ACC candidates argue over nuclear power | Arizona Politics | eastvalleytribune.com
ACC candidates argue over nuclear power
East Valley Tribune Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services15 Sept 08 The outcome of the Arizona Corporation Commission race in November could determine whether there will be more nuclear power plants in the state…………………..Paul Newman, one of the Democrats running for the three open seats on the panel, said the regulators need to be cautious when proceeding down that path.
“We need diversification,” he said. “But there are some problems, big problems, with nuclear expansion.”
Newman said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which would have to approve new plants, has called the design for the next generation of nuclear plants “problematical at best.”
“That means a long delay for nuclear development,” he said.
ACC candidates argue over nuclear power | Arizona Politics | eastvalleytribune.com
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Uranium go-ahead sparks rush | theage.com.au
Uranium go-ahead sparks rush *
The Age David Lague, Perth * September 16, 2008THE incoming West Australian Government’s green light for uranium mining has unleashed a scramble to accelerate exploration that could allow Australia to satisfy a bigger share of global demand for nuclear fuel.Prospective miners yesterday announced plans to intensify exploration and development of their deposits just a day after the Liberals and Nationals joined forces to form a government with a core mission to overturn Labor’s ban on uranium mining.
Uranium go-ahead sparks rush | theage.com.au
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SCMP.com – the online edition of South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s premier English-language newspaper
Imports of nuclear power opposed by green groups
Environmental activists have opposed further imports of nuclear-generated electricity from across the border under a new energy agreement with the mainland, though a power supplier has hinted it might expand imports. …
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Australian uranium mining dilemma | Herald Sun
Australian uranium mining dilemma
September 15, 2008 12:00am
THE mining of our uranium is digging Australia into one big geo-political hole.
Russia, India and China all desperately want to get their hands on our massive deposits of uranium.
We’ve said yes to China, no to India and, as for Russia, we’ve swung from yes to no to probably one day.
It should never have come to this.
It is true that PM Kevin Rudd inherited this nuclear nightmare from John Howard, but the ALP should have seen it coming and tried to avert it.
Russia, India and China are all armed with nuclear weapons, but deny they want our uranium for weapons use and pledge to use it only for peaceful purposes.
How can we trust any of them, when they don’t even trust each other?……………………….How could any sane person trust Russian PM Vladimir Putin?……………………Soon after his uranium deal with Australia, Putin went on national TV to boast that he was expanding Russia’s nuclear weapons capabilities………………………..
What remains unmentioned is that Russia was also waiting for India to gain this waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group in order to build four more nuclear reactors in India.
Australia’s exploitation of its substantial uranium deposits brings to mind the expression: “Lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas.”
For those who hoped for a healthy dose of political change, patience is starting to wear thin.
Australian uranium mining dilemma | Herald Sun
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Labor strikes deal with Nats in uranium compromise : thewest.com.au
Labor strikes deal with Nats in uranium compromise 13th September 2008, There is mounting speculation in political circles today that Alan Carpenter has struck a deal with the Nationals to form a minority government.Labor sources suggested that the deal had been as good as done and it may involve a change in Mr Carpenter’s anti-uranium mining policy……………………………….
The Nationals are pro-uranium mining but Mr Carpenter remains vehemently opposed to it and promised during the election campaign to pass legislation banning it.
Sources suggested today that the door could be ajar to a change in Labor policy which may involve the royalties from uranium mining being spent on Aboriginal issues.
Labor strikes deal with Nats in uranium compromise : thewest.com.au
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McCain’s Nuclear Energy Plan May Cost $315 Billion : Red, Green, and Blue
McCain’s Nuclear Energy Plan May Cost $315 Billion
According to a Bloomberg analysis, John McCain’s plan to revive the U.S. nuclear power industry with 45 new reactors may cost $315 billion, with taxpayers bearing much of the financial risk………………………………The Energy Information Administration estimated last year that adding nuclear power capacity would cost $2,143 a kilowatt (kW) before financing and inflation. That compared with $1,434 to $2,302 for clean-coal technologies.
Over the past year, the expense has more than doubled to $5,000 a kilowatt, or $7 billion for a typical reactor, utility filings and company statements show. The increase in part reflects rising prices for commodities such as steel and cement………………………
Taxpayers are on the hook for most of the nuclear bill if borrowers default. A 2003 Congressional Budget Office report said that the default rate on nuclear construction debts might be as high as 50%, in part because of the project’s high cost. In short, such defaults could potentially cost taxpayers $100 billion.
Senator McCain’s primary solutions to the United States’ energy problems are increased nuclear production and offshore drilling. He has expressed little confidence or interest in pursuing renewable energy,
McCain’s Nuclear Energy Plan May Cost $315 Billion : Red, Green, and Blue
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The Lindsay Post – Ontario, CA
Election candidates talk about the issues
By DAVE FLAHERTY, LINDSAY POST REPORTER 12 Sept 08“……………………….NDP candidate Stephen Yardy said the environment has been one of the most discussed topics in his travels across the riding.
“There are water pollution problems in this riding,” he said, adding that he will fight against controversial uranium mining in Haliburton County.
The Lindsay Post – Ontario, CA
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VOA News – Bush Sends US-India Nuclear Deal to Congress
Bush Sends US-India Nuclear Deal to CongressBy VOA News11 September 2008 U.S. President George Bush has sent the text of a proposed U.S.-India nuclear agreement to Congress for approval.
The White House issued a statement Thursday saying the agreement is a priority for Mr. Bush…………………………..India also announced Thursday that it is negotiating agreements to buy nuclear technology and facilities from other countries such as France and Russia. But India’s foreign ministry said the deals will be signed only after the U.S. and India agreement is approved by the U.S. Congress.
The Bush administration is trying to push the U.S.-India nuclear deal through Congress before lawmakers adjourn in late September, ahead of the November presidential elections……………………………………
Austria, New Zealand and Ireland were the last three countries withholding approval. They had reservations about granting a waiver to India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
VOA News – Bush Sends US-India Nuclear Deal to Congress
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Two Very Different Energy Visions – washingtonpost.com
Two Very Different Energy Visions
Washington Post GENE KARPINSKI 12 Sept 08 “………………………….Mr. McCain used this issue as an example of how he was supposedly different from President Bush and from the other candidates for the GOP presidential nomination…………………..Mr. McCain’s voting record proves that he is no advocate for a clean-energy future. He voted against fuel efficiency increases in 2003 and 2005. He missed the vote in 2007.He voted against a renewable electricity standard in 2005 and missed a key vote on renewable energy last year. He also opposed cutting $13 billion in subsidies to Big Oil and putting the money into clean energy. In each of these instances, Mr. Obama supported clean alternative energy……………………………..Mr. McCain has no plan to increase fuel efficiency. Mr. Obama would double it. Mr. McCain has no plan to promote renewable energy. Mr. Obama would require that 25 percent of our electricity come from wind, solar and other clean sources.
Australia stands by position to not sell uranium to India
Australia stands by position to not sell uranium to India
ABC News Australia’s foreign minister, Stephen Smith, has reiterated his country’s policy of not selling uranium to India despite being given clearance for nuclear trade by the Nuclear Supplier’s Group last week.Speaking at the Indian Council for World affairs, Mr Smith said it was Australia’s policy not to export uranium to a country which has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“This is not a policy which is aimed at India,” he said.
“This is a policy where long-standing, domestic, party political approach has been that we don’t export uranium to a country that’s not a party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”
Australia stands by position to not sell uranium to India
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IRIN Asia | Asia | Kyrgyzstan | KYRGYZSTAN: Nuclear waste dumps threaten environment | Early Warning Environment Natural Disasters | Feature
KYRGYZSTAN: Nuclear waste dumps threaten environment
IRIN News 10 September 2008 “………………………Kyrgyzstan was one of the former Soviet Union’s most important sources of uranium and rare-earth metals. The enterprises that extracted those materials – which began in the 1940s – left behind enormous amounts of industrial waste, including radioactive materials, according to UNDP.From 1946 to 1968, more than 10,000MT of uranium ore was extracted from the Mailuu-Suu uranium mine and processed in the area, according to the Kyrgyz Emergencies Ministry. The ministry said some 2 million cubic metres of radioactive waste was being stored in 23 dumps and 13 tailings in the region.
Some 6,500 hectares of land in Kyrgyzstan have been exposed to radioactive contamination. It now hosts 92 hazardous waste dumps holding 254 million cubic metres (475 million tonnes) of waste containing radionuclides and other toxic substances.This volume of waste includes dormant mines, untreated tailing dumps and untreated rock debris………………………………Specialists say the potential for environmental pollution from radioactive waste in Kyrgyzstan is high and they have highlighted several factors that increase this risk – earthquakes; soil erosion, through floods, mudslides, and landslides; long-term lack of controls and reconstruction/maintenance engineering at the tailing sites; and the location of most of the radioactive waste close to transboundary river basins, which creates a risk that contamination could spread across the Central Asian region.
