Nationalists at odds over Nato and nuclear weapons -Scotland
It is also totally irreconcilable with membership of Nato, an organisation which supports the threatened use of the very nuclear weapons to which the SNP has “unqualified opposition”.
TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2012
Angus Robertson, the SNP’s defence spokesman, has been pushing the idea of his party abandoning its principled opposition to Nato. This may well cause a more substantial and damaging loss of support for independence.
Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon is on record as affirming the SNP’s “unqualified opposition to nuclear weapons”.
This is excellent. It is also totally irreconcilable with membership of Nato, an organisation which supports the threatened use of the very nuclear weapons to which the SNP has “unqualified opposition”.
Brian Quail,
World to gather in Sendai for meeting on risk management, Local voices not invited!
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
U.N. data show that more than 200 million people are affected by natural hazards every year and annual economic losses exceed $200 billion. Some disaster experts say investing in disaster resilience instead of disaster response systems is more beneficial and cost-effective.
When a two-day international conference on disasters and development opens Tuesday in the disaster-hit city of Sendai, Japan will have its moment to shine — relating to the world how it survived last year’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami and sharing lessons about disaster preparedness.
Global leaders, disaster experts and survivors will gather in Sendai for the “Sendai Dialogue,” a meeting hosted by the government and the World Bank to focus on ways to reduce the economic impact of natural disasters.
Greenpeace ejected by South Korea -“can’t deny the risks of nuclear power forever”
Blogpost by Jan Beranek – October 8, 2012 at 13:18
“But instead of denying entry to those who expose the risks of nuclear energy, South Korea’s government would be better off acting swiftly to address those risks rather than the actions it took to trysilence us today.“
I am at a detention centre at South Korea’s airport, quickly writing these few words as best I can on a mobile phone. Together with my colleague, Dr. Rianne Teule, I have been denied entry to South Korea.
We have done nothing wrong. That is, unless you agree with the government in Seoul that exposing the risks of nuclear power and calling for better protection of people from radiation is wrong.
This is our second visit to South Korea, but this time we were told that the government would not let us in.
After waiting for hours to fly to Hong Kong we have boarded. From Hong Kong we go on to Japan where we will continue our investigations into the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Rianne is an expert in the risks of nuclear radiation and has led Greenpeace operations to independently document radiation contamination near the disaster.
We have been denied access to South Korea today even though we have previously debated the issue of nuclear power here at high-profile conferences and with the media……
Nuclear blunder -Halliburton finally finds lost radioactive rod in Texas
Rod containing americium-241/beryllium had been lost a month ago during a 130-mile journey between oil wells
- guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 October
The US oilfield services company Halliburton has found a seven-inch radioactive rod it lost in the Texas desert almost a month ago.
The company lost the rod, which contains americium-241/beryllium, during a 130-mile journey between oil well sites in Pecos and Odessa on 11 September.
A spokesman for Halliburton said the device was found late on Thursday night on a road about seven miles from the well site in Pecos, where the rod was last used.
Midland County sheriff Gary Painter said an oilfield pumper recognised the device from fliers that had been handed out in the area.
Halliburton workers, police officers and the national guard had been involved in searching for the rod, which is stamped with a radiation symbol and the words “Danger Radioactive: Do not handle. Notify civil authorities if found.”
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had warned that the radioactive materials “could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them”.
Haryana farmers to visit Narora nuclear plant -Nuclear PR
Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) To allay fears of farmers in Haryana’s Fatehabad district about a proposed nuclear plant, a group of 40 farmers of Gorakhpur village left for Narora Atomic Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh Monday.
While flagging off the trip, additional deputy commissioner, Fatehabad, Rajiv Ratan said that the farmers will be informed about the benefits of the nuclear plant in their district.
Officers of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Haryana Police, revenue and other departments accompanied the delegation of farmers.
Ratan said that farmers of Gorakhpur, Kajalheri and Badopal had provided land for the nuclear power plant planned for Fatehabad district, 300 km from Chandigarh.
Ratan said that the farmers had wanted to see how a nuclear plant operates.
