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USA and Japan want Mongolia as toilet for their nuclear wastes

So for now US, Japan will humbly ask Mongolian people to please let us use your toilet in exchange to their uranium which is said to last for another 80 years only, not for 100,000 years. 

MONGOLIA – Our Nuclear Waste Disposal Site? For US and Japan, ALLVOICES, Ulaanbaatar : Mongolia | Jul 21, 2011, BY northernlight Kyodo Japan reported on July 18 that Mongolia-US-Japan drafted the pact for the ‘comprehensive fuel services’ in which Mongolia supplies uranium and nuclear fuel to other countries (such as US and Japan) and receive the nuclear wastes

Nuclear Power Plants are liken to ‘Condos without toilets.’ Continue reading →

July 22, 2011 Posted by | ASIA, Japan, USA, wastes | 1 Comment

A nuclear cost chain reaction – explosively expensive

So, the construction of nuclear is stalling and the costs are rising. Contrast that with renewable energy, where installations are surging, and most of the technologies are coming down in price as they mature and reach scale....

Nuclear power’s real chain reaction: spiralling costs, The Guardian (UK) Damian Carrington, 22 July 11, Time is money, they say, and the new nuclear power plant being built byEDF at Flamanville in France is now at least four years behind time and €2.7bn over budget. EDF blamed the delay on two fatal construction accidents and dealing with safety analyses prompted by the Fukushima disaster. Continue reading →

July 22, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, France | 1 Comment

The finish for Japan’s nuclear industry

Video http://www.presstv.ir/detail/190032.html—    Analyst: Japan’s nuclear industry is finished, Michael Penn, Press TV, Tokyo, 20 July 11, At one level, it seems that a fierce political struggle is now developing over the future of nuclear energy in Japan. While the prime minister has outlined a non-nuclear vision for his country, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party is moving toward a political position defending the need for Japan’s nuclear power plants to remain in operation-albeit with stricter safety regulations.

Many big business groups say that keeping nuclear power is the only realistic policy, but others point out that political conditions now make such an idea impractical.
How can Japan run nuclear power plants, Mr. Hosono suggests, if no local communities will have them? …
Another problem that officials point out is that existing nuclear power plants will have to undergo much stricter monitoring of their safety standards, and they will be required to make much greater efforts to assure the government and people that they can continue operating without posing an unbearable public threat.
Some older power plants, under such watchful eyes, could very well fail the strict new safety tests and be closed. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/190032.html—

July 22, 2011 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Corruption in nuclear industry: “Books are being cooked” on Fukushima

As we have reported in the past, the NRC and the nuclear industry are riddled with corruption on par or above the oil cartels.

Nuclear Whistleblower “Books Are Being Cooked” Fukushima In America Will Happen, Examiner.com 22 July 11, A longtime nuclear whistleblower, as well as a new report from the nuclear watchdog agency, have shed light on some startling flaws at The Watts Bar Nuclear plant in Spring City, Tennessee. Continue reading →

July 22, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Stop shipments of nuclear wastes, say Caribbeans

Caribbean objecting to nuclear waste shipment, Bloomberg, 21 July 11, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Caribbean officials are calling for an immediate halt to a European shipment of reprocessed nuclear waste that will pass near the islands on its way to Japan. They contend the practice poses a major risk.

Caribbean Community spokesman Leonard Robertson says regional officials have been told by British authorities that the shipment of radioactive waste will be soon. He says they gave no specifics about the vessel for security reasons.

Waste from Japanese nuclear reactors has for years been sent on specially equipped ships to Britain and France for reprocessing, then returned for storage in Japan….http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9OK9ARO0.htm

July 22, 2011 Posted by | OCEANIA, opposition to nuclear, wastes | Leave a comment

18 Metre walls to protect Hamaoka nuclear plant from tsunamis

Hamaoka to get seawalls of 18 meters, Japan Times, July 22, 2011, ¥100 billion plan to make nuclear plant safe from huge tsunami. NAGOYA — Chubu Electric Power Co. said Friday it will build seawalls as high as 18 meters at its Hamaoka nuclear plant to protect the facility from tsunami.  Continue reading →

July 22, 2011 Posted by | Japan, safety | Leave a comment

India not giving in to USA pressure to change its Nuclear Liability Law

“Government cannot tinker with Liability Law”, THE HINDU, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, 22 JULY 11, India feels the civil nuclear logjam with the United States is out of the political realm because it will be difficult for the government to substantially tinker with its Liability Law despite suggestions to this effect by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference here on Tuesday.

Ms. Clinton raised hackles here when she suggested that India get its Liability Law vetted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) so that it “fully conforms” to the international Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for Nuclear Damage.

Washington feels that two provisions in the Indian law have prevented two U.S. companies — GE and Westinghouse — from opening talks on setting up six civil nuclear plants each. The potential business opportunity is estimated at over $ 50 billion, the highest-ever for the two companies outside their home country.

……..we had a problem with her message,” said officials. Ms. Clinton had suggested India approach the IAEA to establish whether its Liability Law was in harmony with the CSC. “This is because the Americans were 100 per cent sure that the IAEA would suggest changes,” they added…..http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2282626.ece

 

July 22, 2011 Posted by | India, politics international | Leave a comment

Increasing nuclear collaboration by North Korea and Iran?

North Korea and Iran increase collaboration on nuclear missile, report claims, Telegraph UK, 22 July 11 North Korea and Iran are jointly working on weapons programmes designed to build a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a leading British security think tank has said. Continue reading →

July 22, 2011 Posted by | Iran, North Korea, politics international | Leave a comment