Government Accountability Office report rejected by USA nuclear agancies
No confidence in Seabrook nuclear plant environmental report
“..report appears to take a page out of the environmental report of the applicant,” … “That does not generate public confidence that you are doing anything other than promoting the (nuclear) industry.”….
Locals lambaste nuke officials on Seabrook plan, Seacoast Online, By Shir Haberman, September 16, 2011 HAMPTON — Officials from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission visited town Thursday to hear public input about possible environmental effects of extending the operating license for the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant until 2050.
The report, which the agency called preliminary, concluded, “The environmental impacts of license renewal for Seabrook Station are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal.”… Continue reading
Nuclear Power Plant Exporters “Principles of Conduct” – ha ha!
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Excuse my laughter – I’m sure the Carnegie Endowment means well.
But in the present climate of cut-throat competition to sell nuclear reactors to anybody and everybody – before the industry collapses completely – well, the idea of nuclear plant exporters having principles – it’s a contradiction in terms.
Still, that doesn’t matter. After all – their high-flown “Principles of Conduct” are only voluntary anyway. – and they’re “not legally binding”
I see that their principles include “ethics” – they wouldn’t know what the word means!. – Christina Macpherson
Announcing the Nuclear Power Plant Exporters’
Principles of Conduct, Carnegie Endowment, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, George Perkovich, Ariel (Eli) Levite, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 – WASHINGTON, D.C.The world’s major vendor companies of civilian nuclear power plants have agreed to apply a common set of principles in their exporting decisions and practices. Continue reading
Yucca Mountain nuclear dump is dead, but not yet buried
Closing down Yucca Mountain “once and for all” can happen if the DOE’s license application is denied by NRC and its decision is upheld through a final non-appealable decision rendered by a federal court, or if Congress amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and the president signs the legislation.
Yucca Mountain is dead again, September 16, 2011 The Ely Times, By Elizabeth Crum, Nevada News Bureau In a long awaited ruling, the federal nuclear safety agency has said Nevada can close down Yucca Mountain once and for all. Or not. Continue reading
5,900 pounds of plutonium and highly enriched uranium cannot be tracked
the U.S. can’t track or fully account for 5,900 pounds of “weapons usable” nuclear material that it once shipped overseas.
U.S. Can’t Track Tons of Weapons-Grade Uranium, Plutonium
Wired.com, By Noah Shachtman September 16, 2011, President Obama has repeatedly said his top counterterrorism goal is to prevent terrorists from acquiring the building blocks to make nuclear or “dirty” bombs. Continue reading
Climate Change: US politicians bought by fossil fuel industries
Al Gore: Climate Science “Reality”
Versus Republicans, Planet Ark, 15-Sep-11 Deborah Zabarenko For Al Gore, the choice is obvious: Either accept scientific reality about climate change or believe what the fossil fuel industry is paying some Republican candidates to say.
“Anti-climate lobbyists … give massive campaign contributions and they’re not shy about making it clear to the candidates they support that there’s a quid pro quo. In return for getting their money, these candidates have to pretend that they really believe this nonsense,” the longtime climate change campaigner said on Wednesday in a telephone interview.
Asked whether Republican candidates who have accepted contributions from fossil fuel industries are compelled to toe the skeptical line on climate change, Gore replied: “That is absolutely the case.” Continue reading
Governor Rick Perry fiddles with Climate Change denialism as Texas burns
It’s time to get real about green policy, Thomas Friedman, The Age, September 15, 2011, EVERY time I listen to Texas Governor Rick Perry and Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann describe climate change as some fraud perpetrated by scientists trying to gin up money for research, I’m reminded of the line that actor Jack Nicholson delivers to the needy neighbour who knocks on his door in the film As Good As It Gets. ”Where do they teach you to talk like this?” asks Nicholson. ”Sell crazy someplace else. We’re all stocked up here.”
Thanks, Perry and Bachmann, but we really are all stocked up on crazy right now. I mean, the Texas Governor rejects the science of climate change while his own state burns after the worst droughts on record propelled wildfires to devour an area the size of Connecticut. As a statement by the Texas Forest Service said last week: ”No one on the face of this earth has ever fought fires in these extreme conditions.” Continue reading
Time to get rid of climate anti science in USA politics
scientific leaders have a responsibility to expose the bunkum.
Stamp out anti-science in US politics New Scientist, 14 September 2011 by Paul Nurse It is time to reject political movements that turn their backs on science, says Nobel prizewinner and Royal Society president Paul NurseIF YOU respect science you will probably be disturbed by the following opinions……”On climate change: variations are “natural, cyclical environmental trends”. That “we can’t say with assurance that human activities cause weather changes” and thatclimate problems in Texas are best solved through “days of prayer for rain”
You would probably be even more disturbed to be told that these are the opinions expressed by potential Republican candidates for the US presidential nomination (see “Science rears its head in Republican debates“). It’s alarming that a country which leads the world in science – the home of Benjamin Franklin, Richard Feynman and Jim Watson – might be turning its back on science. How can this be happening? What can be done? Continue reading
Catholic priest gaoled with other anti-nuclear protestors
Jean Gump and Jesuit Fr. Bill Bichsel, were sentenced by Guyton yesterday to time served and three months in jail, respectively…..
Anti-nuke activist gets eight months, National Catholic Reporter, by Joshua J. McElwee on Sep. 14, 2011 In the third of eleven sentencing hearings expected in coming days for a group of anti-nuclear activists opposing a $7.5 billion new nuclear weapons manufacturing facility, a veteran of the peace movement was sentenced to eight months in jail this afternoon. Continue reading
NRC should suspend all nuclear reactor re-licensing
The NRC is currently involved in licensing activities at 21 existing and new nuclear power plants in 15 states across the country. The petition asks the NRC not only to suspend those activities, but to begin an investigation into what caused the Japanese reactor disaster and the lessons to be learned for U.S. nuclear plants, and to empower an independent commission to review those findings.
NRC rejects petition to suspend nuke plant licensing activities, By Shir Haberman, news@seacoastonline.com September 14, 2011 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rejected a petition signed by 45 nuclear safety and watchdog groups, including the Exeter-based Seacoast Anti-Pollution League, asking the agency to immediately suspend all licensing activities for nuclear power plants until a full analysis of the Japanese nuclear disaster is complete.
The Seabrook Station nuclear power plant is in the process of asking for a 20-year extension of its operating license. Continue reading
Nuclear safety needed now, not 10 years later
Outside pressure for regulatory reform is mounting, too. Environmental groups have filed legal challenges to continued reactor licensing in the absence of evidence the NRC is taking its job seriously……..
NRC must implement nuclear regulations now, not 10 years after Fukushima Americans narrowly avoided nuclear disasters during hurricane Irene and the 5.8 earthquake that hit the East Coast. Six months after Fukushima, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must implement new regulations, rather than debate reforms for the next decade, as it did post-9/11. Christian Science Monitor By Stephanie Cooke / September 13, 2011 Washington Continue reading
Bribery, propaganda, anything goes for Virginia Uranium
Virginia legislators criticized for all-expense paid trip to Saskatchewan uranium mine Yahoo News, By Andy Radia | Canada Politics , 13 Sept 11 Some Virginians are upset by a forthcoming ‘excursion’ by state politicians to a Saskatchewan mine, an outing paid for by a company that wants state legislators to lift a 30-year moratorium on uranium mining.
The company, Virginia Uranium, has a claim to what is thought to be the largest deposit of uranium in the U.S. — estimated to consist of about 119 million pounds — worth as much as $10 billion……
In the early 1980s, however, the state of Virginia halted uranium mining due to potential radiological risks – the moratorium still stands today….
But some eyebrows were raised in Virgina by people who question the appropriateness of a private company footing the bill for the legislators’ travel. Some are even suggesting the lawmakers are being“bought off.”
Since 2007, when Virginia Uranium was incorporated, the company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying the General Assembly. It donated $91,650 to candidates in Virginia since 2008 and retained four of Richmond’s most influential lobbying firms, as well as a top public relations firm….http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/virginia-legislators-criticized-expense-paid-trip-saskatchewan-uranium-162535662.html
Iowa deliberates on nuke waste, indigenous interests ignored
Bullcreek, a Skull Valley band member who opposes the nuclear waste storage project, commented that tribes also ought to have a bigger say in transportation over reservation lands. Skull Valley Chairwoman Lori Bear and Tribal Secretary Kristen Bear also attended the morning sessions but indicated they would not be participating in the meeting.Co-chaired by Utah native Brent Scowcroft, the panel has been assigned by President Barack Obama to suggest ways to solve the nation’s nuclear waste disposal backlog. There is more than 67,000 tons of high-level waste for which there is no disposal, and more piles up every year. Continue reading
Virginia uranium pays expensive junket to Canada for politicians and officials
Uranium company flying Va. lawmakers to Canada will spend $3,000 per person, Washington Post, 12 Sept 11, By Anita Kumar The company flying lawmakers and community leaders to Canada this month to see an active uranium mine will spend about $3,000 per person on the trip.
The three-day trip includes a visit to a mine and mill as well as meetings with Canadian officials, including the ministers of energy and natural resources, federal regulators and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, according to an itinerary released Monday in response to a request. Continue reading
Electric cars go well with grids and wind energy
Drive like the wind, R & D, 12 Sept 11, In a new report, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory show how electric vehicles—increasingly available to consumers in today’s marketplace—could help operators more seamlessly add more renewable energy sources like wind into the Pacific Northwest’s energy grid. Continue reading
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