Down, down, continues uranium price
Uranium market sees thin activity and lower price, Industrial Fuels and Power, August 17th, 2011 The uranium spot price delivered no surprises this week as it slipped further by US$1.00 to US$50.50/lb. Three days earlier, TradeTech had noted a US$1.25 WoW fall to US$50.25/lb, attributing the drop to thin demand and supply “with a few sellers competing for even fewer sales opportunities.”
Buyers – this week utilities, traders and financial entities – are largely uninterested and reluctant to commit purchases. …http://www.ifandp.com/article/0013083.html
Churches unite against uranium mining in Virginia
The Interfaith Center said it will join forces with the Keep the Ban coalition and work with the faith-based community to keep Virginia free of uranium mining…..
Virginia Interfaith Center opposes uranium mining, Canadian Business, By AP | August 17, 2011, RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy announced its opposition Wednesday to ending a 1982 state ban on uranium mining.
The faith-based group, which has advocated for expanded health care for children and low-income families and battled predatory lending practices, said it joins environmental groups and others opposed to uranium mining. Continue reading
Nuclear power plans scrapped by government, West Bengal, India
West Bengal government rules out Haripur nuclear project, THE HINDU 18 Aug 11 The West Bengal government has ruled out the nuclear power plant at Haripur in the State’s Purba Medinipur district.Replying to questions in the Assembly here on Wednesday, State Power Minister Manish Gupta said the government had decided to scrap the proposal. The government had no plans for the present to set up nuclear plants elsewhere in the State….
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been maintaining that Haripur is not the proper place for a nuclear power plant as it was a densely populated area and fishermen in the region would be affected.
When in the Opposition, Ms. Banerjee had vowed that her party would scrap the project if it came to power……http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2366598.ece
New book exposes USA’s atomic bomb cover-up
New Book: “Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki”
VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYvodtZDTc&feature=youtu.be
New Book exposes USA ‘s atomic bomb cover up Greg Mitchell 17 August 11, Just out this month, my 12th book: Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki and The Greatest Movie Never Made (Sinclair Books). This is a haunting account of how the U.S. suppressed the only film footage shot in the atomic cities, by an American military crew, for decades. The shocking cover-up even extended to MGM and Hollywood — and to President Truman. And there was no WikiLeaks to get the film aired.
America’s “nuclear entrapment” continues to this day. Atomic Cover-up takes a wide angle look at the use of the bomb in 1945–and its impact right up to 2011. It might be sub-titled “From Hiroshima to Fukushima…..”http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/
US Dept of Energy told – “No new uranium mining. Clean up the old”
Opponents not only want the DOE to reject new uranium mining in the area, they also want past contamination cleaned up.
DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride, Montrose, Colorado Independent, By David O. Williams | 08.17.11 Depends where you were last week when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took feedback on its uranium mine leasing program in southwest Colorado. In some places like Telluride, according to media reports, the feds met with stiff resistance…..
Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not protect public from radioactive groundwater leaks
The NRC’s decision on groundwater protection comes four months after an Asbury Park Press investigation documented hundreds of leaks and spills of radioactive water called tritium over the decades at plants, including Oyster Creek in Lacey. The NRC has never issued a fine against any plant.
NRC fails to change groundwater protection rules for nuclear plants, Activist says NRC needs to enforce its rules on radioactive water leaks and spills, Aug. 17, 2011 APP.com, Todd B. Bates:After years of criticisms that they were lax in dealing with radioactive leaks, spills and groundwater contamination at nuclear power plants, federal regulators have decided to let the industry keep policing itself.
The five-member U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission agreed to maintain the status quo and not add a tougher level of oversight Continue reading
The spread of Fukushima nuclear radiation in our interconnected world
amazed that particles could be spread across the world from such a small footprint like a reactor, which he compared in size to a swimming pool.
“It shows you how connected the world is,” he said. “What happens in one place can show up someplace else.”
Church group will lobby General Assembly to keep ban on uranium mining
Group will lobby General Assembly against uranium mining, WSJ By Anita Kumar, 17 Aug 11, Officials at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy say they will be mobilizing activists across the state to lobby the General Assembly to continue a moratorium on uranium mining in the state.
Trieste Lockwood, director of the group’s power and light program, said that mining could harm drinking water, residents’ health and the economy by damaging agricultural, tourism and fishing industries if there is an accident….
“The financial gain of one corporation is really simply not worth the longterm risks to so many people,” Lockwood said.
Radioactive Tritium in Connecticut River, from Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
Tritium has leaked from dozens of nuclear plants around the country, but it has been particularly problematic for Vermont Yankee as it seeks to renew its license….
Within weeks, the state Senate voted 26-4 to block the state Public Service Board from issuing a permit for the plant to operate after its initial 40-year license expires in March 2012. Vermont is the only state with a law requiring its Legislature to give the OK before regulators can issue a new nuclear plant permit.
Tritium from Vt. nuke plant in Connecticut River, Boston.com, By Dave Gram, Associated Press / August 17, 2011, MONTPELIER, Vt.—Radioactive tritium that leaked from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant into surrounding soil and groundwater has now reached the nearby Connecticut River, the state Health Department said Wednesday as it released new river water test results….. Continue reading
A scientific measure of the radiation leaked from Fukushima
Measurements Reveal Extent of Leakage from Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Reactor ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2011) — Atmospheric chemists at the University of California, San Diego, report the first quantitative measurement of the amount of radiation leaked from the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan,….. Continue reading
Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Plant’s safety violations confirmed
NRC confirms earlier harsh safety finding for Browns Ferry Unit 1, August 17, 2011, By Brian Lawson, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Federal nuclear power regulators said in a letter released today they have confirmed their original finding that a malfunctioning valve at TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear plant Unit 1 represented a significant safety violation.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which in June rejected the Tennessee Valley Authority’s appeal of the finding, said it enlisted a group of NRC staff members who were not involved in the original assessment to review the findings.
The staff also found that the “red” finding, the NRC’s harshest grade was justified. Such a finding requires repair of the problem and will lead to more inspections at Browns Ferry….. http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/08/nrc_confirms_earlier_harsh_saf.html
USA to cut military spending: will it be jobs cut or nuclear arsenal cut?
Factbox: For cuts, Pentagon must choose among weapons, personnel (Reuters) Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Warren Strobel and Kieran Murray, 15 Aug 11– A decision to cut $350 billion in security spending over the next decade will force the Pentagon to make difficult trade-offs that could lead to layoffs, canceled weapons systems or a smaller nuclear arsenal……
NUCLEAR ARSENAL The U.S. government could make substantial savings by reducing the size of its nuclear arsenal. Under the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia ratified this year, deployed nuclear warheads are due to be cut to 1,550 in seven years. In securing Senate approval, the administration promised to spend billions on modernizing the nuclear arsenal.
Analysts say the United States could save huge amounts of money by reducing the nuclear arsenal even further and eliminating one leg of the so-called triad of delivery systems — missiles, bombers and submarines.
The Sustainable Defense Task Force recommended cutting deployed nuclear warheads to 1,000 on seven nuclear submarines and 160 Minuteman missiles while eliminating the nuclear bomber force.It estimated savings of $113.5 billion through 2020….http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/us-usa-defense-cuts-idUSTRE77E4JH20110815
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Dirty tricks in Japan, but also world-wide in the nuclear industry
the same factors are at work in every country that has a nuclear industry. The impulse to minimise the inherent risks of the most dangerous technology man has ever tried to master, the tendency to conceal or downplay accidents, the assertion that each succeeding generation of plants is foolproof and super safe, and the presumption, so often proved wrong by events, that every contingency has been provided for, all these have been evident again and again. Angela Merkel, one of the few leading politicians who is also a scientist, saw the writing on the wall. Her decision to phase out nuclear power has revived a global debate which has been dormant for far too long
After Fukushima: nuclear dirty tricks, After nearly half a century of producing nuclear power, Japan has finally separated regulation from promotion. Editorial The Guardian, 16 August 2011 The Japanese cabinet decided this week to transfer the country’s nuclear safety agency from the trade ministry, where it nestled in a department also dedicated to the expansion of nuclear power, to the environment ministry, where, at least in theory, there is some chance that its operations will not be subverted or manipulated by Japanese energy firms. After nearly half a century of producing nuclear power, Japan has finally separated regulation from promotion, but the move may well have come too late to restore public trust. Continue reading
Australian TV show spells it out about the Fukushima radiation human guinea pigs
VIDEO http://www.asianweek.com/2011/08/14/aussie-60-min-and-kaku-fukushima-and-chernobyl-radiation-in-all-of-us/ Aussie 60 Min and Kaku: Fukushima and Chernobyl Radiation In All Of Us Asian Week, BY ARTHUR HU – AUGUST 14, 2011 As usual, US media is carrying next to zero coverage of the continuing nuclear mess as now radiation is affecting rice, mushrooms, hay, beef, tea, fish, seafood, sewage, playgrounds, compost, firewood, and now they can’t even drain swimming pools that are contaminated with fallout. … Continue reading Critical need for China to be more transparent about nuclear issues
it’s critical that the nation develop a clear understanding of the challenges and potential dangers. A certain amount of transparency, including when things go wrong, will help alleviate unnecessary misperceptions and misunderstandings in the region and beyond.
China’s nuclear sub needs, The Diplomat, By Manpreet Sethi, August 15, 2011 The past couple of weeks have seen a number of reports over a rumoured radiation leak from a 094 type Chinese nuclear submarine stationed near Dalian port. The incident is said to have occurred as electronic equipment was being installed on the sub.
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