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Rick Perry’s intervention in Texas nuclear waste issue

 

 

billionaire Harold Simmons and his company Waste Control Specialists LLC, which stood to gain millions of dollars from accepting out-of-state shipments. Simmons had donated over $1 million to Perry’s gubernatorial campaigns…. The news of Perry’s intervention in the nuclear-waste issue comes as the governor is climbing the polls in the fight to take on President Barack Obama as the Republican candidate in the U.S. presidential election next year…….

Perry sought to sideline nuclear waste site critic (Reuters),1 Sept 11,  – Texas governor Rick Perry tried to sideline a state commissioner who opposed expanding the scope of a nuclear-waste landfill owned by one of the governor’s biggest political donors, Reuters has learned. Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | politics, USA | Leave a comment

Rick Perry a dangerous presidential candidate for USA

a primary caveat of the fiery brand of evangelism he practices, which holds that only Christ, not the law, the government or the collective efforts of passionate and determined individuals, can save the world from utter destruction

Why Rick Perry must never, ever be president,the Philly Post, A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll released on Monday found that Rick Perry now leads the pack among GOP presidential hopefuls, with more than one in four Republican voters saying they would cast a ballot for the longtime Texas governor…… Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | politics, USA | Leave a comment

New Apostolic Reformation and Perry for USA President?

what makes the New Apostolic Reformation movement so potent is its growing fascination with infiltrating politics and government. The new prophets and apostles believe Christians—certain Christians—are destined to not just take “dominion” over government, but stealthily climb to the commanding heights of what they term the “Seven Mountains” of society, including the media and the arts and entertainment world.…In Rick Perry, they may have found their vessel. And the interest appears to be mutual

AUDIO  Rick Perry’s Army of God – The Texas Observer    Rick Perry’s Army of God – The Texas Observer, Rick Perry’s Army of GodA little-known movement of radical Christians and self-proclaimed prophets wants to infiltrate government, and Rick Perry might be their man.by Forrest Wilder, August 03, 2011 “…….The pastors told Perry of God’s grand plan for Texas. A chain of powerful prophecies had proclaimed that Texas was “The Prophet State,” anointed by God to lead the United States into revival and Godly government. And the governor would have a special role…… Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | Religion and ethics, Resources -audiovicual, USA | 1 Comment

Australia’s uranium industry losing confidence?

“…an extended period of uncertainty…..A mistake by one operator or explorer or project developer in our industry affects all of us.”

Fukushima puts Australia’s uranium industry on the defensive Independent Australia, 2 Sept 11, The Australian nuclear industry feels the heat after the Fukushima calamity, but spins on gamely. Noel Wauchope reports.

With plummeting uranium prices, and increasinglybad news about Fukushima radiation, Australia’s uranium industry is well and truly on the back foot. But the industry battles on with religious fervour in its belief in the future uranium boom. Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, business and costs | Leave a comment

Fukushima radiation resulting in forced depopulation of area

Fukushima forced depopulation, Japanese plead world aid (video) – National Human Rights | Examiner.com  , Human Rights Examiner, August 22, 2011

Fukushima genocide, forced depopulation

After “off-scale” radiation contamination at Fukushima was reported in early August, this weekend extremely excessive radiation contamination around Fukushima reported by the Ministry of Science and Education is forcing the Japanese government toward what New York Times termed “long-term depopulation” with an announcement making the area officially uninhabitable for decades, as Japanese people, including radiation refugees, plead for global help to survive human right to health violations experienced since March when Japan’s ever worsening nuclear power plant catastrophe began….  http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/fukushima-forced-depopulation-japanese-plead-world-aid-video

September 2, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

Something rather unsafe about nuclear powered cars

Forgive me for playing the devil’s advocate here, but aren’t suitcase nukes a huge terrorist threat? Just asking. By the way, I have a hazy memory of visiting that same Idaho National Lab some years ago and seeing the huge carcass of what was described as an experimental nuclear car from the 1950s.

Nuclear cars: They’re not science fiction anymore | MNN – Mother Nature Network, 1 Sept 11, In the nuke-crazed 1950s, Ford wanted to put mini reactors in cars. That didn’t fly, but now we’re hearing of radioactive thorium lasers that could power a car 300,000 miles without recharging. But what if two of them have an accident? Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, technology | Leave a comment

China’s developing solar energy empire

with Beijing heavily supporting its industry, the Chinese companies are forging ahead..Instead of subsidizing the purchase and use of solar power, China has focused on building the competitiveness of the country’s manufacturers. As a result, China exports 95 percent of the solar panels it produces.

China benefits as U.S. solar industry withers, NYT 1 Sept 11, HONG KONG — The bankruptcies of three American solar power companies in the last month, including Solyndra of California on Wednesday, have left China’s industry with a dominant sales position — almost three-fifths of the world’s production capacity — and rapidly declining costs. Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, China | 1 Comment

Solar feed-in tariff law in Japan will stimulate business

new business opportunities within industries that offer products and services related to the generation of electricity using renewable energy sources, ranging from solar panels and wind turbines to equipment and systems for smart grids.

Feed-in tariff law a boon to renewable energy markets , asahi.com2 Sept 11, Japan’s new clean energy bill offers a tantalizing business bonanza and companies are scrambling to find an edge.The so-called feed-in tariff on renewable energy passed by the Diet on Aug. 26 requires utilities to purchase wind, solar and geothermal energy from households and businesses at above-market rates Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | Japan, renewable | Leave a comment

Children given overdose of diagnostic radioactive substance

X-ray technician overdosed children with radioactive agent ,The Yomiuri Shimbun, 1 Sept, KOFU–-A local hospital said Thursday one of its radiographers had deliberately administered higher-than-recommended amounts of a radioactive substance during examinations of 84 children suffering from kidney ailments since 1999. Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | health, Japan | Leave a comment

Huge concrete containers of nuclear waste shifted during earthquake

“This indicates that reactors that have these dry casks in these earthquake-prone areas, they’re going to have to do more to protect them from ground motion,”

Quake shifted nuclear storage containers at Virginia plant – The Washington Post, By Brian Vastag,   September 1 Last week’s central Virginia earthquake jolted huge concrete containers holding spent nuclear fuel at the North Anna power plant in Louisa County, Continue reading →

September 2, 2011 Posted by | safety, USA | 1 Comment

Radioactive uranium drums found on beach in Namibia

There are a number of reasons why the latest incident is of great concern:

• it puts into question the level of security at Namibian uranium mining operations, with the worry being that radioactive uranium oxide could get into the “wrong hands”….

Drums of radioactive uranium found on beach, Care 2 by , August 30,  Last week, Namibian authorities discovered four unguarded barrels of radioactive uranium oxide on a beach near the coastal town of Swakopmund.

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September 2, 2011 Posted by | Namibia, safety, Uranium | Leave a comment

Floods cause production drop in Namibia’s uranium mines

Namibia Q2 uranium production down | Industrial Fuels and Power August 30th, 2011 NewsroomUranium production in Namibia decreased from 2.35mlb to 2.09mlb in the second quarter of 2011 when compared with the previous quarter.“This was largely due to adverse weather conditions, with some of the mines becoming flooded with the abnormally heavy rains seen this year,” financial group Capricorn Investment Holdings said.Namibia’s uranium is produced by Rio Tinto and Australia’s Paladin Energy.
Namibia Q2 uranium production down | Industrial Fuels and Power

September 2, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Namibia, Uranium | Leave a comment