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AREVA’s new nuclear reactors’ safety flaws

Nuclear expert warns of safety flaws in AREVA’s EPR | ecoficial 30 Nov 09 An independent expert, commissioned by Greenpeace, has concluded that two nuclear reactors, currently under construction in Finland and France, suffer from serious safety flaws. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, safety | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | 1 Comment

Iran bluff and bluster over nuke plants

Iran nuke plans largely bluster, experts say By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER (AP) – TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.’s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Poor nuclear security in India

Lax security at Kaiga? Express buzz Arun 01 Dec 2009 BANGALORE: Going by concern expressed by antinuclear activists, the tritium leak at the Kaiga nuclear power plant reflects the callousness by the authorities. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

USA: nuclear lobby to wreck climate goals?

Will nuclear power blow up Obama’s climate goals for Copenhagen ? Sunday 29 November 2009

by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t

“……….the proposed reduction is actually as little as 20 percent of the targeted reduction goals – based on 1990 levels – recommended by the UN-sponsored international scientific body that suggests treaty standards.) Continue reading →

November 30, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, Copenhagen, nuclear, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Solar power will out-compete nuclear

Basic Concepts about Solar Power Going Green Tips 29 Nov 09 “………… Even 15 years ago Nobel Prize winner Jaures Alferov said that if in the development of alternative sources of energy allocated at least 15% of funds spent on nuclear power, there would be no need for nuclear power plant construction. Continue reading →

November 30, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, renewables | 1 Comment

Native American tribe opposes nuclear plant expansion

Minn. tribe rallies against nuke plant’s expansion
KARE, by John Croman 28 Nov 09 WELCH, Minn. — Members of a Minnesota Native American community with a nuclear power plant as its neighbor rallied Friday to voice opposition to a utility’s expansion plans there. Continue reading →

November 28, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, indigenous issues, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Doubts about new nuclear push

What nuclear ‘renaissance’? ‘Major concerns’ about new nuclear reactor designs
Greenpeace 28 Nov 09 Do you know many companies like the nuclear industry who have only one product in their catalogue? There was Ford and the Model T, but that was 100 years ago, and they at least knew how to build and sell it. Continue reading →

November 28, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, EDF, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Australian shareholders protest BHP’s uranium mining

BHP chief takes on shareholder activists ABC Radio PM Annie Guest reported this story on November 26, 2009

The protestors outside and shareholder activists inside raised concerns about uranium mining and storage… Continue reading →

November 27, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear lobby hiring “green” spruikers

Still more fluff, lies and radiation from TMI and the new nuke media machine OpEd News by Harvey Wasserman 25 Nov 09 “…….the hype about alleged green support for new reactors. Latest is a carefully contrived piece of industry fluff from one Anthony Faiola, whose “Nuclear Power Regains Support” has just been featured atop the Washington Post. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Radiation over-exposure – another hospital incident

Another hospital reports over exposure KHTS News by Jeremiah McDaniel November 24 2009 In what is beginning to seem like a recurring scene, another hospital has come forward and reported that some of its patients were exposed to high doses of radiation during CT scans.The overdoses happened at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, where ten patients accidentally received three to four times higher doses of radiation during their procedures………….. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

New book on nuclear economics

NUCLEAR ENERGY IS SIMPLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE (& NEW ENERGY IS THE BEST BUY) New Energy News 25 Nov 09 Generating Failure; How Building Nuclear Power Plants Would Set America Back in the Race Against Global WarmingTravis Madsen, Tony Dutzik, Bernadette Del Chiaro and Rob Sargent, November 2009 (Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center)

SUMMARY Expert evidence continues to accrue relegating nuclear energy to the category of “yesterday’s answer.” There is a move afoot in Congress to dramatically up spending for new nuclear energy projects. Bad idea. Look at the evidence. Don’t do it………………………

NewEnergyNews: NUCLEAR ENERGY IS SIMPLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE (& NEW ENERGY IS THE BEST BUY)

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, renewableenergy | Leave a comment

Nuclear lobby ignores aging, cracking reactors

As U.S. Probes Radiation at Three Mile Island, Christian Parenti on Enduring “Zombie Nuke Plants” Nationwide Democracy Now 25 Nov 09 Interview with Christian Parenti “………One of the problems is that radiation makes metal brittle, so these plants are in serious disrepair. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

French nuclear company marketing a dirty old solution

Accident casts fresh doubt on nuclear safety, Baltimore Sun 25 Nov 09 In the current issue of Scientific American, Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi propose a technically feasible, clean and efficient energy future from wind, water and sun. They note that wind – at 7 cents per kwh and projected to drop to 4 cents by 2020 – is getting cheaper than new nuclear, which is growing more expensive. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, safety | antinuclear, EDF, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, renewableenergy, renewables | Leave a comment

Taxpayer to take the risk of nuclear plants

Protecting Georgians from Unfair Costs for New Reactors November 24th, 2009 › Clean Energy › Sara Barczak “……………..Historical Boondoggles
In the 1970s and 80s the utility industry made a huge financial mess when they built nuclear reactors. There were construction delays and huge cost overruns; many projects were canceled after spending billions of dollars. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Climate change answer is sustainability, not nuclear

Nuclear power as the solution to our carbon emissions problem? Biocitizen By Kurt Heidinger on Nov 24, 2009 Today we learn, courtesy of the Washington Post, that “nuclear power is the “new” solution to humanity’s carbon emissions problem”. Continue reading →