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Things just keep getting worse for the nuclear industry

..Between Vienna and labor woes, its enough to make an Israeli nuclear official wish for something more manageable, like a plague of locusts
Worldwide Nuclear Industry Woes Deepen The year 2011 will go down for the nuclear industry worldwide as an annus horribilis. Minyanville, By Oilprice.com Jun 29, 2011 Add an Israeli nuclear plant work stoppage to Fukushima and the flooding Missouri River, and it paints a grim atomic picture. Continue reading →

July 2, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Ricky Thomason lists the safety failures of TVA’s nuclear power plants

We’re playing with a nuclear Beelzebubba, HUNTSVILLE, Alabama _ We are playing with the devil’s own fire – but the devil ain’t playing, and even if he were he plays for keeps.Al.com By Ricky Thomason , July 03, 2011, 

That’s easy to forget when the Tennessee Valley Authority warms and cools our homes and powers industries that buy our groceries. It’s also easier kept out of sight and mind when powerful nuclear energy concerns downplay, minimize, hide and deny clear and present dangers. Mama Nuke rocks us sweetly with low energy prices and soothes, “Shhhhh – everything is all right. TVA will save the day. Go back to sleep.”….. Continue reading →

July 2, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Persistent lying by governments, regulators, and nuclear power companies

true in America and elsewhere – governments, regulators, and power companies suppressing vital truths, instead of shutting down inherently unsafe plants, making all of them ticking bombs. 

Lies, Damn Lies, and Safe Nuclear Power – by Stephen Lendman, 1 July 11 
“……..Anti-nuclear activist/expert Professor Karl Grossman agrees, calling “Atomic Energy: Unsafe in the Real World” in his June 29 article, saying: Continue reading →

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Nuclear weapons goal of new al-Qaeda leader

New al-Qaeda Chief Zawahiri Has Strong Nuclear Intent,  Forbes, 29 Jule 11“………We should be especially worried about the threat of nuclear terrorism under Zawahiri’s leadership. In a recent report titled “Islam and the Bomb: Religious Justification For and Against Nuclear Weapons”, which I researched for and contributed to, lead author Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, former director of intelligence and counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy, argues that al-Qaeda’s WMD ambitions are stronger than ever. And that “this intent no longer feels theoretical, but operational.”……

Among several important findings, Zawahiri sophisticatedly weaves identical passages, sources and religious justifications for a nuclear terrorist attack against the United States previously penned by radical Saudi cleric Nasir al Fahd. Indeed, the language used, research cited, and arguments put forth are nothing short of detailed and deliberate……
http://blogs.forbes.com/rahimkanani/2011/06/29/new-al-qaeda-chief-zawahiri-has-strong-nuclear-intent/

 

July 2, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, safety | Leave a comment

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