depleted Uranium Munitions, a War Crime? July 02, 2010 Radioactive, fragmenting, incendiary, radioactive munitions have been used by the US since the first Gulf War. There seems to be no official US regard for the health of US Troops and citizens of the world. Continue reading →