Nuclear power a bad plan for Sri Lanka
Environmental concern over Sri Lanka nuclear plans By Saroj Pathirana BBC News 9 September 2010 Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over government plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025. Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka announced that the government intends to build the plant to fulfil increasing demands for energy Critics say Sri Lanka lacks the wherewithal to handle ordinary garbage – let alone nuclear waste….. the campaigners say that the island is full of natural sources of energy.Observers are also sceptical as to whether the country will be able to get the technological know-how to build such plant. BBC News – Environmental concern over Sri Lanka nuclear plans
North Korea likely to continue “nuclear blackmail”
The best way to squeeze aid from the outside world is to use contradictions between the great powers and a bit of nuclear blackmai
NKorea unlikely to alter strategy toward world, Google hosted news, By KELLY OLSEN (AP) – 30 Sept 10, SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s ailing leader Kim Jong Il has laid the groundwork for a transition of power to his youngest son but it remains to be seen if the reclusive nuclear-armed regime will soften its combative stance toward the international community. Continue reading
Obama to India – changing their Nuclear Liability Bill is a high priority
nuclear liability bill with India is a priority for the US.
Indian External Affairs Minister in US to discuss Obama trip, By Frontier India | September 28th, 2010 Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna met Secretary Hillary Clinton, to discuss the Obama’s pending trip to India. Indian Defense Minister Antony and Indian National Security Adviser Menon are also expected to meet Secretary Clinton later.
Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, who briefed the talks between the two leaders……
Blake said that nuclear liability bill with India is a priority for the US. “We continue to encourage the Indian Government to provide domestic and international suppliers, including, of course, American suppliers, the opportunity to help India to meet its ambitious nuclear power generation goals……Under Secretary Burns and Robert Blake are expected to make a trip to India somewhere is October.
USA nuclear firms worried they might have to pay up for accidents
Unlimited liability a deterrent to business: US Under Secretary, Business Standard, 28 Sept 10, Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 28, 2010, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Francisco J Sanchez, said US business was concerned over unlimited liability. “We welcome India’s move to join the nuclear liability regime. However, there have been concerns over unlimited liability clauses, which are deterrent to business……the US India Business Council (USIBC), representing 300 top US companies doing business with India, wanted India to adopt a nuclear liability regime “channelling absolute and exclusive liability to nuclear power plant operators and establishing a sole remedy for compensation of claims”…..
Unlimited liability a deterrent to business: US Under Secretary
China violates Nuclear Suppliers Group rules in sales to Pakistan
Pakistan greatly damaged global security by allowing this rogue (nuclear scientist AQ Khan) free reign in that country. China’s plan to build another two nuclear reactors in Pakistan violates Nuclear Suppliers’ Group rules.
China should be stopped from building N-reactors for Pak’ Hindustan Times, Press Trust Of India Washington, September 25, 2010 China should be stopped from going ahead with its move to transfer new atomic reactors to Pakistan which is “not a responsible nuclear power,” a top American Congressman has said. Continue reading
Chinese top executive leaked state secrets to nuclear giant AREVA
Jiang was charged with disclosing information to France’s Areva, the world’s largest builder of nuclear reactors, about a 2004 bid for China’s inland nuclear programme
China exec gets 20 years for leaking secrets Reuters, By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING, Sept 28 – The disgraced president of a Chinese state-owned enterprise has been jailed for 20 years for leaking state secrets in connection with a bid for foreign-made nuclear reactors, Continue reading
Indian insurance companies increase mortality charges
Life insurers deal a mortal blow, The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Business SRIKUMAR BONDYOPADHYAY Calcutta, Sept. 26: Life insurers have tossed ethics out of the window, and the insurance regulator seems to be looking the other way. Continue reading
Indian insurance company to cover nuclear accidents?
Irda to allow cover for N-accidents, New Delhi:, 27 Sept 10, The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has decided to frame guidelines for allowing insurance cover for nuclear accidents.The agency is awaiting the the nuclear liability law to provide framework for the proposed rules. “Insurance companies would be happy in providing cover for nuclear accidents, if the customers show interest,” Irda chairman J Hari Narayan said. India is all set to engage in nuclear commercial trade with various countries following the clearance of a Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament during the monsoon session. The bill now awaits for the nod of the President before becoming a law.More from News
South East Asia Greenpeace Tour to promote renewable energy
During her voyage, the Rainbow Warrior will promote climate change solutions by showcasing renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines
Turn the Tide Rainbow Warrior Tour, 10 Years of Protectiong the Environment Together | Greenpeace Southeast Asia 25 Sept 10, From September to December 2010, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is sailing to Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines for the Turn the Tide – Rainbow Warrior’s tour of Southeast Asia. Continue reading
China’s ambitions for a nuclear technology sales empire
Chinese nuclear industry’s overseas push, THE HINDU, 22 Sept 10, Ananth Krishnan The announcement from China’s biggest nuclear power firm that it was in talks to set up a one-gigawatt plant in Pakistan underscores the rising overseas ambitions of China’s nuclear power industry, say analysts. Continue reading
Spread of nuclear technology in region worries India
comments came amid reports that Beijing and Islamabad were in talks to set up a new giant one gigawatt atomic power plant in Pakistan.
India concerned over N-proliferation in neighbourhood: Rao PTI IBN Live News ,Sep 21,2010Boston, Amid reports of Sino-Pak plans to set up a new giant atomic power plant in Pakistan, India has said it has been affected by clandestine nuclear proliferation in its neighbourhood and is concerned about the possibility of atomic terrorism in the region. Continue reading
India’s tragic uranium mining effects on communities
Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD), an affiliate of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize recipient International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, conducted a health survey in 2007 that looked at 2,118 families within 2.5 km of the mines.It found that 9.5 percent of newborns die each year due to extreme physical deformities…….
Uranium mines afecting health of workers and local communities, India Info Online, 20 Sept 10, AT BANDUHURANG, there are no prohibitory signs, no warnings about radiation, no barbed wire and no demarcation of territory. Continue reading
USA losing the battle to sell nuclear plants to India
the chances of altering how the legislation works appear to be dimming….it looks increasingly likely that the Obama visit will center instead around job-creating deals for the U.S………..Nowhere did the statement contain a reference to the nuclear deal.
U.S. Chances Dim on India Nuclear Revision – India Real Time – WSJ, by Paul Beckett, September 20, 2010, “…. the U.S. government and nuclear-equipment industry have been scrambling to alter the impact of nuclear-liability legislation passed by the Indian parliament that the U.S. side views as unfavorable to U.S. nuclear suppliers as the Indian market opens up. Continue reading
Cover-up of uranium news in India
As we shuttled between the police station and the district court in Jamshedpur for a week to get our equipment back, we got a glimpse into the kind of helplessness local villagers experience throughout their lives. If a journalist working for a national newsmagazine could be arrested and booked for visiting villages that have an overview of the mine, who would listen to the villagers?
Uranium mines afecting health of workers and local communities, India Info Online, 20 Sept 10, “…….UCIL seems to believe that national interest overrides the baggage of liabilities the pursuit of nuclear ambitions carries. Is it in our national interest to stand by silently as this scenario plays out in other uranium mines in the next year? Continue reading
Further proof of radiation-caused cancers in large scale research study
Study of Japanese atomic bomb survivors shows radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers, Health Canal.com, 17 Sept 10, First large-scale study to assess how radiation influences risk of multiple cancers Continue reading
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