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Biggest uranium miner downgraded due to failing uranium price

Cameco downgraded on weak uranium price Financial Post March 03, 2010, by Eric Lam Saskatchewan Even Cameco Corp., the biggest player in the uranium industry, cannot escape recent weaknesses in the mineral’s spot price.
Fraser Phillips, analyst with RBC Capital Markets, has downgraded Cameco Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Canada | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium | Leave a comment

New way to assess radiation risk of causing cancer

EPR can be used to assess a person’s radiation exposure throughout life, which will provide data for other studies, such as radiation exposure’s influence on cancer risk.

Teeth Show Evidence of Radiation Exposure, Dental Blogs, March 3rd, 2010 Researchers at Howard University in Washington College of Dentistry believe that tooth enamel stores important data about a person’s exposure to radiation. Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear wastes, 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

Anti-uranium groups in India boycott uranium mining meeting

KSU boycotts uranium meet The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) Shillong, March 2: The first meeting of the joint committee on uranium mining was today boycotted by groups opposing the quarrying of the radioactive mineral in Meghalaya. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear | Leave a comment

Marshall Islanders fear return to nuclear radiation contaminated islands

RONGELAP ISLANDERS LOATH TO RETURN TO NUKED HOME PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT March 2, 2010 U.S. says radiation no longer a threat on Marshalls atollBy Giff Johnson MAJURO, Marshall Islands– Fifty-six years after an American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, the U.S. Congress is pressing Marshallese Islanders to return home by next year.But Rongelap Islanders say they fear for their health if they return home to the necklace of coral islands that was exposed to the Marshall Islands equivalent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, OCEANIA | antinuclear, cancer, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

No depleted uranium for Salt Lake County!

A recent Salt Lake Tribune poll found 76 percent of Utah voters want to close the state’s door to depleted-uranium shipments.

Salt Lake County says N-O to D-U By Jeremiah StettlerThe Salt Lake Tribune 03/02/2010 If there’s one thing the state’s Republican governor and the Democratic-led Salt Lake County Council can agree on, it’s this: Depleted uranium doesn’t belong in Utah.

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March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia’s grandiose nuclear in space plans

Russia toys with exotic nuclear space projects 02-27-2010
Source: RIA Novosti Russia is pondering new applications for yet-to-be-built nuclear-powered spacecraft, including military satellites, nuclear power plants, and space tugs, Energia space corporation said Wednesday. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactor | Leave a comment

Nuclear security inspection fails two U.S. Air Force units

Air Force nuclear units fail inspection in Montana(AP) Google News – 2 March 2010, HELENA, Mont. — Air Force officials say two units responsible for the 150 nuclear missiles in Montana have failed recent inspections….Neither Global Strike Command, which oversees the 341st Missile Wing, nor Air Force Materiel Command, which oversees the 16th Munitions Squadron, would detail the problems that were found in the nuclear surety inspections, citing security reasons.

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Radiation safety standards decided on by nuclear industry

providing the oversight on themselves–policing their own industry just like the banking and financial industry did before their massive taxpayer bailout.

People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker01 March, 2010 “…. Kathleen Krevetski – “In the United States, the NRC’s technical and safety regulations governing nuclear power plants are developed by the private nuclear industry using voluntary consensus standards. Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radioactive, reactor, uranium | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing cancers in U.S. soldiers in Iraq

I believe in my heart that the cancer is a by-product of when my daughter was exposed to depleted Uranium in Iraq.”

Iraq: An Environmental Cesspool, THE HUFFINGTON POST, R. B. Stuart, 1 March 2010, While the war in Iraq winds down, the cases of soldiers being diagnosed with rare, aggressive forms of cancer post deployment heats up. Not only do soldiers have to contend with side stepping roadside bombs during their tour, but radiological dust from depleted Uranium, Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iraq, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Rise in breast cancer linked to nuclear radiation

susceptibility to radiation-induced cancer, with women facing a risk about 50 percent higher than men while the risk for children is several times higher.

People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker01 March, 2010 “….Kathleen Krevetski …..As a registered nurse and after many years of working in the medical profession, I am acutely aware of the health and environmental dangers that make people sick. Myself a breast cancer survivor, I have watched over the years as the incidence of breast cancer continues to increase with nobody asking the right questions. One out of 13 women got breast cancer when I was first diagnosed in 1984. Today the incidence is one woman out of eight. What is that about?

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March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactor, uranium | Leave a comment

Medical radiation – useful, but also dangerous

The effects of ionizing radiation are cumulative, so all of those dental x-rays, chest x-rays, and CT scans add up

Radiation’s Double-Edged Sword ,Kerri Wachter, 1 March 2010, Ionizing radiation—useful for imaging and therapy—has undoubtedly been a boon to medicine. The ability to quickly and noninvasively peek inside the body has not only led to faster diagnoses, but more accurate ones. The ability to target cancerous tissue with a beam of radiation has improved therapeutic options for many cancer patients. However, it comes with a cost. Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Native Americans exploited for nuclear waste dumping

Nuclear Waste On Native American Reservations. | The Good Human. February 28th, 2010, Native tribes across the American West have been and continue to be subjected to significant amounts of radioactive and otherwise hazardous waste as a result of living near nuclear test sites, uranium mines, power plants and toxic waste dumps. Continue reading →

March 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Arizona State stops attempt to sneak nuclear power in as “renewable”

that bill was killed on Thursday after a flood of opposition

Bureaucrats Backpedal on Solar-Killing Bill Seeking Alpha , by Jeff Siegel, 28 Feb 2010, “….a new Arizona bill (House Bill 2701) that was designed to essentially kill the state’s solar industry. It was intended to allow nuclear and hydroelectric power to be included in the state’s renewable energy standard, which requires 15 percent renewables by 2025. Continue reading →

March 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment