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New Mexico uranium mine project – deadline for comment is extended

Public Has More Time To Comment On New Uranium Mine Proposal http://kunm.org/post/public-has-more-time-comment-new-uranium-mine-proposal  By , 13 May 13, T

he deadline has been extended for public comments on a controversial new uranium mine in New Mexico. The extension is in response to requests from multiple parties who say mining operations could threaten the Mount Taylor area, a site considered holy by many Native Americans in the southwest.

The proposed Roca Honda uranium mine, located next to San Mateo Mesa, is a joint venture of Strathmore Minerals and a Japanese nuclear utility company.  John Dejoia, Senior Vice President of New Mexico Operations for Strathmore Minerals says only minor disturbances such as roads and vent shafts would be located in the culturally sensitive areas of the project.

But Gregg Shutiva, Governor of Acoma Pueblo, says even minor disturbances on cultural property is are considered highly offensive by members of the tribe. “Even a road,” Governor Shutiva says, “that is established by taking a grater and removing the first top foot of dirt, that may disturb cultural sites. It would be like plowing down the Vatican.”

The US Forest Service released the draft environmental impact statement for the Roca Honda Uranium mine in February. The agency is accepting public comment through mid-June and is expected to make a final decision on the proposal by December.

May 16, 2013 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

NRC: Lapdog or Watchdog? Fairewinds Audio interview

 
15 May 2013
 
Audio on link
http://fairewinds.com/content/nrc-lapdog-or-watchdog
Kevin Hurley talks with Arnie and Maggie Gundersen about the NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s (ASLB) decision to hold public hearings about restarting the San Onofre Nuclear Plant.  “This whole issue is about the public’s right to know. The nuclear industry and the NRC have developed a process to keep the public out,” Arnie says. “Was there a safety risk? Yes,” Maggie says, “There was a significant safety risk to the 8 million people in that area of southern California. Was there a radiation release? Yes. It was minor, but it could have been so much more.”

Related Documents:
NEI Nuclear Notes – Link
OC Register – Link

Report
NRC Presentation
Document
NRC-ASLB San Onofre

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国連報告書２０１３年４月　　国連への日本政府代表団のうそとごまかし！　抗議締め切り5月17日！

国連の報告：　社会権規約「選択議定書」は、国家の救済手段が、疲弊してしまったあとに、経済的、社会的及び文化的権利に関する人権侵害に対しての不平、不満を、国連機関として、聞き入れる機会を提供してくれるはずで、たとえ、委員会の勧告が、拘束力がないかといえ、うその報告は、許せない行為です。

反差別国際運動（IMADR）ジュネーブ事務所のスタッフ、この委員会に出席した白根大輔さんのコメント

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/harumi-s_2005/e/bc90e378cf16da2fd9d38e79fb3bea61　
これらの質問やコメントに対し、日本政府は多くの場合「」答弁で部分的またはあやふやな回答と一辺倒の説明を繰り返すことが多く、NGOの立場から見たら真剣に答える気が全くないように思われた。
また日本政府の報告書や委員の質問に対する回答に関して、国際基準が適確に国内で適用されていない、率直に応えていない、質問の回答になっていないなどのコメントもあった。
4月30日に行われたこれらの質疑応答による審査の結果は、勧告を含む「総括所見」として5月中旬に採択され日本政府に送られる。
委員会で指摘されたことが勧告に適切に反映されるよう注視したい。

UN Report – Japanese Delegation to The UN Spreads Lies and Deception! 国連報告書２０１３年４月　　国連への日本政府代表団のうそとごまかし！　抗議締め切り5月17日！

皆で、抗議しましょう。

この委員会に出席した代表団の名前のリストが、以下のサイトに記されています。

http://www2.ohchr.org/English/bodies/cescr/docs/list/List_Japan_CESCR50.pdf

外務省意見書ページ：
https://www3.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/mail/qa.html

国連合広報センター【 United Nations Information Centre 】
〒150-0001　東京都渋谷区神宮前5-53-70　UNハウス8F
Tel : 03-5467-4451／FAX : 03-5467-4455

この委員会の内容は、日本語で、記されていなく、国連のアラビア語のページに、載せられていたのを、Ａｒｃｌｉｇｈｔさんが掘り起こして、記事にしたもの です。　少量の日本語訳で、申し訳ないですが、ジュネーブ在住の日本人女性が翻訳を、ただいましている最中だそうです。　翻訳が回ってきた際に、次回のポ ストに投稿します。　　Ｍｉａ

 

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14 May 2013
Published by nuclear-news.net
By Arclight2011

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May 16, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fukushima Rad News 5/15/13: Tsuruga NPP Sits On Active Fault; Monju Reactor Restart Halted

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Image source ; http://modernsurvivalblog.com/nuclear/new-radiation-alert-west-of-tokyo-tsuruga/

Published on 15 May 2013

Experts say reactor sits on active fault
An expert panel of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has officially concluded that a reactor on the country’s Sea of Japan side sits on an active fault.
The panel compiled its final report on the Number 2 reactor of the Tsuruga plant in central Japan on Wednesday. Experts had examined the site for 6 months.

Monju ordered not to prepare for reactor restart
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to issue orders not to prepare to restart the Monju fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.
The prototype reactor, currently offline, generates power using plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel.

Nuclear plant in Taiwan shown to media
A nuclear power plant under construction in Taiwan has been shown to the media amid rising safety concerns in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident
The plant’s operator, Taiwan Power Company, held a tour for media at the Lungmen nuclear power plant in New Taipei City on Tuesday. It will be Taiwan’s fourth nuclear plant.

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Putin’s Power Play – How It Will Change the Uranium Sector

….Rosatom is an absolute giant in the global nuclear sector. The company builds more nuclear power plants worldwide than anyone else, with builds currently underway in China, Vietnam, India, Iran, and Turkey. The 21 new builds in Rosatom’s order book are worth US$50 billion….

http://www.caseyresearch.com/articles/putins-power-play-how-it-will-change-the-uranium-sector

Casey Research

May 15, 2013

The last time Vladimir Putin was president, he laid the foundation to pull Mother Russia from the wreck of economic chaos to a world power once again. This time, he’s ready to extend that influence to counter the West. His tools: Russia’s abundant resources of energy, including uranium.

There’s a new war developing on the continent, and the weapons this time will be oil wells, gas fields, and uranium mines, pipelines and ports, processing facilities, and supply deals.

Led by Russia’s vast resource wealth and China’s massive bank account, the countries of Asia and those along the Eurasian divide are realizing they do not want or need help from the West to achieve their goals. They are settling their differences, negotiating closer relations, and advancing their plans without as much as a phone call to Washington or Brussels.

After years of Western dominance in world affairs, they’ve had enough. And with Vladimir Putin back in as Russia’s president, this emerging bloc has its leader.

Vladimir Vladimirovich is a man of remarkable intelligence, determination, and ruthlessness. In many Russian eyes, that last attribute is far from a fault – they see him as a man’s man who restored their country’s pride, economy, and position of influence after a humiliating period they’d rather forget. If that has required trampling some citizen rights along with much of the country’s new capitalist class… well, nothing comes for free.

From the chaos of financial collapse and political turmoil in 1998, Putin increased GDP by an average 7% annually, cut in half the number of Russians living below the poverty line, grew industry by 75%, and doubled real incomes.

He’s achieved these accomplishments largely though development of energy resources. Under his guidance, Russia became a global energy superpower. Today, with a much-strengthened country under his feet, Putin will use his control over natural resources to pull leverage away from the United States and Europe.

It’s no secret that Putin disdains America’s self-appointed role as global policeman and holds Europe in equal contempt for generally supporting US foreign policy. The NATO campaign in Libya was perhaps a final straw: After Russia vetoed a UN motion to intervene in the civil war there, the US and its European allies turned to their military club NATO to further the regime change they desired. To Russia, at least, it was a snub intended to suggest that Russian opinion still doesn’t matter.

Now Putin’s primary goal is to prove that view wrong.

And he has the tools to do so. Among other things, he’s working to corner the uranium market – his country already controls 40% of global uranium enrichment capacity, the lion’s share of the world’s downblending facilities, and a fair chunk of the world’s uranium resources.

On top of that, the country’s nuclear power giant, Rosatom, builds more nuclear power plants than any other company in the world, with deals for 21 international reactors currently on the books.

The era of Putinization is about to begin, and we investors need to understand where it’s coming from and what it means. What’s on the table are investment trends and profits along with the balance of world influence…….

Uranium price likely to stagnate for many years

16 May 2013

http://www.fool.com.au/2013/05/16/uranium-on-the-nose/

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UK invention to clean-up Fukushima – The Radball

 

The Radball, developed at the National Nuclear Laboratory in Salwick, near Preston

By David Coates
Published on 15/05/2013 21:18

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/business/county-invention-to-clean-up-fukushima-1-5675890

 

An invention created in Lancashire is to be used in the clean-up of the Fukushima nuclear plant.

 

The ‘Radball’, developed at the National Nuclear Laboratory’s (NNL) site at Salwick, near Preston, will be used to pinpoint contamination hot spots at the scene of the disaster following a tsunami strike in 2011.

It can analyse the extent and location of radiation contamination within confined spaces and will be used to map levels in the former reactors.

NNL managing director Paul Howarth said: “The cleanup of the Fukushima site is one of the major challenges facing the global nuclear industry at present, and I’m delighted that this technology is to be part of the solution to that challenge.”

He said it would be working alongside the Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy and Fukushima site owner TEPCO on the project.

The boss added: “We are looking to getting a better understand the details of the site and to help them to evaluate the capabilities of RadBall.”

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