USA misled workers on health risks from nuclear weapons plant
General Services Administration gave wrong or misleading responses to employee questions about environmental conditions, lacked a clear understanding of its responsibilities and failed to document possible health hazards.
U.S. faulted on nuclear parts plant health threat, KANSAS CITY Nov 8 (Reuters) – Federal workers were kept in the dark about possible health risks from a plant making parts for nuclear weapons next door to their Kansas City offices, Continue reading
UK military knew of dangers to soldiers in Australia’s nuclear bomb tests
Lawyers believe the papers could be the “smoking gun” that proves military chiefs knew they were sending servicemen to their deaths when they made them watch atomic blasts 50 years ago.
Release of secret documents that could bring justice to nuclear bomb veterans ordered – mirror.co.uk, By Susie Boniface 7/11/2010 A judge has ordered the release of top secret documents that could bring justice to Britain’s nuclear bomb veterans. Continue reading
Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) a target for smuggling
the world should phase out the civilian use of HEU, which is still used to fuel more than 100 research reactors around the world, many with minimal security measures in place.
Nuclear smuggling: The expert view, Insider thieves are the new nuclear threat. Protect the materials and prevent the terrorism, Matthew Bunn, guardian.co.uk, 7 November 2 The dark netherworlds of nuclear smuggling still pose a terrible danger to us all. Terrorists are seeking nuclear weapons and the materials to make them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take a Manhattan Project to make a crude nuclear bomb – numerous government studies have warned that a sophisticated terrorist group might pull it off, if they could get enough nuclear material. Continue reading
Secret trial reveals illicit trade in nuclear materials
The trial, which is being held in camera, has underlined how little about the illicit trade in nuclear smuggling is known.
Armenian smugglers tried to sell nuclear material to terrorists The former Soviet republic of Armenia has emerged as a potential flashpoint for nuclear smuggling after it was revealed that two Armenian nationals tried to sell highly enriched uranium to people they thought were terrorists in March. Telegraph By Andrew Osborn in Moscow 07 Nov 2010 Continue reading
Dirty tricks in the nuclear industry, using Stuxnet computer worm?
if Areva wanted to harm Siemens reputation or make it less attractive to Rosatom, what better way than to demonstrate the unreliability of its control system software?
British Nuclear Power Plant Goes Dark. Stuxnet Worm To Blame?, Forbes, The Firewall , Nov. 1 2010 – by Jeffrey Carr, British Energy, owned by France’s EDF Energy PLC, has reported an “unplanned outage” at its Heysham 1 nuclear power plant yesterday. A company spokesperson told the Associated Press that repairs to one of the reactors are ongoing but didn’t say when the plant was expected to resume operations.
According to Siemens’ website, EDF Energy is a customer of the German technology giant, whose infrastructure software has suffered from a global infection of the sophisticated Stuxnet worm……. Continue reading
India cracks down hard on anti-nuclear protestors
Several prominent figures, including a former Supreme Court judge, Justice P B Sawant, former Magsaysay award winner Admiral Ramdas were intending to join the protests, but are reported to have been arrested on the highway, about 20km from the site.
600 people arrested in India for opposing nuclear plant, hundreds more voluntarily risk jail | Greenpeace International, by Justin – November 1, 2010, World’s largest nuclear park is planned in Jaitapur, in Ratnagiri district on the coast of southern Maharashtra. The park would comprise up to six large nuclear reactors bought from the French nuclear giant- Areva. In addition to the inherent hazards of nuclear power, the project threatens the livelihoods of about 10 000 farmers and fishermen and their families. Continue reading
Turkey’s govt suppresses peaceful anti-nuclear protest
(Turkey) Anti-Nuclear Protestors on Trial, Bianet, 29 Oct 10,
Anti-nuclear protestors stand trial because of their protest actions against the agreement with Russia on a nuclear power station. Diken from Greenpeace criticized, “We are tried because we made use of our freedom of expression”.Erhan ÜSTÜNDAĞerhan@bianet.orgAnkara -29 October 2010, Continue reading
What kind of nuclear material goes through Canada’s Welland Canal?
Candidate’s nuclear claim still uncertain, Election 2010 – Municipalities Thorold mayoral race, St. Catharines Standard – Ontario, CA, 25 Oct 10, A Thorold candidate’s claim that nuclear warheads pass through the Welland Canal has been sunk by the Canadian navy, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something afloat.
During a mayoral debate last week, candidates were asked about nuclear waste coming through the canal.Jim Handley quipped there were already warships armed with nuclear warheads passing through…
Information on nuclear weapons radiation kept from the public
Radio-phobia « Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 25 Oct 10, “…….. the Soviet Union built an elaborate, multi-layered system of denial and deception, the main elements of which included the restriction of access to nuclear facilities and personnel, strict information protection measures, an enhanced counterintelligence posture, and technical countermeasures…..”
