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Nuclear Exposed Cars To Be Banned From Entering Uganda   http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/nuclear-exposed-cars-to-be-banned-from-entering-uganda/27254.aspx   Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde wants all cars affected by the nuclear explosion in Japan banned from entering the country.

The explosion was caused by a Tsunami that hit the country earlier leading to the explosion of the Fukishima nuclear power plant affecting residents and automobiles.

Many of the affected cars have been recalled from the market but they continue to be imported into Uganda.

Kyambadde says that the cars were affected by the high radiation that is dangerous to human life.

She warns of more health complications if these cars continued to flood the Ugandan market.

She also wants the pre-export Verification mechanism reinstated to check the quality of imported goods including cars.

The mechanism was stopped on request from the private sector on grounds that it was too costly.

September 14, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Solving California’s Nuclear Dilemma HUFFINGTON POST Craig Lewis and Bill Ritter Jr,  09/13/2012 More than seven million Californians live within 50 miles of the San Onofre nuclear plant, which was abruptly shut down after safety inspectors discovered radioactive steam leaking at the facility in late January. The unexpected closure of San Onofre raises legitimate concerns about the safe operation of nuclear plants. To further complicate matters, both of California’s aging nuclear plants — San Onofre and Diablo Canyon — are located near active fault lines, greatly jeopardizing the safety of millions of Californians in the event of an earthquake comparable to the one that caused multiple meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
There is, however, one upside of San Onofre’s indefinite closure. Now, state policymakers have a pivotal opportunity to significantly expand the use of distributed renewable energy resources to offset San Onofre’s lost generation capacity. A shift to distributed solar, wind and biomass energy generation would prove cost-effective for California ratepayers and enhance grid reliability should future outages at nuclear plants take place.

In fact, reliance on San Onofre nuclear plant has proven exorbitantly costly for Californians. Southern California Edison (SCE), the majority owner of the plant, charges ratepayers about $54 million per month for San Onofre, even now, as the plant provides no services whatsoever. Furthermore, ratepayers funded a $671 million replacement of the plant’s ailing steam generators just two years ago — the very same generators that are now leaking, forcing the plant to shut down….. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-lewis/solving-californias-nucle_b_1881859.html

September 14, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Arundhati Roy expresses solidarity with villagers of Idinthakarai

KKNPP protest will be taken up at national level: Kejriwal THE HINDU 12 Sept 12  “……. Writer Arundhati Roy on Wednesday expressed solidarity with villagers of Idinthakarai who are resisting the loading of fuel in the nuclear reactor at Kudankulam.

In a statement, she said when the government had shown itself incapable of even disposal of garbage, could not be expected to know how to deal with nuclear waste. Questioning whether nuclear reactors in the country were safe, she said no amount of compensation could ever right a nuclear disaster.

“I do believe what is being done in Kudankulam in the name of development is a crime.” http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3888410.ece

September 13, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment