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Doctor recommends radio wave airport scanners, not X-ray radiation ones

Sorry, Uncle Sam, I refuse to be ionized, The Daily Observer (Canada) By DR. GIFFORD-JONES15 Jan 2010

“………Transport Canada reports that more than 40 scanners will be installed in Canadian airports. Fortunately, all of these scanners will use “millimeter wave” technology. This means travellers will be exposed to radio frequency waves that produce a three-dimensional image of a person’s body to detect hidden weapons or explosives. Radio waves are not the same as harmful X-ray ionizing radiation to be used in the U.S. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Another fine for nuclear plant for safety lapses

NRC imposes $35,000 fine for Babcock & Wilcox The News and Advance 12 Jan 2010 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has imposed a $35,000 fine on Babcock & Wilcox because, the government agency said, employees waited too long to declare an emergency in July after finding uranium in a container of oil. Continue reading →

January 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Airport scanning and radiation

Radiation and whole-body scanners Budget Travel by: Sean O’Neill, Jan 12,” …………….. a short Q&A on the topic of cancer risk and whole-body scanning machines.
The Transportation Security Administration TSA has deployed two types of scanners. One type uses X-rays and emits some ionizing radiation. These machines are called “backscatter” scanners. The other type of machine uses radio waves, does not emit ionizing radiation, and produces fuzzier images. Continue reading →

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Obama recognising nuclear terrorism as the greatest risk

Shifting Nuclear Strategy To Focus On Nuclear Terrorism The Wonk Room, National Secvurity By Max Bergmann 13 Jan 2010 In a reported shift that has the nuclear bureaucracy in the Pentagon up in arms, the President wants the new Nuclear Posture Review – the document that lays out US nuclear strategy to actually focus on the gravest security threat to this country: nuclear terrorism. Continue reading →

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Killing of Iranian nuclear scientist

Allegations fly over Iranian scientist’s assassinationTehran claims west was behind killing of nuclear physicist who was a supporter of Iranian opposition Julian Borger Saeed Kamali Dehghan guardian.co.uk, 12 January 2010 and “………He was a particle physicist and a supporter of the Iranian opposition movement, raising the possibility he had become the latest victim in a covert war over Iran‘s nuclear aspirations. It is a war in which scientists find themselves potential soft targets. Continue reading →

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Generator failure shuts Russian nuclear reactor

Russia nuclear power plant block shut down Jan 10, 2010
MOSCOW, Jan 10 (Reuters) – A reactor block at a nuclear power plant in southern Russia has been shut down for maintenance due to a steam generator failure, Russia’s state nuclear energy firm Rosenergoatom said on Sunday.

“At 0920 (local time) on January 10 the first reactor block at Volgodon nuclear power plant has been shut down….

UPDATE 1-Russia nuclear power plant block shut down | Markets | Reuters

January 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

Connecticut River gets radioactive leak from nuclear plant

Test suggests radioactive leak at Yankee Rutland Herald

By Susan Smallheer Staff Writer January 8, 2010

BRATTLEBORO — Entergy Nuclear announced late Thursday one of its monitoring wells on the banks of the Connecticut River had detected radioactive tritium contamination, the first time such contamination has shown up at the plant. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Indian Point nuke plant’s release of radioactive steam

Nuclear steam leak intentional: Response to Indian Point plant shutdown BY Abby Luby NY DAILY NEWS January 8th 2010,
The recent shutdown at the Indian Point Nuclear power plant and release of contaminated steam into the atmosphere was intentional, the federal agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear power plants insisted Thursday. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Design of AREVA’s EPR reactors not shown to be safe

Nuclear Reactors of Unproven Design Planned for California’s Central Valley Environment News Service FRESNO, California, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – At least one nuclear reactor is being planned for California’s agricultural Central Valley but it is already running into grassroots opposition and technical problems. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, safety | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | 1 Comment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission asleep at the wheel on safety

warning that lax oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the nation’s aging 104 nuclear plants has led to near-meltdowns along with other health and safety failings since Three Mile Island – including what some critics say is a flawed federal health study apparently designed to conceal cancer risks near nuclear plants.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis The pro-nuclear Department of Energy is set to offer this month the first of nearly $20 billion in loan guarantees to a nuclear industry that hasn’t built a plant since the 1970s or raised any money to do so in years. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Mystery of India’s fire deaths at nuclear centre

Mystery hangs over fire mishap at Indian nuclear centre at Trombay Bombay News.NetTuesday 5th January, 2010 ( : Sreekumar Banerjee, Director of Centre and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has said a panel of experts is still probing the cause of last week’s fire mishap in a chemical laboratory in the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay in Mumbai in which two research students were burnt to death.

Mystery hangs over fire mishap at Indian nuclear centre at Trombay

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

India’s nuclear safety is a myth

Myth of Indian nukes safety Pakistan Observer Mohammad Jamil 5 Jan 2010 There have been many accidents and thefts of uranium in India’s atomic research centres and other facilities giving rise to doubts about the security of Indian nukes. Risks related to India nuclear proliferation are many while their security arrangements are far from satisfactory. The world must take note of it before it is too late. On 29th December 2009, two research students died in the fire in laboratory of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) caused by an explosion, Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Call for safety shut-down of Brazil’s nuclear plants

Mayor of slide-slammed city seeks precautionary closer of Brazil’s 2 nuclear plants Google News By Tales Azzoni (CP) – 4 Jan 2010 SAO PAULO, Brazil — The mayor of a mudslide-devastated city urged a precautionary shutdown of Brazil’s only nuclear power plants on Sunday due to blocked highways while the discovery of more bodies raised the region’s storm-caused death toll to 75.Angra dos Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, SOUTH AMERICA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive | Leave a comment

A perfect target for terrorists – nuclear reactor’s cooling ponds

The Department of Homeland Security has marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.

Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina .In Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010 Project Censored, Organic Consumers Association January 3, 2010 One of the most lethal patches of ground in North America is located in the backwoods of North Carolina, where Shearon Harris nuclear plant is housed and owned by Progress Energy. The plant contains the largest radioactive waste storage pools in the country. Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive | 1 Comment

India and Pakistan swap nuclear site lists

Pak, India exchange nuclear sites lists The Nation By: Kaswar Klasra | Published: January 02, 2010 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of their nuclear installations on Friday for the 19th time. Continue reading →

January 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, Pakistan, safety | antinuclear, nuclear | Leave a comment