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Nuclear is the real threat to the fuel-poor, not wind energy | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Nuclear is the real threat to the fuel-poor, not wind energy
The Guardian September 10 2008 Recent allegations that a dash for wind would cause a big increase in fuel poverty crumble when you do the numbers, says Oliver Tickell. Nuclear is the real worry “…………………………………The Investigation’s figure that wind power will add £400 to the average’s family’s annual electricity bill is plain wrong. In fact, with the savings on coal, we can probably achieve 35% wind penetration in our electricity supply by 2020 for under £50 per household per year, and in the high fuel cost scenario, it would add nothing at all. It will also yield security benefits by making the UK less dependent on politically sensitive Russian gas imports. And that’s before even starting on the environmental cost of carbon dioxide emissions………………………….Perhaps his real problem with bringing 35% wind into our electricity supply is that it leaves little space for new nuclear power – that much wind would more than close the anticipated energy gap caused by the impending closure of our 23 nuclear stations over coming decades: their total contribution is just 80bn units a year, compared to the 133bn units we would be getting from wind.But for anyone worried about cost to both electricity consumers and taxpayers, nuclear power is the truly scary option. The cost of decommissioning our existing nuclear power stations has already escalated to £83bn and seems certain to keep on climbing towards £100bn – roughly the cost of our whole wind power programme. If King’s concern really is for the Britain’s fuel-poor households, he must abandon his nuclear dream, and look instead to a clean, green future for the UK’s electricity.
Nuclear is the real threat to the fuel-poor, not wind energy | Environment | guardian.co.uk
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Environmentalists protest against Belene nuclear power plant – Business news
Environmentalists protest against Belene nuclear power plant Sofia Echo, Bulgaria 09 Sep 2008 – Elitsa Grancharova On September 9 Bulgarian and international environmental organisations, including the local coalition BeleNE (No to Belene nuclear power plant) and Greenpeace, sent a letter to the European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes asking him to investigate the tender procedures for subcontractors in the construction of Bulgaria’s Belene nuclear power plant……………….They also criticised “the propaganda war that the Bulgarian government is waging to hide the problems around the project”. Ten activists presented Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev with a toy dragline, pointing out that playing around with nukes wastes time for serious energy policy.
Environmentalists protest against Belene nuclear power plant – Business news
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North Star Writers Group – Syndicated Commentary: Opinion, Humor and Features
Conservatives Love Nuclear Energy, But Their Vaunted Free Market Does Not
North Star Writers’ Group September 9, 2008“………………………there is something that nuclear power hasn’t been, which is an attractive investment for private capital. That, not hairy-arm-pitted environmentalists, is why nuclear energy went cold soon after Three Mile Island, not because of the incident itself. If environmental concerns and safety issues were all that were necessary to derail an entire industry, the nation would not today be dependent on coal energy, what with its high-profile links to pollution and global warming, and high-profile disasters getting it out of the ground…………………..
Nuclear energy today has its strongest support among conservatives, who’ve latched onto it presumably because after two decades of being wrong about global warming and the costs of a fossil fuel-based economy, nuclear gets them a foot back into the door. Many talk glowingly out of one side of their mouths about the glories of the market, which separates the men from the boys through competition, where the best wins out – if only government would get out of the way. From the other side of the mouth comes talk about nuclear energy, and they point to France as a model of how to do nuclear right.
The problem is that France, like most countries, doesn’t operate its utilities based on the free market.
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Carts Horses And Nuclear Power Stations (from The Herald )
Carts, horses and nuclear power stations
The words cart and horse sprang to my mind after reading (The Herald, September 8) that the Scottish Chamber of Commerce is calling for more nuclear power stations as part of Scotland’s future energy supply.
As yet, despite 50 years of a nuclear industry, not one speck of Britain’s high-level nuclear waste has been safely disposed of. Until such time as the technical and political challenges of this major problem are solved, I think the SCC needs to be a bit more thoughtful about its desire to keep Scotland’s wheels turning.
The vague assumption that the disposal of high-level waste is a problem that can be addressed at some unspecified time in the future must be pointed out for the folly that it is. Building nuclear power stations without a means for safely disposing of the toxic waste is madness Bob Downie, Glasgow.……………………………………….The government is desperate to sell its minority share in British Energy to gain a few billion pounds, so such a deal makes a mockery of Gordon Brown’s mantra that our energy supplies should not be at the mercy of foreign suppliers.
France could similarly hold us to ransom on energy prices and, not being subject to British laws, could easily walk away from any future (and very expensive) decommissioning costs.
I therefore support the Scottish Government’s stance on no nuclear power in Scotland.
Andrew D Mowatt, Hamilton.
Carts Horses And Nuclear Power Stations (from The Herald )
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