India’s Kudankulam nuclear project halted
Work halts at Kudankulam, The Hindu, T. S. SUBRAMANIAN 4 Nov 11,Personnel unable to enter plant: AEC chairman Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu has “halted” because the plant personnel are “unable to go inside” and this situation has arisen “when we need several thousands of people to work inside during the last phase of work” of commissioning of the first reactor there, said Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. Continue reading
India’s top nuclear scientist wants a stop to nuclear power programme
India does not need nuclear energy: Top scientist, Nov 3, 2011, By Kumar Chellappan Chennai DNA One of the pioneer nuclear scientists in the country says that India can very well suspend its entire nuclear programme. “It is true that we have spent thousands of croresof rupees to set up nuclear power plants. But we will be forced to spend thousand times more than that in the eventuality of a nuclear disaster,” said Dr MP Parameswaran, former scientist of the Atomic Energy Commission. Continue reading
The $64 billion question – 3 reasons why Japan should nationalise TEPCO
Japan’s nuclear conundrum, The $64 billion question, Once the Fukushima nuclear plant is stable, the government should temporarily nationalise its operator The Economist Nov 5th 2011
The government should act fast to nationalise Tepco and hold it temporarily in public ownership as it clears out the old management and oversees the clean-up. Then it should reprivatise a thoroughly reformed utility. Three reasons argue for Tepco to be nationalised. Continue reading
Taiwan’s President Ma contradicts himself on nuclear power shutdown
Ma’s promises on energy policies — advocating commercial operations for the fourth nuclear plant, and in the meantime offering that the government would rather sacrifice the power plants than allow nuclear disasters to happen — sound tempting, but are completely contradictory, DPP’s presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, proposed, yesterday.
Ma’s government had only promised to give up on the use of nuclear energy when natural disasters strike, but by then nothing done could relief the calamity that had taken place, Tsai argued.
Existing nuclear plants to be shut down: MaThe China Post, 4 Nov 11President Ma Ying-jeou promised yesterday that the licenses of the existing three nuclear power plants will not be renewed after they expire, and if the fourth power plant begins stable operations before 2016, early shutting down of the first nuclear power plant will be considered Continue reading
Florida schools save money while kids manage mini solar power plants
The systems also will be used year-round to save schools an estimated $1,200 a year in electricity costs. Schools are already thrilled with the educational prospects.
the newest program has created several much-needed small-business and contractor jobs.
Solar power is coming to a school near you, $10 million federal project will be educational, ease utility costs By Erica Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, November 3, 2011 Schoolchildren across Florida will soon be managing mini solar-energy power plants this fall designed to ease utility costs, educate kids and supply campuses with power during natural disasters. Continue reading
Japanese fears on radioactive debris
Radiation fears behind debris refusals / Remaining refuse may cause secondary damage, hinder reconstruction efforts, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 4 Nov 11 The start Wednesday of shipments of debris from the Great East Japan Earthquake to Tokyo, the first destination for such refuse outside the Tohoku region, was a long-awaited first step toward wider disposal of the wreckage.
However, an Environment Ministry survey released Wednesday showed that only 54 local governments and garbage-disposal unions, less than 10 percent the figure in a previous survey, were considering accepting debris from disaster-hit areas. Continue reading
USA Republican presidential candidates’ opposing each other on nuclear wastes
Candidates can’t come to Nevada, which is fifth in line with its Feb. 4 caucus, without being quizzed about how they feel about the state becoming the nation’s nuclear dumping ground.
Nuclear waste politics seep into Republican presidential race, Oregon Live.com , November 03, 2011, By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian The Reno News & Review provides a useful summary of the politics roiling around the nuclear waste issue after Republican presidential
candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry said they opposed opening a national waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
Their stance — which was perhaps not surprising since they made their statements at in a GOP debate in Las Vegas — has worried fellow Republicans in Washington and South Carolina, two other states with big nuclear waste problems that want Yucca Mountain opened. Continue reading
USA Republican politicians crusade for uranium mining around Grand Canyon
Republicans Continue Crusade To Mine Around the Grand Canyon, Think Progress Nov 3, 2011 by Jessica Goad, Manager of Research and Outreach, Center for American Progress Action Fund. Last week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced plans to withdraw 1 million acres around Grand Canyon National Park from new mining claims for 20 years. After a two-year stakeholder involvement process, nearly 300,000 public commentswere received on this proposal, 90 percent of which were in favor of the full withdrawal according to Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey. But that has only caused Republicans from both chambers to hurriedly introduce bills that would prevent the Department of the Interior from taking this action and throw open the areas to new mining. Continue reading
Support for UK’s nuclear test veterans in their legal fight for justice
Nuclear test veterans get backing, Google News (UKPA) – 4 Nov 11 Veterans minister Keith Brown has written to the UK Government, raising concerns of Scottish nuclear test veterans before the next stage of their legal battle for compensation. The UK Supreme Court has given veterans permission to further argue their right to seek damages for illnesses allegedly caused by exposure to radiation during nuclear testing.
Mr Brown led a debate in Holyrood outlining the Scottish Government’s initiatives for veterans before Remembrance Day. SNP MSP Kevin Stewart said: “I’m glad that the minister has outlined all that the Scottish Government is doing for veterans but it seems that the UK Government are failing on certain issues.
“We now have the military covenant but we still have veterans who have to fight through the courts for their rights, and I`m thinking particularly of nuclear test veterans. I wonder what the minister thinks of the fact that certain veterans have to fight the UK Government in court to get their rights.”…. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ghwZq4FalFCtciulDe5hIdBOzFCg?docId=N0436821320317726729A
UK government hypocrisy when it comes to nuclear waste dumping
Localism loses out in High Court decision, PS Public Service.co UK 03 November 2011 Campaigners from the village of Kings Cliffe near Peterborough have lost their High Court battle to overturn a decision by Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles to let radioactive waste be dumped at the nearby East Northants Resource Management Facility.
The case was seen as an example of how the government may speak of encouraging localism in one breath but in the next force communities to accept decisions that they have opposed through democratic means.
The Kings Cliffe Wastewatchers had protested at Pickles overturning local planning decisions on the low-level waste, allowing it to be dumped between now and August 2013. There were also fears that the waste disposal company Augean could go ahead with its plans to expand the site’s operation for hazardous and nuclear wastes until 2026.
Before the verdict, spokesperson Louise Bowen-West said: “We feel the [Pickles] decision is unlawful and must be stopped in order to set a precedent. I get the impression that the government thinks that because we’re a tiny community they can stamp all over us. But we plan to fight this all the way. Whatever the verdict in the case we will battle on to make sure this is stopped.”
The campaigners’ defence lawyer had said this was a “classic case of the developer obtaining, through this permission, a foot in the door for the extended landfill”. He added that the Pickles decision was unlawful and should be overturned.
UK judge rules in favour of nuclear waste dump, rejects local opposition
Kings Cliffe campaigners lose nuclear waste legal battle, The Peterborough Evening Telegraph., By Ken McErlain 3 November 2011 A decision to dump low-level nuclear waste by a village near Peterborough was upheld today
More than 50 people from Kings Cliffe travelled to the High Court in London hoping to overturn a Government decision to allow Augean to dump radioactive waste at its East Northants Resource Management Facility, in Stamford Road, King’s Cliffe.
But Deputy Judge Stewart QC upheld the decision to allow Augean to use half of the site for dumping waste up until August 2013. The judge also refused to give the campaigners permission to appeal.
Villagers had voiced fears about the environmental impact of the decision and were concerned that Augean would look to expand the site’s operation for hazardous and nuclear wastes until 2026 by using the other half of the site. Campaigners against the plans, who raised £30,000 to mount the legal challenge, said they are now considering their next move.
Campaigner Clare Langan, who travelled to London for the hearing, said: “We were very upset and disappointed to hear the verdict.“We will be meeting with our barristers in the coming weeks to see what options are available to us.”… http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/et-business/business-news/kings_cliffe_campaigners_lose_nuclear_waste_legal_battle_1_3212591
The unwisdom of a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilitiesar
the most damning case against pre-emptive over-reaction is that, for all the horror that underpins the nuclear military option, not one of the 50,000 or so warheads held by the two superpowers at the insane height of the cold war was ever fired in anger….
let’s not start any more avoidable wars …..as the cold war showed, patience works.
It’s best to play the Iranians at the long game.
Iran’s nuclear ambitions: let’s not do anything rash, Guardian UK , by Michael White 3 November 2011 Should the US seek to destroy Tehran’s atomic sites? No. The security case is not made and the risks are disproportionate….. Continue reading
South Korea’s radiation hotspot – from Japan, or from China?
The Institute of Nuclear Safety has previously reported that cesium-137 has been detected over the past 10 years in South Korea’s air and soil when so-called yellow dust blows in from China .
Radiation Hot Spot Detected in South Korean Pavement,Voice of America , November 3rd, 2011 South Korea’s Institute of Nuclear Safety says it has discovered a patch of pavement in Seoul is emitting radiation at levels 10 times higher than normal. Continue reading
USA Republicans fight for uranium mining in Grand Canyon
A House Natural Resources subcommittee held a hearing Thursday on the Republican-sponsored Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011, which would block the effort to ban uranium mining in the region.
Robert Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management, said at the hearing that the area is too sensitive to accommodate expanded mining. The Colorado River, which runs through the canyon, delivers water to 26 million people in seven states, raising the stakes for any contamination that might result from a mining mishap.
He said that a U.S. Geological Survey report evaluated 1,014 water samples from 428 sites in the region and found that about 70 sites had contamination levels exceeding the primary or secondary maximum for some elements, including uranium…
Michael Douglas joins push for Nuclear Non Proliferation
Michael Douglas and Ellen Tauscher team up for nuclear zero FP By Josh Rogin Thursday, November 3, 2011 Actor Michael Douglas has been in Washington all week to advocate for nuclear non-proliferation and funding for diplomacy in today’s budget-cutting environment. He and Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Ellen Tauscher sat down on Thursday at the State Department for an interview with The Cable.
“I’m here to see if anything can be accomplished in the area of nuclear disarmament before the elections,” Douglas said in our interview. “You get a message constantly that nothing is going to be done between now and [the election]… but I don’t think we can wait around for a year and half.”
Calling himself a “messenger of peace” in the area of disarmament, Douglas said he was “try[ing] to see if Congress won’t calm down a little bit” in its efforts to cut funding for nuclear non-proliferation programs. Continue reading
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