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Terrorism fears for India’s nuclear industry

India puts nuclear facilities on alert over suspected terror threat. Canada.com By David Akin, Canwest News Service November 17, 2009 Continue reading →

November 18, 2009 Posted by | 1, India, safety | , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power plant causing cancers

Indian Point cancer link seen crains New York Business News By Gale Scott 16 Nov 09 Environmental groups cite statistics showing apparent link between incidence of thyroid cancer and people’s proximity to nuclear power plants. Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Increasing nuclear waste troubling Russian authorities

Russian nuclear regulator worried about increasing atomic waste Earth Times 16 Nov 2009 Moscow – Russia is getting buried in nuclear waste – about 550 million tons – and needs to do something about it, Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, Russia, wastes | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iran may be hiding more nuclear plants

IAEA suspicious of Iran Radio Netherlands 16 November 200

A leaked report of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency shows the organisation is concerned that Iran may have more nuclear power plants than currently known. Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, Iran, politics international | , , , | Leave a comment

Should taxpayers bail out failing nuclear industry?

Nuclear companies face reactor design problems, ethics questions   FACING SOUTH (USA) 16 Nov 09 Federal regulators have expressed serious safety concerns about the design for 14 of the nation’s 25 proposed new nuclear reactors, Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose

No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose’ Express Buzz 16 Nov 09 KOLKATA: As locals continue protests against the proposed coastal nuclear power plant at Haripur in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar today said the plant will not come up there if the people do not want it…… Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, India, indigenous issues | , , | Leave a comment

The myth of France’s ‘nuclear solution’ to climate change

French Nuclear Madness won’t save the climate Baltic Sea, 7th Space  International 16 Nov 09 — Today six activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise boarded the cargo ship Happy Ranger in the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany. The activists are carrying banners reading “Nuclear Madness, made in France”. Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, Finland, spinbuster | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Corrosion flaw shows failure of nuclear waste system

Nuclear disposal put in doubt by recovered Swedish galleon The plan to use copper for sealing nuclear waste underground has being thrown into disarray by corrosion in artefacts from the Vasa The Guardian, Terry Macalister 14 Nov 09 Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, Sweden, wastes | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

UK believes that “God will provide” an answer to nuclear waste?

Nuclear waste moved off the agenda Environmental Research Web (UK) 16 Nov 09 The governments new draft National Policy Statement on nuclear power, indicating which issues the new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) should take on board, and which it can ignore, contains this remarkable statement: Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, UK, wastes | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

US Climate Bill to include nuclear energy as “CLEAN”?

Nuclear energy high on Senate’s climate agenda Google News 16 Nov 09 By Emmanuel Parisse (AFP) WASHINGTON — With crucial global climate talks less than a month away, US senators appear to be betting on nuclear energy Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium linked to birth defects

Iraq Encounters Huge Rise In Birth Defects Iraq, November 15, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) by Peter Eyre and Sarah Price 15 Nov 09 It is time that the US UK NATO and IDF forces owned up to their use of weapons containing uranium components Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, Iraq | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iraq birth defects to be investigated

Big rise in birth defects may be linked to war Scotland on Sunday 15 November 2009 by Fiona MacLeod BIRTH defects in Falluja have increased to 15 times the normal rate, in a spike that may be linked to the Iraq War.Early-life cancers have also risen, possibly in connection with toxic materials left over from battles. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, Iraq, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Uranium mining to cause devastation, and greenhouse gases

Britain’s nuclear strategy threatens destruction of Kalahari Namibian environmentalists warn expansion of uranium mining could devastate spectacular natural landscape guardian.co.uk The Observer, John Vidal 15 Nov 09 “..……. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, environment, Namibia | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

California’s safety law prevents new nukes

Nuclear power not the answer; renewable energy is Sign On San Diego By ACE HOFFMAN   November 15, 2009″…….…….

We have a law in California that prohibits new nuclear power plants until a solution to the problem of nuclear waste is found. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, Legal, USA | , , , , | 1 Comment

Citigroup reports on Nuclear Economics – the”corporate killer”

nuclear-costsNew Nuclear – the Economics Say No 14 November 09 Citgroup’s new report called ‘New Nuclear – The Economics Say No’ describes the financial risks of building new nuclear reactors as ‘Corporate Killers’.  Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, business and costs | , , , , | 1 Comment

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