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Kenya’s people to get greeenwash, (?brainwash) on nuclear power

the commission to carry out a national campaign to educate Kenyans on nuclear energy……“We want to educate Kenyans what nuclear power is all about and remove those psychological negativities in minds of Kenyans,”…..The use of nuclear energy….. faces negative public perception largely due to safety and security issues……

Ministry gives team Sh300m to lead push for nuclear energy. Daily Nation: By KABURU MUGAMBI , December 20 2010 The government has given the newly appointed Nuclear Electricity Project Committee Sh300 million to start work. Continue reading →

December 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AFRICA, spinbuster | Leave a comment

USA business as usual, and by the way, Duck and Cover

Here we are back in December of 2010. Iran is enriching uranium. So is North Korea. China has 10,000 missiles aimed at Taiwan, whom we must protect and defend. Now the government is presenting us with detailed advice on surviving nuclear explosions. But they remind us that we have no need for concern. It’s “Business as usual”. Rumor has it that several Senators have refused to discuss the matter until bills are added to promote online shopping for flashlights and batteries, and the elimination of soda pop for poor people — let them drink water!

The Government Wants Us to “Duck and Cover.” – Blogcritics Culture, John Lake 18 Dec 10, “Let us face without panic, the reality of our times.” So begins a widely viewed televised presentation prepared and aired to the public during the long remembered 1950s decade of concern; concern of a coming nuclear attack. (see video at Nuclear attack survivable if you stay inside, U.S. government says | Posted | National Post ) Continue reading →

December 18, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | Leave a comment

Oh goody, a nuclear bomb attack is not all that bad!

VIDEO “Duck and cover” Nuclear attack survivable if you stay inside, U.S. government says | Posted | National Post Nuclear attack survivable if you stay inside, U.S. government says National Post, 17 Dec 10, Is it the return of “Duck and Cover”? A number of U.S. officials are trying to get the word out that if U.S. cities faced a nuclear attack the best thing to do is to stay put and find shelter. Continue reading →

December 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | Leave a comment

Chris Huhne’s hollow, wobbly, words on “no subsidy” for UK nuclear industry

In other words, nuclear will be eligible for any form of subsidy that applies to renewables or other low-carbon generation through tools such as carbon pricing or emissions trading….We will not rule out the Government providing support to industry… through the activities of the Office for Nuclear Development in taking forward the actions to facilitate the deployment of new nuclear power

“No subsidy for nuclear” 24dash.com, by Jonathon Porritt , December 10th, 2010 That’s the wording that permitted the Lib Dems to go along with the Tories’ pro-nuclear stance. That’s the wording that turned Chris Huhne from “serious sceptic” to compliant enthusiast.It sounds so simple, doesn’t it – “no subsidy”. Which bit of that do you not understand? But if the Trades’ Description Act applied to political pronouncements, Chris Huhne would find himself subject to prosecution for outright deception. Continue reading →

December 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, UK | Leave a comment

Media plan to counter radioactive wastes’s bad image

Port Hope launches media strategy after criticism from anti-nuclear activist The Canadian Press 28/11/2010 PORT HOPE, Ont. – Port Hope hopes to repair its image after an anti-nuclear activist warned that radioactive waste has caused contamination in the historic Ontario town. Continue reading →

November 30, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, spinbuster | Leave a comment

Nuclear company will pay to ‘educate’ Saskatchewan Indian Nations about Nuclear Wastes

The money comes from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, the group created by Canada’s nuclear electricity industry to find a new home for nuclear fuel waste.

Nuclear group gives First Nations $1M for meetings, November 18, 2010 CBC News The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has been given $1 million to hold information sessions on nuclear waste storage, but environmentalists are leery about the idea. Continue reading →

November 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, indigenous issues, spinbuster | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

USA govt’s claim of safety of radiation scanning is contradicted by medical expert

radiation from the devices has been dangerously underestimated and could lead to an increased risk of skin cancer.

US expert hits back at claims of `safe` full-body airport scanners, Sify News, 2010-11-12 An American professor has hit back at the US Government’s claim that full-body scanners at airports do not pose a health risk to travellers. Continue reading →

November 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Hillary Clinton in Australia faced no hard nuclear questions from a self-censored forum

Here, then, are the questions that weren’t asked of Hillary Clinton, but at least a couple of which should have been: lf the primary justification is ”regional security”, why should Australia agree to even greater military ties with the US when it will make us more of a potential target for terrorism?

Questions Hillary wasn’t asked on her date with Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, Hamish FordNovember 10, 2010 – “………Even closer military and political ties mark the latest hotting up of an old but seriously unequal love story….

