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USA tried to build a nuclear plant under frozen Greenland

The immense heat from a nuclear plant and everything it powers, combined with walls of snow?.……it’s a reminder of the lengths to which the Cold War spurred, to such a radical extent, a manic desire to outdo the enemy. Enough to build a nuclear power plant in a block of ice.

The Army’s Underground Nuclear Ice Village | Gizmodo Australia, By Sam Biddle on January 21, 2011 In 1959, the US Army began building an immense complex underneath the frozen surface of Greenland. It would be a centre of research, to the benefit of mankind! It would also be a great place to launch Cold War nukes. ….. Continue reading →

January 22, 2011 Posted by | EUROPE, history | Leave a comment

Fire in old nuclear power station in Britain

Bradwell nuclear power station hit by fire, BBC News -21 January 2011 Bradwell nuclear power station hit by fireA fire has broken out at a disused nuclear power station in Essex.Twelve fire crews were called to the blaze in a condenser unit, measuring four by six metres, at Bradwell Power Station at about 1230 GMT. Assistant Divisional Officer Neil Fenwick, of the Essex Fire and Rescue Service, said titanium rods were being broken down and caught fire.An Essex fire service spokesman said the blaze was brought under control by 1430 GMT.A spokeswoman from Bradwell Power Station said: “The immediate vicinity was made safe and evacuated and the emergency services called who then promptly extinguished the fire….. BBC News – Bradwell nuclear power station hit by fire

January 22, 2011 Posted by | safety, UK | Leave a comment

Understanding how Stuxnet computer worm was used to sabotage nuclear facility

In summary, the Stuxnet payload is a highly sophisticated, precise sabateur, that only a team of advanced programmers could have created, with access to expensive and restricted equipment.

How Stuxnet works: what the forensic evidence reveals, Telegraph, 21 Jan 2011. British security researcher Tom Parker has found evidence of two different clandestine teams of software developers at work inside the Stuxnet code. Here we detail what he found:…….. Continue reading →

January 22, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, technology | Leave a comment

Ruling again postponed on plan to ship radioactive materials through the Great Lakes

municipal politicians, First Nations and nuclear safety advocates .. worried an accident in the Great Lakes would harm the fresh water supply to 40 million people. Critics also said it would set a precedent for shipping radioactive waste through the Great Lakes.

Great Lakes nuclear shipment ruling delayed, CBC News, 21 Jan 2011, The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says it needs more time to decide whether Bruce Power can ship radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes. Continue reading →

January 22, 2011 Posted by | Canada, politics | Leave a comment

IEA hears presentation on plan for Australia to have 100% renewable energy

zero carbon emissions by 2020 is achievable using technology that is already ‘on the shelf’ and currently available.

IEA: Australia could run entirely on renewable energy within a decade, expert claims | Beyond Zero Emissions , 22 Jan 2011, Ambitious blueprint to cut out carbon emissions is presented at the Agency’s Paris-based headquartersAustralia could shred all reliance on oil, coal and gas and become entirely dependent on renewable energy sources by the end of the decade, experts at a think-tank and an Australian university claim in a report presented at the IEA’s headquarters. Continue reading →

January 22, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, renewable | Leave a comment

Paladin uranium company troubled by disruptions in Malawi

Paladin cuts uranium production forecast at Kayelekera The Australian, Ross Kelly  Dow Jones Newswires * January 21, 2011 URANIUM miner Paladin Energy today downgraded its annual production guidance after disruptions at its Kayelekera mine in Malawi……Paladin cuts uranium production forecast at Kayelekera | The Australian

January 22, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Malawi, Uranium | Leave a comment

Investment bankers predict rise in renewable energy

Clean Energy Acquisitions May Come From Strategic Backers, Bankers Say,  Bloomberg, By Andrew Herndon – Jan 22, 2011 Large companies that have already made small, strategic investments in renewable energy startups may soon start buying them outright, according to investment bankers. Continue reading →

January 22, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, business and costs | Leave a comment

India meets “brick wall” on buying uranium from Australia

Australia, India Continue Jousting on Uranium Sales, NTI: Global Security Newswire, Jan. 21, 2011 India yesterday again ran into a brick wall in its efforts to procure uranium from Australia, the Indo-Asian News Service reported (see GSN, Jan. 19).Canberra refuses to sell the material to any nation that has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, including nuclear-armed antagonists India and Pakistan (see GSN, Jan. 20). Uranium can be used to power atomic energy plants or enriched further for use in nuclear weapons….. NTI: Global Security Newswire – Australia, India Continue Jousting on Uranium Sales

January 22, 2011 Posted by | general | 1 Comment

Blue Ribbon nuclear waste commission has the power to not make things worse

Not making things worse would be a reasonable, responsible accomplishment for the “Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future”,…A nuclear “time out” -until technical problems are solved- is far preferable to an unaffordable, unsustainable and irrational “try it all over again” recommendation – one blind to the history of the proven negative consequences.

A blue-ribbon, “nuclear” bus ride Mountain Xpress,Ned Ryan Doyle, 21 Jan 2011 “….The members of the President’s Commission are talented, intelligent people handed a lofty mandate to address these problems. It’s unreasonable, however, to think they could really solve these intractable problems with policy recommendations, due in draft form July of 2011, especially when most of the proposals are from the industry and interests that profit from these ongoing problems. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

Cameco’s ship with uranium spill headed back to Vancouver

Uranium ship likely coming to Vancouver for spill cleanup, The Vancouver Sun, by Cassandra Kyle, 20 Jan 2011, The ship containing Cameco Corp.’s spilled uranium concentrate will likely be moved to the Port of Vancouver for cleanup, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says.In a regular public meeting broadcast Wednesday over the Internet, CNSC staff members did not give a timeline for the transfer of the ship or say how long the cleanup could take…… Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | Canada, safety | Leave a comment

Australia’s security in S.E. Asia a sound reason for refusing to sell uranium to India

The arms control reasons for refusing uranium sales to India are serious. The first is the damage that could be done to the NPT system…..A second reason is that Australian uranium used for power generation could free other sources of uranium for use in Indian nuclear weapons, possibly fuelling a nuclear arms race with Pakistan..

We need to strengthen, not weaken, nuclear deterrent, Sydney Morning Herald, Andy Butfoy, January 21, 2011 Australia has a sovereign right to choose its customers. REPORTS that Delhi is pressuring Canberra to sell India uranium are predictable. The arguments for selling have been well rehearsed, and vested interests have long been encouraging Australia to cash in on the opportunities being dangled before it. But to understand why, one has to go beyond the spin produced by the Indian government and the nuclear industry…. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, politics international, Uranium | Leave a comment

Canada’s taxpayers will cop the grand money loser of nuclear reactor

As with most of what happens in the nuclear power industry, the facts will likely never be known. One certainty, however, is that this is another battle over which level of government will assume most of the risk in building and refurbishing nuclear power plants.

The nuclear blowout over AECL  Financial Post, Terence Corcoran:, 19 Jan 2011, “…………A money loser on a grand scale, AECL was put up for sale by Ottawa almost two years ago. Few buyers emerged. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Canada | Leave a comment

Nuclear fuel reprocessing will leave tax-payer to pay $trillions for waste disposal

President Carter’s Executive Order banned nuclear fuel reprocessing in the 1970’s. Congress recently – and quietly – passed legislation at the behest of the nuclear industry and utilities that appears to circumvent that decision……Interestingly, by U.S. law, once nuclear waste is removed from the property of the utilities, it then becomes the problem of the federal government and tax payers, and no longer a liability for utilities and corporate shareholders…..Somewhere between two to four trillion in U.S. tax dollars has gone to the nuclear experiment, in all its forms over the decades, but now we face very real fiscal constraints.

A blue-ribbon, “nuclear” bus ride  Mountain Xpress, Ned Ryan Doyle, 21 Jan 2011 “.………It’s no secret that temporary storage facilities for high level nuclear waste at our nation’s nuclear plants are at, or beyond, design capacity. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, reprocessing, USA | Leave a comment

Ballooning $billions cost of Uranium Processing Facility

Uranium facility’s cost leaps: Y-12 officials ‘taken aback’ but defend design increases Knoxville News Sentinel, Frank Munger, 20 Jan 2011, OAK RIDGE —A lot of folks were shocked last November when the projected cost of the Uranium Processing Facility jumped from $1.4-$3.5 billion to the current cost range of $4.2 billion to $6.5 billion. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

The veil of secrecy over China’s nuclear developments

The veil of secrecy surrounding Chinese nuclear developments.

Chinese transparency needed on nuclear arms, The Hill, Nikita Perfilyev 20 Jan 2011, “……..China, however, has never disclosed the size of its arsenal. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

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