Nuclear lobby does want USA to tighten nuclear safety measures
Ros-Lehtinen’s legislation could also include provisions aimed at strengthening nonproliferation aspects of any future 123 agreement, for example, requiring that Washington seek pledges from partner nations not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent fuel on their territory. Such activities can be useful for power needs but also introduce the potential to advance a covert nuclear weapons effort……..
U.S. Industry Advocate Takes on Lawmaker’s Anticipated Nuclear Trade Measure, Jan. 31, 2011, By Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — An advocate for the U.S. nuclear power industry said last week his group would oppose a powerful House chairwoman’s anticipated measure aimed at altering the terms of future nuclear trade agreements and how they undergo legislative review ( Continue reading
USA censoring whistleblowers on depleted uranium
“”They are hampering efforts to prove the relation between Depleted Uranium and the illness,”” Durakovic said:
Note about Dr. Durakovic; Firstly, he was warned to stop his work, then he was fired from his position, then his house was ransacked, and he has also reported receiving death threats.
Evidently the U.S. D.O.D is very keen on censoring DU whistle- blowers!)
Public health disaster for Iraqi people by Depleted Uranium, tehran times, 31 Jan 2011,“.……Durakovic said: “Preliminary tests show that the air, soil and water samples contained hundreds to thousands of times the normal levels of radiation.” Continue reading
Passing of an anti-nuclear women’s leader
In September of that year, [1961], philosopher Bertrand Russell, then 89, was arrested for his part in an anti-nuclear bomb demonstration at London’s Trafalgar Square. The night of the arrest Wilson and her husband were hosting a cocktail party at which she expressed her anger at Russell’s jailing…..The next day she began calling every woman she knew…………..Wilson’s high visibility in the protest made her a target of the House Un-American Activities Committee,
Dagmar Wilson dies at 94; organizer of women’s disarmament protesters Dagmar Wilson obituary: Dagmar Wilson, who organized 50,000 women to protest against nuclear weapons, dies at 94 By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times January 30, 2011 At the height of the Cold War, the illustrator and mother of three organized 50,000 women to demonstrate against nuclear weapons. Foes tried to paint her as a Communist, but failed miserably. Continue reading
Legal technicality leaves Navajo no redress for uranium contaminated land
The Navajo Nation only became aware that the two sites nearby were also contaminated in the early 2000s.
Federal Appeals Court Rules DOE Not Responsible for Navajo Uranium Cleanup By LAWRENCE HURLEY, NYTimes.com January 28, 2011 A federal appeals court ruled today that the Department of Energy does not have to remediate two sites on Navajo Nation land that are adjacent to an old uranium mine. Continue reading
60th anniversary of the first secret nuclear fallout on American citizens
When it was learned years later that no American was given these maps
and forecasts – only Kodak and its industry peers – the reaction of
those who came to realize their bodies too became ‘exposed’ by the
fallout was one of anger and rage……...Downwinder Day is needed because Americans should have been deemedabove corporations, not below them. Their lives should have been given importance above that of a cartridge of film. They should have known, just as Kodak’s officials knew, that the “situation is serious.”
Downwinder Day – 2011 USA – from Andrew Kishner, Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 27 Jan 2011, Sixty years ago today, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission conducted itsfirst ‘experimental nuclear detonation’ at the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range. The date was January 27, 1951. The time was 5:45 am. The bomb test was dubbed ‘Able.’ Continue reading
What to do with old unused nuclear bombs?
at least 650 of the bombs were built, each with a 1.2 megaton explosive capability, which is about 80 times more powerful than the 1945 Hiroshima bomb………
Nuclear bombs: a legacy of leftovers | The Augusta Chronicle Rob Pavey | Thu, Jan. 27 Ever wonder what happens to old nuclear bombs when no one needs them anymore? It’s way more complicated than parting out a ’67 Chevy. In the case of the B83, one of America’s most potent thermonuclear weapons, some of those parts are coming to Savannah River Site. We’re just not sure how many. Or when. That’s a tightly guarded secret. Continue reading
Flaws in radiation screening of cargo at US ports
Review finds flaws in new radiation monitor program Physics Today January 26, 2011 A National Research Council committee identified flawed testing, faulty cost–benefit analyses, and other problems with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s program to develop and deploy improved radiation monitors for the screening of cargo at US ports. The NRC review also found that vendors of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) monitors had failed to deliver a system that meets DNDO’s specification for modularity, with the result that the agency is unable to match the best-performing hardware with the optimal data-analysis algorithms, or to allow upgrades as experience is gained with the system………Review finds flaws in new radiation monitor program – Physics Today Politics and Policy
Nuclear company Exelon’s low stock price making things difficult
Exelon’s low stock price stymied potential bid for N.C. utility, Crain’s Chicago Business By: Steve Daniels January 26, 2011 — Exelon Corp.’s low stock price is making it harder for CEO John Rowe to pull off the big acquisition he’s looking for. Continue reading
US nuclear company Exelon teams up with China National Nuclear Corp
Exelon Corporation now Work with China regarding Nuclear Services, TechWeek, January 27th, 2011 Exelon Corporation and China National Nuclear Corp had signed the memorandum of understanding in the previous week. It was the first step that encouraged the top U.S. nuclear power operator to offer their services in China.The both company’s will sign a detailed agreement soon before June 30, 2011 to start their operations mutually…… | Exelon Corporation now Work with China regarding Nuclear Services | TechWeek
Contractor fined for radioactive mishap to worker
Agency fines Idaho National Lab in radiation case – KPVI News 6 – Pocatello, ID January 27, 2011 MSTIDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Energy haslevied an $85,000 fine against the contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory after a worker was accidentally exposed to a radiation generating device. Lab contractor Battelle Energy Alliance says its investigators identified several safety flaws that led to the exposure……Agency fines Idaho National Lab in radiation case – KPVI News 6 – Pocatello, ID
Obama and the art of the possible, with renewable energy
In spite of the media backlash Obama is taking for his newfound interest and sleight shift to the right, the fact of the matter is that this is the smartest thing the president could do at this conjecture. He may even be able to accomplish more in the second-half of his term than the first by understanding his conservative counterparts and working together to create tangible solutions to the problems facing the United States and the world at-large—because if there’s one thing we’ve learned about American politics in the last 20 years, its that republicans, more-so than democrats, tend to get their way. When they don’t, they often refuse to collaboratively participate in the congressional process. So Obama may as well start learning how to work with them, otherwise it’s going to be an utterly wasted second-half of his presidential term.
Oh dear! Obama – Nuclear Power is not CLEAN!
Ironically, Obama’s “handing out money” from hardworking American taxpayers to the filthy rich nuclear power industry, in the form of current and impending U.S. taxpayer-backed loan guarantee offers, would benefit foreign firms and governments……..Numerous anti-nuclear groups responded immediately to Obama’s “Nukespeak,” including Friends of the Earth, Chicago-based Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), and the Sierra Club of Connecticut’s Anti-Nuclear Committee.
Minnesota lawmakers putting the state at risk of nuclear waste dumping
Make no mistake: Minnesota’s nuclear expansion moratorium is not about the future of nuclear power in this state.
The moratorium is unquestionably about nuclear waste and the understandable fear Minnesotans have about nuclear waste storage in their back yards.
Victoria Winfrey: Lawmakers seem happy to embrace nuclear waste. Minnesotans shouldn’t be. StarTribune.com, By VICTORIA WINFREY January 25, 2011 In a strange display of priorities when facing an historic state budget deficit, the 2011 Legislature is fast-tracking a bill that would repeal the state’s moratorium on construction of new nuclear power plants or new reactors at existing plants. Continue reading
Strong case for keeping Wisconsin’s law on safeguards and nuclear power
Signers include: Citizens Utility Board, Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club John Muir Chapter, Wisconsin Environment, Midwest Environmental Advocates, WISPIRG, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, Nukewatch, Coulee Progressives, One Wisconsin Now, and Town and Country Resource Conservation and Development.
Drop in income for nuclear company Exelon
Exelon 4Q net income falls on charges, Bloomberg, Jan 27, 2011 By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nuclear power plant operator Exelon Corp. reported lower fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday on losses due to hedging transactions and costs of planning to retire some plants.The company said net income fell to $524 million, or 79 cents per share, from $581 million, or 88 cents per share, a year earlier…
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