..Throughout, no one challenged Clinton on the purpose or impact of her nation’s unprecedented global power. It beggars belief that your average room of youngish university folk wouldn’t contain at least some who were capable and willing of sterner stuff…. Continue reading →

November 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, spinbuster | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation | Leave a comment

Nuclear lobbyists in Britain getting favoured treatment

Thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money have been spent on special meetings between ministers and the nuclear industry in Britain, prompting allegations the government is giving the sector an unfair advantage over renewable energy.

Ministers’ meetings with nuclear lobby raise concerns of favouritism The renewable energy industry is concerned that the government has spent thousands meeting nuclear lobbyists guardian.co.uk, 7 November 2010 Continue reading →

November 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, UK | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors | Leave a comment

The continuing corporate campaign of climate change denial

Books such as Merchants of Doubt by science historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway have detailed how front groups for the fossil-fuel industry have been waging an orchestrated, well-funded campaign against climate science and climate scientists for more than two decades.

Professional climate change deniers’ crusade continues – 02 November 2010 – New Scientist, In the media and the courts, the battle to undermine climate science and its researchers hasn’t let up, warns climatologist Michael Mann. Continue reading →

November 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, spinbuster | climate change, Copenhagen, global warming, renewable energy | Leave a comment

California debate on nuclear power stacked by pro nuclear interests

the electric utilities are big campaign donors at the Capitol.

State panel to debate nuclear power Los Angeles Times, Patrick McGreevy, 27 Oct 10, “………..David Weisman of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility complained that the hearing lineup appeared stacked in favor of those who support expanded nuclear power in California Continue reading →

October 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, renewable energy | Leave a comment

Uranium company financed study into impact of uranium mining

The provisional members of the study panel, some of who have been challenged because of their ties to mining or the nuclear-power industry,….Jack Dunavant, chairman of the anti-uranium Southside Concerned Citizens, said he has little confidence in the National Academy study because Virginia Uranium is financing it.

Study will gauge impact of Virginia uranium mining, BlueRidgeNow.com, By STEVE SZKOTAK Associated Press Writer, October 24, 2010 A one-year study intended to assess the statewide consequences of uranium mining in Virginia begins this week when a National Academy of Sciences panel convenes for two days in Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

October 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

The Emperor’s New Nuclear Clothes

Washington’s resolute reaction to the shrinking renaissance affirms the brilliance of Hans Christian Anderson’s ending to his fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes”:

“But he has nothing on!” everybody shouted at last. And the emperor shivered, for it seemed to him that they were right; but he thought within himself, “I must go through with the procession.” And so he carried himself still more proudly, and the chamberlains walked along holding the train which wasn’t there at all.

Honey, I Shrunk the Renaissance: Nuclear Revival, Climate Change and Reality, CleanEnergy Footprints, by Peter Bradford, 15 Oct 10, “………Where have all the reactors gone?The 18 applications to build 27 new reactors that were on file at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in January 2009 (with five more applications for seven units expected by the end of 2010) were hailed by a compliant press to constitute “a nuclear renaissance.” Continue reading →

October 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, reactors, uranium | 1 Comment

BHP Billiton calls for carbon price – in order to promote its uranium mining

BHP has an interesting little asset called Olympic Dam in South Australia where it is considering a major series of upgrades. Expanded Olympic Dam output would exceed one quarter of global mined uranium. …..Olympic Dam is the world’s largest known uranium deposit,

BHP: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? The Star, by Mark Taylor | 15 Oct 10 Why would BHP BHP CEO Marius Kloppers express support for a carbon tax? The mining industry has its fair share of climate skeptics. Geologists and model-based climatologists have very different views of the world. Does BHP stand to gain or lose from a carbon tax? Continue reading →

October 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, spinbuster, Uranium | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

Canadian advertising regulator rules against “emission free” nuclear power

Finally, someone in authority has caught up with the nuclear industry and its propaganda. The Advertising Standards Canada, the organisation which regulates the Canadian advertising industry, ruled earlier this year that claims of nuclear power being ‘emission free’ made in adverts by the Power Workers’ Union ‘were inaccurate, unsupported, and misleading’. The Union was told to remove its ads.

‘Emission free’ nuclear power is more greenwash Greenpeace International, 7 Oct 10, We’ve discussed before on Nuclear Reactio the nuclear industry’s attempts to greenwash nuclear power by rebranding it ‘clean’. It’s a description of this most contaminating of energy sources that nuclear boosters are pushing more and more in the debate about the future of nuclear power. Another term we’re starting to see more and more of is ‘emission free’, as in ‘nuclear power is an emission free energy source’. ……. Even institutions like the BBC have bought the industry spin. Continue reading →