Russia selling nukes, and weapons, to Vietnam
Russia, Vietnam ink deals on nuclear energy, weapons China View MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) –– Russia on Tuesday signed a document to build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, and another deal to deliver Russian-made weaponry to the Southeast Asian country, Russian news agencies reported. Continue reading
Disarmament Commission treats India and Pakistan equally
Disarmament panel puts India, Pak in same category The Economic Times 16 Dec 2009, A report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament has proposed cutting down the world’s nuclear weapons from 23,000 to 2,000 by 2025 and suggested that all nuclear states should have a ‘no first use’ stance. The commission is actually the brainchild of Japan and Australia. Continue reading
10,000 Young Indians Call for Pause on Nuclear Power
Nuclear option is not for future generations! The Indian Youth-Science Forum. 15 Dec 09
Ten thousand (10,000) young scientists, engineering students and concerned citizens, have, in a Memorandum to Prime Minister who is also Atomic Energy Minister, asked the Government of India to re- assess the futuristic social cost of its ambitious Nuclear Power programme…… Continue reading
Climate Change the opportunity to sell off nuclear to developing countries
The farce in the name of climate change Promoting business interest by other means! Organiser By MD Nalapat -Dec 2009 “………………What is the actual agenda of key delegations to the Copenhagen Conference? The first is the sale of expensive technologies to developing countries, primarily nuclear energy…… Continue reading
Weapons smuggled in North Korean plane
North Korean plane carrying smuggled arms seized in Thailand Five held in Bangkok over 35-tonne cargo which included rocket launchers, grenades and missiles missiles Simon Tisdall guardian.co.uk, 13 December 2009 Continue reading
North Korea to ‘co-operate’ in nuclear talks
North Korea agrees nuclear ‘co-operation’ with US BBC News 14 Dec 09
North Korea says it will continue to co-operate with the US on ending its nuclear programme and agrees that stalled talks need to resume.
The country’s foreign ministry said Pyongyang would work with the US to “narrow remaining differences”. Continue reading
India has serious thermo-nuclear bombs
BBC News – North Korea agrees nuclear ‘co-operation’ with US
Kakodkar says India has credible thermo-nuclear bombs in the “plural” NationalNetIndian News Network New Delhi, December 13, 2009 Dr. Anil Kakodkar.Dr. Anil Kakodkar. Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Anil Kakodkar has asserted that India has credible thermo-nuclear bombs, in the “plural”, with a yield of “much more” than 45 kilotonnes each.”Why are you using singular? Make that plural,” he said when asked if India had a credible thermo-nuclear bomb during an interview with journalist Karan Thapar on the Devil’s Advocate show on television channel CNN-IBN.
US firms charging India high nuclear prices
‘US, European firms quoting higher prices for nuclear equipment’ Business Standard Press Trust of India / New Delhi December Dec 12, 2009 The government today indicated its preference for buying nuclear power equipment for the country’s atomic power projects from Russia, saying US and European companies are quoting higher prices…… Continue reading
India’s nuclear plants will be very slow in coming
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Natalie Obiko Pearson / Bloomberg 10 Dec 09
Mumbai: India has deferred by 15 years its target to build 40,000MW of nuclear power capacity amid policy delays, an official at a state-owned utility said. Continue reading
Opposition in Indian govt to West Bengal nuclear power plant
No To Haripur Nuclear Power Plant, Says Sisir Adhikar indiaserver.com 2009-12-09
Sisir Adhikari the Union Minister of State for Rural Development said that his party was against the setup of nuclear Power Plant in West Bengal’s Haripur in East Midnapore district. The area is thickly populated and also a fertile region for agriculture. Continue reading
Opposition growing across India to land taken for nuclear plants
Land acquisition problems: Serious concern for the country Agitations over land acquisitions are spreading like wild fire in the country. merinews CJ: Rupam Banerjee Wed, Dec 09, 2009 PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh has expressed serious concern over growing problems of land acquisition for industrial and infrastructural projects in different parts of the country. Continue reading
Time we all woke up to the pro-nuclear con!
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On today’s page I include an article on India and the planned nuclear reactors there. I was struck by the fact that it will be a “multi-billion dollar market to American firms” . But, at the same time, those firms want to make sure that the Indian government (i.e the Indian taxpayer) will pay for any “industrial accident”. (Quote ‘ India’s multi-billion-dollar nuclear market to American firms. US firms already worry over delays such as writing a new Indian law to limit US firms’ liability in case of an industrial accident’)
The nuclear industry wants the money – but not the responsibility. They must think that the danger is important, to be concerning themselves so much about such liability. Yet at the same time, they’ll tell us all that the industry is so very safe.
Do we take note of these contradictions? Is this a new and so much more sophisticated version of Western colonial oppression?
Indian villagers oppose US nuclear industry taking their land
News Centrer 8 Dec 2009
US nuclear firms said on Monday they were worried land scarcity in India could further delay a joint atomic deal already hobbled by policy holdups over issues such as accident liability protection.
A 50-member US business delegation this week is seeking to push the implementation of the deal, which promises to open up India’s multi-billion-dollar nuclear market to American firms.US firms already worry over delays such as writing a new Indian law to limit US firms’ liability in case of an industrial accident Continue reading
Theft of uranium in Mumbai
Mumbai police arrest three with yellowcake news TRAK In
Mumbai, Dec 8 (ANI): The Mumbai Crime Branch Police have arrested three persons with five kilograms of uranium in Panvel, Navi Mumbai here.
According to the information received from the Police sources, the three people have been arrested with Yellowcake that is used in the preparation of uranium for nuclear fuel.
The seized uranium has been sent to the Bhava Atomic Research Center for testing.
The officials at the Department of Atomic Energy said the Mumbai Police has sent the sample of the uranium for testing…..http://trak.in/news/mumbai-police-arrests-three-with-yellowcake/32805/
India-Russia deal on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel
India and Russia to sign key nuclear agreement Gulf Times 6 Dec 09 Agencies/Moscow India and Russia will today sign an umbrella agreement for expanding civil nuclear co-operation that will give New Delhi the right to reprocess spent fuel, a deal that will take their pact “far beyond the 123 agreement” inked with the US, a top official said yesterday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on a three-day visit…………… Continue reading
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