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Taiwan’s crackdown on anti nuclear protestors

Anti-nuclear protesters confronted by Taipower ‘thug’ police: DPP lawmaker Taipei Times, 9 Sept 12, By Su Yung-yao and Jake Chung   The National Police Agency special police second headquarters has taken the lead in countering anti-nuclear activities and become a thug for Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Cheng Li-chun (鄭麗君) said yesterday.
Cheng said the headquarters’ Web site included an articled titled “The anti-nuclear trend is no longer fashionable”, which claims that anti-nuclear activists are irrational, use false data and base their views on the slim chance that a nuclear disaster might happen……
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/09/10/2003542412

September 10, 2012 Posted by | civil liberties, Taiwan | Leave a comment

Exposing then false arguments of nuclear lobbyist Barry Brook

The heavy hidden costs of nuclear power  http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/environment/the-heavy-hidden-costs-of-nuclear-power/   In part 2 of his rebuttal, Ludwig Heinrich says Professor Barry Brook predictably ignores nuclear power’s significant economic, social and moral costs while spruiking its benefits.

[Read Part One.]

September 10, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Professor urges the seriousness of low dose radiation

Fukushima Medical U. Professor: Onset of radiation-related disease to begin in 4-5 years, data must be gathered now — We shouldn’t force upon people that low dose radiation exposure is safe  http://enenews.com/fukushima-medical-u-professor-onset-of-radiation-related-disease-to-begin-in-4-5-years-data-must-be-gathered-now-we-shouldnt-force-upon-people-that-low-dose-radiation-exposure-is-safe
September 8th, 2012  By ENENews   [A Fukushima Medical University professor said] outbreak of Fukushima related symptoms will take 4~5 years to occur. It’s important to collect data about health condition before outbreak. […] We shouldn’t force the opinion to people that low dose exposure is safe, but also we shouldn’t inspire fear excessively. Mental, and physical supports are required from variety of fields.Hebei Shimpo report from Sept 7, 2012 translated by Fukushima Diary:

Google Translation
“It is important to collect data on the health seen as such 4-5 years diseases related to nuclear accident that is before the onset of the disease. Before that,” said Akira sarus of the Medical University Fukushima Sep 07, 2012 pointed out. I said, “I should not impose the idea of ​​low-dose exposure is safe, there is a need for multi-faceted support to the residents dont even fueling risk unnecessarily. Both in mind and body” and.
Systran Translation
As for crystal Professor prefectural medical large Ooturu Fukushima “the disease which it is related to nuclear accident emerges until, 4 and 5 years are seen that it catches. It is important” to gather the data regarding healthily before that that it points out. “Low dose being bombed thought does not have to push that it is safe, and, in vain it is not good fanning danger. Multilateral support to the prefectural people is required with mind and body both sides and the te is” that you expressed.

September 10, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Fukushima nuclear reactor No 4: spent fuel pool still a high danger

Japan Times: Unit 4 fuel pool continues to alarm scientists and gov’t officials around the world — ‘Intense criticism’ from some senior US officials  http://enenews.com/japan-times-unit-4-fuel-pool-continues-to-alarm-scientists-and-govt-officials-around-the-world-intense-criticism-from-some-senior-us-officials
By ENENews 
Title:   Global help urged to avert reactor 4 pool fire | The Online 
Source: Japan Times 
Author: ERIC JOHNSTON
Date: Sep. 8, 2012
The risk of a fire starting in reactor 4′s spent-fuel pool at the Fukushima No. 1 plant continues to alarm scientists and government officials around the world, prompting a leading U.S. nuclear expert to urge Japan to tap global expertise to avert a catastrophe.
[…]

During a trip to Japan in late August and early September, [Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education nonprofit organization] met with Diet members, lawyers and citizens’ groups to discuss conditions at the wrecked power station and told an audience in Kyoto on Monday that fears over the spent-fuel pool in reactor 4 remain high.

[…]

concerns persist among experts worldwide that reactor 4′s pool is still at risk of boiling dry. If this were to occur, it would necessitate a massive and immediate evacuation of the surrounding area.

[…]

But the state of the fuel pool and the lack of preparations to deal with a possible fire has drawn intense criticism not just from experts like Gundersen but also from some senior officials in the U.S…

September 10, 2012 Posted by | Fukushima 2012 | Leave a comment

Toxic thorium wastes linger after 40 years: cleanup unaffordable

40 years later, toxic waste still haunts pockets of DuPage County Thorium cleanup nears finish line, but federal funds are in doubt January 21, 2012|By Erin Meyer, Chicago Tribune reporter  Lurking beneath the surface of the West Branch of the DuPage River are the remnants of radioactive contamination left behind by a
factory that was shuttered almost four decades ago.

The Rare Earths Facility in West Chicago not only was a major employer in its heyday, but also became the site of a large mound of discarded radioactive waste that locals called Mount Thorium.  The notorious impact the radiation from the factory had on the area eventually led to lengthy cleanups that have cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The final phases of efforts to remediate the waste from Rare Earths are in sight, but officials say funding sources they have relied on in the past have dried up or are becoming increasingly uncertain due to changing priorities and congressional squabbling.

About $21 million is needed for work scheduled this year on the West Branch of the DuPage River and an adjacent creek, officials say. But more than a third of that is still up in the air….. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-21/news/ct-met-superfund-cleanup-20120118_1_thorium-cleanup-kress-creek-radioactive-waste

September 10, 2012 Posted by | RARE EARTHS, Uranium | Leave a comment

Japan’s nuclear lobby trying to keep nuclear power off the election topics

Japanese Professor: All the nuclear interests want to do is avoid making nuclear power a central election issue — Gundersen: Gov’t trying to frighten public  http://enenews.com/japanese-professor-all-the-nuclear-interests-want-to-do-is-avoid-making-nuclear-power-a-central-election-issue-gundersen-govt-trying-to-frighten-public 
 September 6th, 2012 
By ENENews Title: Japan stresses cost of ending nuclear power as decision loomsSource: REUTERSAuthors: Linda Sieg and Aaron Sheldrick; Additional reporting by Risa Maeda, Kentao Hamada and Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Robert Birsel

…..a forecast [by Japan’s government said] that household energy bills would by 2030 rise by nearly double 2010 levels if Japan abandoned nuclear power.

But that has been disputed. Continue reading →

September 10, 2012 Posted by | Japan, politics | Leave a comment

Obama quietly moving away from nuclear power

Obama Drops Nuclear from Energy Segment of Convention Speech Capitoilette  8 Sept 12, “Compare and contrast…… [in 2008] the Democratic nominee [Barack Obama] added this:

As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power..…..President Obama no longer promises to “safely harness nuclear power”–that likely would have sounded like a cruel joke in a world now contaminated by the ongoing Fukushima disaster–but beyond that, he does not promise anything about nuclear power at all. There was no platitude, no carefully crafted signal to the industry that has subsidized much of Obama’s political career, no mention of nuclear power whatsoever. Continue reading →

September 10, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Jeju Island threatened by U.S. militarism

Organizing Notes 7 Sept Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He offers his own reflections on organizing
and the state of America’s declining empire…. About Me
NAME: BRUCE K. GAGNON LOCATION: BATH, MAINE, UNITED STATES  The
right-wing South Korean government won’t allow the Gangjeong villagers to have a booth inside the World Conservation Congress (the largest environmental confab on the planet) but they did make sure that the Korean Coast Guard got to set one up.  WTF????

So why is this so?  This group called the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is running the conference.  But who are they?  Who does the IUCN answer to? Continue reading →

September 10, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

One USA political candidate speaks out against nuclear power

Occupy the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) We try to stay out of politics, but this is one thing we wanted to make sure we share with you. Jill Stein is the only candidate who has stepped firmly forward against nuclear power. She will be speaking at the Nuke Free Rally in D.C. If you are around, come listen to her speak. Details here: http://www.jillstein.org/dr_stein_keynotes_no_nukes_no_war_rally
Jill Stein’s position on CLEAN ENERGY includes “Phase out nuclear power and end nuclear subsidies. ”   More here
http://www.jillstein.org/bio

http://www.jillstein.org/issues

http://www.jillstein.org/green_new_deal

September 10, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Opposition to bringng in more nuclear waste to South Carolina

Green groups oppose shipping hot waste to SRS The State, By SAMMY FRETWELL 7 Sept 12, – sfretwell@thestate.com Environmentalists spoke out Thursday against sending highly radioactive waste from commercial power plants to the Savannah River Site near Aiken for storage. The federal government has been trying to decide what to do with spent fuel created by the nation’s 104 atomic energy plants since President
Barack Obama chose in 2009 to abandon the Yucca Mountain, Nev., disposal site. Continue reading →

September 10, 2012 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

Five years or more before Fukushima nuclear plant safe enough to fully investigate

 Fukushima panel told some details will take five years to learn http://platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/7048069   Washington (Platts) -William Freebairn,–7 Sep2012  Key details of how the accident at Japan’s Fukushima I nuclear plant played out have yet to be determined and may not be known for five years or more, when important parts of the plant are safer to enter, officials with the Japanese and US nuclear industries told a US National Academies review committee Thursday. Continue reading →

September 10, 2012 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011, Fukushima continuing, safety | Leave a comment

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