USA nuclear industry stalled momentum, despite govt $billions,
Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success | SolveClimate.com, by Dave Levitan – May 5th, 2010 “…..Stalled Momentum
Many other states do not have moratoria in place —only about 12 do—but even those that have the legal greenlight are seeing the nuclear momentum get held up recently. In Georgia, the first two reactors to be singled out for multi-billion dollar federal loan guarantees hit a bump in the road last week, when a judge ruled the certification process was illegal. Skyrocketing costs of other plants have put them on hold in the past, and environmentalists like Kraft and Metropulos think there is ample reason to simply stop trying…..
The billions of dollars potentially coming from Washington to help build nuclear reactors may be enticing, said Metropulos, but the pushback on the state level might indicate a lack of real motivation.
“Although the federal government seems to want to put out a lot of subsidies, I don’t think the people will buy it,” he said. “I think there are other ways that people will go about energy production rather than looking at nuclear.” Some States Push For New Nuclear Reactors, With Little Success | SolveClimate.com
Environmental racism in siting yet more nuclear reactors in Burke County, GA
why there are no laws requiring, and no funds to pay for, testing the air, soil,
water, fish, wildlife, or the people of mostly black Burke County, who are experiencing an unexplained epidemic of cancer?
(USA) Siting Nukes in a Poor Black Town If A Black President Does It, Is It Still Environmental Racism? THE HUFFINGTON POST, Bruce Dixon, May 4, 2010 In the weeks since President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors next to an existing pair of nukes in mostly black Burke County, GA, the inconvenient questions, unanswered and mostly unasked, continue to pile up. Continue reading
Permit for new nuclear reactors was illegal, rules judge
Judge rules permitting of new Georgia nuclear reactors illegal FACING SOUTHH, 5 May 2010, The Georgia Public Service Commission violated state law when it granted a permit to build two new nuclear reactors at the Southern Company/Georgia Power Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Ga. Continue reading
Denison operating Grand Canyon uranium mine illegaly
EPA Says Ariz. Uranium Mine Operating IllegallyEPA says Arizona uranium mine north of Grand Canyon is operating without federal authorization , ABC News, By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WriterFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. May 4, 2010 (AP) A uranium mine north of the Grand Canyon is operating in violation of the law, and its owner could face thousands of dollars in fines as a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Continue reading
USA shows commitment to transparency, at Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference
Coming clean on nuclear weapons, Julian Borger 4 May 2010 guardian.co.uk Day one of the non-proliferation conference in New York brought a small but significant breakthrough for nuclear transparency
The Obama administration took the view that numbers would trump words on the opening day of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York. The decision to reveal the size of the US nuclear stockpile both demonstrated a long-delayed commitment to transparency, and provided a graphic illustration that at least some of the weapons states have been doing something about disarmament. Coming clean on nuclear weapons | World news | guardian.co.uk
USA’s nuclear weapons stockpile – huge, but still greatly reduced
When the Bush administration took office in 2001, the stockpile included 10,526 warheads.
United States Discloses Size of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile , FAS Strategic Security Blog, By Hans M. Kristensen, 3 May 2010,
The Obama administration has formally disclosed the size of the Defense Department’s stockpile of nuclear weapons: 5,113 warheads as of September 30, 2009. Continue reading
Non profit organisations find ways to fund decentralised renewable energy
“If we can deliver energy on site, whether it’s a school, college or small town, all that infrastructure is already in place. We just have to bring in the actual equipment. We don’t have to build tens of millions of lines,” said NexGen President John Brown, formerly of NREL.
(USA) Nonprofits Find Ways To Pay For Renewable Energy, Colorado Business News, CATHERINE TSAI, Associated Press Writer, May 2, 2010DENVER (AP) ― The Upper Scioto Valley School District in Ohio, battered by a slowdown at a nearby Ford Motor Co. plant, wanted to explore alternative energy when it developed a plan to fix its budget and create jobs. Continue reading
Dr. Richard Meserve serving pro nuclear interests in USA’s radiation cancer research?
1 May 2010, Beyond Nuclear has requested that the National Academies of Science (NAS) conduct a review for conflict of interest on Dr. Richard Meserve who currently chairs the NAS Nuclear and Radiation Study Board. This is the board tasked to shape and supervise the new cancer study around US nuclear power facilities.
Beyond Nuclear notes that Dr. Meserve also currently serves as Senior to Counsel of DC law firm catering to nuclear industry interests, on the Boards of Directors for two nuclear power companies headquartered in Texas and California, as a member of the Board of Advisors to the French-US nuclear conglomerate looking to construct new reactors in the United States and also recently contributed to a Congressional lobbying effort by the nuclear industry which used a special advertising supplement in the Washington Post asking for increased federal loans for new reactor construction.
Strong opposition to importing radioactive wastes to Hanford
Groups demand DOE end plans to send waste to Hanford By Annette Cary, Tri City Herald 30 April 2010, A coalition of Northwest environmental groups is demanding that Energy Secretary Steven Chu end any plans to import radioactive waste to Hanford.The Department of Energy agreed as part of a proposed settlement with the state of Washington not to send most types of radioactive waste to Hanford for disposal until the vitrification plant is in full operation to treat the worst waste now stored in underground tanks. That’s scheduled for 2022. Continue reading
New cancer study of Three Mile Island nuclear reactor area
New cancer study of areas around U.S. nuclear facilities brings relief in TMI area, PennLive.com, By DAVID WENNER, The Patriot-NewsApril 29, 2010, “……..The new study won’t focus specifically on TMI nor is its purpose to gauge the impact of the 1979 accident…….Rather, the study will look at decades of cancer cases surrounding each of the nation’s 65 nuclear facilities, including TMI, to assess the cancer risk of living near a normally operating nuclear facility. Continue reading
Anxiety over U.S. nuclear wastes, as “Blue Ribbon” Commission struggles for a solution
the Departme
nt of Energy convened a commission led by former lawmakers and regulators to study what to do next
SRS communities angered by nuclear waste decision | ajc.com By Bob KeefeThe Atlanta Journal, April 28, 2010 -Constitution, WASHINGTON — For decades now, workers and local residents have fully expected that giant canisters of nuclear waste put into temporary storage at the Savannah River Site would eventually be relocated from their backyards to a permanent nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Continue reading
Nuclear company Entergy’s fall in profits
Entergy 1Q Profit Falls 9% As Nuclear Unit Weighs on Results WSJ.com, DOW JONES NEWSWIRES By Matt Jarzemsky; 30 April 2010, Entergy Corp.’s (ETR) first-quarter profit fell 9% as lower pricing for its nuclear power dragged down revenue and operating margin…… Revenue fell 1.1% to $2.76 billion while operating margin slid to 17.3% from 18.2%…..The company’s utility division profit climbed 24% while its nuclear unit, the second-biggest U.S. generator of such power behind Exelon Corp. (EXC), reported a 48% plunge in earnings as revenue fell on lower pricing. Entergy 1Q Profit Falls 9% As Nuclear Unit Weighs on Results – WSJ.com
Impact of uranium mining on Grand Canyon’s watersheds
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Aerial view of uranium mines threatening Grand Canyon watersheds, Grand Canyon Trust News, April 29, 2010 by gctrust Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Trust’s Air and Energy program director, recently flew with EcoFlight over uranium mining sites situated around the Grand Canyon and its watersheds that supply water for 25 million people. This bird’s eye view will allow you to understand the potential impact of uranium mining on the water supply for Arizona, southern California and Nevada. Click here to view the video. Aerial view of uranium mines threatening Grand Canyon watersheds « Grand Canyon Trust News
Comparing money for health research to money for useless plutonium weapons facilities
Keeping Fear Alive. BuzzFlash.org, ROBERT C. KOEHLER, 29 April 2010, “…….One of the provisions of Udall’s bill would, according to the senator’s press release, “authorize $3 million for five years for epidemiological research on the impacts of uranium development on communities and families of uranium workers.”I can’t help but notice the insignificance of the dollar amount being sought for this research — or rather, I can’t help but compare it to other sums of money, diverted, without serious comment or thought, elsewhere.
For instance, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has already embarked on an expansion of its plutonium facilities for the construction of warhead cores, or pits. The projected cost of this project over a dozen years, according to Greg Mello of the watchdog Los Alamos Study Group, is at least $5.5 billion.”The facilities to be built are ‘modern,’ but their primary purpose is outmoded,” Mello writes.Their primary purpose is to keep America not so much “safe” as powerful, and to perpetuate an agenda that is only about power and geopolitical interests, which is retrospect always seem small and limited. Their primary purpose, damn the cost, is to keep fear alive .Keeping Fear Alive | BuzzFlash.org
New Colorado legislation puts the brakes on the uranium industry
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