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legal action to stop Grand Canyon mine

Groups say they’ll sue to stop Grand Canyon mine

Legal News September 8th, 2009

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Environmental groups have given notice that they’ll sue the federal Bureau of Land Management over its decision to allow a uranium mine to reopen near the Grand Canyon.

Canadian mining company Denison Mines Corp. says it could reopen its mine about 20 miles north of the canyon by the end of the year. Dennison received the final state permit it needed last week………………he Center for Biological Diversity, the Grand Canyon Trust and the Sierra Club argue that the BLM is relying on an old environmental analysis and isn’t considering potential impacts on endangered species.

The notice the groups filed Tuesday says they plan to file a lawsuit in 60 days.

http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/09/08/environmental-groups-say-theyll-sue-to-stop-uranium-mine-near-grand-canyon-from-reopening-12031/

September 11, 2009 Posted by | Legal, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Energy company to pay up for waste violations at nuclear plant

safety-symbol1Energy NW to pay $80,000 penalty
The News Tribune  By Drew Foster,  09/09/09
Energy Northwest must pay an $80,000 fine to the state for waste management violations after a penalty against the Richland-based power supplier was recently upheld.

The state Pollution Control Hearings Board upheld the 2007 complaint, filed by the state Department of Ecology after waste management violations were found at the Columbia Generating Center nuclear power plant outside Richland. But the board reduced the amount of the penalties from $120,000 to $80,000.

Energy NW to pay $80,000 penalty | The News Tribune – Northwest | Seattle-Tacoma News, Weather, Sports, Jobs, Homes and Cars | South Puget Sound’s Destination

September 10, 2009 Posted by | 1, safety, USA | , , , | 2 Comments

Kazakhstan radiation hotspot

The world’s worst radiation hotspot
THE INDEPENDENT 10 September 2009
At the start of the Cold War, Stalin chose one of the furthest outposts of his empire to test the Soviet Union’s first nuclear bombs. Sixty years on, their cancerous legacy is still being felt. Jerome Taylor reports from Kurchatov Continue reading →

September 10, 2009 Posted by | 1, environment, Kazakhstan | , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Nuclear Renaissance’ dragging on slowly but not surely

A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward
The New York Times September 9, 2009, By Matthew L. Wald
A dispatch from the uneven march toward new nuclear reactor construction:…………………..With a recession that has both reduced demand for electricity and made it difficult for utilities to borrow money, considerable uncertainty surrounds planned reactor projects — despite the expedited process.. Continue reading →

September 10, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Oyster Creek nuclear plant aging and problematic

Nation’s oldest nuclear plant showing its age
Google News By WAYNE PARRY (AP)  10 Sept 09 LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — As the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant shows its age, some call it Oyster Creak.The latest problems — a series of radioactive water leaks — were found just days after the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station got a new 20-year license that environmentalists bitterly fought for four years. Continue reading →

September 10, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

UK Nuclear power is the last straw

Nuclear power is the last straw
The Guardian, Professor David Elliott 9 September 2009
Nuclear power s not the answer to climate change (Guilty greens admit they could do more, 2 September). Indeed it could well undermine the development of the real solutions – energy efficiency and renewable energy. And yet the Labour government has moved from a position of supporting a programme of replacing older nuclear plants to one of a radical expansion, with talk of a UK nuclear contribution of 35-40% “beyond 2030″…………………..

The new policies on nuclear will, I believe, lead to major long-term global security problems. The policies could also undermine energy security and environmental sustainability, since money, manpower and other resources will be diverted away from renewables and energy efficiency.

Letters: Nuclear power is the last straw | Environment | The Guardian

September 10, 2009 Posted by | 1, politics, UK | , , | Leave a comment

India and nuclear tests

No Need Of More Nuclear Tests

Kashmir Watch, Sep 8

By ALI SUKHANVER “.…………..The fact is that India needs no new nuclear tests .From the very beginning; the Indian nuclear program was ambitious and envisaged having a remarkable capability for covering the entire nuclear fuel cycle.  Continue reading →

September 9, 2009 Posted by | 1, India, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Australian uranium royalties scheme damaging for aborigines

Royalties scheme hurts Indigenous: Greens

ABC News By Kirsty Nancarrow

Sep 8, 2009

The Australian Greens have accused the Federal Government of bowing to the uranium mining industry at the expense of the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal people over the issue of mining royalties.

The Senate is debating a bill that would extend the system whereby miners only pay royalties in the Territory if they are making a profit. Continue reading →

September 9, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues | , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear is not “the answer”

Nuclear is not the answerL slowing down in a sped-up world
Science blogs Rebecca Solnit 9 Sept 09
“………….Well, the first problem is that they still think like big science–that there is “the answer.” In fact, there are hundreds of little answers that don’t include nuclear, including scaling back our consumption and travel and building better and using a lot of the elegant new engineering Continue reading →

September 9, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | , , | Leave a comment

Nukes vs. Humanity

COMMENTARY: Nukes vs. Humanity

Huntington News By Tom H. Hastings Sept. 8, 2009
The decision to develop nukes was entirely secret, arrogating this existential threat to a tiny priesthood in one country—replicated more or less in every nation which has acquired these blasphemous things. This problem is self explanatory and so patently anti-democratic that it is simply necessary to continue to point it out. Nothing conceived in such opacity can be good for democracy. Continue reading →

September 9, 2009 Posted by | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power’s uncertain prospects

The New Nukes
The WALL STREET JOURNAL

By REBECCA SMITH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
“…………..nuclear is far from a sure thing. Yes, the plants of tomorrow—some of which could enter construction as soon as 2012—go at least part way toward solving some of the problems of yesterday. But they are still more expensive than fossil-fuel plants, and they still generate waste that must be stored safely somewhere. Continue reading →

September 8, 2009 Posted by | 1, 1 NUCLEAR ISSUES, 2 WORLD | , , , , | Leave a comment

Belarusian Nuclear Power costly and dangerous

Belarusian Nuclear Power Project: Dangerous and Expensive
BIELAR.US 8 Sept 09 “…………a nuclear plant built by Russia on a Russian loan, serviced by Russian technicians and fed with Russian fuel might be a very good deal for Russia, but will hardly make Belarus more independent. Continue reading →

September 8, 2009 Posted by | 1, Belarus, business and costs | , , , , , | Leave a comment

The secret scandal of depleted uranium

The Betrayal » The Biggest Con: Democrats & Republicans Work Together To Destroy America
oilforimmigration 6 Sept 09
Depleted uranium weapons were first given by the US to Israel for use under US supervision in the 1973 Sinai war against the Arabs. Since then the US has tested, manufactured, and sold depleted uranium weapons systems to 29 countries. Continue reading →

September 8, 2009 Posted by | 1, environment, MIDDLE EAST | , , , , | Leave a comment

50,000 join anti-nuclear power march in Berlin

The Local 5 Sep 09
Some 50,000 anti-nuclear protestors demonstrated in Berlin on Saturday against Germany possibly reversing a decision to abandon atomic energy and extending the life of its nuclear power plants. Continue reading →

September 8, 2009 Posted by | 1, Germany, politics | , , , | Leave a comment

Regional nuclear issues top IAEA board meeting’s agenda

Regional nuclear issues top IAEA board meeting’s agenda
VIENNA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will focus on Iran, Syria and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at its board meeting this week………………. Continue reading →

September 8, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, politics | , , | Leave a comment

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