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Merkel’s murky deals with nuclear lobby now arousing German opposition

Opposition, both within her government and elsewhere, is on the rise……the cloak-and-dagger approach would only spark suspicions among the public that the government had reached a secret agreement benefiting the power companies.

Coalition Fission – Merkel’s Nuclear Plan Encounter Mounting Opposition :Free Internet Press, 13 Sept 10 Chancellor Angela Merkel had hoped that with a quick resolution, she could sidestep a national debate over nuclear energy. Many, though, see her new plan as a windfall for the country’s power utilities. Continue reading →

September 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Israel’s nuclear weapons to be the focus of International Energy Agency debate

Israel center of heated IAEA debates‘, PressTV , 14 sept 10, The Arab League (AL) says Israel’s nuclear activities are to form the center of “heated” debates during the UN nuclear watchdog’s meetings.The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors began to meet in Vienna on Monday.The Arab group and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) — which refuses to ally itself with the major superpowers — were determined to broach Israel’s nuclear program during the gatherings, the head of the AL’s delegation, Dr. Mikhail Wehbe had told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) ahead of the meetings, independent news outlet the Eurasia Review reported…….PressTV – ‘Israel center of heated IAEA debates’

September 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Squirrel monkeys the victims of NASA radiation experiments

NASA engineer quits over animal experiment, By Hayley Kappes,The Daily News September 12, 2010 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER — April Evans wrestled for weeks whether to quit her dream job working for NASA’s operations with the International Space Station.She concluded in March there was no other option but to resign after learning the space agency proposed a $1.75 million experiment to irradiate 18 squirrel monkeys to determine astronauts’ ability to withstand high levels of continuous radiation in deep space……. ……NASA engineer quits over animal experiment

September 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation | Leave a comment

New York nuclear reactor shut down due to water leak

NY’s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Shut For Repairs – WSJ.comBy Mark Long and Mark Peters Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)- 10 Sept 10, -Entergy Corp. (ETR) said Friday its Indian Point nuclear-power station in New York was completely offline after the second of two operating units was shut because of a non-radioactive water leak…Unit 3 was shut Thursday evening after the discovery of a leak of water used to cool the generator, which is housed in a building separate from the reactor….The shutdown of Unit 3, which had been running continuously for more than a year, comes just a week after Unit 2 was brought offline for the repair of a water-pump motor.

UPDATE: NY’s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Shut For Repairs – WSJ.com

September 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, reactor | Leave a comment

Louisiana nuclear reactor reduces power

Entergy La. River Bend reactor slips to 75 pct | Reuters, NEW YORK, Sept 10 – Entergy Corp’s (ETR.N) 978-megawatt RiverBend nuclear power unit in Louisiana was at 75 percent power early Friday,down from full power on Thursday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissionsaid in its power reactor status report. It was not immediately known why the unit, in St. Francisville,Louisiana, had been reduced…..

Entergy La. River Bend reactor slips to 75 pct | Reuters

September 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, reactor | Leave a comment

Nuclear Liability Bill worries USA nuclear lobby, with Obama to visit India soon

Under the measure, plant operator liability in the event of an atomic incident was increased to about $320 million and the suppliers of nuclear materials and technology could also be sued…

.…..the liability bill will be “a significant deterrent not only to U.S. business but, equally importantly, to Indian and other international private business as well,” said Ashley Tellis, who took part in the U.S.-Indian atomic deal negotiations.“It’s going to be interesting to see whether the Indians, now that they have passed this law, are going to stick to their guns or cave under possible U.S. pressure to reverse course,”

New liability law “could end civil nuclear growth in India” Continue reading →

September 9, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors | Leave a comment

New nuclear power plant plans at Hinkley Point unacceptable to local Councils

– Somerset councils call EDF nuclear plans ‘unacceptable’, BBC News 7 September 2010 Two Somerset councils have called the latest plans for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point “unacceptable” and “completely inadequate”.West Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council have both criticised a lack of detail in EDF Energy’s proposals……BBC News – Somerset councils call EDF nuclear plans ‘unacceptable’

September 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors | Leave a comment

New renewable energy investment in China

Surfing China’s Green IPO Wave – Deal Journal – WSJ, 7 Sept 10, By Nisha Gopalan Propelled in part by the backing of powerful Beijing bureaucrats, green-themed Chinese companies are poised to reap billions of dollars from public offerings to new investors in coming months……

Surfing China’s Green IPO Wave – Deal Journal – WSJ

September 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

breakdown of Egypt’s nuclear reactor

Egypt nuclear reactor broke down in April: atomic chief, Google hosted news, (AFP) – 7 Sept 10, CAIRO — An Egyptian nuclear reactor broke down in April but there was no radiation leak, the head of the country’s atomic agency said on Tuesday.”There had been a mechanical failure of the cooling pump when the reactor was switched on,” Mohammed al-Qolali told AFP, saying the reactor was quickly repaired………

AFP: Egypt nuclear reactor broke down in April: atomic chief

September 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear costs, reactor | Leave a comment

Solar energy market picks up with UK’s Feed-In Tariffs

sales of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels to homeowners and commercial sector firms have increased markedly since the new feed-in tariff drive began earlier this year.

(UK) Feed-in tariffs tipped to boost energy saving technology, Rapid Electronics , 7th September 2010 An expert has suggested that the government’s latest scheme to boost the production of renewable electricity could lead to a surge in the number of people adopting energy saving technology. Continue reading →

September 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, solar | Leave a comment

Prolonging nuclear power in Germany – damaging to society and investment

“We are further than ever away from a consensus in society, …that is a bad basis for investments,”

German local utilities, renewables slam nuclear plan. (Reuters)(Reporting by Vera Eckert in Munich, Anneli Palmen in Duesseldorf and Christoph Steitz in Frankfurt; editing by Keiron Henderson) 6 Sept 10, – A decision to extend the lifespans of German nuclear plants in a two-tier strategy will create more dissent and discourage investment, associations for the country’s local utilities and renewable industry said. Continue reading →

September 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, reactors | Leave a comment

Kansas city – farmland to be given over to nuclear weapons making

“There’s no justification … to the local economy that justifies putting the whole planet at risk,”

Farmland readied for a nuclear crop, By KEVIN COLLISON, The Kansas City Star, 6 Sept 10, Bulldozers are rolling on a billion-dollar project that will transform a former soybean field in south Kansas City into America’s only privately developed plant making parts for nuclear weapons……. Continue reading →

September 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear power is costly – even to get out of a nuclear deal

$6.1 million spent to end nuclear deal, my sanantonio news, by Tracy Idell Hamilton, 5 Sept 10, CPS Energy spent $6.1 million on litigation and related expenses to get out of its nuclear partnership with NRG Energy earlier this year, according to records it provided to the San Antonio Express-News……..

$6.1 million spent to end nuclear deal

September 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Fidel Castro’s passionate call against nuclear weapons

“The world never imagined the appalling use of two nuclear weapons at the end of World War II, but the power of the current existing weapons multiplies their power,”

Fidel Castro calls on nations to avoid nuclear warfare, HAVANA, CUBA (BNO NEWS), 4 Sept 10 — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday made a public appearance for the first time in 4 years in a 45-minute speech at a university in Havana, Cuba………..“Humanity has little time to free itself from [nuclear war].” Continue reading →

September 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Suspected killer had depleted uranium

the materials also included the military explosive C4, dynamite, and what appeared to be depleted uranium.

Depleted uranium found at killing spree suspect’s East Bay home | abc7news.com, 2 Sept 10 VALLEJO, CA (KGO) — In the East Bay, police are still sorting through the grisly details of a killing spree……. Continue reading →

September 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment