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“Doomsday Clock” – back one minute

Nuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy at news conference held at the New York Academy of Sciences overlooking the World Trade Center site, said there had been “a shift in world opinion” recognizing that nuclear weapons are “no longer useful to fight wars and are not effective as deterrence.”.

Scientists Push “Doomsday Clock” Back a Minute NEW YORK (Reuters) 15 Jan 2010 – Scientists pushed back the hands on the symbolic Doomsday Clock by one minute citing hopeful developments in nuclear weapons and climate change. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA army’s depleted uranium secret

“The burden should be on the Army to prove no harm. The Army says there is no harm because they haven’t looked and don’t want to look,” said Albertini. “A license to possess depleted uranium is a nuclear waste dump.”

Residents accuse Army of covering up contamination. DEPLETED URANIUM By NANCY COOK LAUER

WES T HAWAII TODAY 15 Jan 2010

ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com

HILO — Four Hawaii residents charged the U.S. Army with trying to cover up its discovery of depleted uranium and then taking a cavalier attitude about cleaning it up during a five-hour hearing Wednesday before a panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, USA | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | 2 Comments

The future: non-proliferation or a cascade of nuclear weapons?

.………the next 12 months “could be pivotal” in determining whether the entire edifice of non-proliferation can be held together, or whether it will dissolve into “the nuclear cascade” in which nations around the world seek their own weapons of mass destruction, making the world a decidedly more dangerous place.

Will the edifice of non-proliferation hold. The next 12 months could be pivotal in determining the answer. By HDS Greenway – GlobalPost : January 14, 2010 Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

India’s ‘relentless’ military buildup

Pakistan warns against ‘massive’ Indian arms build-up ( Google News AFP) – 14 Jan 2010 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan voiced concern Wednesday over a “massive” arms build-up by rival India, warning that it could destabilise the regional balance. Continue reading →

January 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

What time will the nuclear ‘doomsday clock’ show?

Nuclear ‘doomsday clock’ to be reset New Scientist Debora MacKenzie, January 12, 2010 Which way will it go? On Thursday the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will adjust the minute hand on its iconic clock, showing how many minutes we are to midnight.
In ominous Cold War symbolism, it illustrates how close the Bulletin thinks humanity is to ultimate catastrophe.Are we closer to midnight? Or have we moved, shaking but relieved, a little further away?………
After all, the last time the hand moved, in 2007, it was from seven to five, partly because of then-US President George W. Bush’s faith in nukes and dislike of arms control.

Nuclear ‘doomsday clock’ to be reset – Short Sharp Science – New Scientist

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium – the ultimate ‘friendly fire’

POISON BULLETS – depleted uranium munitions – the ultimate friendly fire (Video) Free Planet by Mike Philbin 13 Jan 2010
Many American and British soldiers who have returned from Iraq are complaining about Depleted Uranium-related illnesses. They accuse both the Pentagon and the UK Ministry of Defense of covering up the problem.

Poison Bullets follows doctors and experts as they voice their opposing views in the DU controversy and travels to the US, Great Britain, Jordan, Iraq and Spain, where we meet many of those who are victims of both DU-related diseases and the indifference of government officials.

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, depleted uranium | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia renting nuclear submarines to India

India to rent Russian nuclear submarine News.scotsman.com 13 January 2010 RUSSIA is to lease its new Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine to India, officials in the two countries confirmed yesterday.According to Nato, Nerpa is the latest Akula-class attack submarine and is armed with conventional torpedoes and short-range nuclear missiles.The Nerpa project began in 1993, but did not launch or start sea trials until 2008 because of disruptions in funding

India to rent Russian nuclear submarine – Scotsman.com News

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics international, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA and Russia in the grip of useless nuclear weapons industry

…led Reagan to embrace nuclear abolition, but not even he could break the transcendent combine of industry-Congress-Pentagon. Those three define the sides of the iron triangle within which America still finds itself imprisoned.

US nuclear arsenal a dangerous remnant The Boston Globe, James Carroll, January 11, 2010 AT MORE than a dozen “missile alert facilities’’ in caverns below the exquisite landscape of the northern Rockies, teams of young men and women spend 24-hour shifts in steel-and-concrete bunkers. Continue reading →

January 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

UN chief optimistic on nuclear weapons free world

Ban vows to work for nuclear-free world India Today United Nations, January 11, 2010 UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday vowed to work towards a world free of weapons of mass destruction noting that there is a “new window of opportunity for disarmament and non-proliferation”.”I pledge to continue to do everything in my power to advance the goal of a world free of weapons of mass destruction,” Continue reading →

January 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

IAEA revives”Atoms for Peace” (in the interests of the nuclear industry)

The aim is to convince some 60 developing countries planning to use nuclear power in the near future that they do not need to go down Iran’s path of enriching their own uranium.

International nuclear bank – helping world peace?

By Humphrey Hawksley
BBC News, Kazakhstan 9 Jan 2010

In 1953, eight years after the American nuclear bombing of Japan, President Dwight D Eisenhower laid out a vision that he called Atoms for Peace. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Suspicion that South Korea has nuclear weapons

Does South Korea have nuclear weapons? Stephen Collins Prophecy Log 8 Jan 2010 In another very important story not covered by the establishment American media, the Asia Times reported that South Korea has been “carrying out covert uranium conversion and enrichment activities and plutonium experiments for more than two decades (emphasis added).” The link reports that South Korea has admitted its nuclear activities and that South Korea was “actually making something close to bomb-grade [fissionable material].” If South Korea has been working with uranium enrichment for over 20 years, it is not hard to visualize that that nation may already secretly have several nuclear bombs in its inventory. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | South Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Problems for Obama’s nuclear policy

Nuclear Proliferation Threatens Obama Policy AVIATION WEEK By Bill Sweetman
Washington 6 Jan 2010
The coming year will see nuclear weapons higher on the political agenda than they have been in years, as President Barack Obama’s ambition to move toward a nuclear-free future collides with the desire of other nations to join the nuclear club or keep their memberships current. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Death of famed Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor

Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor dies aged 93 | World news | The Guardian Justin McCurry 6 January 2010 Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed at close hand the nuclear devastation of two Japanese cities, and lived to tell the tale. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Delay for Obama’s nuclear strategy

The announcement comes amid reports that the NPR is mired in an internal administration debate over some key issues, such as whether or not to abandon a “first use” policy

Pentagon: Obama’s nuke strategy delayed Foreign Policy By Josh Rogin , January 5, 2010 The Obama administration’s rollout of its new nuclear strategy will be delayed until March, the Pentagon told Congress last week. Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation | Leave a comment

Grave danger if USA strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

EU should steer US away from air strike on Iran IRISH TIMES OPINION : January 5, 2010 The regime in Iran is close to collapse and an attack by the West would only rally support behind it, writes SANDEEP GOPALAN “…….. Recent events in Iran have given a fillip to US hawks and there is talk of military action. This would be a terrible mistake. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment