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Renewable energy feed-in tariffs for Taiwan

Taiwan government sets renewable energy feed-in tariffs Bryan Chuang, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES 21 December 2009]
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on December 18 announced final feed-in tariffs for renewable energy which will come into effect until the end of 2010. Renewable energy generating systems approved by the Bureau of Energy from July 10, 2009, the date the Renewable Energy Development Statute came into effect, to December 31, 2010 are eligible for subsidization.

Taiwan government sets renewable energy feed-in tariffs

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, Taiwan | antinuclear, energy efficiency, renewables | Leave a comment

Countries will cheat, with nuclear energy to nuclear weapons

‘The history of the nuclear era adds to the ability of cheaters to get their way…’

Farewell to Nuclear Nonproliferation Khaleej Times Bennett Ramberg 22 December 2009 On November 26 in his final report to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors before retiring after a long distinguished career, Director General Mohamed ElBaradei dared to utter what no other senior public figure would about Iran’s nuclear portfolio:“We have effectively reached a dead end.” Continue reading →

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Renewable energy beating its target in Scotland

Scotland on track to exceed targets for renewable energy Renewable Energy Focus 21 December 2009 Scotland can easily meet its targets for renewable energy and reach 300% of its target by 2020 if all pending schemes are approved. Continue reading →

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, renewable, UK | antinuclear, renewables | Leave a comment

US state’s big push for energy efficiency

Mass. pushing whole energy efficient neighborhoods Google News By STEVE LeBLANC (AP) – 22 Dec 09 BOSTON — Massachusetts officials are hoping to use a federal stimulus grant to take the idea of energy conservation down from the lofty heights of solar panels and wind turbines and bring it back to the neighborhood. Continue reading →

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, ENERGY, USA | antinuclear, energy efficiency, renewables | Leave a comment

Danger of attack on Iran’s nuclear plants

Ex-Russian PM warns against attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities Ria Novosti 22 Dec 09
Any attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would have “horrible and unpredictable consequences,” a former Russian prime minister said on Monday. Continue reading →

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Sudden shutdown of nuclear reactor

Shutdown Brings NRC Inspectors To Millstone Nuclear Plan The Hartford Courant By JOSH KOVNER 21 Dec 09 WATERFORD — – Troubleshooters at the Millstone nuclear power complex were working Monday to find the cause of an electrical short that triggered an automatic shutdown of Unit 3, one of two nuclear reactors at the plant.Shutdown Brings NRC Inspectors To Millstone Nuclear Plan — Courant.com

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear | Leave a comment

Arizona nuclear reactor closing permanently

Univ. of Ariz. plans to shut down research reactor Google News By BOB CHRISTIE (AP)22 Dec 09 The University of Arizona plans to shut down its 51-year-old nuclear reactor by mid-2010, ending a half-century of specialized nuclear research and training at the Tucson school.The writing has been on the wall for the reactor’s demise since the late 1990s, said the professor who runs the UA Nuclear Research Lab. That’s when falling demand for nuclear engineers led the university to end specialized degree programs that had fed hundreds of engineers into the nuclear Navy and private nuclear industry.The reactor’s license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission expires next year, and with a rigorous re-licensing process, the decision was made to shut the reactor down.

December 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Kyoto Protocol defined nuclear energy as neither clean nor renewable

Copenhagen, nuclear power, and the Clean Development Mechanism Nuclear Reaction, by Justin, 18 Dec 09

“……..For those who don’t know it,the Clean Development Mechanism the CDM is a system set up under the Kyoto Protocol which allows industrialised countries committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to earn carbon credits by investing in low-carbon projects in developing countries rather than building more expensive projects in their own countries.

Nuclear energy was specifically excluded from the CDM at the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change conference in 2001. Continue reading →

December 18, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, climate change | antinuclear, climate change, Copenhagen, nuclear, nuclear spin, renewableenergy, renewables, solar, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear energy not cheap, not clean,

Greenpeace debunks nuclear benefit – “expanding global nuclear capacity would be accompanied by costs of nearly $10 trillion.” Malaysia Business Insight BY PAUL ICAMINA

NUCLEAR’S contribution in easing climate change is “too little, too late,” the anti-nuclear group Greenpeace said. Continue reading →

December 18, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs, climate change | antinuclear, AREVA, Copenhagen, EDF, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

India going into big debt for nuclear power program

India’s Nuclear Power Plans to Borrow $6.5 Billion By Archana Chaudhary Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) –– Nuclear Power Corp. of India, the nation’s monopoly atomic generator, plans to borrow as much as $6.5 billion to fund six new reactors. The state-run company will raise about 140 billion rupees ($3 billion) from loans and bonds to build four 700-megawatt plants, Chairman Shreyans Kumar Jain said in a phone interview from Mumbai today. It will also seek about $3.5 billion in loans for two 1,000-megawatt reactors it’s developing in Kudankulam with Russia’s Rosatom Corp., he said…… Continue reading →

December 18, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, India | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Why nuclear power is useless against global warming

Nuclear power not the answer to global warming Bleeding Heartland by: desmoinesdem Wed Dec 17, 2009 To avoid the most catastrophic impacts of global warming, the U.S. needs to cut power plant emissions roughly in half over the next 10 years.
* Nuclear power is too slow to contribute to this effort. No new reactors are now under construction and building a single reactor could take 10 years or longer, while costing billions of dollars. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear, nuclear wastes | 2 Comments

Poor safety, corruption in China’s nuclear program

Nuclear Power Expansion in China Stirs Concerns The New York Times By KEITH BRADSHER 15 Dec 09 inside and outside the country, the speed of the construction program has raised safety concerns.
The last country to carry out such a rapid nuclear expansion was the United States in the 1970s, in a binge of reactor construction that ended with the Three Mile Island accident Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear workers’ cancer from radiation

More former Hanford workers eligible for money Seattle pi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS December 16, 2009 RICHLAND, Wash. — More former workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation may be eligible for compensation for developing cancer due to radiation exposure. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

France’s nuclear power troubled in extreme weather

French Nuclear Power Struggles in a Cold Snap Business Week by: Carol Matlack on December 16 “…… the system also has shortcomings, as became evident this week when a cold snap sent electricity demand soaring. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France | antinuclear, AREVA, climate change, EDF, France, nuclear | Leave a comment

CT scan radiation cancer danger

CT scan radiation ’causes cancer’ Herald Sun Washington AFP * December 17, 2009 TWO US studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine have found that radiation from computed tomographic (CT) scanners can cause cancer decades after patient exposure. Continue reading →

December 17, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment