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Secret radiation experiments on human patients in USA

More on Human Experimentation Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 28 Dec 10, Atomic Energy Commission Radiation Experiments. In December, 1993, Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary made a disturbing announcement: since the 1940′s, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission had been sponsoring a series of tests on the effects of radiation on the human body.

American citizens who had checked into hospitals for a variety of ailments had been secretly injected with varying amounts of plutonium and other radioactive materials without their knowledge. Most patients thought it was “just another injection,” but the secret studies left enough radioactive material in the patients’ bodies to readily induce cancer………More on Human Experimentation « Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog

December 28, 2010 Posted by | history, Religion and ethics, USA | Leave a comment

Concern in Kuwait over nuclear energy spread

“We can easily set up nuclear energy with the French company, there is no question about that, but the question is will our children still play in in safer surroundings the next 50 years? That is our concern,”

Expert advises against entry to nuclear club » Kuwait Times , : December 28, 2010  By Ben Garcia, KUWAIT: Kuwait should not embark on constructing a nuclear energy plant but is highly recommended that it try safer options like the development of wind and solar energies, Continue reading →

December 28, 2010 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST, safety | Leave a comment

Let us rejoice in the noble Stuxnet anti nuclear computer virus

The virus was set off against the Iranian nuclear threat mostly to ensure Israel’s safety and survival – but also that of all the other countries in the region

My New Friend is a Virus: Stuxnet, Philadelphia Jewish Voice,– by Annette H. Sabbah, 26 Dec 10, No, no, no… not the kind that makes us humans sick. This one is neither airborne nor contagious. Nor is it contingent on human proximity to insure high volume spreading capacity. This is one neither you nor I should fear – but rather rejoice in. Continue reading →

December 28, 2010 Posted by | Israel, technology | Leave a comment

Serbia advised not to invest in nuclear power

Serbia Takes Step Backwards on Belene,  Standart, Kristian Kosturkov , 27 Dec 10, The possible participation of Serbia as in Bulgaria’s NPP belene project as an investor has become quite uncertain.According to Serbia’s Minister of Environment and Urban Development Oliver Dulic, Belgrade’s participation in Bulgaria’s nuclear project is unreal. “Serbia’s participation in NPP belene has been discussed much less at governmental level than in the media,” Dulic said quoted by the Bulgarian news agency BTA.
To his words, Belgrade should focus on renewable energy projects, which to compensate Serbia’s energy deficit, rather than build nuclear plants in Serbia or abroad.
Mr. Dulic went on to say that Serbia’s environment ministry would oppose any possible participation of the government…Bulgaria – Serbia Takes Step Backwards on Belene – Standart

December 28, 2010 Posted by | EUROPE, politics | Leave a comment

Japanese fishermen affected by 1954 Bikini atomic bomb test

Diary of fisherman evidently affected by 1954 H-bomb test found Japan Today:  28th December, JSTKOCHI —A diary of a fisherman from Kochi Prefecture, who operated at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific following a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test, has been found, indicating he probably suffered acute symptoms caused by the test, which also hit a Japanese tuna fishing boat, the Fukuryu. Continue reading →

December 28, 2010 Posted by | general | Leave a comment