The danger of nuclear plants that are out of sight
The concern arises from new and anticipated developments that will allow nuclear fuel facilities — uranium enrichment technologies — to get so small and so efficient that U.S. surveillance methods can’t spot them.
Why we need to keep nuclear facilities in plain sight, The Hill, By Francis Slakey – 03/02/11 ……… technology over the last few decades that got smaller, more efficient, and easier to conceal. Facilities that manufacture nuclear fuel are following that same trend – one that’s creating a national security risk . Continue reading
Don’t let Entergy off the hook on nuclear waste cleanup
SAFSTOR “would let Entergy off the hook” for cleanup and waste disposal for years or even decades, wrote the delegation.
“While Entergy may prefer leaving the plant to sit like an abandoned factory because it has not saved the necessary funds to fully decommission the plant, this is not the safest option for Vermonters,” Leahy, Sanders and Welch wrote..
Leahy, Sanders, Welch say no to SAFSTOR, Brattleboro Reformer By BOB AUDETTE / Reformer Staff March 2, 2011 BRATTLEBORO — Vermont’s congressional delegation is urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure it will force Entergy to clean up the site of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant as soon as it closes down. Continue reading
Two University chairs to be funded by nuclear company
Fluor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions donate $1.5 million to USC | The Greenville News Gift will fund two USC chairs, By Jenny Munro February 28. 2011 Fluor Corp. and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the company’s arm that operates the nuclear facility, announced a $1.5 million gift Monday to the University of South Carolina for the Center of Economic Excellence for the Hydrogen Economy…….Fluor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions donate $1.5 million to USC | greenvilleonline.com | The Greenville News
Push for a $2 billion loan for Ohio uranium enrichment plant
Robert Green’s inspirational call for scrapping nuclear weapons
A surprisingly small network of individuals drove the campaign to abolish slavery. As with nuclear deterrence, slavery’s leading apologists were the power elites of the United States, Britain and France. They argued that slavery was a “necessary evil,” for which there was “no alternative.” They were discredited as charlatans after a few courageous, committed ordinary British, American and French citizens mobilized unstoppable public and political support for their campaign to replace slavery with more humane, lawful and effective ways to create wealth. The analogy holds for nuclear deterrence, which can and must be discarded for more humane, lawful and safer security strategies if civilization and the Earth’s ecosystems are to survive.
Breaking Free From the Nuclear Deterrence Scam, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Robert Green, 28 Feb 2011,“………Now the nuclear weapon states, admitting that extremists with weapons of mass destruction cannot be deterred, plan pre-emptive nuclear attacks in “anticipatory self-defense” of their “vital interests” — not last-ditch defense of their homeland. Thereby, their unprovable claim that nuclear deterrence averts war is cynically stood on its head. Continue reading
At last – a Clean Energy Fund that honestly IS CLEAN
George Soros, Cathy Zoi Join New Clean Energy Fund, Reuters, By SustainableBusiness.com at SustainableBusiness.com Feb 28, 2011 A private equity firm announced it will launch a new clean energy fund in collaboration with billionaire George Soros and Cathy Zoi, who recently resigned as the Obama administration’s assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Continue reading
Farmers benefiting financially from renewable energy
The survey results also show an economic upside to producing energy on the farm. 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……..
On-farm renewable energy production shows growth,
Hawaii 247.com, 28 Feb 2011, The number of solar panels, wind turbines and methane digesters on America’s farms and ranches has increased significantly over the past decade and there are now 8,569 operations producing their own renewable energy, according to the results of the 2009 On-Farm Renewable Energy Production Survey. Continue reading
Uranium mining threatens Hualapai, Havasupai and Navajo nations, and tourism industry
Salazar’s decision to halt new uranium claims would be consistent with permanent bans by Hualapai, Havasupai and Navajo nations on their lands that surround the park….mining is a minor part of northern Arizona’s economy (unlike tourism at the Grand Canyon,
Uranium mining would hurt Grand Canyon area, The Arizona Republic, Tom Chabin, 28 Feb 2011, FLAGSTAFF — I support Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s proposed 20-year ban on new mining claims on public-land watersheds that drain into Grand Canyon National Park. Continue reading
A spate of legal challenges to nuclear waste storage rules
address the question of whether there are more cost-effective energy alternatives that would avoid saddling future generations with the costs and risks of disposing of highly radioactive waste generated by nuclear reactors,”
Environmental groups fight nuclear storage rules – SmartPlanet, David Worthington 25 Feb 2011, A coalition of environmental groups has let loose a spate of legal challenges against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) 2010 findings that spent reactor fuel and highly radioactive nuclear waste can be safety tucked away for the long term. Continue reading
Lack of knowledge by Iowa lawmakers, about energy sources
There are other, cost effective ways to make and use electricity. Regrettably, blind enthusiasm prevents legislators from seeing this is possible and that it may be a better path to create jobs and meet our demand for electricity.
Iowa Legislators are Enthusiastic about Nuclear Power, Blog for Iowa, by Paul Deaton, 26 Feb 2011, “……….Why are Iowa’s legislators so enthusiastic about nuclear power? We have created a functional meritocracy around the generation of electricity, in which the power to influence the legislators goes to those with the most knowledge about it, the electric utilities…. Continue reading
Nuclear industry survives only with corporate welfare
The report finds that taxpayers have subsidized the nuclear fuel cycle through every stage from mining to long-term storage of radioactive waste. It identified a total of 30 different subsidies that when combined have repeatedly exceeded the average market price of any power produced.
Scientists: Nuclear power isn’t viable without corporate welfare, SmartPlanet, By David Worthington | Feb 23, 2011 Nuclear power was supposed to be too cheap to meter, but a science-based nonprofit that advocates for environmental and public health issues has published a new report that casts doubt that it was ever really economically viable. Continue reading
North Carolina voters don’t want to pay up in advance for nuclear construction
Poll: N.C. voters oppose utility law change – by John Downey, Charlotte Business Journal, February 24, 2011 A new poll says 70 percent of voters in North Carolina oppose a proposed change in state law that would make it easier for utility companies to charge customers for the cost of nuclear plant construction, Continue reading
To really promote clean energy, put a tax on carbon
UCS is urging Congress to take devise a more holistic clean energy policy by placing a tax on carbon.
Scientists: Nuclear power isn’t viable without corporate welfare, SmartPlanet, By David Worthington | Feb 23, 2011“……..Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is cautioning that taxpayers will be footing the bill if the nuclear industry ever defaults on its loans. The total amount of loan guarantees paid by the federal government will be $58.5 billion if Congress consents to the President’s proposal. Continue reading
Arrest of bomber suspect, with nuclear plants on his list
files included information about hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants,
Saudi bomb suspect eyed home of President Bush, dams, nuclear plants CSMonitor.com, By Warren Richey, February 24, 2011 Washington, Federal officials on Thursday announced the arrest of a Saudi citizen who was attending a community college in Texas while allegedly plotting to conduct a bombing campaign within the United States. Continue reading
Natural Resources Council challenges NRC’s WASTE CONFIDENCE RULE
In absurdist fashion, the new Waste Confidence Rule contains a “predictive” safety “finding” that simply stipulates spent reactor fuel can be disposed of safely at some unspecified time in the future, whenever it becomes “necessary” to dispose of it. The Rule also concludes that for at least sixty years after the cessation of reactor operations, spent fuel can be safely stored at reactor sites or in “special” facilities.
Sixty Thousand Tons of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Stored at U.S. Reactors for 60 Years? Natural Resources Defence Council, Matthew McKinzie February 23, 2011 Why NRDC has Challenged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Waste Confidence Rule Last week my colleague and NRDC Senior Attorney Geoffrey Fettus filed a legal challenge to two final rulemakings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: the “Waste Confidence Decision Update” and the “Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation.” What does the Federal Government want to do with these new Rules, and why is NRDC opposing them?…….. Continue reading
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