Poll shows Americans losing faith in nuclear power
Fox News Poll: 83% Think Nuclear Crisis Like Japan Could Happen in U.S., FoxNews.com, By Dana Blanton April 08, 2011 Most American voters think a nuclear crisis like what is happening in Japan could happen in the United States. In addition, the number believing nuclear power is not safe is on the rise.
Fully 83 percent of voters think a disaster similar to Japan’s could happen in the U.S., while a small 15-percent minority doesn’t think so. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Friday.
No gender gap or partisan divide on that issue: most men, women, Democrats, Republicans and independents all agree it’s possible a major nuclear crisis could happen here. …..Click here for complete poll results……
Fox News Poll: 83% Think Nuclear Crisis Like Japan Could Happen in U.S. – FoxNews.com
Nuclear power industry – a sober warning to investors
“New nuclear generation is already more expensive to build than most other sources of electricity,” it continues, “its liability insurance is effectively socialized and material questions are being raised regarding its waste products.”
Investors Warned: Fukushima Could Ignite Backlash Against U.S. Nuclear Power Industry, Forbes, – Osha Gray Davidson -Apr. 8 2011 A new report by Moody’s Investors Service has a title guaranteed to send chills through the nuclear power industry: “Re-evaluating Creditworthiness for Global Nuclear Generators.”
The report warns that “All nuclear operators…will suffer the consequences that emerge from a post Fukushima environment.” Continue reading
Earthquake prone Diablo a test case for risky nuclear license extension
Diablo is drawing particular scrutiny because of its location in one of the country’s most seismically active areas and its long, troubled history of trying to deal with the risk of a major quake.
Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo, WSJ.com, 8 April 11, By BEN CASSELMAN In Earthquake-Prone California, License Extension Sought for Reactors Poses Major Test for Nation’s Atomic-Power Industry Japan’s unfolding reactor crisis is fueling a battle over nuclear power across the Pacific, in earthquake-prone California. Continue reading
French nuclear company denied license for Calvert Cliffs reactor
US NRC denies license to build nuclear reactor in Maryland WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied Unistar a license to build a new reactor at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power station in Maryland due to its foreign ownership, said the watchdog group Nuclear Information and Resource Service.The NRC could not be immediately reached. Unistar is owned by Electricite de France (EDF.PA: Quote)….
US NRC denies license to build nuclear reactor in Maryland | Energy & Oil | Reuters
The revolving door of nuclear politicians and industry lobbyists
Revolving-door lobbyists for nuclear companies will advocate on their behalf as some lawmakers and environmental groups raise questions about safety…..Nuclear issues are taking priority for some utility company lobbyists…...
Former Hill Stars Add Muscle to Nuclear Industry’s Post-Japan Lobbying, By ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire : April 7, 2011 As a congressman, Rep. Robert Walker extolled the safety of nuclear power, arguing that technology prevented radiation poisoning during the meltdown at Three Mile Island.
He’s buttressing nuclear again today, this time working from the inside. Retired from the House, the Pennsylvania Republican provides strategic advice to the trade group Nuclear Energy Institute. Continue reading
Barack Obama – a President for the nuclear industry
One of Obama’s largest campaign donors since 2003 has been the Exelon Corporation, a nuclear power company. Obama’s former chief of staff, David Axelrod, previously worked as a consultant for Exelon. As a state Senator in Illinois, Obama skillfully played both sides of the nuclear debate, but ultimately did the industry’s political dirty work after a leak at an Exelon plant was exposed, causing public outrage. Obama put forward a bill requiring leaks to be immediately reported, but then worked hand-in-hand with Exelon to strip the bill of any teeth
Obama: The Nuclear Industry’s President Apr 7, 2011, By Patrick Ayers Following the nuclear disaster in Japan, President Obama sought to reassure the public, saying, “I still think that nuclear power is an important part of our overall energy mix.”
Since coming to office, Obama has spearheaded the nuclear industry’s revival in the U.S., championing it as a “safe, clean, and reliable” alternative to foreign oil. But as Normon Solomon pointed out, “There is no more techno-advanced country in the world than Japan. Nuclear power is not safe there, and it is not safe anywhere,” (Commondreams.org, 3/14/11). Continue reading
America is not ready to deal with a radiation disaster
After a nuclear blast, hospitals probably would fill with trauma patients. Later, others would arrive with acute radiation syndrome, which can take days to manifest and affects multiple organ systems. Without supportive care, about 50 percent of people exposed to 3.5 Gray, a measure of radiation dose, would die. Proper care would almost double the exposure level at which 50 percent would survive, but only a small fraction of American medical professionals have training and expertise in treating radiation injury……Given that not enough beds would be available, hospitals and first responders would have to choose which patients to save.
