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Iran’s nuclear plant hit by computer worm

has also affected equipment linked to the country’s nuclear program, which is at the core of the dispute between Tehran and Western powers like the United States.

Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant, Google hosted news, By NASSER KARIMI (AP) –17 Sept 10, TEHRAN, Iran Continue reading →

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear technology | Leave a comment

Iran to have talks with UN Security Council in October

Iran to hold talks with 5+1 group in October: Ahmadinejad, Tehran Times TEHRAN 26 Sept 10, – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Friday that Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) will hold nuclear talks in October.According to the schedule, a representative from the Islamic Republic will hold talks with a member of the 5+1 group in October, Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in New York.‘No talks held between Iran and U.S.’
……Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian president dismissed news that secret talks have been held between Iran and the United States. …..

tehran times : Iran to hold talks with 5+1 group in October: Ahmadinejad

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iran says Israel is the obstacle to nuclear weapons-free Mif

Iran: Israel Only Obstacle to Materializing Nuclear-Free Middle-East, Fars News Agency, TEHRAN (FNA) 26 Sept 10, – Iran’s Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh blasted the “intransigent” nuclear policy of the Zionist regime, and said Israel is the only obstacle to the materialization of a Middle-East free from atomic weapons……

Fars News Agency :: Iran: Israel Only Obstacle to Materializing Nuclear-Free Middle-East

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear Regulator contradicting Eskom’s claims on radiation leak

(SouthAfrica) Regulator, Eskom at odds over nuke leak, Times LIVE, Sep 26, 2010 By NASHIRA DAVIDS Radiation levels at the Koeberg nuclear power station had increased for two days before almost 80 employees were found to have been contaminated.
This was revealed by the National Nuclear Regulator.

The regulator has started interviewing the workers contaminated with low levels of cobalt-58 while doing maintenance work on Koeberg’s unit 1 earlier this month.

Eskom said earlier that the workers had been exposed to contamination for only one day.

But according to the regulator “elevated levels of airborne activity were detected in the reactor building” from 11 to 12 September.

Regulator, Eskom at odds over nuke leak – Times LIVE

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, radiation | Leave a comment

Germany’s Social Democrats gain support on nuclear issue

The nuclear issue has become the most attractive for the Social Democrats, with the majority of Germans opposed to extending the life of the country’s 17 nuclear power plants.

Opposition in Germany Rolls Out Its Platform, New York Times, By JUDY DEMPSEY : September 26, 2010 * BERLIN — The Social Democrats unveiled a political program Sunday aimed at stopping the extension of the life of nuclear power…. Continue reading →

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, reactors | Leave a comment

Popular opposition to Merkel’s government’ nuclear plans

Anti-nuclear groups challenge Merkel – New Europe, 26 September 2010 Anti-nuclear groups claimed a turnout of 100,000 at their first big demonstration on 18 September against German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plans to extend the running times of nuclear power plants. Continue reading →

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, reactors | Leave a comment

Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed

Uranium author visits Shiprock, Farmington Daily Times, By Alysa Landry The Daily Times 09/25/2010 SHIPROCK — The book begins much the same as did the betrayal of the Navajo people during the boom of Cold War-era uranium mining — with Anglo men creeping onto its pages like poison.The book is “Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed.“Its author is Judy Pasternak, a former investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Its story, based on two years of research, unfolds with a clarity spared from the Navajo miners who were never told that the “yellow dirt” they mined would be a devastating character in the tale of the Diné people…….

Uranium author visits Shiprock – Farmington Daily Times

September 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general, Uranium | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

VIDEO Bangkok against nuclear power

VIDEO Rainbow Warrior open boat days in Klong Toey Port, Bangkok, 18 to 19 September. | Greenpeace Southeast Asia Hundreds of people visited the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior when she was docked at Bangkokog Klong Toey Port last weekend.. Rainbow Warrior open boat days in Klong Toey Port, Bangkok, 18 to 19 September. | Greenpeace Southeast Asia

September 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear | Leave a comment

UK Member of Parliament calls for justice for nuclear veterans

These were young men who were put in the vicinity of weapons tests of which we had no idea about what the side effects would be. “Many of them have now died, many of them are extremely ill and successive governments have done all they can to block compensation to these men.

