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USA’ Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Wastes – stupid or what?

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You gotta have a little laugh at the way they do the nuclear thing in the USA.

USA has more nuclear reactors than anybody, also more nuclear weapons, and as a result – more radioactive wastes.  All over the place. The federal government has been getting sued by States – for not disposing of the old wastes.

Yet – USA keeps on making new nuclear wastes – from its increasingly aging, dangerous and decrepit nuclear terrorism targets (correction – I mean nuclear energy plants).

Blind Freddy could tell that the thing to do is to STOP MAKING THE STUFF.  But – what does the USA government do, when setting up a grand panel to find out what to do with its EXISTING mountains of waste?

Do they consider the option of just shutting down the industry, and not making any new radioactive wastes? Oh no –  they title the new gee whiz panel –  the Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future? Optimism?  or just plain stupidity?  Or – in the pockets of the  nuclear lobby?

 

January 2, 2011 Posted by | Christina's notes | Leave a comment

Energy efficiency, renewable energy, prospects looking good for 2011

Specifically, energy efficiency (including smart grid technologies) will play the largest role in 2011,..the recovery of global economy suggests a further increase in oil prices, which in turn will lead to greater competitiveness of renewable energies.

Favourable forecast for renewable energy markets in 2011 , Reve, January 02, 2011 Energy efficiency will be the main sector in the coming years, though the renewable sector (wind energy, solar power) will equally increase, especially in China, with good opportunities also for Western industries. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

Untested nuclear reactors for earthquake zone in India

The concerns raised by the TISS report are all the more worrying given the fact that the nuclear reactors Areva will supply are of an untested and problematic design

Rethink Jaitapur’, DECCAN HERALD, 3 Jan 2011, ‘Biodiversity of Madhban plateau will be lost.”There is sufficient reason for the government to reconsider its decision to set up a nuclear power park at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. A social impact assessment conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) confirms what experts and activists have been saying for a while: the proposed nuclear power park will have “huge negative impact on social and environment development.” Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | environment, India | Leave a comment

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