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HOW GEORGE MONBIOT RUINED MY LIFE! OP-ED

“…MONBIOTISM – SHOULD YOUR BABY BE VACCINATED AGAINST IT? Dr. Angharad’s third cousin explains why she prefers nettles..”

http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/how-george-monbiot-ruined-my-life/

(some strong language with swearing and utter hate etc bit of humor.. not for the faint hearted!! 🙂 )

January 19, 2012 · 8:38 am

Great piece from Dick Gherkin of  FROM BRISTOL WITH LOVE here:

I went to see George Moonbat last year at the St. George Hall in Bristol. It was advertised as ‘come and have an argument’, so one of my “straight mates” (i.e. liberal) told me it was time i put my money where my mouth was, I had been badmouthing George all this time, now it was time to Speak Truth to Moonbat!

I quite liked the sound of it. So I cycled ‘uptown’ and took my seat in the fine, Roman-pillared concert hall.

I don’t think i actually was, but it felt like i was the only working class person in there. I have NEVER felt more aware of my class, and felt more oppressed by it, I suppose because i don’t normally put myself in those kinds of situations.

‘Himself’ started off, arguing for nuclear power, with a series of deeply researched, peer reviewed arguments he had stress-tested and adapted over a long Spring and Summer tour. He then asked the audience to ‘have a go’.

A few in the audience were actually qualified climatologists and geologists (it was that kind of crowd) and so they at least got to the stage of disputing peer-reviewed evidence. The rest were left to flail about in the spotlight, every supporter of the Severn Barrage or sea wind farms stopped in their tracks by some statistical revelation from the increasingly bullish Moonbat.

We took an Interlude. Everyone was ‘democratically’ asked to provide written suggestions of topics The Master could focus his lighthouse of intellect onto. Open, horizontal, decision making. I secretly scribbled “why are you such a fucking cunt?” on a card, dropped it in the suggestion box and returned to my seat, feeling a bit better.

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February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Thom Hartmann: Wind Now Cheaper Than Coal in Australia

 “… Let’s take a lesson from Australia and the Eurozone, which have both set up carbon taxes to make 19th century energy barons pay for at least some of the damage they’ve done. And then use that revenue for a green energy revolution here in America….”
Smirking Chimp / By Thom Hartmann

Time to Take Notice: How Renewable Energy Is Becoming Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels

This is why we need to throw everything we have at making renewable energies our primary way of powering America into the 21st century.

Which is why we as a nation need to throw everything we have at making renewable energies our primary way of powering America into the 21st century.

February 10, 2013

Something interesting is happening in Australia.

new study by the research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance has found that unsubsidized renewable energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels like coal and gas.

In fact, it’s a lot cheaper.

Data shows that wind farms in Australia can produce energy at AU$80/MWh. Meanwhile, coal plants are producing energy at AU$143/MWh and gas at AU$116/MWh.

Unlike the United States, where energy companies can pollute and have the costs (from illness to environmental degradation) picked up by the taxpayers, Australia has a carbon tax, which partially explains why renewables have a price advantage. But the data shows that even without the cost of carbon tax factored in; wind energy is still 14-cents cheaper than coal and 18-cents cheaper than gas.

And this is in a nation that relies more heavily on coal than any other industrialized nation in the world. But that coal reliance will soon change, as companies in Australia are quickly adopting new, cheaper renewable energies. As the study found, banks and lending institutions in Australia are now less and less likely to finance new coal plants, because they’ve simply become a bad investment.

And, while Australian wind is cheapest now, by 2020 – and maybe sooner – solar power will also be cheaper than coal and gas in Australia. The energy game is rapidly changing in that country.

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February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Swissgrid’s response to the European Energy Strategy 2050 consultation

“…In its response, Swissgrid stated that energy reform is already a reality in the European grid network for power transmission. Increasing feed-in fluctuations due to wind and solar power alongside the simultaneous cessation of nuclear base load generation are additionally challenging the grid management. This development will continue and intensify with implementation of the first package of Energy Strategy 2050 measures also in Switzerland…”

11.02.2013

Swissgrid supports the energy strategy of the federal government. It would like to contribute to attaining the ambitious goals of the Energy Strategy 2050. However, from a transmission grid viewpoint, the first package of measures is insufficient. The proposed measures are not nearly enough to guarantee today’s extremely high security of supply in the future.

Swissgrid submitted its response to the consultation on the first package of Energy Strategy 2050 measures to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) at the end of January within the prescribed time. In doing so, it deliberately concentrated on those legislative proposals that concern its tasks as an independent grid company.

Energy reform reality

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February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

UK -Sizewell: Head of emergency planning admits nuclear accident consultation documents could have been thrown out as ‘junk’ mail

h/t Sue

Extra copies of the consultation documents can be ordered by telephoning 01473 265321.

By David Green Saturday, February 16, 2013

12:00 PM

 DOCUMENTS outlining plans to protect the community in the event of a major nuclear accident at Sizewell could have ended up in domestic bins, Suffolk’s head of emergency planning has acknowledged.

Ten thousand copies of the documents – inviting comments on a revised off-site emergency plan – were sent to homes within and just outside a 4km radius of the nuclear site. But the envelopes were not individually addressed and were only marked “Important Documents” – similar to markings on a range of “junk” mail.

A proportion may have ended up unopened in bins, emergency planning chief Andy Osman has conceded following criticism of the way the consultation has been handled.

“Royal Mail gave us a range of possible markings but in retrospect it may have been better to clearly identify the documents as relating to the Sizewell emergency plan review,” he said.

The draft plan suggests the current 2.4km zone – the area for which detailed emergency plans exist – is expanded to 4km to include the whole of the town of Leiston and an overall population of 6,500. The current zone covers only a small part of the town and a resident and working population of just 800 people.

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February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TEPCO Hires UK Propaganda Chief

“…To be sure, the nuclear issue still divides opinion sharply. Judge admits that a repeat of the Chernobyl disaster would close the industry down for 20 years…”  22 July 2009  –Barbara Judge

Published on Feb 11, 2013

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TEPCO has hired Barbara Judge, former head of UK Atomic Regulation as Nuclear Safety Chief for the struggling power company.

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Dr David Lowry • 4 years ago

Barbara Judge just doesn’t seem to learn. It is extraordinary that a person deemed suitable to head the once prestigious UK atomic energy authority is so ignorant of the nuclear issue. Maybe it is because she dabbles in so many directorships- you cite a reported 30- she has insufficient time to read even the basic texts on nuclear. For example, you quote Ms Judge as stating that when she came over here (UK) in 1993 “more than 20 per cent of our energy was delivered by nuclear power.” This is totally incorrect. Nuclear power has never – nor will ever – provide 20% of our ENERGY.She is referring to electrical energy ie power. But the error is important, as nuclear provides about 16% of our power, equating to around 5.5% of our energy use. She made the exact same mistake (along with three other factual booboos ) while introducing an energy experts’ seminar – on UK new nuclear propects – which I attended a few years ago. I corrected her then, but she seems not to have learned even this basic fact.

Ms Judge also perpetuates the dangerous inaccuracy that “just 3,500 people died in the world&#8217s worst nuclear accident.” Even teeh pro-nuclear World Heath Organisation cites 8,000 deaths. Studies such as the TORCH* report put the more likely figure at 60,000, with many in Western Europe, not in Belarus, Ukraine or Russia, where most studies locate the deaths.

*http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/…

Your interviewer makes his own silly error, asserting ” Indeed, nuclear is rarely mentioned as a &#8216renewable&#8217 &#8212 oddly, since it is carbon-free.” There is a good factual reason why nuclear is not mentioend as a renewable: it isn’t one! Its fuel is uranium, and is fissioned in a the reactor core, and partly consumed: like fossil fuels. Atomic aficionados, like Ms Judge, believe you can – and should- recover some of the unburned uranium, and the plutonium created in the waste, and re-use it. But making use of nuclear explosive materials

as a fuel has its own security problems!

While poorly informed people like Ms Judge are given jobs to promote and oversee nuclear power, critics will rightly challenge its merits.

From the comments…see link below for more!!

And an old article from the “glory days” of nuclear

The nuclear power-dresser
Elliot Wilson meets Barbara Judge, the American-born doyenne of British boardrooms, who believes we should strive to regain our lost leadership of the global nuclear industry
Elliot Wilson 22 July 2009

Barbara Judge is an extraordinary human being, particularly for those of us who struggle to iron a shirt. Apart from her flawless grooming — in a power suit with a starched ruff, she resembles a cross between Marie Antoinette and Jessica Tandy — she has more titles than most monarchs. Lady Judge, a British-American dual citizen married to philanthropist Sir Paul Judge, sits on boards on both sides of the Atlantic, chairs the School of Oriental and African Studies, and is a trustee of the Royal Academy.

Her past is no less impressive. In 1980, the then Barbara Thomas became the youngest-ever head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. By 2007, she was reported to hold no fewer than 30 directorships. And for the past five years, she has chaired the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the state-owned body vested with dismantling our ageing nuclear plants and, since 2006, providing expertise on building new ones. Sitting in the bland offices of a Mayfair private equity firm (she’s not a director, surprisingly, just a friend of the owner) the nuclear chief is hotly vocal — even slightly offended — at the state of the UK nuclear industry. When she came over here in 1993, she points out, ‘more than 20 per cent of our energy was delivered by nuclear power. But if we keep decommissioning, then by 2020 just 2 per cent of our power will be delivered by nuclear. And no one’s told me that we will need 18 per cent less power by then.’

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February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

VIDEO – Meteorite explosion over old Soviet nuclear test site

YouTube“We Are Getting Suggestions That The Meteorite Was The Beginning Nose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr0Cck9zhbc

 Russia TV: Meteor “could be a little teaser of what’s coming” — 20,000 personnel still on high alert — “This is essentially a giant nuclear facility… 7 plants here produce fuel” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/russia-tv-could-be-little-teaser-whats-coming-essentially-giant-nuclear-facility-7-nuke-plants-produce-fuel-20000-personnel-high-alert-video

Source: Russia Today News
Date: February 15, 2013

Reporter: We do know that at least 20,000 of the emergency personnel have been told to stay on high alert. I don’t think that order has recalled yet. I think they’re still on high alert because you have to understand as a matter of fact this could be a little teaser of what’s coming.

Reporter: If you look at the history of the area — here we’ve got video of the zinc factory that was hit and just blown out — I you could imagine waking up to this, if you look at the history of the area, this is essentially a giant nuclear facility. There are seven nuclear plants here that produce fuel.

Host: So it’s a danger zone.

Reporter: It’s a very big danger zone. During the soviet are it was basically a nuclear test site. Very heavily protected. So you could imagine that residents thought it was an attack or manmade disaster.
Watch the broadcast here

February 18, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Interview with Julian Assange

Down under, nationwide polls conducted by UMR Research, the company used by the Labor Party, show (during 2012) that a clear majority of Australians think he wouldn’t receive a fair trial if extradited to the United States, and that in any case he and WikiLeaks shouldn’t be prosecuted for releasing leaked diplomatic cables.

Assnage,JulianLunch and dinner with Julian Assange, in prison, The Conversation, John Keane, Professor of Politics at Sydney University, 18 Feb 13,  Everybody warned this would be no ordinary invitation, and they were right. Three hundred metres from Knightsbridge underground station, just a stone’s throw from fashion-conscious Harrods, I suddenly encounter a wall of police…..Through a set of double doors, I’m confronted by more police officers, this time armed, with meaner faces…… The silver-haired “high-tech terrorist” (Joe Biden’s description) appears quietly,…. Calm, witty, clear-headed throughout, he’s in a talkative mood. But there’s no small talk…. Continue reading

February 18, 2013 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

We hear all about Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, but nothing about Israel’s

U.S.-Israel nuclear policy a hypocrisyhttp://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/02/17/opinion/doc511d3f2fca54a549686953.txt Oakland Press 17 Feb 13, America claims to be dedicated to stopping the spread of nuclear weaponry and Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham have something to say about Iran’s alleged program almost every day. Interestingly however, nobody ever says anything about Israel, who we know has more than 200 nuclear warheads. Now why is that? Just hypocrisy, that’s all.

February 18, 2013 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Educated women do not share Lady Barbara Judge’s enthusiasm for restarting Fukushima nuclear plant

this was in stark contrast to the mood of the Japanese public, still in a state of shock and strongly opposed to the restoration of the nuclear programme.

In addition to discussing clothing choices, the article notes, “There’s one group of people who stay stubbornly anti-nuclear – women, especially the more educated ones. Wherever you are in the world, she says, all the focus groups show that it’s better-off women who don’t trust fission.”

American hailed as “Japan’s nuclear saviour”: Fukushima workers hope reactors can be made safe and start up again http://enenews.com/american-hailed-japans-nuclear-saviour-hope-fukushima-reactors-be-made-safe-start-operating-again
 Title: Lady Barbara Judge: Japan’s smart nuclear weapon 
Source: The Independent
Author: Margareta Pagano
Date:  17 February 2013

Lady Barbara Judge is just back from inspecting the nuclear plants at Fukushima in Japan, the ones closed down after the devastating earthquake and tsunami two years ago. She visited the control rooms at Daiichi – plant one – where three of the reactors went into meltdown and met many of the men who risked their lives by working during the emergency to cool the over-heated reactors and eventually shut them down.

It’s not what she expected but the mood there was ” fantastic”. “What was astonishing was the optimism and hope shown by the workers that these plants can be made safe, and that they can start operating again,” she says. Continue reading

February 18, 2013 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Another shutdown for Palisades Nuclear Plant

Palisades Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Again February 16, 2013
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/02/16/palisades-nuclear-plant-shuts-down-again/
COVERT TOWNSHIP (WWJ/AP) – The Palisades nuclear power plant in
southwestern Michigan has been shut down for repairs after workers
spent several days trouble-shooting its cooling water heat exchanger
system.

The plant was disconnected from the state’s electrical grid just
before 5 p.m. Friday. There was no timetable given for the repairs at
the plant along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in Covert Township.

The plant, owned by New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., has been under
extra scrutiny by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after numerous
safety issues and shutdowns.

The Palisades website acknowledge that they working to improve safety,
following indications that the facility wasn’t meeting its own
standards.

February 18, 2013 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

#Radioactive #Researchers Oblige: Some Fukushima City Residents who Want to Eat the Produce They Bring In to Measure Radioactivity

Friday, February 15, 2013

EXSKF
I couldn’t tell that was what it was, when I saw the title of an article at one of the local newspapers in Fukushima, but it turned out that was what it was.

Go figure. Let them, at this point. After nearly 2 years, they choose to be there and choose to grow their food and eat it. “Oh we weren’t told” doesn’t fly any more.

I hope they don’t feed it to their children or grandchildren, but hope has been just that, hope.

Fukushima farmers certainly do feed it to the rest of Japan, because they are victims of TEPCO and residents in big cities outside Fukushima owe it to them, in their minds.

From Fukushima Minpo (2/16/2013):

破砕せずに放射性物質測定 福島、機器新たに運用開始へ

Radioactivity measurement without chopping up samples – new equipment will be used in Fukushima

東北大は19日から福島市のモニタリングセンターで農作物や食品など切り刻まなくても測定できる放射性物質測定器の運用を始める。「1キロも切り刻むのは面倒」「測定した後、食べたい」など市民の要望に応える。

On February 19, Tohoku University will start using the new equipment to measure radioactivity in farm produce and food items without chopping them up at a monitoring center in Fukushima City. It is to respond to the residents’ complaints and requests, such as “it’s too tedious to chop up 1 kilogram of sample” and “I want to eat it after it’s tested”.

測定器は、市放射線対策アドバイザーで、同大大学院工学研究科量子エネルギー工学専攻生活環境早期復旧技術研究センター長の石井慶造教授が開発した。

The new equipment was developed by Professor Keizo Ishii of Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Quantum Science who is also an advisor to Fukushima City on radiation countermeasures.

通常は、放射性物質を感知するセンサー1本を使用するところ、7本使用し、破砕せずに、少量でも測定できることが特徴。籠に農作物や食品を入れたまま機器に入れ5分で測定できる。検出下限値は25ベクレル。0・7キロから3キロまで測定できる。

The regular equipment has one sensor that detects radioactivity. Professor Ishii’s equipment will use 7 sensors, and will be able to measure radioactivity without chopping up the samples and in small sample amounts. Farm produce and food items can be left in a basket which is then placed in the equipment, and it takes only 5 minutes to measure. The detection limit is 25 becquerels/kg, and the sample sizes can be from 0.7 kilogram to 3 kilograms.

これまで同大と福島市が協力し、運用開始に向けてデータなどを集めてきた。担当者は「家庭菜園などの少ない農産物も測って持ち帰ることができる。市民の安心につなげたい」と話している。

Tohoku University and Fukushima City have been collaborating on introducing this equipment. The city official in charge says, “Farm produce in small quantities, as from home gardens, can be measured, and people can take them back home. We want to use this equipment for the peace of mind of the city residents.”

18日から申し込みを受け付け、19日から測定を開始する。測定は火曜から金曜日。問い合わせは 電話080(5737)1507へ。

Residents can sign up on February 18, and the measurement will start on February 19. The measurement is done from Tuesday to Friday every week. For more details, call 080(5737)1507.

Peace of mind for 25 becquerels/kg detection limit. Some peace.

In case you haven’t figured it out, they measure radioactivity in Japan not to understand what’s been going on but to feel safe. If measuring radioactivity doesn’t result in people feeling safe, they don’t bother measuring, which is exactly what happened in the very early days of the nuclear accident.

http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/radioactive-fukushima-fukushima-city.html

February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Charity bike ride to be held from Tokyo to Minamisoma

Prime Minister Naoto Kan waited until April 2, more than three weeks after the quake and tsunami, to visit an evacuation shelter, making then-President George W. Bush’s delay in viewing Hurricane Katrina’s damage seem trivial.

 

http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/national/charity-bike-ride-to-be-held-from-tokyo-to-minamisoma

Feb. 18, 2013 – 06:34AM JST

TOKYO —

From April 19 to April 21, 10 British and Australian expats will cycle approximately 330 kilometers from Tokyo to Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, hoping to raise 1 million yen for the Save Minamisoma Project.

The project was set up by a group of expats in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and makes fortnightly trips to Minamisoma with donations of food and water to help the 7,000 residents who are still living in temporary housing units nearly 2 years after the tsunami struck.

A more long-term project has been set up by another British expat based in Tokyo, Jo Wilkinson, who has set up a company called Vintage Kimonos to create jobs in Tohoku and provide a long term source of funding to help rebuild communities worst affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Their profits are being donated to schools and orphanages in the Tohoku region.

For more information, please click here.

3 Comments

  • hereforever at Feb. 18, 2013 – 08:33AM JST

    Good on you, guys. Great to see some still cares about those unfortunate to be still living in shelters. My thoughts and prayers with you all. Keep warm and God Speed.

     

  • kurisupisu at Feb. 18, 2013 – 10:15AM JST

    What has happened to the billions of yen donated to the homeless and dispossessed in Fukushima ?

    It has been used to buy heavy machinery for prisons and to make contact lens factories etc!!!!!!

    It is people that are at grassroots like Wilkinson that are really making a difference

     

  • Dave Lawrence at Feb. 18, 2013 – 10:15AM JST

    I’m one of the riders taking part in this charity ride and would like to thank everybody in advance for their support. Any donation, no matter how big or small, is greatly appreciated.

    As well as the link in the article above, you can follow our progress at https://www.facebook.com/TokyoBrits and also https://twitter.com/TokyoBrits!

    http://www.donationto.com/TokyoBrits-Save-Minamisoma-Project

     

    City seethes in radiation zone (Oregonian in Japan)

    Published: Saturday, April 09, 2011, 11:01 PM     Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 10:53 AM
     
    MINAMI SOMA, Japan — Threatened by food shortages and radiation, the mayor of this city issued a desperate YouTube plea March 24 after the tsunami that killed hundreds here and destroyed houses including his own.

    Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai spoke urgently into a camcorder, saying politicians and reactor managers had left his city in Japan’s nuclear shadow isolated and uninformed. He asked for volunteers to deliver supplies. He urged reporters to come see for themselves.

    “People are literally drying up as if they are under starvation tactics,” Sakurai said in the English-subtitled video. “We are fighting against the invisible threat of radiation and contamination. I beg you, as the mayor of Minami Soma city, to help us.”

February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fukushima NHK Documentary: “A Town Torn Apart”

http://youtu.be/dnUik0xHWAw

MissingSky101

Published on Feb 17, 2013

Voices from 3.11: A Town Torn Apart; Namie, Fukushima Prefecture
Namie, in Fukushima Prefecture, was hit by a tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake. A day later, people within a 10-kilometer radius of the local nuclear power plant had to evacuate before they could search for lost family members. It was more than a month before the search began.
Survivors couldn’t identify bodies that had been lying outside for so long. They’re wracked with guilt for being unable to perform proper burial rites. This program highlights their heart-wrenching experience.

All material provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. No copyright infringement intended.

February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Hongyanhe nuclear power station in NE China

“…He also brought evidence of frequent discharges of radioactive waste into Gansu water-ways. Sun lost his job in 1994, but kept advocating on behalf of sick miners and an endangered environment, which led him to be subjected to numerous arrests, including being detained by security forces for 8 months in 2005. In 2006, the German group Nuclear-Free Future Resistance Award recognized Sun for his extensive advocacy work…”

 

Staff work in the main control room of first unit of Hongyanhe nuclear power station near Wafangdian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 17, 2013. The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon. Construction on the first phase of the project, which features four power generation units to be built at a cost of 50 billion yuan (7.96 billion U.S. dollars), began in 2007 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The four units will generate 30 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity annually by then. Construction on the second phase of the project, which features two power generation units to be built with an investment of 25 billion yuan, started in May 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The power plant will generate 45 billion kwh of electricity after it is fully completed in 2016. (Xinhua) Related:NE China's first nuclear power plant starts operationDALIAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon.The plant's first unit went into operation at 3:09 p.m., said Yang Xiaofeng, general manager of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.Full Story

Xinhua | 2013-2-18 9:40:09
By Agencies

Staff work in the main control room of first unit of Hongyanhe nuclear power station near Wafangdian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Feb. 17, 2013. The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon.

Construction on the first phase of the project, which features four power generation units to be built at a cost of 50 billion yuan (7.96 billion US dollars), began in 2007 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The four units will generate 30 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity annually by then.

