The nuclear weapons industry gobbles our resources and promotes fear
Keeping Fear Alive. BuzzFlash.org, ROBERT C. KOEHLER, 29 April 2010,, “…….six-and-a-half decades into the nuclear era, our premature “peace” with these weapons — our cultural forgetting, our denial — betokens a psychic helplessness that is enormously dark and dangerous in its own right. At some level we know that our shadow is growing. We watch it happen as spectators.
Does any force seem more impervious to the collective will than that which drives the nuclear weapons industry? Will it take, as Caldicott asks, a horrific accident, an insane act of aggression, to shatter the conspiracy? And by then, will it be too late?The industry continues to thrive and grow, having far outlived its original premise of “mutually assured destruction”; the Cold War is over, but the money we poured into it didn’t become available for non-military spending. Ultimate aggression continues to stalk the planet. We’re in as much danger as we’ve ever been.
And the cost to us over these nuclear decades has not been merely financial — lost money for schools, infrastructure, health care. The nuclear weapons industry has also been paid for in thousands of American lives, though this fact still remains known primarily within the circle of survivors.
NASA’s Nuclear Compton Telescope crashes in Australia
VIDEO Nuclear Compton Telescope crashes on launch : Dynamics of Cats NASA loses a balloon in the outback April 29, 2010 The Nuclear Compton Telescope (PI Boggs at UCB’s SSL), a soft γ-ray telescope designed for balloon launch, observations in the stratosphere, and recovery, crashed because of a wind gust during an attempted launch in Australia earlier toda Nuclear Compton Telescope crashes on launch : Dynamics of Cats
Nuclear waste dump rejected by Australian Aborigines
Australian aborigines reject nuclear waste plant, fullstory, Canberra, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Aborigines from northern Australia rejected government plans to build a plant for nuclear waste storage in their territories.Diane Stokes, an indigenous woman from the Warumungu and Warlmanpa tribes in the Northern Territory Muckaty Station, about 125 miles north of Tennat Creek town, opposed to the discharging of radioactive waste on their land.The government now seeks to build a permanent facility to house the nuclear waste that Australia used in hospitals, industries, agriculture and research.In 2007, the Labour Party promised a new study to select the site based on inclusion and consent of the community through a process of solid and transparent principles.Activist Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation, declared there is a lot at stake with radioactive waste that lasts thousands of years and can cause cancer and genetic changes
India: families’ fears about radiation victims
AIIMS admits it can’t treat radiation victims, Abhishek Anshu April 28, 2010. New DelhiDeath triggers fear among kin of other patients The death of a radiation victim on Monday, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS, has created panic among families of other victims. Kin of four critically ill victims, undergoing treatment in AIIMS, Apollo and Army hospitals, are doubtful about their recovery. Most of the victims are the sole bread-winners for their families…
The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> AIIMS admits it can’t treat radiation victims
UK could save 100 billion pound sterling by not replacing Trident Nuclear Missiles
Newbury candidates debate nuclear weapons BBC News, 19 April 2010, The government could save £100bn if it does not replace the Trident nuclear missile system, according to the Liberal Democrat candidate for Newbury. BBC News – Newbury candidates debate nuclear weapons
New Nuclear Summit prepared by defiant Iran
Iran News – Iran denounces Washington nuclear summit, prepares its own, Global News Blog Headlines, April 16th, 2010 , Iran denounces Washington nuclear summit, prepares its ownIran, not invited to the Washington nuclear security summit that opened on Monday, says it will not be bound by any agreement between the 47 nations represented. Yet Iran will be near the top of the agenda, because Washington and some other Western nations accuse Iran of having a nuclear weapons program……
Iran News – Iran denounces Washington nuclear summit, prepares its own | Global News Blog Headlines
NASA’s radiation monkey experiments should be stopped
NASA should drop the monkey business at Brookhaven Lab, Newsday.com, April 15, 2010 By MARJORIE CRAMER We know that these and other sources of ionizing radiation are harmful to humans. So why would NASA want to bombard as many as 30 squirrel monkeys with radiation to try to understand how interplanetary travel affects astronauts?The proposal for this research is now being reviewed…OPINION: NASA should drop the monkey business at Brookhaven Lab
Nuclear Security Summit, a start, but limited
What the summit did not address in any detail was the likelier and more easily achievable possibility that a terrorist organisation might obtain highly radioactive material and attach it to a conventional, crudely made dirty bomb that could still spread lethal material over a wide area.
World takes aim at nukes , THE AUSTRALIAN, Brad Norington, April 16, 2010 Obama’s plan, endorsed at the summit by all attending countries including Australia, is to conduct an enormous accounting exercise with the objective of securing all nuclear materials across the world during the next four years.A 12-point communique not only affirmed the responsibility of countries to maintain security of nuclear materials under their control. It also agreed to the goal of stopping “non-state actors” from obtaining the information or technology required to use nuclear materials for malicious purposes……
A further nuclear security summit has been scheduled for Seoul in 2012 to check progress.
If Obama succeeds in prompting a large-scale lockdown of nuclear materials, this week’s summit could turn out to be significant moment in redefining the global order and combating the scourge of terrorism in the modern age……
There are weaknesses, however, in the commitments given by nations this week.
Chief among them, apart from the ambitious four-year timeframe, is the lack of anything legally binding or a regime of enforcement.
Obama acknowledged at a media conference at the summit’s end that the agreement was voluntary and its success would depend on goodwill…..
As evidence of likely success, he singled out Ukraine, Chile and Mexico for their willingness to give up their entire stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, and Canada for giving up a significant portion.
