Need to change rules for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
If Seabrook waits 10 or 15 years to apply for its license renewal, something bad could happen to tarnish its image. Or a new technology might emerge that would make nuclear power look less attractive.
NRC rule change needed | SeacoastOnline.com, December 03, 2010 Why is Seabrook Station nuclear power plant seeking a 20-year extension of its license when its existing license doesn’t expire until 2030? The short answer is because it can. Continue reading
Nuclear Regulatory Commission blesses Indian Point nuclear reactor for another 20 years
NRC: No Environmental Impact From Indian Point Relicensing – WSJ.com, By Naureen S. Malik NEW YORK (Dow Jones)-–The federal nuclear regulator said Friday no environmental effects exist to keep Entergy Corp.’s (ETR) Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York from operating an additional 20 years.
The report issued by the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the latest development in an ongoing battle over the future of the plant that supplies, on average, a quarter of the power for New York City and Westchester County, according to Entergy statistics. Continue reading
USA will be safer with START nuclear disarmament treaty
the New START agreement is a clear demonstration that the United States is upholding our disarmament obligations under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, which can help to secure assistance from other countries on other non-proliferation issues such as combating nuclear terrorism……
Nuclear pact would make America safer The Hill Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) – 12/02/10 Next Sunday will mark a full year since the original START expired, removing our ability to monitor the Russian nuclear forces. At last week’s NATO Summit, the 27 member countries expressed their desire to see New START ratified by the U.S. Senate, adding their voices to a broad coalition of U.S. national security experts and former senior Republican officials who favor this important pact. Continue reading
Health professionals address problem of medical radiation and cancer risk
Too much radiation can cause cancer. The average American’s total radiation exposure has increased in recent decades because of the increased use of new imaging tests, particularly CT scans, raising questions about possible increased cancer risk.
Health care providers pledging less radiation, The Washington Post, By CARLA K. JOHNSON, The Associated Press, December 2, 2010;
CHICAGO — Heath care providers are pledging to stop the overuse of radiation on patients during medical exams in a new, nationwide safety effort launched this week in Chicago. Continue reading
Sarah Palin urges world to ‘hunt down’ Julian Assange like al Qaeda
Sarah Palin says: target WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange like the Taliban Comments come as Interpol attempts to track down Assange for alleged offencesBy Leo King | Computerworld UK 01 Dec, 10 Continue reading
Russian company gets control of Wyoming uranium mines
NRC approves uranium license transfer in Wyoming – BusinessWeek, By MEAD GRUVER, 1 Dec 10, CHEYENNE, Wyo.Two uranium mines in Wyoming are on their way to control by a Russian company now that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved transferring the mines’ licenses.The commission last week approved the license transfer involving a Russian company, JSC Atomoredzoloto, or ARMZ, which expects to obtain a controlling interest in Canadian-owned Uranium One by year’s end. Uranium One holds the licenses for a proposed in-situ uranium mine and an existing in-situ uranium mine in northeast Wyoming………..Uranium One on Friday announced closing the initial $610 million phase of the transaction with ARMZ. The companies expect a final deal giving ARMZ a 51 percent holding in Uranium One shares to close by the end of December. NRC approves uranium license transfer in Wyoming – BusinessWeek
Investigation of New York lab radiation leak
EPA investigates radiation release at NY nuke lab – WSJ.com, 1 Dec 10, NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether the release of radioactive material into the air and water at a Cold War-era atomic power laboratory in upstate New York violated federal laws.The investigation stems from the open-air demolition of an old research building at Knolls Atomic Power Labs near Albany. On Sept. 29, radiation above safe levels was discovered on workers’ boots, and demolition work there has since been suspended. EPA investigates radiation release at NY nuke lab – WSJ.com
Hundreds of nuclear warheads secretly trucked across USA
The Military Is Secretly Trucking Hundreds Of Nuclear Warheads Across The U.S., Jalopnik, 1 Dec 10, Nondescript 18-wheelers are secretly transporting nearly 1,000 of the U.S. Navy’s 100-kiloton W76 nuclear warheads from a submarine base near Seattle to a plant in Texas. Worse news? It’s by an agency recently investigated for problems with alcohol abuse.An item in Washington’s Kitsap Sun this weekend confirms something we all expect to be true but is rarely talked about: the transportation of nuclear weapons across the United States.The quantity of nuclear warheads is astounding, with the report indicating as many as 1,000 of the approximately 30-year-old 100-kiloton W76 warheads are being transported from Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor near Seattle to the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, nearly 1,800 miles away, for updates that’ll extend the life of the weapon by 30 years………….. ….The Military Is Secretly Trucking Hundreds Of Nuclear Warheads Across The U.S.
Climate change shows in hugely destructive tundra fire
Unprecedented tundra fire likely linked to climate change Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News: , 30 Nov 10, A thousand square kilometers of the Alaskan tundra burned in September 2007, a single fire that doubled the area burned in the region since 1950. However, a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research finds that the fire was even more unprecedented than imagined: sediment cores found that it was the most destructive fire in the area for at least 5,000 years and maybe longer.
If such fires occur every 200 years or every 500 years, it’s a natural event,” University of Illinois plant biology professor Feng Sheng Hu explains in a press release. “But another possibility is that these are truly unprecedented events caused by, say, greenhouse warming.” Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News: Unprecedented tundra fire likely linked to climate change
Increased use of CT scans carries radiation risks
CT Scan Use Surging in Hospital ERs Study authors extol benefits, but note concerns about increasing exposure to high-dose ionizing radiation Bloomberg, By Alan Mozes Nov. 29 — The use of CT scans as a diagnostic tool is surging in emergency departments across the United States, new research indicates.In the 13-year period leading up to 2007, CT scan use in ERs increased by nearly sixfold, the study team found.The trend has raised concerns about the potential risks posed by more frequent exposure to the ionizing radiation emitted by CT scanners, they added…CT Scan Use Surging in Hospital ERs
Antiquated USA mining law allows free uranium grab by foreign companies
“The roots of the problem reach back to the 1872 mining law, which allows any claimholder, domestic or foreign, to mine on the majority of America’s public lands – and to take billions of dollars in minerals for free,”
Uranium deal with Russians shows need for mining reform, activists say « Colorado Independent By David O. Williams 11/29/10 ,Mining reform groups over the weekend reacted sharply to Wednesday’s decision by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (pdf) to allow the transfer of two uranium mining licenses in Wyoming to Atomoredzoloto (ARMZ), a firm controlled by the Russian state nuclear agency. Continue reading
Radioactive waste shipments through the Great Lakes
Based on Bruce Power’s estimates, the steam generators are approximately 90% plutonium. In particular, the steam generators are approximately 64% plutonium-239. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,100 years.
Why the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Should Stop Bruce Power’s Radioactive Shipments through our Great Lakes | rabble.ca, by Emma Lut, 24 Nov 10, Bruce Power has applied for a licence at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden. Continue reading
$4.3 billion to make new plutonium pits for America
a building project at Los Alamos called the Chemical and Metallurgical Research Replacement Nuclear Facility (CMRR). The intended function of this facility is to increase the capacity to produce new plutonium pits. The actual site of the nuclear fission, they’re the beating heart of the warhead…..The CMRR,… “was marketed to Congress as a $350 million building [but] has grown to an estimated $4.3 billion
The Front Line of Disarmament: Blocking a Nuclear Facility Six Times the Cost of the Manhattan Project, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Russ Wellen: 29 Nov 10, That is, six times the cost of the division of the Manhattan Project (to develop nuclear weapons during World War II) that was based in New Mexico. Continue reading
Facts on the two types of airport Whole Body Imaging
Rafi Sala, an Israeli airport security expert who helped design security at Ben Gurion International Airport: “I don”t know why everybody is running to buy these expensive and useless machines. I can overcome the body scanners with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747. … That’s why we haven’t put them in our airport.”
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