Construction on the second phase of the project, which features two power generation units to be built with an investment of 25 billion yuan, started in May 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The power plant will generate 45 billion kwh of electricity after it is fully completed in 2016. (Xinhua)

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2012 shows the first unit of Hongyanhe nuclear power station near Wafangdian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon. Construction on the first phase of the project, which features four power generation units to be built at a cost of 50 billion yuan (7.96 billion U.S. dollars), began in 2007 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The four units will generate 30 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity annually by then. Construction on the second phase of the project, which features two power generation units to be built with an investment of 25 billion yuan, started in May 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The power plant will generate 45 billion kwh of electricity after it is fully completed in 2016. (Xinhua)

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2012 shows the first unit of Hongyanhe nuclear power station near Wafangdian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

Photo taken on July 12, 2012 shows the Hongyanhe nuclear power station near Wafangdian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon. Construction on the first phase of the project, which features four power generation units to be built at a cost of 50 billion yuan (7.96 billion U.S. dollars), began in 2007 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The four units will generate 30 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity annually by then. Construction on the second phase of the project, which features two power generation units to be built with an investment of 25 billion yuan, started in May 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The power plant will generate 45 billion kwh of electricity after it is fully completed in 2016. (Xinhua)

Photo taken on July 12, 2012 shows the Hongyanhe nuclear power station near Wafangdian, northeast

China’s Liaoning Province.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/762163.shtml

 
2A Call for Transparency: China’s Emerging Anti-Nuclear Movement

2007

This commentary discuses the environmental implications of China’s increasing reliance on nuclear energy and the fledgling anti-nuclear movement in the country. Concerns about China’s nuclear era have triggered concerns among citizens and environmentalists across China who are not involved in the decision-making process. The author concludes that with increased knowledge and capacity, a full- fledged Chinese anti-nuclear movement could be in the making.

Northwest China—A Legacy of
Nuclear Wasteland
Northwestern China, particularly Xinjiang and Qinghai, has for decades been the site of nuclear
weapon testing and uranium mining, which even government documents have identified as the source
of higher cancer rates and other illnesses among people living close to the sites.1 Such testing also has taken an ecological toll; for example, in Xinjiang,
Lake Lop Nor was wiped off the map due to nuclear testing and related human activities. In Gansu Province, uranium mining and corruption within military mining companies have produced grave human and ecological tragedies.
According to Sun, a former miner at Gansu’s most important uranium mine Project 792, improper handling of radioactive material from the mine has led to contamination of water and soil and a sharp rise in incidences of cancerous tumors, leukemia, birth defects, and miscarriages in the surrounding communities (HRIC, 2005). The surrounding area has become devoid of wildlife, and livestock suffer from high death rates, most likely linked to contaminated water. Since 1988, Sun has repeatedly traveled to Beijing to report on corrupt officials stealing government funding meant to clean up the mines and relocate uranium miners and their families away from the mines.

He also brought evidence of frequent discharges of  radioactive waste into Gansu water-ways. Sun lost his job in 1994, but kept advocating on behalf of sick miners and an endangered environment, which led him to be subjected to numerous arrests, including being detained by security forces for 8 months in 2005. In 2006, the German group Nuclear-Free Future Resistance Award recognized Sun for his extensive advocacy work.2

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February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mark Thomas Secret Map Of Britain – Nuclear and security services expose

This is the only video i have not been able to post the link or embed, it appears to heave some script attached i will post the large part of the video and you will have to add the http://wwww.    Strange? UPDATED  link on bottom works OK…..

youtube.com/watch?v=itqMwuB8gOk&feature=player_detailpage

Uploaded on Feb 21, 2011

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The Mark Thomas Secret Map Of Britain. Some of the places that the UK government denies knowledge of:

“It’s not a secret underground bunker, it’s just some underground tunnels”

Prof Chris Busby ( the most radioactive house in Britain), the Lockerbie Pan Am cover-up and more!
Must watch!!

http://youtu.be/itqMwuB8gOk

February 18, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment