Agreement reached between Iran and IAEA on inspection of nuclear sites
Iran-IAEA Agreement Opens Door For Nuclear Inspectors To Visit Key Sites As Geneva Talks Collapse http://www.businessinsider.com.au/iran-iaea-agreement-opens-door-for-nuclear-inspectors-to-visit-key-sites-2013-11 MICHAEL KELLEY 11 NOV 13 THE UNITED NATIONS ATOMIC AGENCY AND IRAN ON MONDAY SIGNED A JOINT STATEMENT ON FUTURE COOPERATION REGARDING NUCLEAR ISSUES,
Reuters reports. The agreement allows International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to visit two sites at the center of Iran’s contentious nuclear program: The Arak heavy water site and Gachin uranium mine.
Arak is currently under construction and is designed to eventually produce weapons-grade plutonium.Gachin has been producing plutonium, which can be enriched to weapons grade, since 2010. The other sticking point in nuclear talks that ended without a deal over the weekend in Geneva is the fate of Iran’s stockpile of uranium already enriched to 20 per cent, which could be further enriched to weapons grade.
The new agreement — which is separate from the talks involving Iran and so-called the P5+1: the US, Russia, Britain, France, China, and — calls for measures requested by the agency to be implemented at the facilities.
“The practical measures will be implemented in the next three months, starting from today,” IAEA head Yukiya Amano said in a news conference in Tehran. Reuters notes that the agreement is one part of an IAEA inspection regime to ascertain whether Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Nuclear power ” Very Disappointing “ – economists
EdF’s major shareholder, the French government, is looking to reduce the share of nuclear in France’s generation to around 50 per cent from more than 70 per cent, and intends to fill that hole with (cheaper) renewables.
EdF has effectively handballed the risk of new nuclear to consumer and the UK government. The consumer is picking up the tab through higher electricity bills, and the UK government is using taxpayers money to guarantee 65 per cent of the project cost.
Nuclear Energy Verdict:” Very Disappointing “ Clean Technica, Giles Parkinson, 112 Nov 13 (very good graphs, diagrams) …..we have received an analysis from Deutsche Bank, which makes some other observations about the cost of nuclear, the comparisons with gas, the price of abatement, and the cost of upkeep for France’s existing fleet.
The first point made by Deutsche is that this deal underlines the fact that nuclear is not cheap, but really, really expensive – a point that should not be forgotten in Australia, where there is still a push for nuclear in some quarters despite the abundant alternatives (in particular solar) that are not available to the UK.
As we have noted in the other article, the £92.50/MWh strike price is nearly double the current average cost of generation in the UK. Deutsche takes issue with the UK government’s claim that the contract is “competitive with other large-scale clean energy and with gas’. Continue reading
Department of Environmental Protection to focus on radiation involved in gas drillig
DEP Secretary: regulating radiation may be “next frontier” of drilling oversight http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/11/11/dep-secretary-regulating-radiation-may-be-next-frontier-of-drilling-oversight/ BY MARIE CUSICK 11 Nov 13 The state Department of Environmental Protection’s acting Secretary Chris Abruzzo says regulating the radioactive materials associated with gas drilling could be the “next frontier” of the agency’s oversight of the industry.
In an interview with the Scranton Times-Tribune, Abruzzo says the DEP is still in the midst of its year-long study into naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and technologically enhanced material (TENORM).
“It will depend largely on what the results [of the study] show us,” Abruzzo told the newspaper. “It certainly has the potential to be the next frontier in terms of regulations coming out.” Although the DEP says it’s unlikely there is a threat to public health, concerns about radioactivity associated with oil and gas development persist.
A study published last month in the journal of Environmental Science and Technology found high levels of radiation and salinity in a creek near a drilling wastewater treatment facility in western Pennsylvania.
After submitting a lengthy criticism about the DEP’s radiation study, two organizations representing the state’s oil and gas industryannounced last week they will launch their own review of radioactive materials associated with their work.
USA slowly heading in right direction on renewable energy
We Have the Renewable Energy We Need to Power the World—So What’s Stopping Us?Alter Net, Tara Lohan November 8, 2013
“………The Biggest Hurdle Jacobson recently said on the “David Letterman Show,” “There is no technological or economic limitation to solving these problems; it’s a social and political issue, primarily.”……
The Washington Post published the results of a new Pew poll that found only Tea Partiers still cling to anti-science views about climate change; 25 percent of Tea Party Republicans believe in climate change, compared to 61 percent of non-Tea Party Republicans and 84 percent of Democrats.
Despite an outlier (yet vocal) conservative fringe, we’re slowly headed in the right direction. Time is of the essence. Can the change happen quickly enough?
“I think in some sectors it will naturally evolve very quickly like electric cars because they’re so efficient,” said Jacobson. “In other sectors, if we don’t push faster, then they’re just going to change really modestly or not fast enough. I’m pretty optimistic that once people understand what’s going on with the problems, in terms of climate, pollution, energy security, and once they understand there are technical solutions available and the economic solution is available, they will galvanize around those solutions.”
All the finger pointing can’t just be aimed at our elected officials—there has to be broad public support…….. Renewable projects should still be subject to environmental review, but barring that, it’s no longer acceptable to say that wind turbines or solar panels are too ugly to look at, especially by people who get electricity from coal, oil and gas yet share none of the burden of its extraction or burning.
When we talk about powering our future with renewable energy we have to understand that we’re still talking about impacts—but we have to weigh those against the impacts of continuing to power our world with ever more extreme methods of fossil fuel extraction.
This isn’t simply a matter of changing how we get energy. It means shifting the power dynamic in this country (and across the world), and literally putting power back in the hands of individual people and communities.
At this point, Mark Jacobson’s optimistic goal of 100 percent renewables by 2030 or even 2050 looks out of reach. But what if we aimed for 50 percent for starters, and focused our economy on resilience instead of endless growth? The right wing might kick and scream, but I doubt the world would come to an end. If we keep burning fossil fuels, however, our fate isn’t likely to be very pleasant http://www.alternet.org/environment/are-you-ready-100-percent-renewable-energy
Russia boasts two of 10 most polluted cities on Earth in 2013 tally
…The former Soviet Chernobyl, in Ukraine, was also on the list and has remained there since 2007…
Charles Digges, 07/11-2013
http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2013/norilsk_top_10
Two Russian cities shared the dubious honor of being included on a list of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, according to a report jointly published by the US Blacksmith Institute and Swiss-based Green Cross said earlier this week.
The report, entitled “The Top Ten Toxic Threats: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges” analyzed the top 10 most polluted cities on Earth based on a variety of pollution sources and contaminants like hexavalent chromium from tanneries and heavy metals released from smelting operations.
“In this year’s report, we cite some of the most polluted places we’ve encountered. But it is important to point out that the problem is really much larger than these ten sites,” said Richard Fuller, president of Blacksmith Institute, in a statement announcing the release of the report. “We estimate that the health of more than 200 million people is at risk from pollution in the developing world.”
The group’s last report on the world’s top 10 polluted places was released in 2007. The authors of this year’s report said that significant progress has been made at many of the original top 10 sites.
But not in Russia, where two cities that made the 2007 list remain on it six years later.
The Russian industrial town of Norilsk – in northern Siberia – weighed in heavy for excess copper and nickel concentrations in soil within a 60-kilometer radius of the industrially-formed town. The town is host to the industrial giant Norilsk Nikel. Norlisk Nikel’s daugher company, the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company (KMMC), which is located a mere 7 kilometers from the Norwegian border, has long been a sore spot between Oslo and Moscow for the KMMC’s sulfur dioxide emissions and other heavy metal contaminats that migrate into Norway from smelting operations there.
Duke shuts down Upstate nuclear reactor after small radioactive water leak
Duke Energy temporarily shut down a reactor at the Oconee Nuclear Station in the Upstate Monday after a small radioactive water leak was discovered inside one of its containment buildings.
Duke spokeswoman B.J. Gatten said the leak was not a danger to the public, as it occurred inside a containment building that houses Unit 1 at the plant near Seneca. However, she said the unit would have to be taken offline for several days so crews could find the source and repair it.
“It will take several days before we know exactly what our repair plan is going to be,” she told South Carolina Radio Network. “But, in the meantime, we anticipate no problems meeting customers’ needs. And there has been no threat to the public or our employees.”
Gatten said the leak comes from a water system used to cool the reactor while it is in operation. The leak is less than one gallon every 10 minutes, she added. She said operators first noticed indications of a leak on Friday, and spent the weekend trying to determine its size and location.
Oconee has three reactor units located on the site. Another unit was already shut down at the time for a scheduled refueling, which is done every two years.
Arafat Poisoned, India To Mars, Fukushima Cleanup
Published on 7 Nov 2013
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Story #1: Swiss Study Shows Polonium Found In Arafat’s Bones
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Swiss Scientists Confirm Polonium Poisoning Caused Arafat’s Death
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PDF: Swiss Forensic Report on Arafat’s Death
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Obama Reportedly Told Aides He’s ‘Really Good At Killing People’
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Story #2: India Launches Its First Mission To Mars
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Mythbusting India’s Mars Mission
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Players Arriving In India For World Chess Championship
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Saudi Nuclear Weapons ‘On Order’ From Pakistan
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Story #3: Fukushima Trial Run Begins Dangerous Reactor 4 Clean-Up
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TEPCO Feeling Heat Over Fuel Removal
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Video: Animation Explains How Fukushima Fuel Rod Removal Will Happen
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Ground Zero: ‘China Syndrome and the Doorway to Hell’
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US Election Bonus: Washington Rejects GMO Labels, With Help From Food Companies
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Colorado Counties Step Toward Secession
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