Other nations, such as Pakistan and Argentina, agreed to measures to prevent nuclear smuggling and strengthen port security.
Russia used the occasion to announce it would close its last weapons-grade plutonium production reactor.
The US and Russia signed an agreement for each to eliminate about 70 tonnes of plutonium or enough for 17,000 nuclear weapons…..
Obama focused the attention of countries on securing materials that could be used by al-Qa’ida to construct a nuclear weapon.
What the summit did not address in any detail was the likelier and more easily achievable possibility that a terrorist organisation might obtain highly radioactive material and attach it to a conventional, crudely made dirty bomb that could still spread lethal material over a wide area.
In hindsight, events manipulated by the Obama White House in the lead-up to the summit look very much timed to encourage other nations to think seriously about their contributions to making the world a safer place. That was as far as it went. World takes aim at nukes | The Australian
International walk for a nuclear free world
“Part of our thing is also to talk about nuclear power. Uranium mining is destroying indigenous communities throughout the world. It’s something people just aren’t aware of”
Nuclear-free group stops in Carlisle. By Becca Gregg, Sentinel Reporter, The Sentinel , April 13, 2010 They’ve already made their way through Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, and on Monday, participants of the International Peace Walk marched their way into downtown Carlisle. The group, which began its journey on February 13, is trekking nearly 1,100 miles on foot, from the Oak Ridge Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to the United Nations in New York City for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference on May 3. Continue reading
Obama making a start on ridding the world of nuclear weapons
Securing world’s nuclear materials goal of U.S. summit – Democratic Underground Apr-11-10 The summit — the largest gathering of international leaders in the U.S. in more than 60 years — is the next step in Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons eventually. In addition to the treaty with Russia, Obama last week announced a new U.S. nuclear strategy that embraced further cuts in the U.S. arsenal, ruled out the development of new warheads and excluded most of the world’s countries from U.S. nuclear attack. Securing world’s nuclear materials goal of U.S. summit – Democratic Underground
Revelation: Sarah Palin is not expert on nuclear issues!
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Obama Discredits Sarah Palin As Not An Expert On Nuclear Issues By Richard West on April 11, 2010, It seems that President Obama is one person that is not going to take Sarah Palin’s criticisms sitting down…………President Obama stated the obvious in a “Good Morning America” interview with George Stephanopoulos; Palin is no expert on expert on nuclear issues. He went on to state that the new policy was developed with experts such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Michael Mullen. To that, Obama said, “I’m probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin.” Obama Discredits Sarah Palin As Not An Expert On Nuclear Issues
Iran not technically up to nuclear capability
Iran not yet “nuclear capable,” Gates say POLITICO Liveby Glenn Thrush April 11, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran is not yet “nuclear capable” – and denied that U.S. officials have given up on being able to prevent Tehran from being able to produce and refine fissionable material.Speaking in a joint appearance with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in interviews aired Sunday, Gates said “it’s our judgment here, they are not nuclear capable,” citing Iran’s trouble with processing nuclear fuel in centrifuges.
Iran not yet “nuclear capable,” Gates says – POLITICO Live – POLITICO.com
Doubtful that U.S. Senate will pass the U.S. – Russia Disarmament Treaty
Unclear As Of Now if Senate Will Have Votes to Ratify New Disarmament Treaty ABC News, Political Punch April 08, 2010 Senate sources tell ABC News that it’s unclear if the Senate has the votes to pass the nuclear disarmament treaty that President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed just hours ago.
The ambiguity confirms what has seemed a constant refrain of concern from the White House about whether the votes are there.
Unclear As Of Now if Senate Will Have Votes to Ratify New Disarmament Treaty – Political Punch
Adter suffering 500 nuclear weapons tests, Kazakhstan says “No More Nuclear Weapons”
Kazakhstan Taking It To The Streets, Burn After Reading, By David Gauvey April 8, 2010 Herbert “In advance of next week’s nuclear nonproliferation summit, Kazakhstan has plastered advertisements touting its own disarmament on 50 bus shelters around the city….The ad’s full text reads: “Kazakhstan, where 1.5 million people suffered from the effects of 500 nuclear explosions, knows the human cost of the nuclear threat better than anyone. That’s why we got rid of our nuclear arsenal, the world’s fourth largest. And that is why we call on the world to follow our example. There is no other way to build a safer world, free from the nuclear threat.”
Kazakhstan Taking It To The Streets – Burn After Reading – Burn After Reading
Cancer risks from CT scans – unecessary ionising radiation
CT scans cause one third more radiation than needed: study The Hindu April 9, 2010 CT scans generate up to one third more radiation than needed to yield a clear diagnostic image, thus exposing patients to an increased risk of cancer, according to a study in Australia.The findings have emerged amid concerns about the growth in referrals for CT scans and as radiation safety experts and radiologists prepare a national monitoring scheme to keep radiation doses to the minimum necessary…..
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26 April – Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown airs on National Geographic on Sunday 26th April from 4pm
29 April – Nuclear Expert Webinar #1 – Radiation Impacts on Families with Mary Olson and Cindy Folkers
- 12:15 PM MT – 1:45 PM MT
- Location: Virtual – REGISTER TODAY
4 May -West Suburban Peace Coalition to discuss Iran war at May Educational Forum
Monday, May 4, 7:00 – 8:00 PM Central Standard Time
Title: : How Trump’s Narrative Tries to Shape the Reality of the War on Iran.
Contact Walt Zlotow, zlotow@hotmail.com 630 442 3045 for further information
14 May – online event From Bombs to Data Centres: the Face of Nuclear Colonialism
Pine Ridge Uranium is the real threat, not Tehran- Tell Burgum: Stop the Extraction.
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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