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Nuclear power plant tender canceled

Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender Google News (AFP) – 21 Nov 09 ANKARA — Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country’s first nuclear power plant — Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, MIDDLE EAST | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy | Leave a comment

Why Australia won’t get nuclear power

Peak Energy: Crikey’s Bernard Keane has the next installment of his series on why nuclear power is unlikely to be seen in Australia – 20 Nov 09
To those who say “beaudy nuke”: why should taxpayers suffer? What would it cost Australia to go nuclear? Good question. Excellent question, in fact, because no one really knows. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear lobby positioning itself as “green”

Beyond Nuclear 20 Nov 09 Climate change and its impacts are now undeniable. Leaders from around the world will have to reach a new climate agreement during the December 2009 Copenhagen Summit. Urgent measures must be taken to achieve a massive reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions.

Under the current Kyoto Protocol, nuclear energy is rightly excluded from the possible solutions available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the nuclear industry, in collaboration with certain countries, is pushing for this dangerous and polluting technology to be included in the next climate agreement as a “clean” technology.

The nuclear industry would then be able to take advantage of significant public investments at the expense of real solutions! Such a disingenuous strategy would mean losing the fight against climate change and promoting the global expansion of the nuclear industry, with its associated risks. Please sign the petition today asking decision-makers at Copenhagen to reject nuclear energy as a “clean” technology and to oppose its inclusion in the mechanisms to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Please sign today.

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, climate change | antinuclear, climate change, Copenhagen, nuclear, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, renewables | Leave a comment

People rallying to combat nuclear and fossil fuels

Converging on Copenhagen The INDYPENDENT By Jessica Lee
From the November 20, 2009 issue Leaders of 192 nations will convene for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Dec. 7 through Dec. 18 to hash out badly needed policy to combat global warming and address climate justice…..Ten years after a coalition of environmental and global justice movements took on the World Trade Organization in Seattle, a vast grassroots effort will come together in Copenhagen to disrupt business as usual. It’s time to act now against the system that threatens the planet.or…

As the coal and oil sectors are targeted as climate culprits, the nuclear power industry is remaking itself as a green alternative. Environmentalists counter that nuclear power has a huge carbon footprint because of the energy needed to mine and process uranium, construct anddecommission the plants, and handle, process and store radioactive waste………………http://www.indypendent.org/2009/11/19/converging-on-copenhagen/

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, Denmark | antinuclear, Copenhagen, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, renewables | 1 Comment

Doctor asserts that nuclear power is unsafe

Nuclear power opponent speaks out on Payette proposal
Dr. Peter Rickards asserts atomic power is unsafe

By JESSICA KELLER
ARGUS OBSERVER
Thursday, November 19, 2009 PAYETTE — Dr. Peter Rickards, Twin Falls, intends to drive to Payette County today to attend the Payette County Planning & Zoning Commission meeting where the board will consider a comprehensive plan amendment regarding a proposed nuclear power plant……“I’m the kind of guy who likes to double checks things,” Rickards said.

He said, beyond the large nuclear power plant accidents in the past, there have been smaller problems at other plants that could have turned into disasters, specifically naming a power plant, Davis-Besse, in Ohio where he said a small leak was detected and then deliberately ignored. The Davis-Besse plant has faced a number of challenges since construction began on the facility in 1970.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported the Davis-Besse plant encountered several of the most dangerous types of nuclear miscues since the late 1970s.

