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Patrick Moore etc paid to sprinkle nuclear “fairy dust”

the selling points that the nuclear industry – and its allies in Congress – are promoting to sprinkle eco-friendly fairy dust around the grim nuclear industry that Wall Street and private investors won’t touch:.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis “……..despite all these problems, a seemingly benign solution for global warming – nuclear energy – has boundless, if simplistic, appeal, even if it could take years to build and threatens public health and safety, while undermining with billions devoted to nuclear bailouts genuine renewable energy. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Escalating costs of closing down old nuclear plants

Entergy Units Short of Money to Close Nuke Plants 2 Entergy units short of having enough money to eventually close nuclear plants

abc BEWS/Money By ALAN SAYRE AP Business Writer
NEW ORLEANS January 6, 2010 (AP)
Two Louisiana power utilities owned by Entergy Corp. are short $235.5 million for the projected costs of eventually closing two nuclear generating plants — and the power provider wants slight increases in customer rates to close the gap. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission asleep at the wheel on safety

warning that lax oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the nation’s aging 104 nuclear plants has led to near-meltdowns along with other health and safety failings since Three Mile Island – including what some critics say is a flawed federal health study apparently designed to conceal cancer risks near nuclear plants.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis The pro-nuclear Department of Energy is set to offer this month the first of nearly $20 billion in loan guarantees to a nuclear industry that hasn’t built a plant since the 1970s or raised any money to do so in years. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Problems for Obama’s nuclear policy

Nuclear Proliferation Threatens Obama Policy AVIATION WEEK By Bill Sweetman
Washington 6 Jan 2010
The coming year will see nuclear weapons higher on the political agenda than they have been in years, as President Barack Obama’s ambition to move toward a nuclear-free future collides with the desire of other nations to join the nuclear club or keep their memberships current. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Conflict of interest in radiation cancer studies

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………Because of questions about conflict of interest and research integrity, Beyond Nuclear, among others, is asking the NRC to take a hands-off position in commissioning a new academic study.

“The NRC receives about 90 percent of its funding from nuclear power reactor licensing fees,” said Cindy Folkers, radiation and health specialist with Beyond Nuclear. “As such, NRC clearly stands to gain from more reactor construction. Therefore, it should not be doing cancer studies or directly hiring people to conduct such studies. This is a flagrant conflict-of-interest and puts a scientifically rigorous, non-biased study at great risk

t r u t h o u t | Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

Two nuclear reactors shut because of cold weather

River Ice Shuts Down 2 N.J. Nuclear Plants Clean Skies 5 Jan 2010
Two New Jersey nuclear reactors have become casualties of the deep freeze on the East Coast.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says icing on the Delaware River has forced Public Service Enterprise Group to shut Salem-2 and reduce power at Salem-1. The ice is blocking cooling water intakes.

River Ice Shuts Down 2 N.J. Nuclear Plants | Clean Skies

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change | Leave a comment

Delay for Obama’s nuclear strategy

The announcement comes amid reports that the NPR is mired in an internal administration debate over some key issues, such as whether or not to abandon a “first use” policy

Pentagon: Obama’s nuke strategy delayed Foreign Policy By Josh Rogin , January 5, 2010 The Obama administration’s rollout of its new nuclear strategy will be delayed until March, the Pentagon told Congress last week. Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation | Leave a comment

Still no new nuclear reactors in USA, while costs balloon

banks are now declaring that they consider such projects too risky to finance without large public subsidies.

Waiting for the Nuclear Renaissance Energy Wise Bill Sweet January 04, 2010 The spotlight is on San Antonio, where a consortium led by Toshiba is set to build two new advanced boiling water reactors. Though the project is one of the most advanced in the United States in terms of approvals and planning, the Texas city is holding off on a $400 million bond issuance to support it because of sharply higher projected costs, and the city-owned utility CPS Energy may back out. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Wind farms to create thousands of jobs

Wind Farms Could Create Thousands of New Neb. Jobs Report: Up to 40,000 new Nebraska jobs over next 2 decades if more wind farms built in state

abc NEWS/Money By NATE JENKINS Associated Press Writer
LINCOLN, Neb. January 4, 2010 (AP) Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, renewable, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Extreme cold weather causes nuclear plant shutdown

New Jersey nuclear plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River New Jersey Real-Time News By The Associated Press January 04, 2010, 8AMLOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK — One New Jersey nuclear power plant has been shut down and another put on reduced power because of ice in the Delaware River.The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Salem Unit 2 was shut down around 8 a.m. Sunday because it was taking ice into its cooling mechanism. Salem Unit 1 was also reduced to 80 percent power for the same reason.It’s not clear when the two plants will return to full power.

New Jersey nuclear plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Lawsuit reveals nuclear plant’s poor safety record

In the hush-hush nuclear world, such insider details rarely, if ever, become public, but now a lawsuit has made public 2,000 pages of testimony…

‘That’s not OK in a nuclear plant’: Safety concerns at South Dade’s Turkey Point revealed The Palm Brach Post News. By John Dorschner, Jan. 4, 2010 Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

Bury depleted uranium first, check safety later?

Utah Burying Depleted Uranium Before Safety Review « Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 3 (UPI) — Three trainloads of depleted uranium will be buried at a storage site in Utah before experts complete a safety review concerning the issue, experts say. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

New uranium mining stalled at grand Canyon

Interior to halt uranium mining at Grand Canyon | Political blog January 4, 2010 Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce Monday that his department is temporarily barring the filing of new uranium mining claims on about 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, an Obama administration official said. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

What nuclear renaissance? – Tax-payers at risk

What about a nuclear future? GREEN>BLORGE by Susan Wilson January 4, 2010 The nuclear energy sector will be receiving $18.5 billion in loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors. Building new nuclear power plants ended about 30 years ago when cost overruns caused a myriad of unfinished plants to be abandoned. Will the subsidies jumpstart a nuclear renaissance or will it simply disappear into a black hole? Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Future of Vermont nuclear plant debated

Budget, Nuclear Plant to Dominate Vt. SessionBudget, nuclear plant, politics expected to dominate Vermont’s upcoming legislative session abc News MONTPELIER, Vt. January 4, 2010 (AP) The Associated PressVermont lawmakers convene this week for a session expected to be dominated by budget concerns, the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and electoral politics………..on the agenda: a decision on whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant should get a 20-year extension on its license, which currently is set to expire in 2012.

Budget, Nuclear Plant to Dominate Vt. Session – ABC News

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment