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Renewable energy brings electricity to 7,000 villages in India

Access to electricity has been provided in about 7,000 villages and hamlets through renewables.

Potential of solar and other renewable energy in industrial sector, Steel Guru :, 16 Jan 2011, -Mr Deepak Gupta secretary ministry of new & renewable energy has stated that while the industry is playing a major role for production of renewable energy equipments and major manufacturing capabilities have been built up, some of the Indian companies have also achieved global leadership in some of the renewable energy areas. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | decentralised, India | Leave a comment

Nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is now out of date

if the two sides agree to do away with mutual nuclear deterrence through a legally binding, verifiable agreement, which could also form the basis for future weapons reductions. Such a step would represent a radical departure from the status quo, but its time may well have come.

Time to Put an End to MAD,  The Moscow Times, 18 January 2011By Samuel Charap and Mikhail Troitskiy “…… as long as mutual nuclear deterrence defines the relationship between the United States and Russia on nuclear issues, future arms deals will likely prove far more difficult to negotiate and be subject to even greater domestic political resistance. To change these dynamics, instead of pursuing a further round of numerical cuts, Washington and Moscow should consider using the next treaty to renounce deterrence. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | Russia, USA, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Florida electricity customers pay up in advance for building nuclear reactors

in most states, North Carolina included, utilities can’t make customers pay preconstruction costs for proposed nuclear plants. In Florida, they can….they pay in advance for a nuclear plant Progress wants to build in Levy County. …

Electricity Costs Customers More in Florida , Sunshine State News

Nancy Smith’s blog January 17, Cutomers of Progress Energy Florida pay more than the customers of its new parent company, North Carolina-based Duke Energy — and the diference is sizable. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, USA | Leave a comment

History of Congo’s atrocities tied to USA and atomic bombs

the US acquired a strategic stake in the enormous natural wealth of the Congo, following its use of the uranium from Congolese mines to manufacture the first atomic weapons, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs..

Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century,  Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |guardian.co.uk, 18 Jan 2011, The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | AFRICA, history, Uranium | Leave a comment

Virginia Coal and Energy Commission wasting $200,000 on hasty, meaningless, uranium study

It will not consider the findings of the National Academy of Sciences regarding uranium mining, milling and tailings disposal in Virginia or the volatile price of uranium. It will be a waste of $200,000.

Use NAS data to evaluate health, economic impacts | GoDanRiver.com, 18 Jan 2011, The uranium socioeconomic study initiated by the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission cannot, on its current timeline, produce meaningful results. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | Leave a comment

Only taxpayer money can save Atomic Energy of Canada’s Candu nuclear reactor business

Bruce Power Pulls out of Bidding for Atomic Energy of Canada  Nuclear Street , Jan 17 2011 Edited By Tom Lamar -According to news reports, plans to sell Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (ACEL) have hit a snag. Bruce Power has pulled out of talks to buy AECL’s troubled Candu reactor business. The reports stated that Bruce Power’s CEO told staff Friday that the company has dropped out of the bidding process.Bruce has informed Ottawa it will not pursue its bid for the country’s flagship nuclear company, more than a year after the official bidding kicked off.None of the larger reactor design companies have submitted a bid to purchase ACEL.AECL has yet to complete the design and nuclear safety certification of their Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) 1000, and sources say SNC has made it clear it will only go forward with the project with government backing…… Bruce Power Pulls out of Bidding for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Street – Nuclear Power Portal

January 18, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Canada | Leave a comment

Uranium mining lobby’s political influence in Virginia

Waiting for the NAS study? Right | GoDanRiver.com, Bill Winn, 18 Jan 2011, Just a spot check of political contributions to Del.Ward Armstrong’s “A Strong Majority” PAC reveals two donations from Virginia Uranium totaling $2,500. This suggests how widespread favors from uranium mining supporters are being distributed throughout the General Assembly. These supporters aren’t waiting for the results of the National Academy of Sciences study. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Assassination of Patrice Lumumba – the role of uranium

Congo’s production of weapons-grade uranium vastly raised the stakes for the United States, which had used Congolese uranium to build the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945…….

War-crimes charges to be filed 50 years after Lumumba’s assassinationm Google hostede news, The Canadian Press:, By Slobodan Lekic (CP) – 18 Jan 2011, BRUSSELS — Activists plan to file a civil suit alleging war crimes by a dozen former Belgian officials they say participated in the assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba 50 years ago, Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | AFRICA, history, Uranium | Leave a comment

Misleading to assume that Iran is definitely aiming for nuclear bomb

Overstating Iran’s nuclear threat hurts efforts to end it peacefully ,Yousaf M. Butt The Washington Post,  January 17, 2011 The Jan. 13 editorial “The Iranian slowdown” stated, “The challenge for the Obama administration, Israel and other allies will be to make use of that window to force a definitive end to the Iranian bomb program.”  However, there is no confirmation that such a bomb program exists. In fact, within the past year, the director of national intelligence has twice said, “We do not know . . . if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons.”

Conflating Iran’s desire for uranium enrichment – which is as useful for nuclear power as it is for weapons – with a bomb program is misleading and unhelpful in reaching a just and peaceful resolution to the issue. Overstating Iran’s nuclear threat hurts efforts to end it peacefully

January 18, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Stuxnet computer worm preventing a military attack on Iran

The chances of a military strike against Iran this year are receding because of the success of a joint Israeli-US cyber attack on the country’s nuclear facilities,

Stuxnet cyberworm heads off US strike on Iran Military option ‘less likely’ after computer sabotage, as Israeli tests are revealed on Natanz nuclear model  Ewen MacAskill in Washington * guardian.co.uk,   16 January 2011 Continue reading →

January 16, 2011 Posted by | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

USA called upon to clean up after its nuclear bomb accident in Spain

Spain has nowhere to store the contaminated soil, which will take thousands of years to lose its radioactivity…………The Palomares crash was the worst nuclear accident of its time,

Spain demands US clears earth from site of 1966 nuclear bomb mishap Obama administration is told to remove Palomares soil contaminated with half a tonne of plutonium ‘without delay’ Giles Tremlett * guardian.co.uk,  16 January 2011

Spain is insisting that the United States removes tens of thousands of cubic metres of earth still contaminated by plutonium from unexploded US air force nuclear bombs that accidentally fell in the 1960s. Continue reading →

January 16, 2011 Posted by | environment, Spain | Leave a comment

Pathetic video advice on what to do in nuclear attack

VIDEO Protect and Survive nuclear war videos are chilling in their mundanity Protect and Survive nuclear war videos are chilling in their mundanity, 109, 17 Jan 2011, This is one of a series of videos made in the 1970s and 80s called Protect and Survive, to tell people how to cope with a nuclear attack on Britain and its aftermath. Continue reading →

January 16, 2011 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Increasingly grim outlook for nuclear industry in North America

Why the U.S. nuclear industry’s ambitions are at risk of going up in smoke – The Globe and Mail, 17 Jan 2011, North America’s much-touted nuclear revival is in jeopardy, but it is not environmental and safety concerns that are undermining it. The industry is finding it increasingly difficult to make the economic case in both Canada and the United States. Continue reading →

January 16, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, NORTH AMERICA | Leave a comment

Finger on nuclear death button, feet in bunny slippers

Death Wears Bunny Slippers: Life Inside a Nuclear Missile Silo, Neatorama, by John Farrier, 16 Jan 2011, Various sources around the Internet indicate that this awesome unit patch worn by some USAF ballistic missile crews is completely real. Comfort, as well as anything that relieves boredom, is highly prized. That’s why many airmen wear Snuggies while manning the missile platforms. Death Wears Bunny Slippers: Life Inside a Nuclear Missile Silo

January 16, 2011 Posted by | USA, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Nuclear company up on fraud charges

Nuclear power company fights SEC fraud accusations | KTVB.COM, 16 Jan 2011, BOISE — A nuclear energy company with its sights set on building a plant in Idaho is now fighting a complaint filed against it last month. In December, the Security and Exchange Commission accused Alternate Energy Holdings Incorporated (AEHI) of fraudulently raising funds to build a $10 billion nuclear power plant in Payette County. As a result, AEHI’s funds have been frozen……

In court documents the Commission says, among other things, AEHI fraudulently inflated the price and volume of its stock using false press releases and stock promoters in order to attract investors. Additionally, the Commission says AEHI employees secretly sold off company stock and funneled the money back to the CEO….

January 16, 2011 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | Leave a comment

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