general « nuclear-news

U.S., Russia, negotiating nuclear arms reduction

U.S., Russia resume talks on reducing nuclear arsenals GENEVA, March 9 (Xinhua) Editor: Mu Xuequan— Negotiators from the United States and Russia on Tuesday resumed talks aimed at reaching a new nuclear arsenals reduction agreement to replace the 1991 START treaty, diplomatic sources said. Continue reading →

March 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Philippines not convinced that nuclear waste is safe

Uncertainties surrounding nuclear waste By Nelson D. Laviña,Philippine Daily InquirerFirst 03/04/2010 “.…During his last press conference, Cojuangco presented an expert, a Swiss engineer, who condescendingly told the Filipino people not to fear nuclear energy; nuclear waste could simply be buried. We would like to share with the public some facts and data on nuclear energy and radioactive waste…….. Continue reading →

March 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing birth defects in Iraq?

Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects, BBC News`4 March, John Simpson talks about the children with birth defects he saw in Fallujah Continue reading →

March 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Documenting nuclear effects on indigenous peoples

Children of Armageddon/May the Bomb Be With You spotlights nuclear bombing suvivors, Ten Thousand Things: 1 March 2010, –in Japan, the Marshall Islands, Tahiti & New ZealandVancouver-based film director Fabienne Lips-Dumas creates a cinematic portrait of the legacy of some of the world’s 2,000 nuclear bomb explosions–focusing on Japan, the Marshall Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand and the planet–in her 2009 documentary film Children of Armageddon/May the Bomb Be With You: Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Secrets of the nuclear black market

Political Bookworm Tomorrow’s titles today: nuclear proliferation, The Washington Post 3 March 2010, .. among the new releases coming this month:Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s EnemiesBy David Albright (Free Press, $27)March 16, No black market is more shadowy or sinister than the one for nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

Time to stop propping up financially unviable nuclear industry

Stop the Nuclear Industry Bailout « Green FerretMarch 3, 2010 President Obama has proposed a whopping $54 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear power plants.What does that mean? If the costly new nuclear plants aren’t finished, then taxpayers cover the huge financial loss. Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Taxpayer money only last hope for nuclear industry

PhillyDeals: Going nuclear, with a government guarantee By Joseph N. DiStefano Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/28/2010 “……..When banks don’t volunteer, taxpayers get drafted……… Power plants take years to build, and they’re vulnerable to political delays by critics, who would rather rely on coal or gas, or subsidized sun, wind, and waterpower. Opponents can delay a project for years, costing builders billions…..Big plants suck up billions when they’re being built, but they don’t make any money until they’re done. Imagine buying a house you can’t live in for years. And running into delays that stretch on for more years. And doing it all with borrowed money.

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Atomic Mom” documentary

there was so much secrecy about everything that happened, especially in terms of telling people in the United States about what happened

Atomic Mom” documentary fundraiser: Feb. 27, Oakland | Oakland Local Seven years in the making, Oakland filmmaker M.T. Silvia has nearly completed Atomic Mom, an understated rumination on the U.S. nuclear program during WWII examined largely through the experience of two women: Continue reading →

February 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Indigenous Rights- shameful history in Canada

Olympics can’t mask country’s human rights record on indigenous peoples rabble.ca, By Martin Lukacs| February 24, 2010 “.… aboriginal gilding can blind Canadians and the world to the country’s secret shame: the true state of its indigenous peoples………….. Billions have indeed been spent — not on paving roads or developing infrastructure and healthcare in dilapidated and diseased communities, but on a legal war opposing aboriginal rights.

Olympics can’t mask country’s human rights record on indigenous peoples | rabble.ca

February 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Obama should dump the nuclear power push and lead renewables movement

“Obama needs to find the political guts to lead us into a clean, green renewal energy future.

Activists Criticize Obama’s Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees By Gloria Tatum, Staff Writer, The Atlanta Progressive News (February 22, 2010)(APN) ATLANTA — President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he has promised funding in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for new nuclear power reactors in the US, with some 54.5 billion dollars in federal loan guarantees, has ignited a firestorm of local and national resistance…. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Nuclear industry – dirty and no solution to climate change

Nuclear power is too risky – CNN.com Mark Z. Jacobson, 22 Feb 2010 “……The on-the-ground footprint of nuclear power, through its plants and uranium mines, is about 1,000 times larger than it is for wind. Continue reading →

February 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Oh goodie, a bloody coup in Niger will lift uranium prices!

Niger military coup good for uranium? Financial Post.: February 19, 2010, by Eric Lam A bloody military coup is “potentially positive” for uranium prices, a note from Edward Sterck with BMO Capital Markets says….. Continue reading →

February 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, uranium | Leave a comment

Protest rally against nuclear plant

Nuclear Power Opponents Rally Against Vermont Yankee VPR News, Susan Keese, 02/22/10 – Brattleboro, VTNuclear power opponents from at least three states converged in Brattleboro for a rally Sunday.They called for Vermont Yankee to stop operating immediately until the source of radioactive tritium leaking from the plant is found.

And they called for a permanent shut down when the plant’s license expires in 2012.

VPR’s Susan Keese has more.

VPR News: Nuclear Power Opponents Rally Against Vermont Yankee

February 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear wastes | 1 Comment

No U.S. revival of nuclear power while no waste solution

Nuclear energy can’t expand without a nuclear-waste site The Columbus Dispatch, February 21, 2010 “….No permanent place exists in the United States to store high-level radioactive waste. ………. the waste from the power plants already in operation just keeps piling up in temporary storage sites around the nation, which is not safe.
Without a permanent solution to the waste problem, nuclear energy cannot fulfill its promise as a means to reduce Americans’ dependency on foreign oil and cut emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollution. To ramp up nuclear-energy production without solving this problem would be irresponsible.

Editorial: Nuclear energy can’t expand without a nuclear-waste site | The Columbus Dispatch

February 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear ‘s problems unsolved, while taxpayer will pay up

President Obama’s Nuclear Reversal, THE HUFFINGTON POST, by Eric Pica 18 Feb 2010 President Obama announced Tuesday that the Department of Energy is awarding $8 billion in taxpayer dollars towards loan guarantees to build the United States’ first nuclear reactors in nearly thirty years. This move may be politically expedient, but for the public, it’s a raw deal.

As a candidate, Obama expressed openness to new reactors, but said, “Before an expansion… is considered, key issues must be addressed including: security of nuclear fuel and waste, waste storage, and proliferation.”

President Obama should heed candidate Obama’s advice. These issues have not been addressed. If anything, the challenges facing the nuclear industry have grown worse. Continue reading →

February 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation | 1 Comment