Pentagon mulls use of bunker-busters on Iran’s nuclear sites
Bunker-Busting Hawks, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Craig Crawford:March 7, 2010 So, the Pentagon is looking into what bunker-busting bombs might do to Iran’s underground nuclear sites. Even if it works (a doubtful proposition at best), wouldn’t that just boost Iran’s hardliners to crack down harder on the growing insurgency they face?Signs point to the Obama Administration wanting to prove its toughness, which might fortify Democrats in the coming congressional elections.
They STILL don’t know what to do with nuclear waste!
Future of spent nuclear fuel, The Energy Collective, by Dan Yurman, 03/06/2010
A blue ribbon commission will hold its first meeting March 25-26 in Washington, DCA panel of nuclear energy experts appointed by the federal government will take up the issue of what to do with 60,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel. Continue reading
Court orders Exxon Mobil to pay up for radiation contamination
The claims are among thousands pending against Exxon and other oil companies over allegations that they put employees and residents near pipe-cleaning operations at risk from radiation- related diseases, particularly cancer.
Exxon Must Pay $1.2 Million for Workers’ Radiation (Update2) – BusinessWeek, )March 05, 2010,By Bob Van Voris and Leslie Snadowsky, March 5 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. energy company, must pay $1.2 million to 16 Louisiana workers who claimed they were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation when they were cleaning used oil drilling pipes, a jury said. Continue reading
Nuclear ‘renaissance’ stalls in Minnesota
Bill to lift nuclear plant construction ban stalls in Senate committee, POLITICS IN MINNESOTA, by Charley Shaw, March 4,2010,
Last year, the state Senate passed a bill that lifted the state’s moratorium on nuclear power plant construction.This year, the fate of the same proposal is now bogged down in a Senate committee. On Thursday, the Senate Energy committee approved a controversial amendment….As amended, the bill bars utilities from charging ratepayers for construction costs before a plant is completed. Doll’s amendment also requires that a federal nuclear waste repository be created before any new Minnesota construction.
» Bill to lift nuclear plant construction ban stalls in Senate committee
Patients endangered by poor regulation of medical radiation
Inadequate regulation puts patients at risk | The Platform | STLtoday, 5 March 2010, Seventy-six patients at a Springfield, Mo., health center received radiation overdoses while being treated for head and neck tumors. Continue reading
US Dept of Energy close to awarding loan guarantee to French nuclear power company
Chu: DOE close to award of $2B loan guarantee to Areva, by Dan Yurman , 03/04/2010 The $2 billion measure would aid financing of the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility in IdahoDow Jones reports Mar 5 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that his department is “closing in” on a final decision for a loan guarantee for Areva’s nuclear project in Idaho.In testimony before a Senate appropriations committee Mar 5, Chu was asked why the nuclear loan guarantee is taking so long to award and said: “We’re closing in on that.”Sen. Bob Bennett (R., Utah) said due diligence on the Eagle Rock uranium enrichment project was completed in October.
New way to assess radiation risk of causing cancer
EPR can be used to assess a person’s radiation exposure throughout life, which will provide data for other studies, such as radiation exposure’s influence on cancer risk.
Teeth Show Evidence of Radiation Exposure, Dental Blogs, March 3rd, 2010 Researchers at Howard University in Washington College of Dentistry believe that tooth enamel stores important data about a person’s exposure to radiation. Continue reading
No depleted uranium for Salt Lake County!
A recent Salt Lake Tribune poll found 76 percent of Utah voters want to close the state’s door to depleted-uranium shipments.
Salt Lake County says N-O to D-U By Jeremiah StettlerThe Salt Lake Tribune 03/02/2010 If there’s one thing the state’s Republican governor and the Democratic-led Salt Lake County Council can agree on, it’s this: Depleted uranium doesn’t belong in Utah.
Request for criminal probe into U.S. nuclear power company
Trouble mounts for Louisiana’s Entergy following radioactive leaks at Vermont nuclear plant. Facing South 3 March 2010, New Orleans-based power giant Entergy is in hot water following revelations that its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant has leaked radioactive contamination to the environment — and its trouble isn’t limited to Vermont. Continue reading
Local community’s political win against nuclear corporation
The NRC has never said no to the nuclear industry, and I feel that the NRC is corrupt and is in collusion with the industry, allowing aging nuclear power plants numerous license amendments and exemptions from safety testing over the years……
People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker 01 March, 2010 “…..”Last week’s vote against the relicensing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant near Brattleboro is considered historic because it has allowed the voices of Vermont people to be heard through their elected leaders who voted against allowing Vermont Yankee to continue past its expected lifetime of 2012. Continue reading
Radiation safety standards decided on by nuclear industry
providing the oversight on themselves–policing their own industry just like the banking and financial industry did before their massive taxpayer bailout.
People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker01 March, 2010 “…. Kathleen Krevetski – “In the United States, the NRC’s technical and safety regulations governing nuclear power plants are developed by the private nuclear industry using voluntary consensus standards. Continue reading
Rise in breast cancer linked to nuclear radiation
People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker01 March, 2010 “….Kathleen Krevetski …..As a registered nurse and after many years of working in the medical profession, I am acutely aware of the health and environmental dangers that make people sick. Myself a breast cancer survivor, I have watched over the years as the incidence of breast cancer continues to increase with nobody asking the right questions. One out of 13 women got breast cancer when I was first diagnosed in 1984. Today the incidence is one woman out of eight. What is that about?
Native Americans exploited for nuclear waste dumping
Nuclear Waste On Native American Reservations. | The Good Human. February 28th, 2010, Native tribes across the American West have been and continue to be subjected to significant amounts of radioactive and otherwise hazardous waste as a result of living near nuclear test sites, uranium mines, power plants and toxic waste dumps. Continue reading
Arizona State stops attempt to sneak nuclear power in as “renewable”
that bill was killed on Thursday after a flood of opposition
Bureaucrats Backpedal on Solar-Killing Bill Seeking Alpha , by Jeff Siegel, 28 Feb 2010, “….a new Arizona bill (House Bill 2701) that was designed to essentially kill the state’s solar industry. It was intended to allow nuclear and hydroelectric power to be included in the state’s renewable energy standard, which requires 15 percent renewables by 2025. Continue reading
Not even money, but WATER might kill off the nuclear power industry
Water could the be issue that sinks this project, or it could be numerous other funding and safety issues related to nuclear power.
Water Issues Derailing Nuclear Power in Utah SpeakEasy by Tara Lohan , February 26, 2010 Nuclear power has been a hot topic these past few weeks with Vermont’s leaking reactor, Georgia’s plans for new ones (thanks to Obama), and the press’s blind approval of all things nuclear. ….
While there are lots of reasons that nuclear power is a bad idea, residents in Utah are particularly concerned about water. Waldholz writes: Continue reading
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