A MEMBER of an influential parliamentary committee has backed the Derby Telegraph’s campaign to make the Government compensate British nuclear test veterans. derbyshire telegraph 21Sept 10, Some 20,000 servicemen took part in Britain’s atomic bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s, with many now claiming they suffer ill health as a result of radiation exposure. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

German anti nuclear movement to keep up the pressure on Merkel

rallies were planned on October 6 in the southern city of Stuttgart, on October 9 in Munich and on November 6 against the arrival of a shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste in the northern region of Wendland.

German anti-nuclear movement vows to continue protests, Expatica Germany, 20 Sept 10, After a major protest that drew tens of thousands of people to the streets of Berlin, Germany’s anti-nuclear movement vowed Sunday to keep up the pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government. Continue reading →

September 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Ralph Nader spells out the case against nuclear power

Nader shares locals concerns about uranium, GoDanRiver.com, 19 Sept 10, “…… Nader pushed for more energy efficiency and conservation and clean energy, which he said didn’t include more nuclear reactors or uranium mining.

“We don’t believe the country needs nuclear power,” Nader said in a Thursday interview. “It’s too costly. The opportunities for energy efficiency and electric generation to the consumer are far greater.”…

Nader said money should be invested in solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy rather than nuclear power, which he called a “gigantic technological lemon.” Nuclear plant projects can’t go forward without federal loan guarantees, he said, because Wall Street won’t invest in them without that backing.

Additionally, nuclear plants have the problem of radioactive waste, he said. The enrichment of uranium to concentrate it for use in fuel rods for nuclear reactors also takes coal-fired power, Nader said.

“Why do we need uranium mines?” Nader said. “They are extremely dirty.”….

Nader shares locals concerns about uranium | GoDanRiver.com

September 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Anti Nuclear Protest Day in Berlin

Organizers say they expect 10,000 people to protest Merkel’s plans to extend the lifespan of Germany’s 17 nuclear power plants.

Merkel Chainsaw Protests Planned by Anti-Nuclear Demonstrators in Berlin. Bloomberg, By Patrick Donahue – Sep 17, 2010 Anti-nuclear demonstrators wielding pictures of Chancellor Angela Merkel taking a chainsaw to wind- power turbines are set to march on Berlin tomorrow, as public anger at her coalition’s policies escalates. Continue reading →

September 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, reactors | Leave a comment

Desperate need to find nuclear workers kidnapped in Niger

Who is behind the kidnapping of French nuclear workers?, France24, 17 sept 10, In a bid to rescue seven foreign nuclear workers abducted in Niger, French authorities are trying to determine whether the daring kidnapping operation is the work of a local Touareg rebel group or al Qaeda’s North African branch. By Mehdi Chebil Continue reading →

September 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

USA nuclear power generation down, other energy sources up

Natural gas-fired generation was second to coal with a 9.6percent increase, while nuclear was down a little more than 2 percent,

U.S. generation from renewables, coal up in June, nuclear drops – POWER-GEN WorldWide, 15 September 2010 Continue reading →

September 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, gas, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

UK’s Trident nuclear missiles, super expensive, and useless anyway

Many among the top brass think we cannot afford them, and not a few regard nuclear weapons as unusable and pointless anyway.

The truth is that these armaments are essentially political not military weapons…..By whom are we to be attacked? Terrorists? In that case, against whom would we retaliate? Who do we deter?.

What price the nuclear club? Mail Online, UK, 15 Sept 10, The Defence Budget is being seen in Whitehall as an obvious candidate for stern cuts; and this has raised the question of the expensive renewal programme for Trident – and even the point of the thing….. Continue reading →

September 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment