Utah shows the way to develop 100% renewable energy
careful development of Utah’s abundant renewable energy resources along with utility-scale energy storage can provide a technically sound, economically feasible and reliable long-term strategy to meet Utah’s growing energy needs through the middle of the this century…..
A Green Energy Plan for the Red Heart of the American West, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Christopher Thomas, 15 Dec 10, Yesterday, HEAL UTAH released a study that could change the way the West thinks about energy.The new report, as reported on by the New York Times today, shows that smart renewable energy development with storage can meet 100 percent of Utah’s growing need for electricity by mid-century, using only technologies that are commercially available today……. Continue reading
Gaol terms loom for elderly religious anti nuclear activists
Anne Montgomery, 83, a Sacred Heart sister from New York; Bill Bischel, SJ, 81, a Jesuit priest from Tacoma Washington; ….Steve Kelly, SJ, 60, a Jesuit priest from Oakland California.
Jury Reaches Verdict in Disarm Now Plowshares Trial, CommonDreams.org, WASHINGTON – December 13 – The federal criminal trial of five veteran peace activists that began December 7 ended today after the jury found them guilty on all counts. Continue reading
Radioactive water leaked yet again from nuclear plant
leaks like the one at Brunswick reflect a wider issue in the industry.
Brunswick nuclear plant leaks contaminated water | The American Independent, By Ned Barnett | 12.13.10, Progress Energy is working to repair a leak that released water with elevated levels of radioactive tritium onto the basement of the plant’s emergency generator building, the utility said Monday.T Continue reading
Transmission and storage – progress towards national renewable energy
Transmission capacity isn’t the only thing needed for clean energy to come into wider use, though. Also critical is energy-storage technology, as renewable-power sources like wind and solar can produce electricity intermittently.
Renewable-Energy Infrastructure Gets a Boost, GetSolar, December 12th 2010 Crucial to the wider adoption of solar power and other renewable-energy technologies is an improvement in the nation’s electric infrastructure – and it looks like progress is being made. Continue reading
Little Goliad takes on uranium mining Goliath
“When we were granted the contested case hearing, we filled the hall,” Irwin said. “We feel like it makes a big difference when they see people from little Goliad there fighting.”…..
Goliad citizens to protest TCEQ hearing on uranium drilling, Victoria Advocate, 12 Dec 10, GOLIAD – A bus full of concerned citizens will travel to the state capitol on Tuesday to protest Uranium Energy Corporation’s proposed permit to drill for uranium in the county. Continue reading
Legal push to use Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste dump
It is the latest development in a multi-decade, multibillion dollar push to use Yucca Mountain as a nuclear-waste repository.
Federal Appeals Court To Begin Yucca Mountain Hearings In 2011 – WSJ.com, By Naureen S. Malik Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK 10 Dec 10, –The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hold earnings early next year on whether the Department of Energy has the right to withdraw its application to use Yucca Mountain as a nuclear-waste disposal site. Continue reading
Russia to own a uranium mine, and a town, in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 12 (UPI) — A Russian company has won approval to take over a U.S. uranium operation, including a whole town in Utah, an executive says.Citing national security, four members of Congress had urged the U.S. Treasury to keep the Canadian Uranium One company from selling majority ownership to Atomredmetzoloto, whose parent entity is Rosatom, the Russian nuclear agency. One concern is that Rosatom has sent highly radioactive reactor fuel to Iran.
But the Treasury Department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Utah Division of Radiation Control have approved the deal, The Salt Lake Tribune reported….Russian firm buying U.S. uranium mine – UPI.com
Illegal transport of uranium by US diplomats
The State Department Foreign Affairs Manual explicitly forbids radioactive substances from being sent in a diplomatic bag.
US diplomats broke laws by sending uranium on commercial flight, says leaked cable * Richard Lloyd Parry, Philip Pank : The Times * December 13, 2010 AMERICAN diplomats secretly sent uranium on a commercial airliner, in violation of US government rules about the abuse of the diplomatic bag system, and laws governing the air transportation of hazardous materials. Continue reading
Why do America’s Republicans love a socialised industry – nuclear energy?
The nuclear industry and the Republican Party have nothing ideologically obvious in common other than a soft spot for things that go boom…..Nuclear power is the king of subsidized energy industries, with its very origin in government—
Nuclear Reactionaries, Washinton Monthly, December 2010, It’s a big-government-dependent tool to fight climate change that was championed by Jimmy Carter, is now dominated by the French, and has never managed to compete in the marketplace. So why, exactly, do Republicans love nuclear power so much? By T. A. Frank Continue reading
Costly replacement parts to keep decrepit Oyster Creek nuclear reactor going
Oyster Creek nuclear power plant faces transformer replacement POWER-GEN WorldWide, Dec 10, 2010 Exelon’s 619 MW Oyster Creek nuclear power plant will have to replace a brand-new $16 million transformer that did not work properly. The faulty transformer was installed along with another new one on Dec. 3. The new equipment and the cost of installing it totaled $33 million.Exelon said December 8 it will retire Oyster Creek in 2019, 10 years before its license is set to expire.
“It (the faulty transformer) is an example of the large cost of capital expenses, but this wasn’t part of that decision,” said plant spokesman David Benson. “We had expected both of these transformers to work.”.. Oyster Creek nuclear power plant faces transformer replacement – POWER-GEN WorldWide
NASA’s radiation tests on monkeys not relevant to space research
The monkey experiment — which NASA plans to fund with $1.75 million of taxpayer money – disregards both ethics and common sense.
No need to harm primates in NASA’s radiation tests, By APRIL EVANS HOUSTON CHRONICLE
9 Dec 10, “…….I’m extremely disappointed that during tough program cuts, NASA continues to defend expensive primate research that is unlikely to produce anything of value to human space flight. Continue reading
Flagstaff City Council against uranium mining near Grand Canyon
AZ city opposes uranium mining near Grand Canyon, Bloomberg. Dec 11, 2010 By The Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The City of Flagstaff has joined in opposing uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.The City Council passed a resolution this week supporting Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision to ban any new hard-rock mining claims in a 1 million-acre area outside the national park’s boundaries.
His administration is studying whether mining on those lands should be permanently prohibited.The city’s resolution says that mining will almost certainly have a detrimental effect on the economic well-being of Flagstaff.Northern Arizona’s American Indian tribes oppose uranium mining on their reservations and in the area….AZ city opposes uranium mining near Grand Canyon – Bloomberg
Wise owl will guide medical professionals on ionising radiation
New Campaign Seeks To Reduce Radiation From CT Scans, (RTTNews) 10 Dec 10, – A new campaign to limit exposure to radiation from CT scans has been launched by the medical community.The Image Wisely campaign will feature signs with its icon, the owl, asking medical professionals to use radiation wisely. It echoes a similar initiative to reduce children’s exposure to radiation through medical tests. Continue reading
Inadequate security of America’s nuclear weapons stockpile
Supercomputers that guard America’s nukes lack adequate planning, GAO finds — Government Computer News Bloomberg By William Jackson * Dec 10, 2010The supercomputer systems used to assess the safety and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile do not have adequate contingency and disaster recovery plans in place to ensure availability following a disaster, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading
Cleanup of nuclear plant will be delayed, and full cost unknown
according to its decommissioning plan, the company said it would wait as many as 60 years to dismantle the plant ……Exelon has collected more than $651 million to pay for the cleanup of radioactive material. This does not include the cost to dismantle the plant’s hulking superstructure surrounding the reactor…….
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