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UK govt knowingly subjected troops to nuclear radiation

The press release was drafted ahead of Operation Buffalo at Maralinga, during which troops were ordered to crawl through areas hit by fallout. It was not meant to be made public

Top secret document reveals British troops were knowingly revealed to radiation during nuclear fallout tests – mirror.co.uk, by Susie Boniface, 2 Jan 2011, British troops WERE knowingly exposed to radiation during nuclear fallout tests, a top-secret document has finally proved. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, history, secrets,lies and civil liberties, UK | Leave a comment

Iraq cancers and birth defects from depleted uranium weapons

A July joint study by the Environmental Health and Science Ministry in Iraq also found that there are communities near the cities of Najaf, Basra and Fallujah with increased rates of cancer and birth defects since 2004………. The United States and Britain used up to 2,000 tons of this type of ammunition during the Iraq war.

Fallujah cancer spike linked to U.S. raid, Tehran Times, 2 Jan 2011, A new study concludes that the high rate of birth defects and cancer diagnoses in the Iraqi city of Fallujah is caused by weapons used by U.S. and UK forces six years ago. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | depleted uranium, Iraq, Uranium | 3 Comments

Navajo victims of uranium mining

why should they [the Navajo] be victimized from another wave of uranium mining?”

A legacy of uranium, a prayer for healing | The Salt Lake Tribune, by Judy Fahys, 2 Jan 2011, Monument Valley, Utah • The sickness in Elsie Mae Begay’s family troubled her for a long time. So she turned to a Navajo medicine man.The healer took measure of the family settlement here and told her the poison was in the dust kicked up by the wind that sometimes rips through the desert. In years to come, environmental scientists for the tribe and the U.S. government would confirm that diagnosis in their own way, saying the family was at risk from radiation left over from uranium at the Skyline Mine on the mesa above the homes…….. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | indigenous issues, USA | Leave a comment

Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future targeting South Carolina for waste dump?

South Carolina might be forced to take on an even larger nuclear waste role than it already has.

Blue Ribbon panel to tour SRS, look for solution, The Augusta Chronicle, 3 Jan 2011, Group tasked with finding answer for waste problem By Rob Pavey.In terms of nuclear issues, the eyes of the nation will be on Augusta this week as the Obama Administration’s Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future visits Savannah River Site and Augusta. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

USA’s blatant double standards on Israel’s and Iran’s nukes

The rest of the world sees it and any American in the know sees it. Here we are demanding that Iran gives up its peaceful nuclear program, which is in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel is basically giving the orders through AIPAC and its lobby in America. It is unacceptable. ……

VIDEO PressTV – Israel’s nuclear ambiguity Israel’s nuclear ambiguity, Press TV 2 Jan 2011, Tel Aviv has a position of ambiguity when it comes to its nuclear program, although the UK and former Israeli technician Mordechai Vanunu have made it clear that Israel has a large nuclear arsenal. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | 1 Comment

Nuclear Information and Resource Service faces up to nuclear lobby in 2011

(USA) Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Michael Mariotte, 1 Jan 2011 This year we’ll be facing new attempts to make taxpayers take the financial risks of new reactor construction; new efforts to put dirty and dangerous nuclear power into a “Clean Energy Standard” that would be a disincentive for investment into renewable energy; new efforts–especially by new House Energy Committee chairman (and nuclear ideologue) Fred Upton (R-MI)–to weaken EPA clean water standards so reactors like Oyster Creek and other (and potentially even new reactors) wouldn’t be forced to build expensive cooling towers or close. Continue reading →

January 1, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Portugal’s renewable energy will boost jobs and the economy

the rising g use of renewable energy could eventually mean a total of 135,000 jobs in the sector, up from 100,000 currently.

Portugal seeks to boost renewable energy use – Monsters and Critics, 31 Dec 10, Lisbon – Portugal plans to increase the proportion of energy it derives from renewable sources to one-third of the total over the next 10 years, according to government documents released Friday. Continue reading →

January 1, 2011 Posted by | EUROPE, renewable | Leave a comment

Judge postpones Texas nuclear waste dump hearing until January 13

The groups also argued the final date for receiving public comment, the day after Christmas, was a postal holiday and the deadline should have been the next business day. Wisser agreed and issued the restraining order, calling for another hearing Jan. 13.

Texas judge halts nuclear waste plan – UPI.com AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 31–– A Texas judge says he is temporarily halting plans to allow a West Texas radioactive waste disposal site to accept waste from an additional three-dozen states. Continue reading →

January 1, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Wind energy growing fast in UK

Industry on target to deliver a third of power supply within a decade Bradford Telegraph and Argus) (UK)  31st December Wind power is now providing nearly half or the UK’s renewable electricity and the country is on the verge of having ten per cent of its electricity generated from renewable sources. Continue reading →

January 1, 2011 Posted by | renewable, UK | Leave a comment

New Year’s Day friendly nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India

Pakistan, India to exchange nuclear data English.news.cn 2010-12-31  ISLAMABAD, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and India will exchange lists of nuclear installations and facilities on Saturday in spite of tension over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that has disrupted the dialogue process between the two countries.The two countries exchange the list of nuclear sites on the first day of every new year under an agreement signed in 1988 and came into force in January 1991…….. The lists will be handed over to officers of the Pakistani and Indian high commissions in Islamabad and New Delhi. This will be the 20th consecutive list exchange between the two countries.Pakistan and India conducted tit-for-tat nuclear tests in 1998. Both countries are de-facto nuclear-weapon powers…

Pakistan, India to exchange nuclear data

January 1, 2011 Posted by | India, Pakistan, politics international | Leave a comment

North Korea wants nuclear free Korean peninsula, but is building up military

NKorea promises denuclearization, better relations, Google hosted news, – 1 Jan 2011, SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it is committed to a Korean peninsula without nuclear weapons and wants to improve relations with rival South Korea. But the country also is vowing to boost its military strength.The North’s annual New Year’s message comes in the wake of its deadly artillery attack on a front-line South Korean island near the Koreas’ disputed western sea border.The message in the official state press on Saturday said confrontation between the two Koreas should be defused as early as possible…….The Associated Press: NKorea promises denuclearization, better relations

January 1, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Pregnant mothers especially harmed by depleted uranium

The report focused on metals as potential contaminating agents afflicting the city, especially among pregnant mothers.

Link between defects, weaponry possible? FALLUJAH, Iraq, Dec. 31 (UPI) –– A rise in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja could have been caused by weaponry used in U.S. assaults that took place six years ago, a report says.The report, to be published next week in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, highlights a major rise in cancers and chronic neurological, cardiac and skeletal defects in newborns at close to 11 times higher than normal rates, Continue reading →

January 1, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Adults just as vulnerable to ionising radiation as children are

RADIATION RISKY AT ALL AGES, Community Magazine, By: Dave Gordon, 1 Jan 2011, Contradicting previous studies which found that vulnerability to radiation-induced cancer diminished with age, new research now shows that the risk of developing cancer from radiation exposure among adults may be as high as the risk among younger adults and children. Research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute was based on data concerning Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb, and was used to predict cancer risk by age of radiation exposure among Americans. Cancer risk increases following radiation exposure for some types of tumors, a finding that could impact the use of X-rays and jobs requiring radiation exposure. Community Magazine

January 1, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

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