Foreign nuclear power salesmen perturbed about radiation concerns in India
Radiation death in India raises nuclear safety concerns, (Reuters) 5 May 2010, – The radiation-related death of a scrap metal worker has raised concerns over nuclear safety in India, at a time when the Asian power is wooing foreign players to its $150 billion civilian nuclear market. Continue reading
Community opposing nuclear power in South Africa’s Eastern Cape
The Fight Against Nuclear Power: suite101.com, by Christian Theron, 4 May 2010, The Community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape is currently facing Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant even though no guarantees of safety are provided. “… Continue reading
Permit for new nuclear reactors was illegal, rules judge
Judge rules permitting of new Georgia nuclear reactors illegal FACING SOUTHH, 5 May 2010, The Georgia Public Service Commission violated state law when it granted a permit to build two new nuclear reactors at the Southern Company/Georgia Power Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Ga. Continue reading
Denison operating Grand Canyon uranium mine illegaly
EPA Says Ariz. Uranium Mine Operating IllegallyEPA says Arizona uranium mine north of Grand Canyon is operating without federal authorization , ABC News, By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WriterFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. May 4, 2010 (AP) A uranium mine north of the Grand Canyon is operating in violation of the law, and its owner could face thousands of dollars in fines as a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Continue reading
USA shows commitment to transparency, at Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference
Coming clean on nuclear weapons, Julian Borger 4 May 2010 guardian.co.uk Day one of the non-proliferation conference in New York brought a small but significant breakthrough for nuclear transparency
The Obama administration took the view that numbers would trump words on the opening day of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York. The decision to reveal the size of the US nuclear stockpile both demonstrated a long-delayed commitment to transparency, and provided a graphic illustration that at least some of the weapons states have been doing something about disarmament. Coming clean on nuclear weapons | World news | guardian.co.uk
Ignorance of many Indian institutions about radioactive waste
A professor from a college on Palace Road said, “Maybe we can tie it in a bag, put it in a garbage bin or throw them in some remote place.”…
Is city sitting on radiation keg? Jayashree Nandi & Sruthy Susan Ullas, TNN, May 5, 2010, BANGALORE: Post-radioactive leak in Delhi recently, a reality check in Bangalore showed that the city was sitting on a live bomb with many colleges and other institutions having no clue as to what to do with the radioactive waste in their labs.. Continue reading
President Ahmadinejad of Iran points out an unpalatable nuclear truth
He is not alone in seeing the old nuclear powers as an arrogant club who believe they have the right to rule…….As the US presses for sanctions against Iran, President Ahmadinejad has come to stir up charges of hypocrisy and double standards
An unlikely anti-nuclear campaigner? BBC, Mark Mardell , 3 May 2010 President Ahmadinejad of Iran says nuclear weapons are “disgusting and shameful”, a danger to the countries that have them.We have to assume this is an indirect denial that he is on the verge of developing such a weapon. Continue reading
USA’s nuclear weapons stockpile – huge, but still greatly reduced
When the Bush administration took office in 2001, the stockpile included 10,526 warheads.
United States Discloses Size of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile , FAS Strategic Security Blog, By Hans M. Kristensen, 3 May 2010,
The Obama administration has formally disclosed the size of the Defense Department’s stockpile of nuclear weapons: 5,113 warheads as of September 30, 2009. Continue reading
UK govt’s Sustainable Development Commission finds that nuclear is not the answer
Is nuclear the answer? · · Sustainable Development Commission 3 May 2010, Nuclear power is not the answer to tackling climate change or security of supply, according tothe Sustainable Development Commission.In response to the Government’s current Energy Review, the SDC nuclear report draws together the most comprehensive evidence base available, to find that there is no justification for bringing forward a new nuclear power programme at present. Continue reading
Mammogram screening unwise for healthy young women
The American Cancer Society ..this study strongly supports their recommendation that screening mammography should begin at age 40 and not earlier.
Mammograms in your 30s: – Paging Dr. Gupta – CNN.com Blogs ‘A needle in a haystack’ By Sabriya Rice CNN Medical Producer May 3, 201 0An estimated 29 percent of U.S. women in their 30s undergo mammograms each year, but false-positives and callbacks for additional screenings are frequent, and few breast cancers are detected in women of this age group, a new study finds. Continue reading
USA’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Nuclear Wastes More of a Nuclear Power Promoter
National Grassroots Summit and Forum
on Radioactive Waste Policy, Chicago, June 4-6
In January, the Obama Administration’s Dept. of Energy announced the creation of its “Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) on the Future of Nuclear Power in America“, ostensibly to “study and recommend” what the U.S. should do about its radioactive waste problems, especially in light of the wise cancellation of the dangerous Yucca Mountain, Nevada dumpsite proposal. Many of us watched or attended the first meeting of the Commission in April — and are deeply disturbed by what we saw and heard. The panel seems much more devoted to expanding atomic energy than it is to addressing our nation’s unsolved radioactive waste crisis. Risky “illusions of solutions” for radioactive waste, such as reprocessing, also seem high on the Commission’s agenda.
As a response a number of organizations have come together to create a National Grassroots Summit and Forum on Radioactive Waste Policy — to articulate a national radioactive waste policy for the other 300 million Americans the DOE panel seems intent on ignoring. This event will be held in Chicago from Friday, June 4th to Sunday, June 6th.
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Conference not likely to get anywhere, really
The administration is likely to be criticized, however, for its failure to see progress on U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
US: Consensus unlikely at nuclear treaty meeting, SunHerald.com, By DESMOND BUTLER – Associated Press Writer 2 May 2010, WASHINGTON –– The United States already is acknowledging that delegates from 189 countries gathering next week to review a treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons are unlikely to reach consensus. Continue reading
Nuclear weapons numbers to be revealed by USA
Britsh nuclear submarines at sea despite dangerous safety defects
Nuclear submarines went to sea with potentially disastrous defect.
British vessels Turbulent and Tireless allowed to leave port with safety valves sealed off, risking catastrophic explosion, leaked memo reveals mo reveals Severin Carrell and Rob Edwards guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 May 2010
Two British nuclear submarines went to sea with a potentially disastrous safety problem that left both vessels at risk of a catastrophic accident, the Guardian can reveal. Continue reading
Radioactive dust from Australia’s uranium mines found in Antarctica
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