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South Australians join British Class Action over Nuclear Waste

100 South Australians join class action against Britain for Maralinga-related deaths Adelaide Now, BRYAN LITTLELY INVESTIGATIONS EDITORFrom: The Advertiser March 01, 2010, SECRET records detailing the fate of dozens of babies born in the shadow of Maralinga’s nuclear testing hold the key to a case building as the state’s largest class action

More than 100 South Australians have joined a class action against the British Ministry of Defence over deaths and disabilities they believe were caused by nuclear testing at Maralinga more than 50 years ago. Continue reading →

March 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

The hidden costs of nuclear power

We know about the ever-increasing costs of building a nuclear reactor. Everyone talks about these “central”, or middle costs. But what about the hidden costs at the “front end” and the “back” end of the nuclear fuel cycle? – our theme for March 2010

February 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, cancer, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

U.S. States starting to rebel against nuclear industry

The nuclear industry may think it’s on the verge of a revival, but the people of the United States are saying something very different! Beyond Nuclear 27 Feb 2010

In Vermont on Tuesday, the State Senate voted 26-4 to close the Vermont Yankee reactor when its license expires in 2012. That’s a huge victory, but one that will need to be protected over the coming months since no one is foolish enough to believe the Entergy Corporation is just going to slink home. Here is a statement from Citizens Awareness Network on the vote.

Yesterday in West Virginia, a bill to repeal that state’s ban on new nuclear construction was defeated in the state legislature. Although the bill had already passed the Senate’s Energy and Mining Committee, it received only one vote in the Judiciary Committee and is now dead for the year.

And yesterday in Arizona, a bill to classify nuclear power as renewable energy was withdrawn following heavy lobbying from the solar power industry and environmental community.

February 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation | Leave a comment

Aborigines across Australia will fight nuclear waste dumping on their land

“Aborigines from across the country will fight nuclear dumping” Goodooga, northwest NSW, 24 February 10 – Aboriginal people will be called from all over Australia to protest in the Northern Territory against any movement of nuclear waste across their traditional lands, an Aboriginal activist says. Continue reading →

February 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Obama provides $8 for nuclear, $1billion for solar

So why is Obama providing 8.3B in loan guarantees for nuclear fission power plants?

Because it’s all about the money for elections. Which is a different diary.

8.3B for nukes,1.4b for Solar, The Seminal, By: ubetchaiam , February 24, 2010 Continue reading →

February 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

Uranium mining threatens Public Health and Indigenous Sacred Lands

Uranium Mining Begins Near Grand Canyon: Thousands of Claims Threaten Public Health & Sacred Lands :: Peace, Earth & Justice News Feb 24, 2010 Grand Canyon, AZ — In defiance of legal challenges and a U.S. Government moratorium, Canadian company Denison Mines has started mining uranium on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Continue reading →

February 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

President Obama has let the nuclear industry be caught in its own trap

Though the President’s critics on the left do not recognize a strategic move in the loan guarantees to new nuclear, there is very likely method in what seems madness. The nuclear industry proved in the 1970s and 1980s, to those who were paying attention, that it is not viable.

New Nuclear to be Hoist on its own Petard, RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD, February 23, 2010“…the phrase hoist with one’s own petard…means ‘to be harmed by one’s own plan to harm someone else’ or ‘to fall into one’s own trap’…” (Wikipedia)Announcements from the Obama administration of new financial support for the nuclear industry were met by declarations that the long-anticipated nuclear renaissance is finally at hand but the reality is quite different. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, reactor | Leave a comment

Time to tell the truth on nuclear technology

Stop the Nukespeak and Tell the Truth About Nuclear Technology THE HUFFINGTON POST, by Rory O’Connor, February 23, 2010 “….in Nukespeak, proponents speak of “health effects” when they really mean “cancer.” Accidents such as the infamous one at Three Mile Island are merely “anomalies,” “significant events” or “abnormal occurrences” — and when they recur, they are re-dubbed “normal abnormalities.” Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, spinbuster | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Does UK really need Trident nuclear ‘deterrent’?

Army chiefs question need for Trident nuclear deterrent Guardian UK, by Richard Norton-Taylor, 23 February 2010 1Nuclear missile system is the weapon ‘least likely’ to be used by UK forces in future conflicts, say senior military sources

Army chiefs question need for Trident nuclear deterrent | UK news | guardian.co.uk

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Bloody coup in Niger – all about uranium

Uranium Fueling Niger Coup? By Melissa Pistilli- Uranium Investing News, 23 Feb 2010 Last week in Niger, a military junta led by Platoon Comander Salou Djibo calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) launched a bloody coup against the elected government of President Tandja Mamadou…. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Niger, politics | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

AREVA’s deceptive nuclear spin

AREVA tells only half the story, NUCLEAR REACTION, 24 Feb 2010, “….it’s business as usual at AREVA’s mines in Niger despite the military coup that took place in the country last week.The industry also needs to show us all that it can deal with the highly radiaoctive waste that nuclear reactors produce in a safe, clean fashion. AREVA in particularly are singularly failing in that regard. Again, is the implication that we shouldn’t worry or care about wat happens at end of the nuclear chain? Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, cancer, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Vermont nuclear plant might herald the end of nuclear industry’s resuscitation

Obama’s nuclear vision suffers setback as Vermont plant faces shutdown Vermont would be the first state to close a nuclear reactor after 38-year-old Yankee’s history of leaking cancer-causing tritium guardian.co.uk 23 February 2010
Barack Obama’s new dream of a nuclear renaissance faces a major reality check tomorrow when the state of Vermont is expected to shut down an ageing nuclear reactor with a history of leaks. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactor | Leave a comment

CT Scans, radiation and cancer

The Dangers of Radiation, Leukemia, Feb 22 2010 The most serious problem with the widespread use of CAT scans is the radiation these devices leave in our bodies. CAT scans are not simple chest X-rays, which deliver only a small amount of radiation. Instead, they expose the patient to a significant amount of radiation, and radiation in significant doses has been shown to increase the risk of cancer.. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Opposition to UK Naval nuclear waste dump

UK port becoming ‘nuclear dumping ground’ TwoCircles.net 23 February 2010 – 12:12pm. * InternationalBy IRNA,London : Europe’s largest single issue peace organisation is warning the British government against plans to use a naval dockyard base as a centre for dismantling radioactive submarines.The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has voiced concern about the safety record of Devonport dockyard in south-west England and its position in the middle of Plymouth city as being inappropriate site as a ‘nuclear dumping ground.’ Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear bomb tests on the moon?

The U.S. and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on the Moon, Disinformation, by Ralph Bernardo February 23, 2010“……..Someone in the US government got the bright idea of nuking the Moon, and in 1958 the Air Force Special Weapons Center spearheaded the project (labeled A119, “A Study of Lunar Research Flights”). Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment