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Nuclear energy is not RENEWABLE, not CLEAN either

How Will Renewables Fare in a Clean Energy Standard?, SustainableBusiness.com News, 2 Feb 2011, We asked our e-newsletter subscribers what they think the ramifications will be if Congress passes a Clean Energy Standard rather than a Renewable Energy Standard (RES).A Clean Energy Standard includes all renewables, and also includes nuclear, natural gas and “clean” coal, whereas a RES only includes true renewables – solar, wind, geothermal, small hydro, ocean energy, etc……

“I think nuclear power has NOTHING to do with a clean, renewable energy future. I live in NYC, downwind from Indian Point, which should have been de-commissioned years ago. It’ caused fish kills in the Hudson, and is a terrorist target that would decimate New York…… Merideth Merideth Genin………………….. How Will Renewables Fare in a Clean Energy Standard?

February 3, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Manmohan Singh helps France, but not India, in nuclear deal

The deal between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Areva reflects a bonhomie between Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and French president Nicolas Sarkozy at the cost of Indian people and the economy. Dr Singh actually came to the rescue of the problem-stricken French nuclear industry. Apart from the tariff structure, which is a very contentious issue, silence about the safety-related expenditure aggravates the suspicion.Transparency is, historically, a casualty in the nuclear energy arena.

Cost uncertainty dogs the Jaitapur nuclear project – Mumbai – DNA, Sankar Ray , February 3, 2011 Forget about the highly questionable technology for the proposed 1,650 megawatt nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district from the French power major Areva, or even the objections of the Finnish environmental watchdog body STUK for the Olkiluoto plant, which is being replicated at Jaitapur.The fact is that nothing can prevent time overruns and, therefore, cost escalation. To date, no nuclear power project has been implemented on schedule. Continue reading →

February 3, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, India, politics international | Leave a comment

USA Republicans broad attack to stop any action on Climate Change

a broad, coordinated pro-polluter legislative assault to weaken America’s clean air standards and block climate action. …..

Clean Energy Compromise Bill, New Bills Would Completely Block GHG Regulation Moves to Permanently Block Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Sustainable Business, 2 Feb 2011, “…….11 Republican senators, led by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), introduced a bill Monday that would permanently block the Environmental Protection Agency and from regulating greenhouse gases without explicit approval by Congress. Continue reading →

February 3, 2011 Posted by | climate change, politics, USA | Leave a comment

USA’s federal government has duty to address climate change

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 leaves no doubt that it is the federal government’s responsibility to help the nation mitigate climate change. In that act, Congress declared the federal government should “use all practicable means to the end that the Nation may fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations.”……..Some argue that as we struggle to get the economy back to full strength, we cannot afford to address these problems. The reality is, we can’t afford not to……

At the Crossroads: Floods, Fires and Another Teachable Moment, THE HUFFINGTON POST, William S. Becker, 3 Feb 2011, Like the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the extreme weather events occurring worldwide offer a teachable moment on the need to address climate change. Continue reading →

February 3, 2011 Posted by | climate change, history, USA | Leave a comment

Protestors highlight storm dangers to nuclear plant

“One storm and the beach in front of Sizewell can be gone and the waves will be lapping at the foundations of the nuclear plant.”

Protest blocks Sizewell nuclear power station entrance, BBC News, 2 February 2011, Protesters dressed as fish locked themselves together and blocked the entrance to Sizewell nuclear station in Suffolk for three hours on Wednesday. Continue reading →

February 3, 2011 Posted by | opposition to nuclear, UK | Leave a comment

Jaitapur nuclear plan should be scrapped – cost and safety issues

Globally, nuclear power has exhausted its technological potential. It has a bleak future. India must stop chasing the nuclear mirage — and scrap Jaitapur!

Nuclear trouble in Maharashtra, The Daily Star, 3 Feb 2011, Praful Bidwai“…….The Jaitapur public should fear EPRs. Western Europe’s first reactor after Chernobyl, an EPR, under construction in Finland, is delayed by four years and 90% over budget.Finnish, French, British and US nuclear regulators have raised 3,000 safety issues about its design, including control and emergency-cooling systems. Given its size, the EPR will generate seven times more toxic iodine-129 than normal reactors, posing many other problems.Any design changes will add to the EPR’s capital costs, already two to five times higher than for power from other sources. Its unit power cost will be two to four times higher. Continue reading →

February 3, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, India | Leave a comment

USA nuclear industry just not financially viable, despite government promotion

”…… the economics are not in place. ”Right now, it’s stuck,” John Reed, an investment banker who specialises in nuclear projects, said. of the planned nuclear revival.

Cheap gas gets in the way of new reactors The US federal and state governments want power plants but very little construction is under way, Sydney Morning Herald,  Matthew Wald. 3 Feb 2011, In his State of the Union address, the US President, Barack Obama, proposed giving the nuclear construction business a type of help it has never had, a role in a quota for clean energy. But recent setbacks in a hoped-for ”nuclear renaissance” raise questions about how much of a role nuclear power can play. Continue reading →

February 3, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, USA | Leave a comment

Smuggling of uranium in Philippines

WikiLeaks document claims uranium smuggled out of PH, By Jerry E. Esplanada, Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/02/2011 MANILA, Philippines—A smuggling incident involving uranium, a nuclear material, took place in the Philippines in 2007, according to a cable from the US Embassy in London that was released by the online whistle-blower WikiLeaks……..
The release of the WikiLeaks files comes at a crucial moment for Philippine-US ties when the Visiting Forces Agreement is being reviewed by Malacañang…..WikiLeaks document claims uranium smuggled out of PH – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

February 2, 2011 Posted by | Philippines, secrets,lies and civil liberties, Wikileaks | Leave a comment

truly clean energy promoted by California’s lawmakers

Calif. lawmakers promote clean energy standards, San Francisco Chronicle, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press, February 2, 2011 The California Legislature’s Democratic leaders are promising quick passage of bills they say will position the state as the national leader in developing clean energy alternatives and green jobs…..Other measures would speed up permits for renewable energy projects and promote preparing students for future green jobs…..Calif. lawmakers promote clean energy standards

February 2, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | Leave a comment

Egypt, ElBaradei, and nuclear weapons

“…..Egypt’s gonna get one too, Just to use on you know who. —Tom Lehrer, “Who’s Next?”T

ElBaradei and Egypt’s Nuclear Future by Jeremy Bernstein |  The New York Review of Books, Jeremy Bernstein, 3 Feb 2011, The current turmoil in Egypt and the prospect of the collapse of Hosni Mubarak’s regime apart from everything else raise questions about the country’s nuclear program and where it might be headed. Continue reading →

February 2, 2011 Posted by | Egypt, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) closing work on Yucca waste depository

NRC moving forward with plan to close out review of Yucca nuclear waste site, chairman says, Canadian Business Online, By Frederic J. Frommer   3 Feb 2011,WASHINGTON (AP) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is closing out its work on Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a nuclear waste repository, Continue reading →

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

25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Chernobyl: 25 Years After The Nuclear Disaster (PHOTOS), THE HUFFINGTON POST, 2 Feb 2011, This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At 1:23am on April 26th, 1986, operators in the control room of Reactor #4 botched a routine safety test, resulting in an explosion, and a fire that burned for 10 days. The radioactive fallout spread over tens of thousands of square miles, driving more than a quarter of a million people permanently from their homes. …… Chernobyl: 25 Years After The Nuclear Disaster (PHOTOS)

February 2, 2011 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | 1 Comment

Testing of animals for radiation levels

Animals at nuclear sites trapped, testedPublished: Feb. 2, 2011 WASHINGTON, (UPI) –– Scientists testing for radiation at a South Carolina site where materials were refined for U.S. nuclear weapons say they’re looking at the area’s animals. Continue reading →

February 2, 2011 Posted by | environment, USA | Leave a comment

UK public’s radiation levels raised, due to medical radiation

Medical examinations raise radiation levels, Personnel Today, (UK) 01 February 2011 Greater use of X-rays over the last 10 years, including a 140% increase in CT examinations, has raised the annual radiation dose that the UK public receives, health watchdog the Health Protection Agency has concluded. Continue reading →

February 2, 2011 Posted by | health, UK | Leave a comment

Global warming IS happening

CBS ‘Early Show’ Blames Winter Storms on Global Warming NewsBusters.org Exposing and Combaing Liberal Media Bias By Kyle Drennen | February 02, 2011 Speaking to physicist Michio Kaku ….
Dr. Kaku : “… as the Earth begins to heat up, that means more moist air in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico on average. Which creates more precipitation, and eventually more snow.” Wragge followed up: “Is this going to continue?” Kaku argued: “…on average, temperatures are going to rise. Remember, last year was the hottest year ever recorded in the history of science, next to 2005, since 1880. So the Earth is heating up…..CBS ‘Early Show’ Blames Winter Storms on Global Warming | NewsBusters.org

February 2, 2011 Posted by | general | 2 Comments

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