Iran Offers to Send Emergency Aid Crew to US After Hurricane Sandy
“Once you see your enemy as a human being similar to yourself, being expressing his love and understand he doesn’t hate you as years of propaganda succeed to make you believe, you can never go back to blind hate, then you can start to know each other and you will be ready for peace.”
Posted by EU Times on Nov 1st, 2012
In the wake of the destruction caused by hurricane Sandy the people of Iran are reaching out in a variety of ways, by offering help and emergency aid relief.
Even the Red Crescent Organization of Iran has offered to send an emergency response team to help with the rescue and clean up effort.
Mahmud Mozaffar, the leader of the Red Crescent Organization told the Fars News Agency that:
“We are ready to help the flood-stricken people of America. Given its preparedness and ample experience in rescuing storms and floods victims, Iran’s Red Crescent can provide relief assistance for those affected in New York.
If American authorities agree, we can send our rescuers with equipment and tools to American cities in the shortest period of time.”
It is very possible that American authorities will not accept this offer because the Red Crescent Organization is known to have deep connections with the Iranian government.
Another organization close with the Iranian government made a similar request a few years ago in offering to help clean up the Deep Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, this offer was quickly turned down by the US government.
Iran is a much more complicated situation than the half dozen other countries that have already been invaded in this conquest, it’s far more delicate.
Iran’s population and military capabilities far surpass that of Iraq and Afghanistan, it is one of the most powerful countries in the Middle East and has been for a very long time.
Despite their immense power and influence in the region they have not waged a foreign conflict in over a century, and they don’t pose much of a threat today either.
Iran Proposes Live Coverage of Nuclear Talks with World Powers
Source: Fars News Agency
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said Tehran has “nothing to hide” regarding its nuclear program and has even proposed live broadcast of its talks with the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany).
“Iran’s nuclear issue has a specific framework. The talks that we have pursued have been so transparent and our proposals have been so specific that the Iranian side has even proposed a live TV coverage of the whole talks,” Mehman-Parast said in an interview with FNA on the sidelines of Tehran’s 19th International Exhibition of Press and News Agencies on Saturday.
“We have nothing o hide and we are proposing our ideas transparently,” he added.
The Iranian foreign ministry presser further stressed that disputes over Iran’s nuclear program would have been resolved if they had been technical or legal.
“Our disputes with the other party are neither technical nor legal but political,” he stated, and reiterated that the Iranian nation will not retreat from its nuclear rights under the western pressures.
India to build 6,000 MW nuke plant in Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh government has quietly set in motion the process for construction of 6,000 MW nuclear power plant at Kovvada block in Srikakulam district.
he state energy department on Thursday night issued an order (GO Ms No. 42 dated November 1, 2012) and a subsequent gazette notification declaring five villages covering 1,916.27 acre of land as “protected zone” for setting of 6 light weight nuclear reactors, each of 1,000 MW capacity by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). The total land being acquired for the nuclear power project is 2,436 acres, including the area assigned for township for the staff and the Central Industrial Security Forces to take care of the security needs of the project.
According to the notification, the five villages which would fall under the nuclear protected zone are: Ramachandrapura, Gudem, Kotapalem, Tekkali and Jeeru Kovvada. In all, 1,983 households with a population of 7,960 would be displaced from the project area and rehabilitated at a distant location, so as to protect them from adverse effect of the nuclear power project.
The notification said since the project is being set up by the NPCIL with the support of the Central government, the rehabilitation and resettlement benefits would be extended to the displaced people as per the provisions of the National R&R policy, 2007.
In fact, the government had issued land acquisition notices in December 2011 itself in order to facilitate the NPCIL to build its office complex, besides staff quarters. The government had constituted a team of 11 officials headed by a deputy collector rank officer, besides appointing another 28 lower rung staff on contract basis for acquisition of land from farmers in and around Ranasthalam area. The entire cost of land acquisition and salaries to the land acquisition staff would be borne by NPCIL.
While the NPCIL would build the nuclear reactors, state-run AP Power Generation Corporation would act as the nodal agency for the execution of the power plant, including overseeing the land acquisition and the project works.
Kovvada was among the first set of four sites identified by the Central government last year for setting up nuclear power plants as part of the civil nuclear agreement with United States.The ambitious Rs.1 lakh crore (US$ 20 billion) power project at Kovvada would be developed with the US technical know-how.
USA -Lawsuit worth $900M filed over new Ga. reactors
ATLANTA (AP) – The contractors building a new nuclear power plant in eastern Georgia have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $900 million from Southern Co. and other plant owners.
The lawsuit filed Thursday at a federal court in Washington is the third between the parties over the construction of 2 new reactors at Plant Vogtle (VOH’-gohl) near Augusta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/SDEw76 ) reports the dispute centers in part on delays in getting federal permission to build the power plant. Westinghouse Electric Co. and the Shaw Group said they want additional pay for design changes to the plant and a 10-month delay in getting the construction license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Georgia Power denies responsibility for those extra costs.
Utility customers ultimately pay for the cost of building the nuclear plant.
Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19993711/lawsuit-worth-900m-filed-over-new-ga-reactors
VIDEO Forcible removal of heckler at Romney rally
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/protester-confronts-mitt-romney-over-climate-change-surreality-ensues-video.html Protester Confronts Mitt Romney Over Climate Change, Surreality Ensues (Video) Brian Merchant, 2 Nov 12
A protester made his way into the front of a Romney rally today, where the candidate was 
discussing hurricane Sandy. The activist unfurled a banner reading End Climate Silence, and called out: “What about climate? That’s what caused this monster storm. Climate Change!” He was promptly and forcibly removed from the event.
Romney fell into strained silence while security removed the mustachioed man, and the crowd immediately launched into a hybrid chant “boo!/USA!” chant to express its dismay.
It’s all pretty surreal. I mean, it’s not like the dude was trying to burn a flag or anything.
Come to think of it, this whole debacle rather aptly embodies the nature of the national debate about climate change over the last few years:
You’ve got the power structure, as represented by Mitt Romney, staring on in oblivious silence. You’ve got a tiny minority of activists and scientists waving their arms over their heads and tearing their hair out, telling folks to listen up, climate change is real. And then you’ve got the public majority, conditioned by said power structure and its sympathetic media apparatus to ignore the threat altogether—or, better yet to drown it out in hysterical jingoism.
Germany’s nuclear shutdown has brought economic and environmental benefits
“Probable Game-Changer”: Special issue of Bulletin of Atomic Scientists shows exiting nuclear power brings economic and environmental benefits — ‘Startling’ findings http://enenews.com/game-changer-special-issue-of-bulletin-of-atomic-scientists-shows-exiting-nuclear-power-brings-economic-and-environmental-benefits-startling-findings
November 1st, 2012
Title: Bulletin: German nuclear exit delivers economic, environmental benefits
Source: Phys.org
Date: November 1, 2012
[…] Forbes.com went as far as to ask, in a headline, whether [Germany’s exit from nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster] was “Insane—or Just Plain Stupid.”
But a special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, “The German Nuclear Exit,” shows that the nuclear shutdown and an accompanying move toward renewable energy are already yielding measurable economic and environmental benefits, with one top expert calling the German phase-out a probable game-changer for the nuclear industry worldwide. […]
Freie Universität Berlin politics professor Miranda Schreurs says the nuclear phase-out and accompanying shift to renewable energy have brought financial benefits to farmers, investors, and small business;
Felix Matthes of the Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin concludes the phase-out will have only small and temporary effects on electricity prices and the German economy;
University of Kassel legal experts Alexander Rossnagel and Anja Hentschel explain why electric utilities are unlikely to succeed in suing the government […]
Lutz Mez, co-founder of Freie Universitӓt Berlin’s Environmental Policy Research Center, presents what may be the most startling finding of all. […] “It has actually decoupled energy from economic growth, with the country’s energy supply and carbon-dioxide emissions dropping from 1990 to 2011, even as its gross domestic product rose by 36 percent.”
Germany produces 50% of energy from solar during mid-day hours — ‘Equivalent to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity without any radioactive waste left over’
Japan might shut down its only operating nuclear reactor
AP: Japan’s only operating nuclear power plant may be closed http://enenews.com/ap-japans-only-operating-nuclear-reactor-may-be-closed November 2nd, 2012
NHK, Nov. 2: Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority ha surveyed the country’s only operating nuclear power plant to determine whether a seam under the facility is an active fault. The authority says it may ask the Ohi plant’s operator — Kansai Electric Power Company — to suspend operations, depending on the survey results.
USA’s aging nuclear power plants in need of monitoring
Expert: “There’s another nuclear disaster” if operators aren’t able to connect temporary equipment in flooding http://enenews.com/expert-theres-another-nuclear-disaster-if-operators-arent-able-to-connect-temporary-equipment-in-flooding November 1st, 2012
Title: U.S. nuclear energy safety questioned
Source: UPI
Author: LINYI ZHANG
Date: Nov. 1, 2012
The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster unless the government closely monitors aging power plants, safety advocates and activists said. […]
Tuesday’s historic hurricane brought the issue into sharp focus as Oyster Creek nuclear station — one of the oldest nuclear plants adjacent to the Oyster Creek in New Jersey using Mark I boiling water reactor [identical to the containment vessels used at Fukushima Daiichi] — declared an alert because of high water levels. The plant experienced power disruption but backup diesel fuel was able to provide power for cooling.
But experts said if future events become more severe, under-designed protections might fail. […]
If operators aren’t able to connect temporary equipment in flooding, “there’s another nuclear disaster,” said Dave Lochbaum, director of the nuclear safety program of Union of Concerned Scientists, a nuclear oversight group. […]
By 2014, Fukushima victims lose right to claim for compensation
Tepco has the right to reject compensation in 2014 http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/11/tepco-has-the-right-to-reject-compensation-in-2014/ by Mochizuki November 2nd, 2012 · Fukushima governor Sato asked Tepco not to claim for the right of extinctive prescription for compensation.
According to the civil code, Fukushima victims will lose the right to claim for the compensation from Tepco 3 years after 311 if Tepco claims for extinctive prescription.
Tepco president Hirose commented, it is difficult to make a statement about that yet.
In Chernobyl, major symptoms started appearing 4 years later after the accident…Tepco paid only 30,000 yen for 200 million yen of compensation claim
Oyster Creek nuclear plant did lose cooling of spent fuel during hurricane
NRC: Spent fuel pool cooling lost at NJ’s Oyster Creek nuclear plant during Hurricane Sandy http://enenews.com/nrc-spent-fuel-pool-cooling-lost-njs-oyster-creek-nuclear-plant-during-hurricane-sandy
November 2nd, 2012
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (h/t Anonymous tip):Nuclear Regulatory Commission (h/t Anonymous tip):
See also: Gundersen: I suspect we’re going to see reports of spent fuel pools heating up at New Jersey nuclear plants — The problem is reactors were in refueling mode (VIDEO)
Democracy eroding in India
ID please, keep it ready for all reserved rail trips after Dec 1 Hindu Business Line, MAMUNI DAS NEW DELHI, NOV 1: From December1, you require an original identity proof to travel in any reserved services of the Indian Railways. Those without identity proof will be treated as travelling without ticket and attract a penalty equivalent to the ticket fare….
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/id-please-keep-it-ready-for-all-reserved-rail-trips-after-dec-1/article4054531.ece?homepage=true
UK’s planned new nuclear reactors all too close to Dublin, Ireland
New N-plant closer than Sellafield, warn Greens
http://www.herald.ie/news/new-nplant-closer-than-sellafield-warn-greens-3280668.html By Fiona Dillon, November 02 2012 THE GOVERNMENT is being called on to object to to plans to build a nuclear plant that’s closer to Dublin than the controversial Sellafield site.
Engineering giant Hitachi is in the process of buying Horizon Nuclear Power, which has rights to build reactors at Wylfa on Anglesey, North Wales.
The site is only 118km from Dublin, compared to Sellafield’s 217km. Continue reading
Ameren, Westinghouse hanging out for money for those dud mini nuclear reactors
a bigger question is whether small-scale nuclear can compete economically, particularly in a world of relatively inexpensive natural gas.
Ameren, Westinghouse still waiting for decision on nuclear grant MENAFN – – Nov 02, 2012–-It was six months ago that Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse officials joined Gov. Jay Nixon on the lawn of the governor’s mansion to announce plans to pursue a first-of-its-kind mini nuclear reactor that would be built next to the utility’s Callaway plant.
The effort had bipartisan political support. Other Missouri electricity suppliers were on board, as well as the state’s university system. Everything seemed in place — almost.
The whole plan hinged on getting at least a share of a 452 million federal grant to advance commercialization of next-generation nuclear technology.
Today, a month after the Department of Energy was supposed to announce who would share the federal money, Ameren and Westinghouse are still waiting. And with the presidential election just days away, heightened scrutiny of energy technology subsidies, a growing budget deficit and a potential change in administrations are looming.
An Energy Department spokeswoman said applications are still under review. She didn’t say when a decision would be made. The companies have reason to be anxious. Continue reading
Call to end USA’s nuclear tax credit
Why should nuclear power’s tax credit last more than a decade, when wind power’s tax credit must be renewed every couple of years? That makes no sense. Why should dangerous, dirty and expensive nuclear power receive that kind of support from taxpayers at all? It shouldn’t.
Act now: Support wind power; end the nuclear tax credit, 2 Nov 12
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12063
Nuclear Information and Resource Service November 2, 2012 Regardless of what happens in next week’s election, afterwards the current Congress is going to meet in a lame duck session and try to grapple with major federal tax, budget, jobs, and deficit issues. And they’re going to be looking for savings—both real and imagined—wherever they possibly can.
We’ve got an easy way for Congress to support tens of thousands of American jobs, and to reduce future budget deficits by billions of dollars. And our plan will also help prevent radioactive poisoning of our nation while building a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy future.
Tell Congress : End the nuclear power tax credit, renew the wind tax credit! Continue reading
Japan sets 30 Km radius evacuation zones for nuclear accidents
(I understand that the USA evacuation zones have a lower radius. 10 km? – C.M. )
N-accident zones set at 30-km radius / NRA decides to use IAEA standards The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2 Nov 12 The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday issued new guidelines to establish 30-kilometer-radius zones in which intensive disaster-prevention measures will be taken in preparation for a serious nuclear accident.
About 4.8 million people in 135 municipalities are in these zones and will need particular protection under the new guidelines. Previously, only 45 municipalities were affected.
In a simulation released by the NRA on Oct. 24, the spread of radioactive substances from the nation’s nuclear power plants was recorded beyond the 30-kilometer radius in some cases.
The NRA, however, decided not to expand the key zones beyond the 30-kilometer mark, sticking to the standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Within this year, the NRA will set such standards as radiation levels to determine at what level it would be necessary to evacuate residents.
Local governments, which could be affected in a nuclear plant disaster, will draw up disaster-prevention plans by the end of March….. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy national/T121031003759.htm
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