UK – Activists warned to watch what they say! activism is a crime!
This article by the err independent is in the crime section?? activist = criminal?
MONDAY 01 OCTOBER 2012
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Exclusive: John Cooper QC said that police are monitoring key activists online and that officers and the courts are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to social media
Political activists must watch what they say on the likes of Facebook and Twitter, sites which will become the “next big thing in law enforcement”, a leading human rights lawyer has warned.
John Cooper QC said that police are monitoring key activists online and that officers and the courts are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to social media. But, speaking to The Independent, he added that he also expected that to drive an increase in the number of criminals being brought to justice in the coming months.
Japan’s nuclear disaster inspires artwork – Uranium Glasswork (Video)
02 October 2012
The environmental devastation caused by Japan’s nuclear disaster has inspired two artists to create artworks that are themselves radioactive.
Source: 7pm TV News NSW | Duration: 2min 7sec
more here
CUMBRIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HOPES HIT BY PULL-OUT -UK
By James Johnson
Last updated at 12:42, Monday, 01 October 2012
The prospect of a new power plant in Cumbria has taken a hit after a consortium member pulled out of a multi-billion-pound deal.
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Iberdrola, a Spanish energy company which owns Scottish power, made the decision to pull out of the deal to build atomic reactors in Britain.
As recently as March, NuGen, a company owned by Iberdrola, said it was 100 per cent committed to its west Cumbrian project, which is named Moorside.
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First published at 11:26, Monday, 01 October 2012
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk
and for local Cumbrian activism against Nuclear
Nuclear energy to meet 27 percent of the need for gas-rich Russia – Rosatom expansion?
this is a bad translation but it gives you a picture of Russian nuclear dominance in future years. is it being encouraged by the western corporations blind faith in nuclear?
“we need atomic energy in order to make a more secure future for all of humanity”
“there is no alternative of atomic energy..”
02.10.2012 13:01
Mersin, Turkey’s first nuclear power plant to build for $ 20 billion Akkuyu’yu the Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom, the Russian Federation, 28-36 pcs new nuclear power plants by 2030 …
Mersin, Turkey’s first nuclear power plant to build a $ 20 billion Akkuyu’yu the Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom, the Russian Federation, 28-36 units by 2030 to build a new nuclear power plant. Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko said on the subject, would the level of 25-27 per cent of the share of nuclear power in Russia, he said.
New Cabinet at odds over nation’s future nuclear policy – Obama orders Japan!
October 02, 2012
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
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When the Noda government drew up plans on energy and the environment in September, including the 2030s deadline for no nuclear power, Edano and former national policy minister Motohisa Furukawa worked for the zero-nuke policy to be specifically stated.
But Edano and others who advocated shutting down all nuclear plants as early as possible buckled when faced with growing calls within the government and the party to consider opposition from the business community and people in areas hosting plants and to listen to concerns from the United States.
In the end, the Cabinet did not grant its approval for the new plans, leaving wiggle room for the government to retain nuclear plants. Furukawa’s name was not seen in the new Cabinet lineup.
In the new Cabinet, Makiko Tanaka, science and technology minister, is in charge of the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, a key facility in the nuclear fuel cycle program.
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http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/AJ201210020070
more info here..
Nikkei: Sec. Clinton personally pressured Japan leader to keep nuclear power as “President Obama wishes it”
Leaked report: most nuclear plants need safety upgrades – €10bn and €25bn costs
The European Union ordered the tests on the ability of the region’s 143 licensed nuclear plants to withstand events such as earthquakes or flooding in response to the disaster at Fukushima in Japan in March 2011.
Ahead of the formal publication of the conclusions, the Wall Street Journal reported a provisional version as saying: “On the basis of the stress test results practically all nuclear power plants need to undergo safety improvements.” The report puts the costs of the necessary upgrades at between €30m and €200m for each reactor and at between €10bn and €25bn overall.
Most of the recommendations relate to France, which has 58 nuclear plants. The issues raised include the failure to ensure safety functions can be restored within an hour of an electricity blackout, the need to improve earthquake monitoring and the safe storage of emergency equipment.
The report and recommendations are expected to be finalised by the European Commission at its weekly meeting tomorrow before being presented at the next summit of EU leaders on October 18 and 19 by energy commissioner Günther Oettinger, whose home country Germany has decided to phase out the use of nuclear.
In a statement Oettinger said: “Our stress test was strict, serious and transparent: it reveals bluntly and objectively what we are good at and where there is a need to improve. Generally the situation is satisfactory but there is no room for complacency. We must work together to ensure that the highest safety standards are in force in every single nuclear power plant in Europe.”
But in comments reported by EUobserver, Tero Varjoranta, who chairs the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group, said: “The content of a draft was known by some Ensreg members and this draft raised major problems and concerns.” He said the group had not been provided with a copy of the draft by the commission.
TIME TO STOP THIS CRUEL MADNESS NOW!
TIME TO STOP THIS CRUEL MADNESS NOW!
An appeal to Europeans to sign the ICNJ challenge on the ICRP Dose Model
Link to website
http://www.nuclearjustice.org .
Link to petition download
http://nuclearjustice.org/?p=50
Link to contact ICNJ with confirmation of registered post submission
Why is this important?
36 percent of the children of Fukushima have thyroids cysyts according to a recent medical examination; the World Health Organisation (WHO) uses the Dose model instead of real data. The WHO brought the recent Fukushima report out BEFORE these test came in.. in the report it noted that the tests would be a couple of weeks and the report HAD to come out earlier?