U.S. health-care system unprepared for major nuclear emergency, officials say The Washington Post, By Sheri Fink, Thursday, April 7,“………in national surveys, U.S. hospital workers have expressed fears ,… saying they would be less willing to report to work for a radiological or nuclear incident than for other types of emergencies. Continue reading
NRC report shows up danger of USA nuclear plants
“When a major earthquake, flood or fire was assumed to knock out all of the power of a nuclear reactor that is the same design as Fukushima and stands less than 40 miles from Baltimore — well within the contamination zone the US called for in Japan — that plant came less than an hour away from partial nuclear meltdown” in the NRC simulation,
US unprepared for Japan-style nuke accident: lawmaker, Google News, (AFP) – 8 April 11, WASHINGTON — A US nuclear reactor near Baltimore would come dangerously close to meltdown within two days of a disaster on the scale of what happened in Japan three weeks ago, a lawmaker said, citing a draft report by the US nuclear watchdog. Continue reading
Dirty bomb or nuclear accident would catch US health system unprepared
U.S. health-care system unprepared for major nuclear emergency, officials say The Washington Post, By Sheri Fink, Thursday, April 7, U.S. officials say the nation’s health system is ill-prepared to cope with a catastrophic release of radiation, despite years of focus on the possibility of a terrorist “dirty bomb” or an improvised nuclear device attack.
A blunt assessment circulating among American officials says, “Current capabilities can only handle a few radiation injuries at any one time.” That assessment, prepared by the Department of Homeland Security in 2010 and stamped “for official use only,’’ says “there is no strategy for notifying the public in real time of recommendations on shelter or evacuation priorities.”
The Homeland Security report, plus several other reports and interviews with almost two dozen experts inside and outside the government, reveal other gaps that might increase the risks posed by a nuclear accident or terrorist attack…..
President Obama’s proposed budget would cut funding for a federal hospital preparedness program by about 10 percent. The release of proposed federal regulations that would require hospitals to meet emergency management standards has been delayed…..U.S. health-care system unprepared for major nuclear emergency, officials say – The Washington Post
Never mind the Fukushima tragedy, it’s the nuclear COST, stupid!
It’s time to let the market pick our winners, not outrageous government subsidies for nuclear power…..we should abandon this costly boondoggle for more cost-effective and renewable energy sources.
Cost, Not Japan Crisis, Should Scrub Nuclear Power, RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD, By John FarrellApril 6, 2011 The plumes of smoke rising, and radiation leaking, from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor provoke a visceral reaction. But the crisis should not persuade Americans to abandon nuclear power.
Instead, Americans should abandon nuclear power for its prohibitive and un-competitive costs. Continue reading
In USA renewable energy climbing, nuclear going down
Surging Renewable Sector Pulls Even With Nuclear Power in U.S. OnEarth Magazine By Douglas Fischer April 6, 2011 Declining nuclear power and a strengthening renewable fuels sector have left the two energy sources neck-and-neck for their share of U.S. energy production, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The percent of domestic energy production obtained from renewable fuels — biomass, geothermal, solar, wind and water — rose to 10.9 percent last year, up from 10.6 percent in 2009. Meanwhile nuclear energy dipped from 11.5 percent in 2009 to 11.3 percent in 2010……The data were compiled before the 9.0 temblor and subsequent tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant and cast doubts on nuclear power worldwide….
Citizens battle to save Grand Canyon from uranium mining
Razing Arizona? Citizens Fight to Protect the Grand Canyon from Uranium Mining, Change.org News by Jess Leber · April 04, 2011 Every year, 5 million tourists from all over the world flock to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, where they can view 2 billion years of geologic history in its glory.
Today, this national landmark is under threat. Continue reading
Inadequate radiation monitoring in USA
.. elevated levels of iodine-131 in rain “a red flag” for public health and said that he is concerned that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has less stringent radiation exposure guidelines, has superseded the EPA in US response activities……
Adequacy of EPA radiation monitoring system called into question | Michigan Messenger, 6 April 11, Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s network of radiation monitors does not reach the public quickly and some monitors are not functional, critics say. Continue reading
concerns about USA nuclear plants safety
UPDATE 3-Democrats probe worst fears for U.S. nuclear power WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe– Democratic lawmakers raisedconcerns on Wednesday about whether regulators and the nuclear power industry are doing enough to ensure U.S. reactors can withstand worst-case scenarios in the wake of Japan’s crisis. Continue reading
In USA EPA prepares to allow more radioactivity to be called “safe”
The radiation guides called Protective Action Guides or PAGs are protocols for responding to radiological events ranging from nuclear power-plant accidents to dirty bombs.
Drinking water, for example, would have a huge increase in allowable public exposure to radioactivity,
Group warns EPA ready to increase radioactive release guidelines | The Tennessean | tennessean.com, Anne Paine, 17 March 11, EPA is preparing to dramatically increase permissible radioactive releases in drinking water, food and soil after “radiological incidents,” according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.What is termed a guidance that EPA is considering – as opposed to a regulation – does not require public airing before it’s decided upon. Continue reading
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