2012 October 29 « nuclear-news

Thorium – falsely touted as the miracle saviour of the nuclear industry

Thorium, Not The Nuclear Savior Claimed http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=3101 As people have been discussing the issues surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster, the future of nuclear power comes up. Frequently someone will show up to the discussion to proclaim thorium will be the savior of the nuclear industry and all of the world’s power needs.

The misinformation on thorium is highly promoted by the nuclear industry and various companies that want investment dollars for thorium reactors and fuel. This fairy tale being told about thorium is far from accurate and realistic. The problem becomes worse as uninformed people hear a brief propaganda piece on thorium and pass on that information without any research of their own. Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

India: more arrests of peaceful protestors in Tamil nadu

KOODANKULAM: 71 Activists Arrested on Way to Protests in Chennai Planned on 29th October http://www.dianuke.org/koodankulam-71-activists-arrested-on-way-to-protests-in-chennai-planned-on-29th-october/ Nityanand Jayaraman October 28th About 29 activists from different organizations lending support to the people of Koodankulam against the KKNPP have been taken under preventive detention by Tamilnad police. This comes at a time when PMANE along with solidarity movements from across the state, had decided to hold peaceful & democratic protest demonstration in front of the Tamilnadu State Legislature on the 29th of October (when the assembly session begins). In an attempt to sabotage the plan and to prevent the people from voicing their views against KKNPP, the Tamilnadu police have resorted to the undemocratic practice of preventive detention.

We have information that 25 members of Tamizhaga Vazurimai Iyyakam from Salem (including the district secretary), 2 members of Dalit Viduthalai Katchi from Avinashi, and 1 member each from MDMK and Nam Tamilar Iyyakam from Tirupur are presently under preventive detention. The Police have maintained that they are only being detained and will not be arrested but the status remains unclear at the time of sending out this report.

Another 42 members of Pengal Munnani have been detained by the police at Kulithalai Railway Station and taken to Kulithalai police station. The police have said that they will get the signatures of the people and let them leave after 11 pm.

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, India | Leave a comment

AUDIO: A horror story, Fallujah massacre, and depleted uranium

Donna Mulhearn on her work to protect innocent Iraqi and Palestinian civilians from the ravages of war http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6520 This week, Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks with Sydney-based peace activist Donna Mulhearn, an author, former journalist and political adviser. She was a human shield in the war in Iraq in 2003 and later returned to Iraq as a humanitarian aid worker. Mulhearn was part of an international team of volunteers that established a small NGO “Our Home – Iraq’ which set up a shelter for street kids in Baghdad, a center for traumatized children and provided emergency aid to displaced families. During this time she witnessed the massacre of Fallujah in April 2004, survived constant bombing, being kidnapped by fighters, and being shot at by American soldiers. In 2004- 2005, Mulhearn spent four months in the West Bank of Palestine as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement. During these years she continually wrote reports and reflections called pilgrim notes, which were distributed widely around Australia and the world.Listen to Dr. Caldicott’s June 2010 interview with Mulhearn.

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

New book – Nuclear Roulette

All-Time Darwin Award: The Nuclear Industry Rady Ananda Activist Post 18 Oct 12, Gar Smith’s Nuclear Roulette: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth is a 14-point condemnation of President Eisenhower’s “peaceful atom,” an exposé of official and corporate lies, and a multi-pronged platform of alternatives.

When Ike okayed nuclear power, “they screwed the pooch,” says political cartoonist Mike DiBari. Ike’s military-industrial complex wrote our death sentence when the US authorized the development of nuclear energy: humanity will not survive this technology, nor will most other species.
“In 2000 alone, civilian reactors produced enough plutonium to make more than 34,000 nuclear bombs,” writes Smith. [1] Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | resources - print | Leave a comment

Tepco will make all 100,000 employees work at Fukushima annually

Report: 100,000 Tepco employees being sent to Fukushima in 2013 http://enenews.com/100000-tepco-employees-expected-to-go-to-fukushima-in-2013-all-of-companys-workers-to-be-sent
Report: 100,000 Tepco employees being sent to Fukushima in 2013
October 27th, 2012
Oct. 27 ,2012 report in Nikkei with summary translation by Fukushima Diary:

In the mid-term administration plan, Tepco decided to send all of their employees to Fukushima for decontamination from 2013.
They are sent to Fukushima for 2~3 times a year, about 100,000 people in total will go to Fukushima annually.
This is not volunteer, this is obligation.
Google translation of an excerpt from the Nikkei report:

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, Japan | Leave a comment

Fukushima fish unsafe for years http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/fukushima-fish-unsafe-for-years-20121027-28c60.html#ixzz2AipJXQYL October 28, 2012 Fiona Harvey FISH from the waters around the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan could be too radioactive to eat for a decade to come, as samples show radioactivity levels remain elevated and show little sign of coming down, a marine scientist has warned. Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

USA doesn’t like Imran Khan’s anti drone opinions

This Former Cricket Star Turned US Drone Critic Was Pulled From His Plane On The Way To The States http://www.businessinsider.com/this-former-cricket-star-turned-us-drone-critic-imran-khan-got-hauled-off-a-plane-for-questioning-on-his-way-to-the-states-2012-10 AP | Oct. 28, 2012, Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician, claimed he was taken off an international flight by US immigration officials and questioned about his views on drones and jihad before being allowed into the country, it emerged on Saturday

Mr Khan has emerged as a leading critic of US policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and his party is poised to make a breakthrough in elections due next year. Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, USA | Leave a comment

Kudankulam nuclear plant too close for Sri Lanka’s comfort

India’s nuclear fallout: Raise the bar to political level, The Sunday Times, 28 Oct 12 The Indian Government’s plans to expand its nuclear energy programme by establishing 48 new reactors throughout the sub-continent, more
than double of what it has, is already causing ripples within that country.

It will also be cause for concern for Sri Lanka whose population is less than 160 kms from India’s southern-most plant at Kudankulam and not too far away from the Kalpakkam plant. Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, Religion and ethics | Leave a comment

Japan’s nuclear companies desperate to sell nukes overseas

Hitachi shifts focus of nuclear business overseas, Asahi Shimbun October 27, 2012 By TOMOYA FUJITA Hitachi Ltd. is set to acquire Britain’s Horizon Nuclear Power, underscoring the company’s shift of focus to the nuclear plant sector overseas.

The move comes as no surprise as Japan’s other nuclear plant manufacturers are also struggling after last year’s disaster put a potentially permanent halt to domestic construction of new facilities. Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, marketing | Leave a comment

Pink-washing: corporate hypocrisy about breast cancer

Corporations Cashing in Big Time on Breast Cancer — 5 Shocking Hypocrisies By Brittany Shoot Corporations Ca Some of the most visible companies slapping pink ribbons on their products also have the most to hide. October 23, 2012 |

By now, many people know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s kind of hard to ignore all the pink ribbons splashed across storefront displays and stadiums. In recent years, corporations have started participating in annual pinkwashing campaigns, events and product placement tied to Breast Cancer Awareness Month and ostensibly raising awareness and money for the cure. But many of the most visible companies

slapping pink ribbons on their products also have the most to hide when it comes to carcinogenic materials, toxic ingredients and rampant anti-woman attitudes and practices…..

This year is no different. For every well-intentioned campaign meant to raise awareness about the need for breast cancer research and funding, branded products still contain cancer-linked chemicals and toxins. Athletic teams look like they’ve bathed in Pepto Bismol, yet their high-profile athletes are still being accused and convicted of egregious sex crimes. Food manufacturing giants use packaging full of cancer-linked chemicals, yet partner with breast cancer organizations to funnel money toward research. Can you spot the biggest losers in this year’s depressing lineup of toxic pink products?…. http://www.alternet.org/activism/corporations-cashing-big-time-breast-cancer-5-shocking-hypocrisies?akid=9598.1070654.KXEheZ&rd=1&src=newsletter734486&t=3

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Greece finds Fukushima radiation fallout

Radioecological indexes of fallout measurements from the Fukushima nuclear accident http://sciencealerts.com/stories/2051814/Radioecological_indexes_of_fallout_measurements_from_the_Fukushima_nuclear_accident.html#.UI7UmW_A9dN Fallout from the Fukushima nuclear accident has been monitored for about 1 month in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. Three different radionuclides, one short-lived, one relatively long-lived and one long-lived fission product were identified in air, grass and milk samples. The ¹³¹I, ¹³⁷Cs and ¹³⁴Cs activity concentrations in air reached 497, 145 and 126μBqm⁻³, respectively on 4 April, 201These radionuclides are of particular concern regarding their transfer from the environment to population through the ingestion pathways for the assessment of the Fukushima accident consequences. Radioecological indexes (eco-indexes) of fallout measurements in the air–grass–cow-milk–man pathway for ¹³¹I were determined, as they are related to radiological impact of the Fukushima derived radionuclides on the public and environment.

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Greece | Leave a comment

Corporate lobbying against research on cancer causers

Chemistry Council trying to lobby Washington to cut off funding for research on carcinogens , October 28, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer (NaturalNews) Every two years, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), which operates under the banner of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), releases a congressionally-mandated report entitled the “Report on Carcinogens” (RoC) that identifies various agents, substances, mixtures, or exposures that are known to cause cancer. But the American Chemical Society (ACS), which represents many of the biggest names in the cancer-causing chemical industry, is currently trying to lobby Congress to stop the publishing of this important document…. http://www.naturalnews.com/037724_Chemistry_Council_lobbying_carcinogens.html

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | Leave a comment

Swollen river necessitates nuclear plant shutdown, Slovenia

Slovenia shuts nuclear plant after Sava river swells, Yahoo News 29 Oct12, Slovenia preventively shut down production Sunday at its only nuclear power plant after a steep increase in the flow of the Sava river used for cooling the system, the Krsko nuclear plant said in a statement.
The plant’s production was stopped manually due to the “great amount of leaves and other garbage on the Sava river that had decreased the efficiency of the cooling system on the secondary side of the plant,” it said….. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/slovenia-shuts-nuclear-plant-sava-river-swells-181351905.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, safety | Leave a comment

NGO Information Meeting (Japan) in United Nations Office at Geneva

TIME: OCTOBER 30 (TUESDAY), 2012, 14:00-16:00

1: Mr Katsutaka IDOGAWA: mayor of Futaba town which was “worst hit by Fukushima fallout” Organized by Japanese Association for the Right to Freedom of Speech (JRFS), Association of Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial for the Right to Education in a Safe Place

2. Professor Michel Fernex: Professor Emeritus, Medical Faculty, University of Basel, will speak about the effects of radiation on children.

3: Mr Toshio YANAGIHARA: lead lawyer representing the Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial for the Right to Education in a Safe Place representing 14 children plaintiffs for a collective evacuation (whole school) from heavily contaminated Koriyama city, Fukushima.

Continue reading →

October 29, 2012 Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Nuclear industry prepared for hurricane, is confident of safety

Nuclear Reactors Await Hurricane Sandy By MATTHEW L. WALD, NYT October 28, 2012, Among the various immobile pieces of infrastructure in the path of the East Coast hurricane are around 20 nuclear reactors, from Calvert Cliffs in southern Maryland to Pilgrim in Plymouth, Mass., and Vermont Yankee, just north of the Massachusetts line in Vernon, Vt.

But the industry and regulatory officials say that this is an anticipated challenge…. The most severe weather to afflict nuclear reactors may have been Hurricane Andrew, in August 1992, which was a Category 5 storm when it hit the Turkey Point reactors 25 miles south of Miami. The plant lost telephone communications with the outside world, and
the access road was blocked by fallen trees, but there was no significant damage to safety systems, the regulatory commission found later …. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/nuclear-reactors-await-hurricane-sandy/

October 29, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | Leave a comment

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