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Helen Caldicott, M.D. 5 Jan 2013, After four-and-half-years and 197 programs, If You Love This Planet will end with the broadcast of its last new episode on the week ending December 28, 2012.
I believe we have made a valuable contribution to the public debate on any number of important issues over the years. I have thoroughly enjoyed interviewing the most interesting and highly informed people on a variety of topics relevant to planetary and individual survival.
A new book of 25 of the interviews called Loving This Planet may interest you.
The time has come, however, for me, as its president to concentrate on other new initiatives of The Helen Caldicott Foundation, including an international symposium to be held at the New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013 titled, “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima” and to write a new book which I hope will be published in 2014.
The program archives will continue to be available for downloading on this website. http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/
Radioactive fallout from Fukushima travelled in the atmosphere to USA
Gov’t Map: Fukushima fallout transported directly to U.S. — Canada, Mexico avoided much of contamination after 3/11 (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/map-fukushima-fallout-transported-directly-canada-mexico-avoided-contamination-video
January 3rd, 2013
Title: Measurement of Radioactive Fallout from the March 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Incident
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in collaboration with the National Atmospheric Deposition Program
h/t Anonymous tip
Atmospheric back trajectories from sites where radioactive fallout was measured in NADP wet deposition samples. NOAA’s HYSPLIT model was used for this analysis
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated with the National Atmospheric Deposition Program in an effort to monitor North American precipitation samples for the presence of nuclear fallout in response to the Japan Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station incident that occurred on March 11, 2011. […] Continue reading
Nuclear regulators uphold secrecy about San Onofre nuclear plant agreement
“I would like to have them at least list the documents that are being
kept in confidentiality and say why,”
Damon Moglen of Friends of the Earth said the group’s ultimate goal is
to require a more detailed, public review of Edison’s restart plan for
San Onofre. “We may not like this process very much,” he said. “But
we’re committed to that as our goal and our objective.”
NUCLEAR REGULATORS DISMISS PROTESTS TO PRIVATE REPORTS
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/04/tp-nuclear-regulators-dismiss-protests-to-private/
Watchdog group, Edison agreed to restrict information by Morgan Lee
4 Jan 13, Nuclear safety regulators have dismissed objections to a
nondisclosure agreement that seals from public view some documents
related to faulty steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear plant and
an application to restart the facility.
Open-government activist Ray Lutz of El Cajon filed the objections to
an agreement made in early December between plant operator Southern
California Edison and Friends of the Earth, an international
environmental and nuclear watchdog group. Continue reading
Fukushima Prefecture residents get radioactive cesium in their food
Study: Radioactive cesium in 25 of 26 food samples from Fukushima prefecture Title: Dietary Intake of Radiocesium in Adult Residents in Fukushima Prefecture and Neighboring Regions after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: 24 hr-Food Duplicate Survey in December 2011 http://enenews.com/japan-study-urgent-estimate-dietary-exposure-fukushima-fallout-cesium-detected-25-26-samples-prefecture
January 3rd, 2013
Title: Dietary Intake of Radiocesium in Adult Residents in Fukushima Prefecture and Neighboring Regions after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: 24 hr-Food Duplicate Survey in December 2011
Source: Environmental Science & Technology (American Chemical Society)
Authors: Kouji H Harada , Yukiko Fujii , Ayumu Adachi , Ayako Tsukidate , Fumikazu Asai , and Akio Koizumi
Publication Date (Web): December 24, 2012
Abstract
[…] This study aimed to provide an urgent estimate of the dietary exposure of adult residents recruited from three areas in Japan to cesium 134 (134Cs), cesium 137 (137Cs), and, for comparison, natural potassium 40 (40K) on December 4, 2011. Fifty-three sets of 24-hr food-duplicate samples were collected in Fukushima Prefecture and neighboring regions. The 134Cs, 137Cs, and 40K levels in the samples were measured using a germanium detector. Items in the food-duplicate samples were recorded and analyzed for radiocesium intake. Radiocesium was detected in 25 of 26 samples from Fukushima. The median dietary intake of radiocesium was 4.0 Bq/day (range <0.26–17 Bq/day). […] The estimated dose level of radiocesium was significantly higher in Fukushima than in the Kanto region and western Japan. Stepwise multiple linear regression analyses demonstrated that the intake of fruits and mushrooms produced in Fukushima were significant factors for the dietary intake of 137Cs in the 26 participants from Fukushima. […]
Dates for action to stop uranium mining in Virginia
The Time Has Come: Uranium Mining Battle Takes Center Stage in Richmond http://vasierraclub.org/2013/01/the-time-has-come-uranium-mining-battle-takes-center-stage-in-richmond/
By Eileen Levandoski Jan 04, 2013 The time has come to take our fight to keep the ban on uranium mining to Virginia’s General Assembly. And we do so bolstered by over 10,000 petition signatures of Virginians throughout the Commonwealth, 65 organizations signed-on, numerous Virginia newspaper endorsing the ban, and over 50 government jurisdictions representing millions of Virginians resolving formally and informally their interest in maintaining Virginia’s ban on uranium mining.(Check out KeeptheBan.org for full list.) Continue reading
Fukushima govt’s new law to force stores to sell local produce?
New law to force stores to sell produce from Fukushima? http://enenews.com/report-japan-govt-force-stores-sell-fukushima-food Fukushima Minpo’s Jan. 3, 2013 report on their recent interview with Masako Mori, the ‘minister in charge of dealing with declining number of children’ (elected to the Upper House from District in Fukushima Prefecture), translated by EXSKF:
[…]
[Mori said] the government will aim to pass the legislation to promote the sale of Fukushima produce and goods, in order to clearly show [to the public] how the national government stands on the issue of baseless rumor damages. It is considered that Mr. Mori’s agency [Consumer Affairs Agency] and related agencies and ministries will decide on the details [of the legislation]. In summary, the legislation would “designate Fukushima Prefecture as the “special zone”, and enable the national government to order retailers to sell locally-produced goods and to extend preferential treatment to retailers who sell such goods in the storefronts”, Ms. Mori explained.
The Constitution guarantees “freedom of commerce”. It remains to be seen whether the legislation can legally force retailers.
[…]
EXSKF adds, “It’s not very clear […] whether this legislation is intended for retailers only in Fukushima, or any retailers anywhere. (The more I read it, it feels the legislation will be for the retailers everywhere in Japan, but not 100% sure.)”
Duke/Progress Energy fleecing ratepayers on Chrystal River nuclear plant
Bland comments: Note using the lower estimate of $1.5 Billion,
Duke/Progress could build a brand new combine cycle natural gas plant
on the existing site or in Levy County producing 1600 MW,
approximately twice the output of the CR#3 nuke plant.
This would eliminate nearly all of the 600 24/7 dedicated staff for CR#3.
More importantly the additional capacity would defer or eliminate the
need to build the Levy Nuke and get rid of the existing prebilling for
its future construction of $24 Billion.
This makes too much sense and therefore probably will not
happen………..instead let’s continue fleecing the ratepayers……
desert scorpion
The CEO of Duke is a Democrat, Mr. Rodgers was instrumental in
bringing the DNC to Charlotte,,, the Duke CEO made a personal
contribution of $100,000 dollars to the Barack Hussein Obama
campaign… This mess goes beyond political parties.. both Republicans
and Democrats are responsible for the obscene fleecing of
Duke/Progress Energy customers…
7 January hearing on Duke Energy’s Chrystal River nuclear plant
The status update on the Crystal River nuclear plant will be at 10
a.m. Monday at Betty Easley Conference Center, Room 148, 4075
Esplanade Way, Tallahassee. Follow the hearing online at
www.floridapsc.com.
New hearing on status of Crystal River nuclear plant
By Ivan Penn, Times, January 4, 2013 State regulators have scheduled a
hearing Monday to receive an update on the broken Crystal River
nuclear plant, which continues to sit idle with its future uncertain.
Duke Energy and its local subsidiary, Progress Energy Florida, have
yet to decide whether to repair the crippled plant or permanently shut
down the reactor.
Eduardo Balbis, a member of the Public Service Commission, scheduled
the hearing as part of an ongoing review of the nuclear plant. Continue reading
Illegal dumping of radioactive material in Fukushima
Contaminated soil might have been illegally dumped in Fukushima
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130104p2g00m0dm068000c.html
TOKYO (Kyodo), 4 Jan 13, — Some Japanese contractors are suspected of 
having
illegally dumped radioactively contaminated soil, vegetation and water
into rivers or other places close to the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant, the Environment Ministry said Friday. Continue reading
Halliburton, GE and Conoco quietly traded with Iran
the subsidiaries of several American
companies have been quietly trading with Iran for years. These
companies include Halliburton, GE and Conoco.
Trading With the “Enemy”: Halliburton & GE Make Millions Trading With
Iran Democracy Now JULY 16, 2003 As head of Halliburton and as U.S.
Vice President, Dick Cheney lobbied to remove sanctions against Iran
to allow his business to profit off the Iranian dictatorship. Continue reading
Black ministers join in supporting Virginia’s ban on uranium mining
it would be a tragic mistake for the Virginia General
Assembly to even consider allowing Virginia Uranium Inc., or whater
it’s called today, to open a uranium mine in our beautiful but
frequently flooded Southside Virginia
Seventeen black ministers signed a resolution requesting a permanent
ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
Roanoke pastor: uranium mining is bad news for Va.By Ralph Berrier
Jr.The Roanoke Times January 4, 2013
A coalition of black ministers from the Roanoke Valley and Southside
Virginia spoke out today in Roanoke against lifting Virginia’s ban on
uranium mining, citing what they believe would be disproportionate
negative consequences on minority populations should the ban be
lifted.
State lawmakers are considering ending the 30-year moratorium on
uranium mining, as Virginia Uranium Inc. hopes to mine one of the
world’s largest known uranium deposits in Pittsylvania County. Continue reading
Will USA’s EPA continue allow radioactive wastes to be injected into groundwater
The situation at Christensen Ranch underscores the overlaying problem of the sheer number of underground waste and injection wells. According to the UIC Well Inventory of 2011, there are 659,345 injection wells across the nation. Even in water-strapped states like California there exist a staggering 67,302 underground waste wells
former EPA officials are concerned of well leaks and that completely removing pollutants from water is not possible.
EPA Approved Underground Waste Dumping for 
Uranium Mine Giant IVN, By Christopher Davis-Garland | 01/04/2013 | ProPublica recently published journalist Abraham Lustgarten’s special project series covering injection wells. The latest story in the series converges on Christensen Ranch in Wyoming where industry giant Uranium One mines for uranium and disposes of its waste in an aquifer with EPA permission.
Nuclear Power – Never Again! says German Minister
German minister says ‘never again’ to nuclear power The Economic Times, BERLIN 4 Jan 13, : German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said Friday his country would never again return to nuclear energy, hitting back at a top EU official who doubted Berlin’s commitment to phase out nuclear power.
“I cannot see any plausible political line-up that would enable a revival of nuclear power in Germany,” Altmaier told Friday’s edition of the Leipziger Volkszeitung regional daily.
Despite the anti wind energy bluster, wind energy is the best deal for Ontario
Wind energy is
the smarter long-term choice based on cost, environmental protection,
and wider sharing of benefits to rural communities.
At its current rate of 11.5 cents per kWh in Ontario, wind energy is
cost-competitive with virtually all other new sources of electricity
generation.
While some politicians and a group of highly motivated anti-wind
activists have worked hard to discredit wind energy, the benefits and
attributes of the world’s fastest-growing major source of electricity
speak loud and clear.
Wind energy is a better deal for Ontario than new nuclear
http://www.thespec.com/opinion/columns/article/863783–wind-energy-is-a-better-deal-for-ontario-than-new-nuclear
Chris Forrest Jan 04 2013 Last year, 2012, saw wind energy’s
contribution of clean power to Canada’s electricity supply grow by
nearly 20 per cent to just over 6,200 megawatts (mw) of installed
capacity, maintaining Canada’s position as one of the world’s leading
wind energy markets.
Every 1,000 mw of new wind energy drives $2.5 billion in investment,
creates 10,500 person-years of employment, and provides enough clean
power for more than 300,000 Canadian homes. New wind energy projects
have been commissioned in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec,
Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nova Scotia in 2012. Ontario
continues to lead the country with more than 2,000 mw of installed
wind energy capacity now in place. Continue reading
Nuclear energy company EDF launches wind energy project
France’s EDF launches its first wind farm in Poland
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/67517
04-Jan-13
Country: POLAND
Author: Agnieszka Barteczko
French power company EDF has launched its first wind farm in Poland, a
48 megawatt (MW) facility located in the northern part of the country,
the firm said on Thursday.
The utility’s unit, EDF Energies Nouvelles, bought the Linowo windfarm
last year to strengthen its position in the coal-dependant European
Union nation looking to boost the share of renewables in its energy
supplies.
Poland has around 2,000 MW of installed wind energy, representing more
than 5 percent of the power system’s total capacity. It has targeted
boosting that capacity to 6,000 MW by 2030.
Under EU law at least 15 percent of Poland’s energy production must
come from renewable sources by 2020.
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