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New Mexico as site for USA’s national nuclear waste dump?

Study: NM Could Lead in Nuclear Waste Solution, ABQ Journal, By    Jan 27, 2012 WASHINGTON – America has a serious nuclear waste problem that can be fixed only with dramatic changes to national policy, and New Mexico could help lead by example, according to a major federal study released Thursday.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future – a panel of policy experts commissioned by Energy Secretary Steven Chu that included former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. – issued its 180-page report Thursday after nearly two years of study. The report cites the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, which stores nuclear waste near Carlsbad, as a premier example of how to site a nuclear waste disposal.  Continue reading →

June 14, 2012 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

East Sussex County Council says No to UK’s nuclear waste dump plan for Romney Marsh

Romney Marsh nuclear plan opposed by East Sussex County Council BBC News 13 June 12,  Proposals for a nuclear research and disposal facility at Romney Marsh in Kent have been opposed by East Sussex County Council. Continue reading →

June 14, 2012 Posted by | opposition to nuclear, UK | Leave a comment

Poland – same old story – politicians want nuclear energy, but public is against it

Atomic energy: Politicians back nuclear – but voters still wary Financial Times, By Liam Nolan, 13 June 12 “………Despite broad party support, a 2011 ministry of economy survey revealed that only 38 per cent of Poles are in favour of nuclear energy. Continue reading →

June 14, 2012 Posted by | EUROPE, politics | Leave a comment

“Peaceful” nuclear industry inextricably linked with military applications

In the United States especially the military context of the so-called civilian branch of the nuclear industry is very clear. 

The ongoing experimentation with nuclear energy continues by the US Armed Forces and its favoured stable of military contractors.

Some believe that the huge dark budgets directed towards the most covert branches of the national security state have given rise to the discovery of new scientific principles that have not yet been made public. Some of these discoveries may involve new ways of deploying nuclear energy in more targeted and covert ways. 

Fukushima Daiichi: From Nuclear Power Plant to Nuclear Weapon Global Research, by Prof. Anthony Hall , 13 June 12, “………Extending the Frontiers of Nuclear Energy This multiplication and compounding of dangers by making the sites of operating nuclear reactors double as storage facilities for nuclear waste, including spent nuclear fuel rods that require constant cooling, finds its epicenter in the United States and particularly in the earthquake/tsunami zone of California. Continue reading →

June 14, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Shareholder meetings could be the next impediment to restarting Japan’s nuclear power industry

Fukushima Watch: Next Nuclear Battleground — Utilities’ Shareholder Meetings, WSJ, June 13, 2012,   By Mitsuru Obe With the government inching closer to restarting the first nuclear reactors since last year’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a new battleground between Japan’s pro- and anti-nuclear camps is emerging: the annual shareholder meetings of the country’s big power companies in June.

Japan’s four biggest utilities hold their shareholder meetings on June 27. The meeting that’s drawing a lot of attention these days is that of Kansai Electric Power Co., which relied on
nuclear plants to supply around half of its electricity, and operates the Oi nuclear plant, whose No. 3 and 4 reactors are first in line to restart. Kansai Electric supplies energy to the region around the city of Osaka, Japan’s third-biggest metropolis and the utility’s largest shareholder, with 8.92% of outstanding shares.

And Osaka has submitted proposals to Kansai Electric that it exit nuclear power and separate
its power-generation operations from distribution and transmission — or control of the electricity grid. Continue reading →

June 14, 2012 Posted by | business and costs, Japan | Leave a comment

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