Why not wait for the REAL data? Why the hurry for just a few weeks?
The WHO report was copied to Nature Magazine and ALL the media copied the good news version of Fukushimas residents to the world. Continue reading
Kudankulam’s windmills produce more than nuclear plant
Not far from the agitation against the nuclear power plant, thousands of windmills around Kudankulam are calmly rotating to produce power — drawing from nature.
The combined capacity of wind turbines on the 120km stretch from Kanyakumari to Tuticorin — where the anti-nuclear plant protests are centred — is much more than — some estimates say nearly double — the 2,000MW capacity of the two reactors being commissioned at Kudankulam.
The corridor with its ideal geography between sea and hills and winds from advancing and receding monsoons is the hub of wind energy form the country’s highest concentration of windmills.
New-Are Europe’s nuclear plants dangerous?
http://m.dw.de/english/mobile.A-16277217-9097.html
When he was premier of Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger must have been convinced the nuclear power plants in his state were safe – otherwise, he would have had to pull their operating licenses. As Europe’s energy commissioner, Oettinger must now present a report on the current state of safety in nuclear power plants across the bloc.
According to the German daily “Die Welt,” the report – expected for months and finally scheduled for publication on Wednesday (03.10.2012) – will paint a devastating picture of the safety measures in the EU’s nuclear power plants. Two days before the presentation date, a spokeswoman for the commissioner made the surprise announcement the report was not yet finished and would now be submitted on October 18.
After the nuclear reactor disaster in Fukushima, Japan, the EU Commission started an investigation into whether such a worst-case scenario could occur in Europe and, if so, what was being done to prevent it. There are 68 nuclear power plants with a total of 134 reactors in operation in the EU, situated in 14 of the 27 member states.
No protection against a plane crash
Fixing Duke Florida Nuclear Plant Could Top $3 Billion -USA
By Cassandra Sweet
Completing repairs necessary to restart Duke Energy Corp.’s (DUK) Crystal River nuclear power plant in Florida could cost as much as $3.43 billion, according to a study released Monday.
Duke, which assumed ownership of the plant when it acquired Progress Energy earlier this year, hired a group of consultants to evaluate how much it might cost to fix and restart the plant, which has been shut for about three years.
The report, by Zapata Inc., found that Progress Energy’s initial plan to fix the plant would likely cost about $1.49 billion. That compares to Progress’s estimate that repairs would cost between $900 million and $1.3 billion. The consultants predicted that if more extensive work is required, under a “worst-case scenario,” the total repair bill would likely be $3.43 billion.
The problems at the Crystal River plant emerged as a key issue in Duke Energy’s decision to dismiss former Progress Energy Chief Executive Bill Johnson from his position as Duke CEO after the companies completed their $26 billion merger in early July.
Duke’s board dismissed Mr. Johnson because he withheld information, such as the rising cost of repairs at the Crystal River plant, Duke lead director Ann Gray told North Carolina regulators in July.
North Korea warns of nuclear war -blames the USA aggressive policies
(UKPA) – 1 hour ago A North Korean minister has lashed out at the United States, saying its “hostile” policy has left the Korean peninsula a spark away from a nuclear war.
Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon told the UN General Assembly that the Koreas have become “the world’s most dangerous hotspot” and blamed the “hostile” policy of the United States toward North Korea.
Pak said: “The vicious cycle of confrontation and aggravation of tension is an ongoing phenomenon on the Korean peninsula, which has become the world’s most dangerous hotspot where a spark of fire could set off a thermonuclear war.”
Pak also accused the US of seeking to use force to occupy the entire Korean peninsula – divided between the communist North and democratic South – and “use it as a stepping stone for realising its strategy of dominating the whole of Asia”.
He said the US has finalised scenarios for a new Korean War and “is waiting for a chance to implement them”.
In an apparent reference to North Korea’s nuclear arsenal and massive military, Pak said the nation’s “patience and self-defensive war deterrent,” have prevented US military provocations “from turning into an all-out war on the Korean peninsula”.
“However, the DPRK’s patience does not mean it is unlimited,” he warned, using the initials of the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
New -Security contractor at Y-12 nuclear weapons plant fired after intrusion by Sister Megan Rice
- Article by: ERIK SCHELZIG , Associated Press
- Updated: October 1, 2012 – 5:29 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The security contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee was fired Monday after authorities said three protesters cut through fences and vandalized a building in an unprecedented break-in.
Security contractor WSI Oak Ridge said it has started winding down operations and will transfer its protective force functions to B&W Y-12, the managing contractor at the plant, over the next several weeks. The Department of Energy had earlier recommended that WSI’s contract be terminated.
The security contractor was criticized for its poor response when the protesters, including an 82-year-old Roman Catholic nun, cut through fences on July 28 and defaced a building that stores the plant’s weapons grade uranium.
Peter Stockton, a Department of Energy adviser on nuclear security during the Clinton administration, called the firing long overdue.
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POGO, a Washington-based independent watchdog known for exposing overpriced military parts and other government shortcomings, has been a frequent critic of security lapses at the facility.
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Nuclear Power? -Never again
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PETITION – Close Down the Monticello Nuclear Reactor on the Mississippi River!
Now until to February 10, 2026 Radioactive waste storage in France: the debate is finally open! How to participate?
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