2013 February 11 « nuclear-news

Iceland’s step forward for freedom of information

Iceland wants to be seen as the ideal place for online media and data storage banks to locate their servers in order to shield themselves from the threats of censorship, filtering and closure, and to provide the best protection for the personal data of their users.

NEW LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE EXEMPLARY PROTECTION FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 21 JUNE 2010. HTTP://EN.RSF.ORG/ISLANDE-NOUVEL-ARTICLE-18-06-2010,37771.HTML Iceland’s parliament, the Alpinghi, has unanimously approved a resolution known as the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) that calls on the government to draft legislation in line with its recommendations for the protection of media, journalists and bloggers.

Reporters Without Borders hails this ambitious and positive initiative, adopted on 15 June, and calls on the government to do its utmost to respect the parliament’s will when it drafts the law.

“This proposal is on the right track,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It regards freedom of expression as a fundamental right and would create optimal conditions for investigative journalism. Even if the precise impact of this proposed law remains to be seen, especially as regard journalists’ legal protection, Iceland has established itself as a pioneer.”

The press freedom organisation added: “We hope this will serve as an example to other governments. It is certainly a promising departure from the general tendency, especially in democratic countries, for press freedom to be eroded and for harassment of journalists and their sources to increase.” Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, EUROPE, media | Leave a comment

Small scale solar energy will revolutionise Ghana’s rural communities

Solar energy to power rural electricity launched, Ghana Business News, February 10, 2013 A new life changing solar energy system aimed at augmenting rural electricity power generation using the sun’s direct energy has been launched in Accra.

Dubbed Solar2Africa400, the system consists of a portable folding solar panel, a cable, a connector and a 400-watt power inverter.

It is aimed at responding to the growing demand for off-grid electrification solutions and support government’s efforts at cutting down the cost of extending the national grid to island and lakeside communities.

The innovation was born out of collaboration between Power for Africa, a United Kingdom based company, which designed the system for developing countries such as Ghana and Gem Technologies, a Ghanaian company. Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AFRICA, decentralised | Leave a comment

Germany moving ahead with solar energy storage

Germany To Announce Energy Storage Subsidy? http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3584 Germany blazed the trail for solar PV uptake and it appears the nation may be about to do the same for energy storage.

Rumour has it that early this week Germany’s government will announce an initiative to support the purchase of battery based energy storage systems integrated with solar panel arrays.

Owners of solar power systems up to 30kW capacity will be entitled to low-interest loans from state-owned bank KfW and a repayment allowance from the Ministry of Environment that will cover 30% of the cost of an energy storage system. Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | energy storage, Germany | Leave a comment

What if India had a nuclear disaster?

Tamil terrorists from Sri Lanka are now in India. They are highly resourceful and fully cognizant of the spectacular impact they can create. A terrorist attack on an Indian nuclear plant will dwarf the Chernobyl disaster

A Nuclear Disaster Will Trigger Disintegration of India Lanjaweb, February 10th, 2013 Dilrook Kannangara According to Gorbachev, the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster has a lot to do in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. He revealed this in a book he wrote. Previously his Glasnost program was blamed in most part for the fall. But the veteran explains how people demanded more transparency from the government following the disaster which forced the government to come up with the Glasnost program. Obviously economic woes and inevitable change took over the momentum but the trigger could well be the Chernobyl (in the Republic of Ukraine) disaster in April 1986. It highlighted the fallibility of the Union that won most of its wars and its leaders projected to be in total charge.

Triggers Within and Without….. Though India boasts to be the world’s largest democracy, its people hardly enjoy democratic rights. Freedom of expression has been severely curtailed through state controlled or influenced media entities. Dissent on national issues is not tolerated. Old friends including Russia have been marginalised with France and USA emerging as India’s new bedfellows.

A Nuclear Disaster Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, safety | Leave a comment

Japan hoping to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

Japan offers nuclear help to Saudi to free up oil,by Martin Dokoupil and Daniel Fineren, Reuters –11 Feb 13 ABU DHABI – Japan has offered to help Saudi Arabia build nuclear power stations to free up more oil for exports, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, but a visiting Japanese minister said he was not seeking a supply increase now.

Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi‘s visit at the weekend was aimed at securing extra oil from the world’s biggest exporter in case of instability in world supply, Japanese officials had said…….. Saudi Arabia’s plan to build up to 17 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity over the next two decades has offered a possible lifeline to plant builders hit by a lack of demand since the Fukushima disaster….. http://news.yahoo.com/japan-offers-nuclear-help-saudi-free-oil-154800170.html

February 11, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, marketing | Leave a comment

Nuclear industry constantly denies harm of nuclear radiation

Dose limits = Allowing Gunshots at Children http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/dose-limits-allowing-gunshots-at-children/October 14, 2012 by Mikkai

“We are constantly being told about a ‘permissible amount of radiation.’ Who permitted it? Who has any right to permit it?” Albert Schweitzer

http://icanw.org/1957

Plutonium for Infants: http://www.life-upgrade.com/DATA/US-FDA-BequerelLimits.jpg

and: http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/stop-sacrificing-infants-new-nutrition-facts-with-becquerel/

“Up to 1,300 million people have been killed, maimed or diseased by nuclear power since its inception. The industry’s figures massively underestimate the real cost of nuclear power, in an attempt to hide
its victims from the world.”http://exacteditions.theecologist.org/read/ecologist/vol-29-no-7-november-1999-5368/29/2/

“The most important consideration is the generally accepted value judgment that early embryonic losses are of little personal or social concern.” Dr R. Mole, 1979, a member of ICRP – The international committee which makes the dose limits WORLDWIDE ignores LIFE. http://bjr.birjournals.org/content/52/614/89

“Possible scale of lost or impaired children after Chernobyl in all of Europe and the part of Asia covered – Missing Children: 2,5 Million.” PAGE 34http://www.ratical.org/radiation/Chernobyl/RIGEinEuroandCNPPc.pdf

Dwight Eisenhower advised AEC (NRC): “Keep the Public confused about Fission and Fusion.” http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19790423&id=nXUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lmcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6981,3863905

760 milliSievert thyroid gland dose per year for an infant (up to one year of age)
1390 milliSievert thyroid gland dose per year for a small child (1 to 2 years of age)
1340 milliSievert thyroid gland dose per year for a child of 2 to 7 years of age SOURCE: http://www.strahlentelex.de/RadiationRisk_EU_042011_engl.pdf