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Dubious security of India’s nuclear plants

Pressing the radio buttons THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS Huma Siddiqui Dec 07, 2009 Radioactivity is invisible, has no smell, makes no sound—in fact it cannot be detected by any of our senses. Yet, in case of a radioactive spill arising out of a nuclear accident, harmful effects to human mankind can be unimaginable.

The recent contamination of a water cooler in Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka has once again raised question marks Continue reading →

December 7, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

AREVA’s money troubles: drive to sell its nuclear reactors

FOCUS: Areva Still Needs Cash Despite T&D Sale
CNN Money By Geraldine Amiel, Dow Jones Newswires 4 Dec 09 PARIS – Despite selling its transmission and distribution business for EUR4.1 billion, French state-controlled nuclear engineering Areva SA ( CEI.FR) still needs billions more of funding to realize its substantial expansion program.

And to come up with the EUR7 billion or so of additional money for investment, Areva may have to sell more of its family silver, possibly as soon as 2010. “Financing remains an issue,” SGCIB’s analyst Gael de Bray said…… Continue reading →

December 5, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, France | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

UK govt dismisses its own experts’ nuke waste advice

Nuclear “Smoke and Mirrors” in Lancaster virtual-lancaster.net news blog 4 Dec 09 Lancaster Town Hall recently played host to some very clever nuclear smoke and mirrors from the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the form of a slick travelling exhibition promoting extensive new nuclear build at Heysham. But despite government assurances on display that arrangements exist or will exist for the long term management of radioactive waste generated by Britain’s civil nuclear program, those claims have now been challenged by experts on the issue. Continue reading →

December 5, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Fears over nuclear waste dumping in UK

New fears over nuclear waste site LEP.co.uk 04 December 2009

Concerns have been raised that radioactive rubbish from across the UK will be dumped on the outskirts of a Lancashire city. Continue reading →

December 5, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Urgency now to transform energy use

Energy Transition: one chance to get it right Sustainable Industries by Richard Heinberg 4 Dec 09 Building new nuclear plants will be costly and slow—and controversial. Moreover, uranium is itself a depleting resource, with ore quality relentlessly declining worldwide.  Continue reading →

December 5, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | antinuclear, Copenhagen, nuclear, renewableenergy, renewables | 1 Comment

Costly power loss at nuclear plant

Turbine vibrations hold nuke plant at 65% power

Seacoastonline.com By Shir Haberman

shaberman@seacoastonline.com

December 04, 2009

SEABROOK — The Seabrook Station nuclear power plant is currently operating at only 65 percent capacity Continue reading →

December 5, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Utility investigates crack in containment wall at nuclear plant

Utility investigates crack in containment wall at nuclear plant Ocala.com By Fred Hiers December 3, 2009 aProgress Energy continues to investigate what caused a 2-inch wide and at least 30-foot-long crack in the containment wall of its Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant. It expects to have answers within the next few weeks.Once the cause is determined, the utility will decide how it will repair the containment wall, said Jessica Lambert, Progress Energy spokeswoman.

Utility investigates crack in containment wall at nuclear plant | Ocala.com | Star-Banner | Ocala, FL

December 5, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation | Leave a comment

No nuclear power plants for UK’s Conservative Party

We will not build nuclear power plants if elected – Tory adviser

North West Evening Mail 02 December 2009

David Cameron’s green adviser has thrown more doubt on where the party stands over nuclear power after declaring no new stations would be built under a Tory government.

Zac Goldsmith, the Tory candidate for Richmond, and one of Mr Cameron’s closest advisers on the environment, insisted no new nuclear power stations would be built if the Conservatives were to win the next general election.

He said Tory policy “was to give a green light to nuclear power as long as there is no call on the taxpayer, not just in terms of building, but maintenance, security and disposal of waste. In the history of nuclear power there has never been a station built without huge use of taxpayers’ subsidy.”…..Mr Cameron himself two years ago said the power source was a “last resort”.

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste dumping leads to development of Somali piracy

Who Are the Real Pirates in Somali Waters?

Islam Online.net By Abdulkarim Mohamed Jimale 3 Dec 09 When will Somali piracy problem come to an end? When will the world really care for Somalia’s unprotected waters, stop the illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste? Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Somalia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, Somalia, wastes | Leave a comment

Wisconsin’s law prevents new nuclear reactors

Raging grannies highlight nuclear issues RootsWire December 2, 2009 by Uppity Wisconsin Repeal of Wisconsin’s restrictions on new nuclear power reactors is “a gift to the dying nuclear industry that Wisconsin residents can’t afford,” a Carbon Free Nuclear Free coalition of 13 environmental, public interest and consumer groups — with an assist from the Raging Grannies — said Tuesday. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Scramble to re-license aging nuclear plants

What’s the Hurry? PG&E rushes to renew Diablo plant licenses far in advance of the due dates

The New times BY MATT FOUNTAIN 3 Dec 09 Critics accuse Pacific Gas and Electric Company of trying to bypass crucial state oversight by applying to renew the operating licenses for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant many years in advance of the deadlines. Not only consumer and safety watchdog groups question the move but also the state’s main agency for energy policy. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

US: poor management of radioactive wastes

Firm’s work is blasted

DOE admonishes contractor at SRS

Augusta Chronicle By Rob Pavey 3 Dec 09 Savannah River Site’s main contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, was admonished by the Energy Department on Wednesday for poor management and unacceptable delays in its mission to dispose of 4,200 cubic meters of transuranic nuclear waste by September 2012. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, wastes | Leave a comment

Renewable energy, not nuclear, for Pacific islands

Paradise Sinking

By Ben Bohane

HAARETZ . com 3 Dec 09 “………..Pacific states are realizing that they may have a distinct advantage in the reordering of the global economy, as it moves away from a dependence on fossil fuels. Developing nations in equatorial zones have begun a concerted move toward a switch to renewable energy. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, OCEANIA, renewable | antinuclear, nuclear, renewableenergy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

UK test veterans aging, as they await possible compensation

Pay our nuclear test veterans now – This is Derbyshire.co.uk December 03, 2009,

AN MP is demanding the Government stop wasting cash fighting nuclear-test veterans in court – and says ministers should instead use the money to compensate them immediately. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, UK | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Japan’s plutonium nuclear reactor to start despite serious problems

From THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

GENKAI, Saga Prefecture–Despite lingering questions about safety, cost efficiency and waste disposal, the trial operation of the long-delayed “pluthermal” program–perhaps the future of Japan’s energy needs–started here Thursday…………….. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | 1 Comment