USA govt wants Twitter to reveal details on its members
There is serious concern among Mr Assange’s legal team that other internet companies, including Google and Facebook, may have buckled under the US Patriot Act and surrendered their information without contest.
US targets Twitter in bid to trap Assange, Sydney Morning Herald, Paola Totaro in London, February 15, 2011 The US government’s legal hunt for Julian Assange will
begin in a magistrates court in Virginia today when its Attorney General seeks a disclosure order on Twitter to obtain the names, dates and locations of anyone using its services to communicate with WikiLeaks. Continue reading
Concern over safety got nuclear regulator fired
Keen served as president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which shut down the nuclear reactor in Chalk River over safety concerns. The government said it had lost confidence in her and terminated her appointment.
Former nuclear regulator named to Eastern Ontario health authority By pauline tam, Ottawa Citizen February 14, 2011 Continue reading
Online freedom activists have details of nuclear-damaging Stuxnet worm
Late last month the Metropolitan police arrested and then released five people on bail, including three teenagers, it suspected of being involved in December attacks in support of WikiLeaks.
“Anonymous” claims to have Stuxnet access
Online activists say they have details of worm that delayed Iran’s nuclear programme Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, 14 February 2011 The “hacktivist” group Anonymous claims to have access to the sophisticated computer virus reportedly developed as a joint Israeli-US cyber attack against Iran‘s nuclear facilities. Continue reading
Jaitapur nuclear power electricity very expensive, and costs rising
The cost estimate, however, does not include fuel or maintenance costs, storage of hundreds of tonnes of the nuclear waste generated annually; also the cost of reactor decommissioning, which could amount to one-third to one-half of the construction cost. It also does not include the extensive additional physical security costs,
Power from Jaitapur nuclear plant won’t come cheap , Feb 14, 2011, By Alok Deshpande Mumbai DNA The electricity generated from the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) will be double, even triple the cost of electricity from coal- or gas-fired plants, according to a report. Continue reading
MOX – Britain’s failed attempt to deal with its plutonium problem
The problem is that Britain has the dubious distinction of being the world’s civilian plutonium capital, with 112 tons of it – about half the global total – almost all stored at Sellafield. It is there because, unlike in America, we “reprocess” our nuclear waste to extract plutonium. The idea was for it to power a new generation of “fast breeder” reactors, but the industry admits these are still half a century away, and so we are stuck with the stuff.
So the nuclear plant does not work, loses £90 million a year, and could be a security risk? Let’s build another, say ministers A bomb factory in our back yard, – Telegraph, UK, 14 Feb 2011, The so-called Mox plant could well go rogue, – Geoffrey Lean.
How’s this for timing? A week ago The Daily Telegraph published a confidential cable from the US embassy calling a controversial plant at Sellafield “one of Her Majesty’s Government’s most embarrassing failures in British industrial history”. Then, within days, ministers said they were minded to build another one like it. Continue reading
Egypt has never come clean about its nuclear projects
Why has Egypt never come clean about the full scope of its nuclear activities and experimentation?…..
Egypt’s Nuclear Dimension, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joe Cirincione, 13 Feb 2011, As a free Egypt transforms itself, analysts are nervously watching for signs of new nuclear ambitions. Concern revolves around three issues: Continue reading
UK govt’s underhand subsidies for nuclear industry
The groups called on the UK government to impose a windfall profits tax on nuclear power generation to clawback the potential windfall profits….The windfall to nuclear generators would follow “years of financial subsidies for nuclear energy, including a GBP10 billion public bailout of British Energy in 2002, and makes a mockery of the Coalition government’s stated opposition to any form of public subsidy for nuclear,”
Greenpeace, WWF say UK nuclear generators to get windfall profits,Barcelona (Platts), David Stellfox–14Feb2011 Greenpeace and WWF said Monday UK nuclear generators could win GBP3.43 billion ($5.48 billion) in windfall profits under government proposals to guarantee a minimum price for carbon emissions. Continue reading
UK coalition govt betraying promises on nuclear power
Firstly …transfers the huge risks associated with nuclear power to taxpayer….Secondly…planning to rig the carbon trading market in a move that will encourage the creation of nuclear power plants.”
(UK) Ministers are breaking their promise on subsidies for nuclear power, Left Foot Forward, 15 Feb 2011“……. the Coalition Agreement on nuclear power. It’s pretty clear – no taxpayers’ money for new nuclear power. Energy secretary Chris Huhne – who in opposition called nuclear power a “failed technology” – elaborated on this shortly after taking the job, telling The Times (£): Continue reading
Yucca nuclear waste dump project to close soon
Obama budget confirms end of Yucca Mountain project –Las Vegas ReviewJournal.com By Steve Tetreault Feb. 14, 2011 Continue reading
Under cover of the word “clean” US nuclear gets $36 billion
“We don’t think nuclear loan guarantees are a very good bet,” given the industry’s history of cost overruns, said Robert Cowin, a Washington representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “The $36 billion the president has proposed is excessive.”
Obama Would Triple Guarantees for Nuclear Reactors, Bloomberg, By Simon Lomax and Jim Snyder – Feb 15, 2011 President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget almost triples U.S. loan guarantees for nuclear power-plant construction, funds development of a new breed of smaller reactors and spends more on “breakthrough” energy research. Continue reading
Split in UK’s governing coalition over nuclear missile program
(UK) Coalition split on post-Trident nuclear deterrentLib Dem armed forces minister criticises defence secretary Liam Fox’s assumption of like-for-like replacement Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk, 14 February 2011 Continue reading
US Republicans choose to cut nuclear non proliferation programs
House Republicans Cut Funding That Protects Us From Nuclear Terrorism, ThinkProgress , By Max Bergmann on Feb 14th, 2011 On Friday, House Republicans put forth a “continuing resolution” (CR) to fund the government past March 4th that was filled with spending cuts.
While this came as no surprise, one focus of the cuts is causing some heads to turn. House Republicans are choosing to significantly cut the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nonproliferation programs, the sole purpose of which is to prevent terrorists from getting their hands on loose nuclear weapons and materials. While Republicans have talked about the need to inflict pain in their budget, doing so in a way that increases the risk of the nuclear annihilation of an American city is perhaps taking the pledge too far…..ThinkProgress » House Republicans Cut Funding That Protects Us From Nuclear Terrorism
No reliable cost estimates for new USA nuclear weapons
GAO Report Challenges Nuclear Weapons Spending Spree » FAS Strategic Security Blog By Hans M. Kristensen, 14 Feb 2011, At a time when the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is asking Congress to authorize billions of dollars to modernize Continue reading
Stuxnet computer attack on Iran’s nukes came in three waves
Report: Stuxnet virus was supposed to infect 5 Iranian nuke sites – Israel News, Ynetnews, 13 Feb 2011, “…..the attack on Iran’s computer systems began a year earlier than previously thought. Continue reading
Nuclear power not cost effective for the Philippines
Nuclear power deemed not a viable option for Mindanao, BusinessWorld, 13 Feb 2011, DESPITE THE NEED to look beyond hydro power as a source of electricity for Mindanao, there is just not enough demand on the island to justify the cost of building a nuclear plant there, the top executive of a major power producer told reporters late last week. Continue reading
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