New -The siege of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant from the sea front went off peacefully
J Arockiaraj, TNN | Oct 9, 2012, 02.22AM IST
“Why should I be afraid of the sea? I am fighting for my people and my children,”
“The sea is our livelihood and we will not give up our struggle even if we have to die in this protest”
IDINTHAKARAI: The siege of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant from the sea front went off peacefully as the protesters called off the demonstration by 4pm and the boats returned to the shore in the evening. Tight security arrangements were made as 5,000 security personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Rapid Action Force of the CRPF and the District Armed Reserved Police were deployed in the plant. Three boats from the coastal security group monitored the sea front while coast guard vessels were anchored away from the protest site.
The siege started at around 9.30 am as PMANE co-ordinator, S P Udayakumar along with other activists, Pushparayan, M P Jesurajan, Milton and others started in a fibre boat to the siege site 500 meters away from nuclear power plant. The struggle committee had made special arrangements to differentiate boats used for the siege. Boats with a white flag patrolled the boundary to keep away fishermen straying into the boundary line while boats with green flags provided food and water to the protesters. The protesters were onboard boats with black flags while media persons were taken in boats having red flags. After two hours of the siege, the demonstration was further reinstated as hundreds of fishing boats from Kanyakumari also sailed to the spot. “The sea is our livelihood and we will not give up our struggle even if we have to die in this protest”, said V Santacruz from Koothankuli.
Kudankulam’s neighbours weigh nuclear power fears against living standards
At the end of my visit, Rani took me back to the St. Lourdes church from her house. Hundreds of wind turbines dotting the area around Idinthakari, twinkled and twirled. Seeing the natural power of the wind the sun and the tides while talking about an energy crisis invited observations about irony. Behind her, the plant formed a hazy silhouette in the setting sun.
Rani enters her home for the first time in more than a week. She switches on the light, but it doesn’t work. Tsunami Colony, where she lives in the village of Idinthakari, has been deserted for months, and the electricity supply has been patchy.
The people who were living in the development fear that the police will return and ransack houses – as they reportedly have done to several places in the village. The residents prefer to sleep on the sand outside St. Lourdes church here in Idinthakari in Tamil Nadu, alongside people who have spent more than a year protesting the planned opening of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, which sits about 2 kilometres away.
There have been nearly 400 days of protests in the village. A plastic board outside the church tallies this number, every day. Villagers claim that their power supply has been irregular with long power cuts ever since they started protesting.
“The day we started protesting, our power began to be cut,” said Vinsula, a woman who lives in the village. “Our electricity is being cut, and then this backs up their claim of ‘power shortage’ which validates the nuclear plant.”
Australia -Fight against Muckaty Nuclear Dump Continues (Audio)
Posted on 09/10/2012
Those protesting against a nuclear waste dump being located at Muckaty Station in the Territory gathered over the weekend for a big meeting.
Nat Wasley, Beyond Nuclear Initiative Co-ordinator joined Nerida Currey on Strong Voices to tell us more…
http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/8.10.12-Nat-Wasley-Edited.mp3
Lengthy review possible at damaged San Onofre nuclear power plant
MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press | Monday, October 8, 2012
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Federal regulators disclosed Monday that the proposed restart of the long-shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in California could lead to an exhaustive review that might last months or even years.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering if the complex proposal submitted by operator Southern California Edison last week to repair and start the damaged Unit 2 reactor will require an amendment to San Onofre’s operating license, Regional Administrator Elmo Collins told reporters.
uch reviews can involve a thicket of hearings, appeals and other steps on safety and design issues that can take as long as two years to complete.
UK Hinkley -Anti-nuclear activists claims major victory in mass trespass
8.10.12
At least eight protesters have been arrested during a mass trespass at the Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset.
More than 50 people swooped on the perimeter fence of the land earmarked for two new EPR mega-reactors next to the existing power plant just after dawn.
Dozens fanned out around the 5-miles long fence while others held banners and placards outside the main security gate. A 14-foot banner reading, “Nuclear disaster zone. Boycott EDF” was hung across the gate.
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