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International Energy Agency predicts a radical transition to renewable energy

 A 685-page analysis released this week by the agency contains two important conclusions: renewable energy sources can do the job, and whichever way you cut the cake for a carbon-free grid by 2050 or 2070, with more or less nuclear power or carbon capture and storage, renewable energy sources will be providing at least 50 per cent of those electrons. And it won’t be expensive.

We are missing the boat on clean energy, BY: GILES PARKINSON  : The Australian June 15, 2012, THE International Energy Agency was created 40 years ago, soon after the first major oil crisis, to ensure that OECD countries continued to have a secure supply of energy.

In the past few years, however, it has emerged as one of the loudest and most powerful advocates of clean energy.

The more it looks at the issues of climate change and energy security, the less it likes oil, gas and coal, and the more it is attached to what its secretary-general, Maria van der Hoeven, describes as a radical and early transformation of the world’s electricity systems. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

Inadequacy of Fukushima radiation tests – to avoid “uneasiness”

Fukushima Prefecture asked university to stop radiation dose tests soon after disaster, The Mainichi, 14 June 12, The Fukushima Prefectural Government asked a research team from Hirosaki University to stop conducting internal radiation exposure tests on prefectural residents after the outbreak of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on the grounds that the tests were “stirring uneasiness,” it has been learned. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | health, Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Fukushima radioactive debris on USA’s shores

Washington monitoring tsunami debris for radiation, Seattle Times, 14 June 12 Gov. Chris Gregoire and other state officials are holding a news conference Monday at Ocean Shores to explain how the state responds to debris on the Washington coast from the Japanese tsunami….. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018436124_apwatsunamidebris.html

June 15, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Old Hanford nuclear reactor closed – no plan for permanent disposal

Hanford workers mothball 6th nuclear reactor, Workers at south-central Washington’s Hanford nuclear reservation have finished the process of closing and “cocooning” the longest-running of nine nuclear reactors built there for the U.S. atomic weapons program. Seattle News, By SHANNON DININNY Associated Press YAKIMA, Wash. 14 June 12,  —
Workers at south-central Washington’s Hanford nuclear reservation have finished the process of closing and “cocooning” the longest-running of nine nuclear reactors built there for the U.S. atomic weapons program. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | decommission reactor, USA | Leave a comment

Another USA govt handout to a nuclear-related company

 “The real risks of this nuclear bailout is for taxpayers, who will be on the hook for questionable government handouts that are worth more than the entire company,”

Energy Department Steps in to Help Uranium Enrichment Company, NYT, By MATTHEW L. WALD, June 13, 2012, WASHINGTON — The Energy Department announced Wednesday that it was stepping in to shore up an ailing company it created in the 1990s to privatize uranium enrichment, Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | politics, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Arrests of suspects alleged to have murdered Iranian nuclear scientists

Iran arrests suspects over nuclear scientists’ deaths, Iran intelligence ministry claims detained suspects are linked to assassinations of nuclear scientists and have ties with Israel Saeed Kamali Dehghan, guardian.co.uk,   14 June 2012   Iran has claimed it has arrested the “main elements” behind the assassination of two of its nuclear scientists, alleging they were spies working for Israel. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Iran insisting on its right to enrich uranium

Tehran’s No. 1 demand for Iran nuclear talks in Moscow, In the buildup to next week’s Iran nuclear talks in Moscow, Tehran has demanded that Western powers formally acknowledge its right to enrich uranium. Christian Science Monitor, By Ariel Zirulnick,   June 14, 2012  Heading into Iran nuclear talks next week, Tehran‘s top demand is that Western powers acknowledge its right to uranium enrichment, reports the Tehran Times. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Judge invalidates Colorado radioactive materials license for uranium mill

License to build uranium mill in southwest Colorado nixed by Denver judge,   06/14/2012   Denver Post, By Bruce Finley, A state judge has invalidated a radioactive materials license that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued to allow construction of a new uranium mill in southwestern Colorado. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | Legal, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

San Onofre nuclear plant, do we need its danger?

Pasadena is about 70 miles from San Onofre, but 8.5 million people in Orange and San Diego Counties live within 50 miles of the plant and would be in the greatest danger if a serious accident were to occur at San Onofre.

 To a great extent, [Japan will implement] a drastic conservation program that will include minimal use of air conditioning and the turning off of all unnecessary lights. Japan has become a living laboratory that will test the feasibility of such a program.

If Japan is successful in eliminating nuclear power, perhaps we can eventually do the same.

Nuclear deals with the devil?, US could learn from Japanese example in reducing nuclear energy dependency, Fourth in a series on the performance of California utilities, Pasadena Weekly, By John Grula 06/14/2012,  Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | safety, USA | Leave a comment

Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee calls for cuts in nuclear weapons spending

Senator Urges Bigger Cuts to Nuclear Arsenal, NYT By THOM SHANKER, June 14, 2012 WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called on the Obama administration on Thursday to seek cuts in nuclear warheads far beyond the requirements of current treaties. The chairman, Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, said the administration “should consider going far lower” than the warhead caps set by the New Start agreement withRussia, to bring the nation’s arsenal in line with a diminished nuclear threat and tighter military budgets. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | USA, weapons and war | Leave a comment

No response from Virginia’s Governor about concerns over Uranium Working Group’s credibility

Concerns over Uranium Working Group remain Gazette Virginian, 14 June 12, Two environmental groups opposed to lifting the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia still have not received a satisfactory response from Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell concerning their letter raising concerns about the lack of transparency within the Uranium Working Group. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | general, Uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear company NuStart Energy Development LLC to disband

Nuclear power partnership to disband ww.power-eng.com/articles/2012/06/nuclear-power-partnership-to-disband.html, Jun 12, 2012 After achieving its goal of licensing the first new nuclear power plants in decades and spurring more than $2 billion in private investment in new nuclear energy development, NuStart Energy Development LLC on June 12 said it will disband and reallocate its resources back to its 10 member companies effective June 30, 2012. Continue reading →

June 15, 2012 Posted by | business and costs, USA | Leave a comment