Virginia’s citizens alarmed at dangers of uranium mining
If Virginia’s statewide moratorium on uranium mining is lifted, who will enforce regulations to protect workers and the public?
Uranium mining and milling is risky business | Richmond Times-Dispatch, by Nathan Lott, 6 Mar 2011, Contrary to the views expressed in a Commentary column last week, the thousands of Virginians who are troubled by proposals to lift a long-standing ban on uranium mining and milling in Virginia are hardly “radical environmentalists.” Continue reading
Missouri needs renewable energy credits from local area
Investments in homegrown renewable energy, such as wind, solar, and biomass can help stimulate the economy by redirecting funds into local economic development — funds that would otherwise leave the state.And the good news: This is already happening…….
Repeal of SCR1 would help producers of homegrown clean energy | Springfield News-Leader , 6 March 11, Missouri and other states across the country are realizing economic benefits by investing in local, renewable energy sources. Continue reading
Ionising radiation being touted to children as safe?
(What are “health physicists” anyway ? Doesn’t sound like they’re doctors)
Students learn about radiation Mar 05, 2011 RICHLAND, Wash.- Second graders at Christ the King School in Richland got a hands-on physics demonstration Friday.
Two health physicists taught the children about personal protective equipment, radiation detection, and examples of everyday items containing radiation.
Some of those everyday items include: bananas, some rocks, and even human beings. Students learn about radiation – KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |
Renewable energy giving financial security to U.S. farmers
The money saved by farmers with renewable energy was cheering too. Farmers in nearly every state reported savings on their utility bills. The savings were especially noticeable in New York, where, utility bill savings reported by respondents topped $5,000 for 2009.
Farmers Adding Much More Renewable Power Than Expected – CleanTechnica: Susan Kraemer 4 March 11, According to a new census from the USDA, farmers are reducing their costs by embracing renewable energy to power their operations in very unexpectedly big way. The use of renewable sources focused just on the use of solar panels, wind turbines, and methane digesters. Continue reading
Lawsuits express no confidence in nuclear “Waste Confidence Rule”
For many, the separate suits by state attorneys general and environmental groups raise fresh questions over why America is pouring billions into a nuclear renaissance with no long-term strategy for handling waste from the nation’s existing facilities. ….The lawsuit targets NRC’s recently updated “Waste Confidence Rule.”
As U.S. Moves Ahead with Nuclear Power, No Solution for Radioactive Waste, Solve Climate News, By Abby LubyMar 3, 2011 A pair of legal actions against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission raises fresh questions over how and where to store the nation’s growing nuclear waste, Continue reading
Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s unfounded claim that “waste disposal solution will be available”
The NRC maintains its position that a repository “will be available …. when necessary.” But the petitioning groups say that assumption is made without “foundation in the facts and history of the U.S. geologic repository program.”….
As U.S. Moves Ahead with Nuclear Power, No Solution for Radioactive Waste, Solve Climate News, By Abby LubyMar 3, 2011“…….Less than a week after the attorneys general sued, environmental organizations petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overturn two NRC rules that say storage and disposal of radioactive waste poses no significant safety or environmental concerns. Continue reading
Navy personnel claim cancers due to radiation exposure
Veterans who served there have long suspected their cancers were related to possible radiation exposure,
Exclusive report into Navy radiation exposure reaches Obama cabinet officials WEWS News, by Ron Regan, 3 March 11, CLEVELAND – Two top level cabinet officials in the Obama administration have been asked to review an exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation into possible radiation exposure among Navy personnel. Continue reading
Grudging recognition of cancers caused by radiation, among uranium workers
employees who worked outside of those dates still have to prove their cancer was caused by radiation at the plant….“They waited so long until almost everyone died,” Wytovak said.
They’re hoping for help in radiation case, Fuel Fix 3 March 2011, “…………“I thought it was a fertilizer plant,” said Wytovak, who discovered later during his 20 years at the plant that he had been part of an unwitting team extracting uranium for nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Overexposure to radiation of some hospital patients
Cabell Huntington Hospital Says Some Patient May Have Been Overexposed to Radiation – WOWK-TV – , 3 March 11, HUNTINGTON — Cabell Huntington Hospital is informing former patients about possible overexposure to radiation.Hospital officials made the announcement Thursday in a news release. According to the hospital’s findings, officials believe it happened during a specific radiological procedure known as CT Angiography. The overexposure could have happened to patients who underwent the procedure between Oct. 9, 2009 and Nov. 23, 2010. Cabell Huntington believes the “a group of patients may have received an exposure to radiation that is above the recommended level.”Cabell Huntington Hospital Says Some Patient May Have Been Overexposed to Radiation – WOWK-TV – WOWKTV.com
Uranium price to fall as USA sells its surplus
In analysis prepared for the department concluded that the average spot price for uranium could fall 4.9 to 8.9 percent during the period from the November 30, 2010
U.S. Energy Dept to sell surplus uranium Mar 3, 2011 WASHINGTON (Reuters), by Tom Doggett – The U.S. Energy Department plans to sell 2,000 tonnes of surplus uranium annually 2011-2013, which could push spot prices lower over the next three years…. Continue reading
Global warming agents released in uranium enrichment
The radiative properties of CFCs make them a dangerous global warming agent — 1,500 times more potent than carbon dioxide, according to EPA figures. Ozone-depleting CFCs have been banned in the U.S. except in the processing of uranium ore.
As U.S. Moves Ahead with Nuclear Power, No Solution for Radioactive Waste, Solve Climate News, By Abby LubyMar 3, 2011.”…….Some observers have challenged the sector’s clean energy claims, however, especially when considering the entire nuclear fuel cycle and its impact on global warming. Continue reading
Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear plants, by USA
the Stuxnet code was designed to trick human operators by showing them recorded readings indicating machinery is running normally while behind the scenes they are heading for destruction….it is a generic attack that would work well in factories, power plants, or other operations plentiful in the United States.
Computer expert says US behind Stuxnet worm, Google hosted news, By Glenn Chapman (AFP) – 4 March 11, LONG BEACH, California — A German computer security expert said Thursday he believes the United States and Israel’s Mossad unleashed the malicious Stuxnet worm on Iran’s nuclear program. Continue reading
Destruction of Hanford Towers
the structures being demolished “weren’t radiologically contaminated so they weren’t previously an item that we were rushing to take down.” But, because they don’t have that type of contamination, they can be demolished relatively quickly, making the project eligible for federal stimulus funding
Explosives to bring down Hanford towers, Seattle Times Newspaper, 3 March 11, A number of tall industrial structures at the former Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington will come down in a spectacular fashion Friday, courtesy of federal stimulus funding.By LYNN PORTER Continue reading
Nuclear power subsidies – like dumping money down a rat’s hole
“It’s like dumping huge amounts of money down a rat’s hole,” he said, adding that by the time nuclear power plants actually get built, it could be too late to avoid the consequences of dangerous climate change. “What would have an immediate effect on climate change is the stuff you can do fast and cheap like weather proofing, changing light bulbs, building wind farms and solar panels,”
Group Says Subsidies Better Spent on Renewables, Solve Climate News, By Abby LubyMar 3, 2011 Criticism about nuclear’s carbon footprint hasn’t stopped the Obama administration from hawking it as clean power, however. In his proposed budget for 2012, the president is seeking an additional $36 billion in federal loan guarantees for nuclear power plant construction. That’s on top of the $18.5 billion the DOE is already permitted to deploy. Continue reading
US budget constraints on nuclear arsenal
D’Agostino and other officials also had to explain why the agency’s Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition budget would shrink from slightly more than $96 million in fiscal 2010 to less than $57 million in the upcoming budget year.
Senior Lawmakers Wary of Nuclear Agency Budget Increase, NTI: Global Security Newswire, March 2, 2011, By Martin Matishak WASHINGTON Continue reading
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