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India: Central and State govts ignoring huge anti nuclear protest

 

 

The non-violent struggle from people are not being responded to with seriousness by the state government and central government. There is a huge battalion of police personnel around Idinthakarai village.

Indefinite Fast Against Nuclear Plant in Koodankulam, By Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), 16 September, 2011,Countercurrents.org  5th day Update from Idinthakarai Indefinite Fast  Koodankulam: The 25000 people who gathered in Idinthakari village for protesting against Koodankulam nuclear plant rejects Tamil Nadu Chief Minister freebies like mixy, grinder, laptop etc

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September 17, 2011 Posted by | India, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

No confidence in Seabrook nuclear plant environmental report

“..report appears to take a page out of the environmental report of the applicant,” … “That does not generate public confidence that you are doing anything other than promoting the (nuclear) industry.”….

Locals lambaste nuke officials on Seabrook plan, Seacoast Online, By Shir Haberman, September 16, 2011  HAMPTON — Officials from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission visited town Thursday to hear public input about possible environmental effects of extending the operating license for the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant until 2050.

The report, which the agency called preliminary, concluded, “The environmental impacts of license renewal for Seabrook Station are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal.”… Continue reading →

September 17, 2011 Posted by | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

No energy security in nuclear power for South Africa

Activists slam SA nuclear decision, 2011-09-16  Environmental organisation Greenpeace has urged the Minister of Energy to reconsider the role of nuclear energy in South Africa,  Duncan Alfreds, News24, Cape Town – Environmental groups have slammed the government’s decision to build nuclear plants, saying it will not lead to energy security for South Africa.

“As for nuclear energy as being our answer to whatever Eskom thinks it will be, that’s not entirely true. If Eskom is concerned with electricity security, energy security and safe electricity supply, nuclear is not going to be able to provide that,” Ferial Adams of Greenpeace Africa told News24.
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters announced on Thursday that the building process to build new nuclear plants which would produce 9 600MW, would begin by 2012….. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Activists-slam-SA-nuclear-decisi

September 17, 2011 Posted by | politics, South Africa | Leave a comment

Sadety worries delay nuclear power in South Africa

South Africa Delays Bids for Nuclear Plants on Safety Concerns, Bloomberg By Jana Marais – Sep 15, 2011  South Africa postponed the opening of bids for its nuclear power-plant build program to next year because of safety concerns following the meltdown of reactors in Fukushima, Japan, South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the state-owned South African power utility, will be the main driver of the country’s nuclear power plants and will invite partners, Peters told reporters in Johannesburg today…http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-15/south-africa-delays-bids-for-nuclear-plants-on-safety-concerns.html

September 17, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, South Africa | Leave a comment

Nuclear Power Plant Exporters “Principles of Conduct” – ha ha!

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Excuse my laughter – I’m sure the Carnegie Endowment means well.  But in the present climate of cut-throat competition to sell nuclear reactors to anybody and everybody – before the industry collapses completely –      well, the idea of nuclear plant exporters having principles –  it’s a contradiction in terms.

Still, that doesn’t matter.  After all –  their high-flown “Principles of Conduct” are only voluntary anyway. – and they’re “not legally binding”

I see that their principles include “ethics” –  they wouldn’t know what the word means!. – Christina Macpherson

Announcing the Nuclear Power Plant Exporters’ Principles of Conduct, Carnegie Endowment, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, George Perkovich, Ariel (Eli) Levite, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 – WASHINGTON, D.C.The world’s major vendor companies of civilian nuclear power plants have agreed to apply a common set of principles in their exporting decisions and practices. Continue reading →

September 17, 2011 Posted by | marketing of nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

Iran’s call for nuclear talks is refused by USA

U.S. Rejects Iran’s Call For Nuclear Talks Payvand.com Source: Radio Zamaneh, 16 Sept, 11, The U.S. has rejected the proposal to resume nuclear talks with Iran, accusing the country of a “charm offensive” in a letter to the European Union. The U.S. says Tehran has made no new commitments to address international concerns around its nuclear program…..
http://www.payvand.com/news/11/sep/1152.html

September 17, 2011 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Nuclear proliferation- a profitable crime that goes unpunished

Nuclear proliferation is a crime that pays well. Those involved in the Khan network were made very wealthy for their efforts, and the inability of the international community to effectively punish them has resulted in a missed opportunity to provide a deterrent against future black-market salesmen.

Nuclear Proliferation: The Crime with No Punishment?, TIME,B y Eben Harrell , Sept. 16, 2011 In 2003, the seizure of sensitive nuclear equipment on a ship in an Italian port played a key role in the unraveling of a vast, international smuggling ring led by the Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan that supplied nuclear technology to some of the world’s most dangerous regimes. Prosecuting those involved in this proliferation network, however, has proved difficult. Today none of the people associated with the so-called Khan network remain in prison. Continue reading →

September 17, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Yucca Mountain nuclear dump is dead, but not yet buried

Closing down Yucca Mountain “once and for all” can happen if the DOE’s license application is denied by NRC and its decision is upheld through a final non-appealable decision rendered by a federal court, or if Congress amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and the president signs the legislation. 

Yucca Mountain is dead again, September 16, 2011  The Ely Times, By Elizabeth Crum, Nevada News Bureau In a long awaited ruling, the federal nuclear safety agency has said Nevada can close down Yucca Mountain once and for all. Or not. Continue reading →

September 17, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

Radiation danger in mushrooms in Japan

Radiation fears, shipment bans, weigh heavily on mushroom pickers, growers, Mainichi Daily News, 17 Sept 11, The ban on wild mushroom shipments from 43 Fukushima Prefecture municipalities announced on Sept. 15, paired with widespread radiation fears, is discouraging pickers from their usual mushroom-hunting trips into the woods.

The ban came after wild mushrooms containing cesium beyond the legal limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram were found in the prefecture. Tawny milkcap mushrooms containing cesium over the legal limit, meanwhile, have also been found in Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture, endangering  mushroom-picking in that region as well.

In the town of Tanagura in Fukushima, tawny milkcap mushrooms picked this month were found to contain 28,000 becquerels of cesium, or 56 times the legal limit. The town is famous for matsutake mushroom hunting between the end of September and late October each year….. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110916p2a00m0na012000c.html

September 17, 2011 Posted by | environment, Japan | Leave a comment

5,900 pounds of plutonium and highly enriched uranium cannot be tracked

 the U.S. can’t track or fully account for 5,900 pounds of “weapons usable” nuclear material that it once shipped overseas.

U.S. Can’t Track Tons of Weapons-Grade Uranium, Plutonium
Wired.com, By Noah Shachtman   September 16, 2011, President Obama has repeatedly said his top counterterrorism goal is to prevent terrorists from acquiring the building blocks to make nuclear or “dirty” bombs. Continue reading →

September 17, 2011 Posted by | safety, USA | Leave a comment

The two Koreas to discuss nuclear disarmament

Korea Envoys to Discuss Resuming Nuclear Talks, NYT, By , September 16, 2011, SEOUL, South Korea — The top nuclear negotiators from North and South Korea plan to meet next week in Beijing to discuss terms of restarting the long-stalled six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, a senior government official here said Friday. Continue reading →

September 17, 2011 Posted by | North Korea, politics international, South Korea | Leave a comment

Nuclear lobby is NOT winning its global battle for hearts and minds

the glue that has so long bound the French population to its unwavering belief in the virtues of atomic energy has begun to come unstuck.  Even the country’s nuclear security authorities concede that there is no way of ruling out a serious accident at home…..

New power plants are unprofitable Even if reactors were 100 percent safe, experts have long warned of the economic risks they pose.

Fukushima spoils world appetite for nuclear power, Deutsche Welle, : Gero Ruter, 15 Sept 2011, In the six months since the Fukushima disaster, a global survey has detected mounting opposition to nuclear energy, especially in Asia. Yet Germany remains the only country to abandon the technology to date.

Several months after the nuclear disaster in Japan, market research company Ipsos asked citizens in 24 countries how they feel about atomic energy. Continue reading →

September 16, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

France’s campaign to win public over to nuclear power

 state-controlled Electricite de France SA, the world’s biggest reactor operator, is stepping up a campaign to make the French better appreciate nuclear power……..

“French public opinion after Fukushima has become increasingly anti-nuclear,” …EDF’s efforts to reassure the French public

Just last year, there were 1,107 incidents at French nuclear plants, with 143 requiring public notification, 

France Opens Doors to Nuclear Sites to Woo Public Post-Fukushima, By Tara Patel, Sept. 16 (Bloomberg)  Every year at a weekend-long “heritage” event, France throws open doors to centuries-old castles and monuments. This year, for the first time, the list will include an unusual entry: nuclear plants. Continue reading →

September 16, 2011 Posted by | France, politics | Leave a comment

“Industrial accident” is the new wobbly word for “nuclear accident”

In a frantic attempt to decontaminate its reputation, EdF announced the explosion was ‘an industrial accident, not a nuclear accident’Does EdF, like us, think ‘nuclear’ is a dirty word? Edf’s distinction that doesn’t make sense when you consider the explosion occurred at a furnace used to burn low-level nuclear waste in a facility that also processes high-level nuclear waste. Could it be that EdF worries more about its reputation than the people it employs?

Explosion at Marcoule: nuclear industry spin hits overdrive, Greenpeace, by Justin McKeating – September 14, 2011  The first and most important thing to remember about Monday’s explosion at the Marcoule nuclear facility in southern France is that one man was tragically killed and four others were injured. Our condolences and thoughts are with their family and friends.

With this mind, the haste with which the French nuclear companies EdF and AREVA rushed out their spin in the first hours after the accident appears all the more unseemly. Continue reading →

September 16, 2011 Posted by | France, spinbuster | Leave a comment

Climate Change: US politicians bought by fossil fuel industries

Al Gore: Climate Science “Reality” Versus Republicans, Planet Ark,  15-Sep-11 Deborah Zabarenko For Al Gore, the choice is obvious: Either accept scientific reality about climate change or believe what the fossil fuel industry is paying some Republican candidates to say.

“Anti-climate lobbyists … give massive campaign contributions and they’re not shy about making it clear to the candidates they support that there’s a quid pro quo. In return for getting their money, these candidates have to pretend that they really believe this nonsense,” the longtime climate change campaigner said on Wednesday in a telephone interview.

Asked whether Republican candidates who have accepted contributions from fossil fuel industries are compelled to toe the skeptical line on climate change, Gore replied: “That is absolutely the case.” Continue reading →

September 16, 2011 Posted by | climate change, politics, USA | Leave a comment

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