The nuclear fuel bank – an attempt to secure plutonium and weapons grade uranium
“there is a large universe of nuclear material sites around the world and there are many unknowns and uncertainties…”
The nuclear clean-out, FP, David Hoffman, 30 Dec 10, “………On Dec. 3, the IAEA’s 35-nation board approved plans for a new nuclear fuel repository. The idea is to encourage nations which want low-enriched fuel for civilian reactors to acquire it from the international fuel bank rather than build a domestic capability which can raise concerns about proliferation and making nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Concern in Kuwait over nuclear energy spread
“We can easily set up nuclear energy with the French company, there is no question about that, but the question is will our children still play in in safer surroundings the next 50 years? That is our concern,”
Expert advises against entry to nuclear club » Kuwait Times , : December 28, 2010 By Ben Garcia, KUWAIT: Kuwait should not embark on constructing a nuclear energy plant but is highly recommended that it try safer options like the development of wind and solar energies, Continue reading
Grim reality of what a terrorist attack on nuclear facility would mean
local emergency responders shouldn’t expect any substantial federal help for at least 24 hours, and perhaps as long as 72 hours……
Thinking about the unthinkable — a terrorist nuclear attack, Winnipeg Free Press , 26 Dec 10, The Obama administration is faced with one of those damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t decisions: Should it be giving Americans advice on what to do in case of a nuclear attack by terrorists on an American city?………… Continue reading
Uranium industry in Africa fraught with corruption and poor safety
Wikileaks: Africa Offers Easy Uranium Global Issues by Julio Godoy (paris) December 25, 2010 Wikileaks cables have revealed a disturbing development in the African uranium mining industry: abysmal safety and security standards in the mines, nuclear research centres, and border customs are enabling international companies to exploit the mines and smuggle dangerous radioactive material across continents. Continue reading
Airport radiation scanners not effective security anyway
Fears over fatal flaws in full-body airport scanners The Age Derek Kravitz, WashingtonDecember 27, 2010 US SECURITY experts have questioned the ability of full-body scanners to detect modern chemical explosives taped to a passenger’s abdomen or hidden in a cavity.The full-body scanners – planned for some Australian airports in 2011 – can detect small amounts of contraband and hidden weapons but could miss something far more deadly…… Continue reading
Public danger in trucking nuclear wastes across U.S. States
“Truck crashes occur all the time on our highways,” Smith said. “This plan would dramatically increase the amount of radioactive waste traveling through our communities. We believe that if people know what is at stake, they will contact state officials and demand that the compact commission drop the proposal.”
Sure, Simmons May Bury Nuclear Waste in West Texas. But It Has To Get There Somehow. – Dallas News By Robert Wilonsky, Dec. 23 2010 “………While routes are not yet designated, potential routes would take waste from the Gulf Coast area on Interstate 10 through Houston and San Antonio; waste from southern states would be trucked on I-20 and I-30 though Dallas and Forth Worth; Midwestern and Northeastern waste would be driven on I-40 and I-27 though Lubbock and Amarillo; and waste from Western states would be driven though the cities of El Paso and Odessa taking I-10 and I-20, according to Martin Resnikoff of Radioactive Waste Management Associates. … Continue reading
Wikileaks: frightening revelations about nuclear theft
The leaked cables tell hair-raising tales of casks of uranium found in wicker baskets in Burundi, a retired Russian general offering to sell “uranium plates” in Portugal, and a radioactive Armenian car on the Georgian border.
WikiLeaks cables: How US ‘second line of defence’ tackles nuclear threat Diplomatic dispatches reveal world of smugglers, ex-military fixers and radioactive materials found in unlikely locations Julian Borger and Karen McVeigh * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 19 December 2010The leaked US cables reveal the constant, largely unseen, work by American diplomatic missions around the world to try to keep the atomic genie in its bottle and forestall the nightmare of a terrorist nuclear attack. Continue reading
Loose nuclear materials – U.S anxiety revealed by Wikileaks
Wikileaks reveal the danger of Yemen’s nuclear material
“Very little now stands between the bad guys and Yemen’s nuclear material,” the official is quoted as saying in the cable,
WikiLeaks: Yemen nuclear material was unsecured(AP) – Google hosted news, 20 Dec 10, CAIRO (AP) — A storage facility housing Yemen’s radioactive material was unsecured for up to a week after its lone guard was removed and its surveillance camera was broken, a secret U.S. State Department cable released by WikiLeaks revealed Monday. Continue reading
Chernobyl nuclear reactor still has 180 tons of radioactive material
the status of the estimated 180 tons of radioactive material trapped inside the nuclear power plant is still unclear.
Chernobyl Tour, Ukraine: Visit the Site of the Nuclear Disaster/Accident.Ukrainian Web 17 Dec 10, n 26 April 1986, reactor # 4 at the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) Nuclear Power Station, 100 km north from Kiev, blew up during a routine daily operation. Nearly nine tons of radioactive material – 90 times as much as the Hiroshima bomb – were hurled into the sky. Winds over the following days, mostly blowing north and west, carried, fallout into Belarus, as well as Russia, Poland and the Baltic region. Continue reading
Sellafield nuclear site at risk of terrorist attack
Sellafield is considered to be one of the most at-risk nuclear plants because of its growing plutonium stock.
(UK) Nuclear sites found to be vulnerable to attack by terrorists Daily Mail 15th December 2010 An anti-terror review has been launched after weaknesses in security measures were found at a nuclear power station.The assessment – being carried out by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary – is focussing on Sellafield in Cumbria where enough plutonium is held to make thousands of nuclear weapons.
A bunker capable of storing 100 tonnes of raw plutonium was completed at the site earlier this year, making it a prime target for a terrorist attack. Continue reading
South African nuclear reactor shut down due to radioactivity levels
Eskom Says High Radioactivity Level Prompts Shutdown Of Nuclear Unit, NASDAQ, By Robb M. Stewart, 16 Dec 10, JOHANNESBURG -(Dow Jones)- South Africa’s state-owned power company said Tuesday it will suspend a unit at its nuclear power station near Cape Town because of higher-than-normal levels of radioactivity.The radioactivity level in Koeberg Unit 1’s primary coolant circuit is the result of one or more defective fuel rods in the reactor, Eskom Holdings Ltd. said in a statement………Eskom Says High Radioactivity Level Prompts Shutdown Of Nuclear Unit
British nuclear submarine HMS Astute not very astute at all
The latest embarrassing incident came as the Ministry of Defence conceded that despite bristling with the latest global positioning and eavesdropping systems, the super-sub still relies on paper charts similar to those used in British submarines during the Second World War
HMS Calamity: First it ran aground, then it collided with a tug. Now Britain’s £1.2bn flagship submarine breaks down on its first day back in service, Daily Mail (UK) By Christopher Leake and Andy Whelan 12th December 2010 The troubled Royal Navy nuclear submarine that ran aground off Scotland has broken down on its first day back at sea. Continue reading
Stuxnet a bigger worry than Wikileaks
If You Think WikiLeaks Is Significant… –TIME.com, Mark Thompson, 10 Dec 10, The experts at the Congressional Research Service have just issued a chilling report entitled The Stuxnet Computer Worm: Harbinger of an Emerging Warfare Capability. Unfortunately, the title is a statement; there’s no question mark at the end. The Stuxnet’s initial target was apparently Iran’s nuclear program, and it’s obvious that someone, somewhere is developing insidious computer programs that could change life as we know it:……. If You Think WikiLeaks Is Significant… – Swampland – TIME.com
Inadequate security of America’s nuclear weapons stockpile
Supercomputers that guard America’s nukes lack adequate planning, GAO finds — Government Computer News Bloomberg By William Jackson * Dec 10, 2010The supercomputer systems used to assess the safety and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile do not have adequate contingency and disaster recovery plans in place to ensure availability following a disaster, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading
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