2010 July 06 « nuclear-news

Survey shows nuclear power is very unpopular

support for nuclear power still pales in comparison to renewable sources.

(UK) Nuclear power is more unpopular than we’re led to believe | Liberal Conspiracy, July 5, 2010 New polling sheds some light both on where the public stand in terms of different power options, ……At a basic level, nuclear power is currently pretty much the least popular form of power generation in the UK.1. When asked favourability towards different sources, it comes in at the bottom of the pile – Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

Hyrdogen bomb was exploded in space

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A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News

Before It’s News, 3 July 2010, Since we’re coming up on the Fourth of July, and towns everywhere are preparing their better-than-ever fireworks spectaculars, we would like to offer this humbling bit of history. Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:

A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News

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A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR

NPR, by Robert Krulwich, 1 July 2010, Since we’re coming up on the Fourth of July, and towns everywhere are preparing their better-than-ever fireworks spectaculars, we would like to offer this humbling bit of history. Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:

A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Germany: 9 billion euro revenue from tax on nuclear fuel

German MOF: Not Abolishing Plan To Impose Nuclear Fuel Rod Tax – WSJ.com BERLIN (Dow Jones), -By Andrea Thomas 5 July 2010, –-The German finance ministry Monday rejected a media report that it might scrap the proposed tax on nuclear fuel rods and raise money from an energy fund instead.”The finance ministry doesn’t disavow the nuclear fuel rods tax,” a finance ministry spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires.

………….As part of its EUR80 billion austerity package, the German government has said it plans to impose a tax on fuel rods, with proceeds seen at some EUR9.2 billion over a four-year period.Germany is in the process of gradually phasing out all of its remaining 17 nuclear reactors by around 2022….

German MOF: Not Abolishing Plan To Impose Nuclear Fuel Rod Tax – WSJ.com

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium | Leave a comment

Smaller methods of uranium enrichment bring bigger risks of nuclear weapons spread

some of the new technologies could represent proliferation game changers because they would lead to smaller, more efficient methods for production and use of nuclear materials that would be more difficult to detect,”

US physicists call for change in nuclear licensing – physicsworld.com, Peter Gwynne, 5 July 2010, The American Physical Society (APS) is urging the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to change its licensing rules over fears that smaller, more efficient ways of enriching uranium will increase the risk of nuclear proliferation. Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Nun amongst dozens arrested at anti nuclear protest

Sister Mary Dennis Lentch, a Catholic nun, has been arrested multiple times at the Oak Ridge facility. In her statement, she said, “I believe the continuing weapons production at the Y12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is in direct violation of the treaty obligations of the United States and consequently, is a violation of Article 6 of the US Constitution.”

Y-12 protest nets dozens of arrests » Knoxville News Sentinel, OAK RIDGE , 5 July 2010, – Some three dozen peace activists and a counter-protester were arrested this morning at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant during a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the initial “Plowshares” anti-nuclear weapons protest that took place Sept. 9, 1980………..It took officers who were out in force a while to arrest some of the protesters, one of whom was on crutches and presented a dilemma on how to be handcuffed. Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | 1 Comment

Move to compensate women made ill by nuclear work

women who worked in the Grand Junction offices of the former Atomic Energy Commission have been diagnosed with diseases that would be compensable under the radiation exposure compensation law and related legislation, except for the fact they were employed by the federal government,

Feds not handling women’s uranium claims, GJSentinel.com, By Gary Harmon, July 5, 2010 The clerks and secretaries who worked in the Atomic Energy Commission offices in Grand Junction during World War II and later during the Cold War handled ore samples and were frequently in and around milling products.One of them, Patie Claypoole of Grand Junction, has developed a pulmonary fibrosis, a condition for which she could receive a compassionate payment from the federal government and medical care, except for one thing. She wasn’t a miner, miller or ore hauler, three occupations compensated in the 1991 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, cancer, climate change, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

UK’s Renewable Energy Tariff a money spinner for homeowners

(UK) Making the most of the Renewable Energy Tariff’s – Better Generation, 5 July 2010, “……. how the average household could stand to gain in excess of £2000 through the latest renewable energy tariff schemes.
eed-in tariff (FiT) and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) are designed to provide a guaranteed annual return, free from income tax, of 8% on investment. Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, UK | climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, solar, wind | Leave a comment

The menace of USA’s new tactical nuclear weapons

The NPT is dead in the water because the US has now embarked on a new programme of low yield, dial up nuclear weapons that are far more efficient than any of the much larger bombs that were dropped on Japan during WW2…

Did the US drop tactical nuclear weapons on Iraq/Afghanistan – You bet, The Palestine Telegraph, Peter Eyre – Middle East Consultant – 4^th July 2010 “………Iraq 1991 – 317 Cruise missiles were launched against Iraq by 316 ships and 1 submarine Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment