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Despite political turmoil, Egypt to go ahead with nuclear power

Egypt says to press ahead with nuclear tender CAIRO, March 9 (Reuters) – Egypt’s Electricity Minister said the country would go ahead with a tender for the construction of its first nuclear power plant despite recent political unrest, a government Facebook page reported on Wednesday. Egypt says to press ahead with nuclear tender | Energy & Oil | Reuters

March 10, 2011 Posted by | Egypt, politics | Leave a comment

Germany’s tax on nuclear plants biting into E.ON’s profit

E.ON Says 2011 Profit May Fall 32% on New Tax, Power Prices – Bloomberg, 9 March 11, The world’s largest utility by sales, said profit may fall as much as 32 percent this year after the German government imposed a new tax on its nuclear plants and on reduced earnings from selling power and gas.Adjusted net income, which E.ON uses to calculate its dividend, will slip to 3.3 billion euros ($4.59 billion) to 4 billion euros in 2011 from 4.88 billion euros last year, the Dusseldorf-based company said today. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization will drop to 11.2 billion euros to 11.9 billion euros this year from 13.3 billion euros in 2010, the company said……

March 10, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Germany | Leave a comment

Bad timing for Australia to decide to sell uranium to Middle East

“It’s very poor judgement and poor timing to be proposing to sell this material into the Middle East when tensions are running so high,” said Scott Ludlam, an Australia senator for the Greens, a party affiliated with the government’s minority administration and set to hold the balance of power in the country’s top legislature from July 1. Mr. Ludlam said he wants the government to publish a list of the countries Australia won’t supply with uranium……….

Australia Eyes U.A.E. Uranium Talks, WSJ.com, Edna Curran, 9 March 11, “…..Bilateral talks between the countries will focus on nuclear safeguards and the use of nuclear fuel for Abu Dhabi’s civilian power program due to be ready by 2017, according to a statement by the Australian government……… Continue reading →

March 10, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, marketing, Uranium | Leave a comment

Price dive for Uranium One’s product

Uranium One has year-end loss  The Calgary Herald March 8, 2011 . Uranium One Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss of $148.2 million on Tuesday, compared with a profit of $179.6 million in the same period a year earlier. It said the loss was due to a series of one-time expenses.
The company, based in Vancouver and Johannesburg, said the loss amounted to 24 cents a share, compared with a profit of 38 cents a share during the fourth quarter of 2009…….

March 10, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Canada, Uranium | Leave a comment

Enriched Uranium cleanup sales cause price drop in uranium

Uranium Drops 4.7% After U.S. Approves Fuel Transfers, UxC Says, Bloomberg By Jason Scott – Mar 8, 2011 Uranium prices fell 4.7 percent after the U.S. authorized transfers of the nuclear fuel to fund accelerated cleanup operations at a former enrichment plant owned by the government, according to Ux Consulting Co.Uranium-oxide concentrate for immediate delivery traded at $66.50 a pound in the seven days ended yesterday, down from $69.75 the week before, UxC said in an e-mailed report today, based on the most competitive offer tracked by the Roswell, Georgia-based company…….

March 10, 2011 Posted by | Uranium | Leave a comment

European Union to save 10 billion Euro annually, through Renewable Energy

Nine countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, and Sweden) currently expect to exceed their 2020 targets, and could therefore have a surplus available…..preliminary estimates indicate that across the economic bloc such measures could lead to 10 billion Euro in annual savings.  Image at left from Renewable Energy | Climatico

EU likely to meet 2020 renewable energy policy goals, London, England –— ESI-AFRICA.COM — 07 March 2011 – Latest figures on the progress of renewable energy in the European Union (EU) show that its 2020 renewable energy policy goals are likely to be met and exceeded, Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | EUROPE, renewable | Leave a comment

Political backing for India’s anti nuclear farmers

More than 3,000 people are taking part in the 350 km padyatra from Doliya village in Bhavnagar to Gandhinagar led by Kalsaria…..People shouted slogans like “Anu mathak moth nu mathak (nuclear plant, death plant).

Support grows for agitating farmers, The Times of IndiaVijaysinh Parmar, TNN | Mar 6, 2011, MITHIVIRDI (Bhavnagar): Farmers of Mithivirdi, Jaspara, Mandva and Khadarpar villages in Bhavnagar district who are protesting against the proposed 8,000 MW nuclear power plant have received support from Mahuva BJP MLA Dr Kanubhai Kalsaria, BJP’s farmers’ wing Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) and Youth Congress. Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | India, opposition to nuclear | 1 Comment

Secret dumping of nuclear wastes at Teesside, UK

the Ministry of Defence (MoD) cleared tonnes of hazardous and radioactive material left over after bomb blasts and transported it back to the UK, where it was dumped at Port Clarence landfill, Stockton, in 2008.

Shock at nuclear waste dumping on Teesside – Gazette Live, UK 7 mar 11, VETERANS of nuclear bomb tests carried out during the Cold War have spoken of their shock at discovering radioactive waste from the mission was dumped on Teesside 50 years later. The ex-servicemen witnessed the blasts at Christmas Island in the South Pacific first hand, and believe many veterans’ lives have been ruined by the after effects of exposure to the fallout. Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, UK, wastes | Leave a comment

Reduce Arsenals, Prevent New Nuclear States

To continue the success of the Non- Proliferation treaty it is essential the nuclear-armed states steadily work to reduce their arsenals. The leadership must come from America and Russia who together have over 95 percent of all nuclear weapons in the world.

The Most Successful Security Pact in History, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joe Cirincione, 6 Mar 11,“……….Reduce Arsenals, Prevent New Nuclear States The U.S. and other nuclear powers must uphold their end of the bargain by reducing their nuclear arsenals. If they do not, other states over time may begin to drop their commitment to not pursue nuclear weapons.Most analysts understand the essential link. The interim report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States correctly notes: Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | USA, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Chernobyl tourists warned of radiation risks

Visitors have to sign a waiver, exempting the tour operator from all responsibility in the event that they later suffer radiation-related health problems…..”it is very dangerous to be here,” ….. “There are huge holes in the sarcophagus covering the reactor,”

Chernobyl: The toxic tourist attraction – Telegraph, Andrew Osborne 6 Mar 11, “………Chernobyl itself and Pripyat, the Soviet model town that has now become a ghostly monument to humankind’s incompetence, have become ghoulish tourist attractions open to anyone ready to spend the equivalent of about £100 for a day trip. Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | environment, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Investor owned utilities increasing renewable energy in California

in aggregate, the investor-owned utilities (IOU) s will reach 20% of grid-connected renewable energy.before the end of 2012…..

CPUC Report Shows Good Progress In California’s Renewable Energy Deployment, SolarIndustryMag.com  07 March 2011 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) says its most recent compliance reports suggest that the state’s three largest investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have continued to increase their share of grid-connected renewable energy. Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | Leave a comment

Refuting misinformation on renewable energy in Tennessee

Solar energy was “very, very expensive” 10 or 12 years ago, but the price of solar has been dropping for a decade and almost every credible analyst predicts it will continue declining over the next decade, becoming cost-competitive along the way.

TVA’s talking points on renewables reveal a lack of sophistication By Sam Gomberg . Special to the Oak Ridger Mar 07, 2011 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ever notice that when TVA talks about nuclear, they just can’t help include some off-hand remark dismissing the Valley’s renewable energy resources? Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Revelations of cancer caused by radiation from Antarcic nuclear plant

Other McMurdo veterans across the US have now been revealed to have cancer………The first thing the doctors asked me was, well, that’s the type of cancer you typically get from exposure from radiation,” Boyles said.

Health fears around polar nuke leak | Stuff.co.nz, by Michael Field, 7 Mar 11, A small nuclear power plant used at McMurdo Sound near New Zealand’s Antarctic Scott Base is being implicated by US media in unusual cancers in men who worked on it in the 1960s.It has also been revealed the PM-3A nuclear power plant – known at MacTown as “nukey poo” for the way it leaked – had 438 malfunctions in its life between 1964 and 1973. Continue reading →

March 8, 2011 Posted by | ANTARCTICA, health, New Zealand, USA | 2 Comments

Unresolved questions about Iran’s possible push for nuclear weapons

Among the many unresolved issues about Iran’s atomic drive are allegations that the Islamic republic was involved in weaponisation studies — work which included uranium conversion, high explosives testing and the adaptation of a ballistic missile cone to carry a nuclear warhead.

UN atomic agency has doubts over Iran’s nuclear drive, Google hosted news, By Simon Morgan (AFP)  8 march 11, VIENNA — The UN atomic watchdog said Monday it had information that Iran may have been engaged in weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought. Continue reading →

March 7, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Restrictions imposed on anti-nuclear former judges, in India

Curbs imposed on movement of two ex-judges opposing n-plant, Sify News 2011-03-06 Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)   (IANS) Toughening its stance against those opposing the 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power plant in this Maharashtra district, the area’s collector Sunday banned two former judges and others from entering the district. Continue reading →

March 7, 2011 Posted by | civil liberties, India | Leave a comment

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