Rickards said voters in Idaho and Payette County should be concerned about any nuclear power plant proposal. ………….“Basically nuclear power is the only energy source that can cause the permanent evacuation of a widespread region such as southern Idaho,” he said. He encourages people to attend tonight’s meeting and get involved because he does not think Payette County should be put on the frontlines again, nor should local residents be asked to compromise their safety or families……..http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2009/11/19/news/doc4b0588066a35f229277495.txt

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear plant has poor safety culture

San Onofre’s Safety problems , Voice of SanDiego, by Andrew Donahue 18 Nov 09 While two whistleblower complaints at San Onofre nuclear plant made big news locally today, the plant has been dogged by numerous safety issues in the past, as our in-depth piece from former Los Angeles Times energy reporter Elizabeth Douglass found earlier this year. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

Women warned on radiation hazard of mammograms

Repeated X-rays could lead to problems The Desert Sun •Diana Saunders November 19, 2009 In the debate about mammograms, a key word is missing: X-rays. Although mammograms are low-dose X-rays, they pose a small risk of radiation-induced cancer that increases with each mammogram. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

China: No civil rights for nuclear whistleblower

Australian Uranium to China, a Worry for Many Reasons Second shipment of uranium heads to Australia, environmental whistleblowers still in jail By Shar Adams Epoch Times Staff 18 Nov 09 AUSTRALIA—Sun Xiaodi, a warehouse manager at China’s No. 792 uranium mine in Gansu Province, was ignored when he first began to report on corruption and radioactive contamination by mine operatives in 1988. Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, uranium | Leave a comment

How to warn our great-great grandchildren about nuclear wastes?

How Can We Warn the Future About Nuclear Waste?More Atlantic Wire By Heather Horn on November 18, 2009 Disposing of deadly nuclear waste is hard enough, but all the effort is for naught if you can’t stop people from digging it up again. Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear wastes, wastes | Leave a comment

Call for sustainable non nuclear energy

New Greenpeace Chief Calls for Sustainable, Nuclear-Free Power Supply New York Times November 18, 2009 By JAMES KANTER – Kumi Naidoo speaks “…………..we can have a clean, sustainable power supply if we embrace existing technologies like wind and solar power. It is a priority to engage more people in this debate. Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | antinuclear, Copenhagen, nuclear, renewableenergy, renewables | Leave a comment

The case against nuclear energy

The case against The Whitehaven News 18 November 2009

THE Government has just announced that 10 sites around the UK can be fast-tracked through the planning system for nuclear new build. Three of them are along the Cumbrian coast, two of them on greenfield sites. Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radioactive, renewableenergy | Leave a comment

European Commission has a vision of 80% renewable energy

European Commission outlines a vision of 80% renewable energy by 2050 Frontier India Strategic and Defence – Commodity and Energy 19 Nov 09 Brussels, Over 550 high-level political decision makers at EU, national and regional level, representatives of the renewable energy industry, NGOs and scientists gathered in Brussels for the 3rd European Renewable Energy Policy Conference, Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, climate change, EUROPE, renewable | antinuclear, renewableenergy, renewables | Leave a comment

2 SoCal nuke plant workers file federal complaints

2 SoCal nuke plant workers file federal complaints Mercury News.com The Associated Press : 11/18/2009 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—Two supervisors at the San Onofre nuclear power plant have filed federal complaints claiming they suffered retaliation for reporting safety violations. Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

The GNEP and the myth of ‘clean’ nuclear power

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Could it be that the nuclear powers are in so deep that they just don’t know how to get out? Despite the cost, despite the mounting unsolved waste problem, despite the countries seeking nuclear weapons, the Big Powers forge on with the myths of “clean” “cheap”, “climate friendly” nuclear power.

From the statement of Gordon Brown, and the US China joint statement (both quoted below) it looks as if the myths will continue to be perpetrated, and that even the failed idea of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership might get a re-run.

November 18, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Grand global hogwash about nuclear power

‘We can lead construction of a new global order’ Public service.co.uk November 17, 2009 The UK can shape the world of the future by leading in global co-operation, the Prime Minister said in his annual speech on foreign policy at the Lord Mayor’s banquet. Gordon Brown – “………..Britain must continue to lead the renewal of a grand global bargain between nuclear weapon and non-nuclear weapon states. A fair and balanced deal in which non nuclear weapons states must accept clear responsibilities to end proliferation by renouncing nuclear weapons in return for the right to access civil nuclear power;…..

‘We can lead construction of a new global order’ – Public Service

November 18, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Christina's notes, spinbuster | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment