Censorship of Dr Helen Caldicott in Port Hope, Ontario
Last November, Dr. Caldicott was due to speak in Port Hope, Ont., when she found herself persona non grata there. Cameco, a producer of uranium fuel for nuclear power plants around the world, is a major employer in this town of 16,000 on Lake Ontario.
‘Barred’ from Port Hope: An interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott, rabble.ca, By Cathryn Atkinson| February 8, 2011 Renowned Australian physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott has for four decades lectured around the world about the medical dangers inherent in the use of radioactive materials for nuclear energy and weapons. Her work was captured in the 1982 National Film Board of Canada short documentary, If You Love This Planet, which won an Oscar. Continue reading
Misleading testimony by nuclear company Entergy about radiation leaks
NEC: Entergy’s misleading testimony, again | Vtdigger.org, Clay Turnbull, 8 Feb 2011, Entergy Vermont Yankee explained in a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board (Jan 28) why their witness, under oath before the Board, gave false, misleading and inaccurate testimony.During January technical hearings in Docket 7600 (the docket opened following leaks-from-non-existent underground pipes) Entergy witnesses led the board and intervenors to believe they had bound the tritium leaks; the leaks were identified, under control and remediation was going well.We now learn tritium had contaminated more wells than discussed at the hearings…… Continue reading
UK’s plutonium stockpile could be used in new subsidy to nuclear industry
This could easily end up as yet another black hole for taxpayers’ money. The use of the UK plutonium stockpile in reactors could be yet another subsidy for new nuclear.”
Mox proposal would pay nuclear firms to use recycled plutonium• French group Areva wants to build a Mox plant at Sellafield• Greenpeace fears ‘yet another subsidy for new nuclear’ Tim Webb guardian.co.uk, 7 February 2011 Areva submitted a proposal to the government to build a Mox plant at Sellafield.
Nuclear companies could be paid by the government to buy recycled nuclear fuel from a new taxpayer-funded plant, to reduce the country’s stockpile of plutonium. Continue reading
Illegal surveillance of Americans in the time of Patriot Act
the civil liberties of Americans are at a greater risk of being compromised than civil libertarians previously thought.
Report shows how FBI chronically compromised civil liberties | CAIVN, by Chris Hinyub 4 Feb 2011, A relatively ignored study has put into stark relief the cons of an emerging surveillance culture in America. According to information uncovered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation has a startling track record of illegal and intrusive intelligence investigation practices. Continue reading
“Pre-emptve” arrests of environmental campaigners
(UK) Undercover police scandal: why we urgently need a judge-led inquiry, The Ecologist, Dan Glass 21st January, 2011 With daily revelations about police spying on activists, we need an independent judicial investigation into the scale and nature of infiltration and use of agents provocateurs, says Ratcliffe defendant Dan Glass
It started with the 26 individuals who had been charged with planning to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station for one week. The individuals were part of the 114 arrested at the Iona School in Nottingham on Easter Monday, 2009. The incident was the largest pre-emptive arrest of environmental campaigners in recent history and prompted widespread concerns for civil liberties. Now these concerns have deepened to unimagined depths………
They had a trial late last November, and were found guilty after being accused by the prosecution of merely seeking publicity. Undercover police scandal: why we urgently need a judge-led inquiry – Comment – The Ecologist
Surveillance of USA by unmanned drones
Unmanned drones, controlled by Air National Guard from Hancock Airfield, will fly over the Adirondacks syracuse.com February 06, 2011, If you feel like you’re being watched while floating in a canoe or driving along some lonely road in the Adirondacks this summer, you might be right. Continue reading
Wikileaks reveal secret deal between USA and Russia
The fact that the Americans used British nuclear secrets as a bargaining chip also sheds new light on the so-called “special relationship”, which is shown often to be a one-sided affair by US diplomatic communications obtained by the WikiLeaks website.
WikiLeaks cables: US agrees to tell Russia Britain’s nuclear secrets, The US secretly agreed to give the Russians sensitive information on Britain’s nuclear deterrent to persuade them to sign a key treaty, By Matthew Moore, Gordon Rayner and Christopher Hope 04 Feb 2011 Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack Obama next week. Continue reading
Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Julian Assange
Liu Xiabao was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech in China, Likewise: WikiLeaks have contributed to the struggle for those very values globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture.”
Julian Assange nominated for Peace Prize TECHWATCH, by Tom Coyne, February 3, 2011, Julian Assange, founder of the whistle blowing website, Wikileaks, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by a member of the Norwegian government. Continue reading
Virginia Uranium gives big bucks to legislators
Top givers by amount ……. Virginia Uranium, ($27,489); Dominion Resources, which runs the largest electric company in the state ($22,673);
Va. legislators accepted more than $255,000 in gifts last year, Virginia Politics Blog By Anita Kumar 02/ 3/2011 Lobbyists, companies and trade associations gave Virginia legislators international trips, tickets to Redskins football games and the Richmond Ballet and meals last year, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonpartisan tracker of money in politics. Continue reading
Unprecedented repression of anti nuclear protest in India
Nuclear trouble in Maharashtra, The Daily Star, 3 Feb 2011, Praful Bidwai Continue reading
Smuggling of uranium in Philippines
WikiLeaks document claims uranium smuggled out of PH, By Jerry E. Esplanada, Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/02/2011 MANILA, Philippines—A smuggling incident involving uranium, a nuclear material, took place in the Philippines in 2007, according to a cable from the US Embassy in London that was released by the online whistle-blower WikiLeaks……..
The release of the WikiLeaks files comes at a crucial moment for Philippine-US ties when the Visiting Forces Agreement is being reviewed by Malacañang…..WikiLeaks document claims uranium smuggled out of PH – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Toshiba America Nuclear Energy accused of discrimination against women
“pervasive discrimination against its female employees”
In lawsuit, HR exec accuses Toshiba branch of gender discrimination | Washington Business Journal by Ben Fischer, January 31, 2011, Falls Church-based Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. is the subject of a $100 million gender discrimination lawsuit filed by its former human resources manager on Monday. Continue reading
Unidentified foreign scientists helping North Korea’s secret nuclear site
the report also cites evidence that foreign scientists visiting North Korea contributed their expertise to construction of the plant. No country of origin was identified.
North Korea Has at Least One Secret Nuclear Site, UN Report Says, Bloomberg, By Bill Varner – Feb 1, 2011 North Korea likely has at least one secret nuclear facility, in addition to a plant at Yongbyon whose existence was reported last year, according to diplomats who have read a confidential United Nations report. Continue reading
USA censoring whistleblowers on depleted uranium
“”They are hampering efforts to prove the relation between Depleted Uranium and the illness,”” Durakovic said:
Note about Dr. Durakovic; Firstly, he was warned to stop his work, then he was fired from his position, then his house was ransacked, and he has also reported receiving death threats.
Evidently the U.S. D.O.D is very keen on censoring DU whistle- blowers!)
Public health disaster for Iraqi people by Depleted Uranium, tehran times, 31 Jan 2011,“.……Durakovic said: “Preliminary tests show that the air, soil and water samples contained hundreds to thousands of times the normal levels of radiation.” Continue reading
How ordinary citizens defeated the crooked tactics of a giant nuclear power company
Although they are not experts in the field of radioactive carcinogens, the residents’ many voices were not too intimidated to call the energy giant to account for its actions.
How residents delivered a major upset to GE-Hitachi Canada’s nuclear operations, rabble.ca, By Zach Ruiter and Liat Mandel| January 28, 2011 David versus Goliath has recently been retold as a story of environmental justice: a small group of Trent students and Peterborough residents defeated the General Electric-Hitachi Corporation of Canada (GE) at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) tribunal. Continue reading
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