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NUCLEAR POWER and PEACE – the ultimate “con”

Faced with the reality that nuclear power plants are closing down faster than they are being built the nuclear lobby has come up with some desperate slogans aimed at resuscitating the industry. First they’ll “solve” energy shortage, then “solve” Climate Change. And now – they’ll solve nuclear non proliferation !

The irony is that the nuclear industry’s best hope is in its original aim – to produce nuclear weapons. While the USA and Russia piously claim that they’ reduce their total of 49, 000 nuclear bombs to a mere 30,000, and France, UK, China, India, Israel also hang on to their nukes, other countries  (and Al Qaeda) aim to get nuclear weapons too.

Nevertheless, the worldwide nuclear lobby has the gall to claim that the spread of “civil” nuclear power will limit the risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear weapons spread – Nuclear Power and Peace – our theme for April 2010

April 3, 2010 Posted by | 1 | Leave a comment

“Peaceful Nuclear Power” – it’s an oxymoron

Harmonious relationships between people and nations cannot survive in a nuclear power society, with its atmosphere of secrecy, surveillance , suspicion, fear, and ever-present real danger. Nuclear Power and Peace – our theme for April 2010

March 28, 2010 Posted by | 1, Christina's notes | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Canadian doctors protest uranium mining, threaten to resign

Anti-uranium doctors renew threat to resign, March 22, 2010 CBC News Nearly two-dozen doctors in Sept-Îles, Que., are renewing their threats to resign and leave the province after the government rejected calls for a moratorium on uranium mining and exploration in the region. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by | 1 | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The very secret costs of nuclear power

Hidden Costs of the nuclear industry   – Secrecy about Nuclear Costs
The secrecy surrounding nuclear industry costs has two main aspects:
1. Nuclear power is intrinsically connected to nuclear weapons, and the costs of these are kept very much hidden by all states.
2.In States where the government runs the nuclear industry, the true costs are well hidden.  (Spare a thought for the USA – warts and all, the USA, in trying to run a privatised nuclear industry, does allow public flow of information about THE MONEY.) – The true costs of nuclear power – our theme for March 2010


March 7, 2010 Posted by | 1 | , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium in Utah violates laws

Politics Up Close: HEAL Utah on Depleted Uranium Study | KCPW03.05.2010 by Jeff Robinson, Governor Gary Herbert has struck a deal to keep additional depleted uranium out of the state for now. But thousands of drums of it are already here, some buried, some about to be buried in the west desert at EnergySolutions facility. But a new report commissioned by the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah says this violates federal and state law on low-level waste disposal. We’re joined by Executive Director Vanessa Pierce and Dr. Arjun Makhijani with the Institute for Environmental and Energy Research.

Politics Up Close: HEAL Utah on Depleted Uranium Study | KCPW

March 5, 2010 Posted by | 1 | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Uranium industry in financial doldrums

Spot Uranium Remains Under Downward Pressure ninemsn 23/02/2010  By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck Spot uranium prices continue their descent as buyers seem in no hurry and with sellers offering ever more aggressive price cuts to get deals done. The past week, ending Friday, saw a few deals being concluded, but also a further cut to TradeTech’s weekly price benchmark.

Spot Uranium Remains Under Downward Pressure

February 24, 2010 Posted by | 1 | Leave a comment

Obama passes nuclear risks on to taxpayer

Obama asks taxpayers to shoulder nuclear risk MNN – Mother Nature Network, by Karl Burkart, 23 Feb 2010 Banks won’t touch them they are so financially risky. So why does Obama want U.S. taxpayers to fund nuclear plants when there is a 50% chance they will fail? Sun, Feb 21 2010

Whether you are Republican or Democrat, pro-nuclear or anti-nuclear, you probably will agree with me that it is wrong to ask the American taxpayers to fund an investment that is so risky it has a 50 percent chance of failing. Continue reading →

February 23, 2010 Posted by | 1, politics, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Columbia River endangered by radioactive nuclear waste

Analysis warns Hanford cleanup would take decades washingtonpost.com The Associated Press
February 10, 2010;
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal proposal for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site says radioactive contaminants from the sprawling Hanford nuclear reservation could threaten the Columbia River for thousands of years. Continue reading →

February 15, 2010 Posted by | 1, water | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Expert advises shutdown of leaking Yankee Nuclear Plant

Nuclear Expert Says Yankee Should Shut Down VPR News: 02/10/1 John Dillon – Montpelier, Vt. An expert on nuclear power hired by the Legislature says Vermont Yankee should shut down voluntarily to stop its radiation leaks. Continue reading →

February 11, 2010 Posted by | 1 | Leave a comment

Uranium mining marriage between South Korea and France

KEPCO Partners with Areva in Uranium Mining The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea 8 Feb 2010 KEPCO has joined hands with France’s Areva SA to develop uranium mines around the world. The Korean power monopoly said Sunday that it signed an agreement on Thursday with Areva for the joint development project. Continue reading →

February 8, 2010 Posted by | 1 | Leave a comment

Sustainable energy: energy efficiency and renewables

Why doesn’t Energy Efficiency get a better press than expensive, impractical nuclear power?

February 1, 2010 Posted by | 1 | Leave a comment

Europe’s ‘supergrid’ paves way for baseload renewable energy

Getting connected: Europe’s green energy ‘supergrid ‘By Matt Ford, for CNNJ anuary 31, 2010 It is a criticism frequently leveled at those promoting wind or solar power as an alternative to fossil fuels: what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine?Well, now there is a smart answer, at least in Europe — we’ll simply and instantly switch to another source of clean, green power. Continue reading →

February 1, 2010 Posted by | 1, climate change | , , , , | Leave a comment

Record high levels of Tritium found at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant

Much Higher Tritium Level Found at Nuclear Plant .  Tritium search at Vermont Yankee turns up reading 90 times higher than previous record. ABC News/Money By DAVE GRAM Associated Press Writer
MONTPELIER, Vt. January 20, 2010 (AP) State officials said Wednesday more radioactive tritium had been found at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant — at levels more than 90 times higher than found in a test well nearly two weeks ago……………..State and Vermont Yankee officials said Wednesday they hoped the finding of much higher tritium concentration in the concrete trench might mean they had found the source of the contamination………..
Meanwhile, legislative leaders and the Douglas administration’s point person on utility regulation said the state Health Department should conduct its own tests for radioactive leaks at Vermont Yankee and not rely on the plant for information about testing around the Vernon reactor. That call came a week after it was revealed that Vermont Yankee, owned by New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., had misled state officials by saying the plant did not have underground piping of the type that could carry radioactive substances like tritium……http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9617971

January 22, 2010 Posted by | 1 | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Plan to examine health aspects of uranium mining

Uranium Mining in Virginia Symposium 11 March 2010

Appomattox Area Calendar  By Linda on 18 January 2010 Join Friends of the Earth for a Uranium Mining in Virginia Symposium in Richmond, VA. The goals of the symposium are to examine the health and socio-economic impacts of proposed uranium mining in Virginia. Continue reading →

January 19, 2010 Posted by | 1 | , , , , | Leave a comment

Patrick Moore etc paid to sprinkle nuclear “fairy dust”

the selling points that the nuclear industry – and its allies in Congress – are promoting to sprinkle eco-friendly fairy dust around the grim nuclear industry that Wall Street and private investors won’t touch:.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis “……..despite all these problems, a seemingly benign solution for global warming – nuclear energy – has boundless, if simplistic, appeal, even if it could take years to build and threatens public health and safety, while undermining with billions devoted to nuclear bailouts genuine renewable energy. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by | 1, spinbuster, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

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