Of course the methodology described above applies equally to all other nuclear powers. The control of nuclear information was not simply motivated by the desire to thwart the enemy. Such control was an important measure in the effort to keep domestic populations controlled and compliant.
Vast tracts of the former USSR remain contaminated. The Soviet victims of this era are now acknowledged by East and West.
The situation in the West is similar. There is a glaring difference however. Western victims are far less likely to be acknowledged in the West than are the Soviet victims.
The story of Lallie Lennon is one example. The contamination of the Hanford site, one of the most contaminated in the world, is another.
In the US there is a guaranteed and defined right to free speech. This is a striking difference between the US and the USSR.
The passage of the Atomic Energy Act in the US empowered that State to control, to the point of prohibition, public discussion of relevant information……
Thus, for example, Dr Linus Pauling, a US citizen, had his passport controlled to the point where he was not able to travel outside of the United States. International pressure induced the US government to suspend its control over the movements of Pauling. As a result he was able to collect the second of his Noble Prizes in person…..
The bulk of the world’s population, East and West, suffered from an imposed ignorance about the nature of nuclear weapons and radiation……
in regard to Nuclear Veterans and vulnerable civilian populations, authorities are still – in my view – lying and denying.No amount of information purporting to show the safety of nuclear reactors and their emissions provides justice to the victims of nuclear testing.
And here there is a rub. A nuclear victim may or may not be an “environmentalist”. It is possible to be an afflicted nuclear veteran who is pro nuclear. And that has to be respected.
Far from being annoyed at technical proofs that are honest and accurate, the veterans community, in my experience, welcomes such proofs….
Movie ‘Fair Game’ highlights importance of whistleblowing
Hold Your Government to Account And Go To Jail – Government Accountability Project, by Jesselyn Radack on October 20, 2010 ( The Whistleblogger / 2010 ) Last night I saw a premiere of the movie Fair Game, the story of how Bush administration officials ruined the CIA career of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, in retaliation for Ambassador Wilson blowing the whistle on the Bush administration’s lies about Iraq obtaining yellow cake uranium from Niger – the reason we went to war in Iraq. At the end, Ambassador Wilson urges us, as American citizens, to “stand up and hold our government to account.” Continue reading
Switzerland’s secrecy over nuclear smuggling
The six-year probe was slowed down by the fact that the Swiss government repeatedly ordered evidence destroyed, claiming it contained material sensitive to national security.
Swiss official to submit nuke smuggling probe soon, The Washington Post, The Associated PressFriday, October 22, 2010 GENEVA — A Swiss investigating magistrate says he will submit the findings of his probe into an alleged nuclear smuggling ring to prosecutors before the end of the year. Continue reading
Secrecy over plans for radiation experiments on monkeys
Needless to say, this was precisely the most important aspect of the documents.
Uncertainty Looms over NASA Monkey Radiation Experiments – Softpedia, 21 Oct 10, Last year, a massive scandal erupted when PETA learned that NASA was planning to conduct a series of radiation experiments on unsuspecting monkeys. The faith of the experiments is now uncertain. Continue reading
Time for Israel to end its secrecy about its nuclear weapons
Israelis know almost nothing about how the program started, where the bombs are stored and whether their leaders ever considered using them
Why Israel Should Declare Itself a Nuclear Power, Newsweek, 21 Oct 10, Ambiguity over Israel’s nuclear program has been the norm, but a new book argues that coming clean would actually help deter Iran… Continue reading
UK’s Ministry of Defence secretive over nuclear safety failures
The MoD has been trying since 2007 to keep the reports, which give a unique insight into the managing of Britain’s bomb, secret.
MoD papers reveal catalogue of nuclear safety failures – Herald Scotland | News Rob Edwards 17 Oct 2010 Potentially catastrophic lapses in nuclear weapons safety at the Clyde naval base have been exposed by secret Ministry of Defence reports released after a three-year freedom of information battle. Continue reading
Israel – don’t ask, don’t tell, about its nuclear weapons
Israel’s policy toward its nuclear secrets needs to change as well…….
Israel’s policy goes by the Hebrew word amimut, meaning vagueness, opacity or ambiguity. It is a turbo-charged version of “don’t ask, don’t tell.
Books of The Times – Avner Cohen’s ‘Worst-Kept Secret,’ Israel and the Bomb – NYTimes.com, by Ethan Bronner, 13 Oct 10, In 1986 a former technician in the Dimona nuclear reactor in Israel revealed to The Sunday Times of London everything he knew about Israel’s clandestine nuclear weapons program. It caused a worldwide sensation, with experts estimating Israel’s arsenal at more than 100 atom bombs. Continue reading
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