Electricite de France trying to salvage failed USA nuclear venture
EDF fell 0.1 percent to close at 31.69 euros in Paris. The shares are down 24 percent this year….Constellation was spending $1 million a day on design work for the proposed plant in Lusby, Maryland, adjacent to its Calvert Cliffs reactors. It cut spending and staff after the loan guarantee failed to materialize, costs rose, power demand fell, and the price of natural gas, a competing fuel for power generation, tumbled,
DF, Constellation in Talks to Save U.S. Nuclear Venture By Tara Patel, Jeffrey McCracken and Jim Polson – Sep 25, 201 (Bloomberg) — Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest utility, and Constellation Energy Group Inc. are in talks to avoid the collapse of their U.S. nuclear venture, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. Continue reading
France’s socialised nuclear power a handicap, not a miracle
Widely Misunderstood in U.S., the French “Nuclear Miracle” is Plagued by Fast-Rising Reactor Costs and “Crowding Out” of Renewables, Vermont Law School -September 9, 2010 C ooper Analysis Shows French Approach Touted by Some For U.S. Reactor Build-Up Is a Failed Model; U.S. Wind & Solar Industries Would Suffer Under Embrace of “French Nuclear Socialism.”SOUTH ROYALTON, VT. – The so-called “French nuclear miracle” embraced by some U.S. policymakers as a model for this nation is a misconception masking a pattern of fast-rising nuclear reactor construction costs and a “crowding out” of investments in renewable energy, such as wind, solar and hydro-electric power, according to a new study by Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment….
A solar company investing in nuclear?
The Property consists of two contiguous mineral dispositions, covering an area of ~2000 hectares, in the western Athabasca Basin, 8.3km west of the Cluff Lake Mine and 12.7km northwest of AREVA/UEX’s Shea Creek Project…..The Athabasca Basin is the most productive uranium producing region in the world, producing approximately 1/3 of the world uranium each year.
Solar Energy Options Major Uranium Prospect in the Athabasca Basin – MarketWatch Sept. 27, 2010, (BUSINESS WIRE) — Solar Energy Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with an arms’-length vendor by which the Company can earn a 100% interest in the West Carswell Property (the “Property”). Continue reading
Do you believe that aliens have deactivated US and UK nuclear missiles?
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Well, I don’t. But I wouldn’t rule out unidentified spying objects – could be the USA and UK spying on each other, for all I know.
Aliens have deactivated British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots Telegraph By Andy Bloxham 28 Sept, Aliens have landed, infiltrated British nuclear missile sites and deactivated the weapons, according to US military pilots. Continue reading
Chinese top executive leaked state secrets to nuclear giant AREVA
Jiang was charged with disclosing information to France’s Areva, the world’s largest builder of nuclear reactors, about a 2004 bid for China’s inland nuclear programme
China exec gets 20 years for leaking secrets Reuters, By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING, Sept 28 – The disgraced president of a Chinese state-owned enterprise has been jailed for 20 years for leaking state secrets in connection with a bid for foreign-made nuclear reactors, Continue reading
Terrorist danger to France’s uranium mines in Niger
Earlier this year, the US warned that al Qaeda’s interest in nuclear weapons was still strong and said the risk of nuclear terrorism was serious.
France sees second attack on energy workers in West Africa, Oil & Gas Journal, Sep 27, 2010 By Eric Watkins,“……………The attack on the Bourbon Alexandre came just 6 days after members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization captured five French nationals in Niger’s uranium fields. Continue reading
Government opposition to Cameco uranium mine in Australia’s Northern Territory
The project has been strongly opposed by environmentalists, who say it could pollute underground water. Chief Minister Paul Henderson says there is strong community opposition to the mine and Labor is listening to the concerns…….
Government opposes Alice uranium mine ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 28 Sept 10, The Northern Territory Government has decided to oppose moves to establish a uranium mine on the Angela Pamela deposit near Alice Springs. Continue reading
Cutting edge technology dispels the propaganda against renewable energy
So when I read the next diatribe opposing renewable power or questioning the science of climate change, I’ll think of these and other visionary businesses across Vermont that chose to do the right thing by Vermont’s economy, our local energy security and the health of the planet.
Businesses across the state see the light: Rutland Herald Online, SUSAN ALLEN September 26, 2010 I’ve been reading with dismay recent commentaries that try, for reasons I cannot fathom, to discredit the renewable energy industry, to turn back the clock and question the proven science of climate change. And I literally shake my head at how hard it is to get some (thankfully not all) in government to recognize the economic benefits offered by these cutting-edge projects. Continue reading
Iran’s nuclear plans under cyber attack
Cyber attack suspected on Iranian N-plans THE AUSTRALIAN, Tom Coghlan * From: The Times * September 25, 2010 3 A COMPUTER virus that has infected more than 60,000 machines in Iran may be a sophisticated cyber-warfare attack on Iran’s clandestine nuclear arms program, according to software experts. Continue reading
Which wealthy nation sent computer worm to Iran’s nukes?
A number of governments with sophisticated computer skills would have the ability to create such a code. They include China, Russia, Israel, Britain, Germany and the United States
Computer attacks linked to wealthy group or nation, Google hosted news, By LOLITA C. BALDOR (AP) – 27 Sept 10, WASHINGTON — A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security company. Continue reading
Iran’s nuclear plant hit by computer worm
has also affected equipment linked to the country’s nuclear program, which is at the core of the dispute between Tehran and Western powers like the United States.
Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant, Google hosted news, By NASSER KARIMI (AP) –17 Sept 10, TEHRAN, Iran Continue reading
Claim that aliens attacked nuclear missile sites
he decided to come forward because he feels it’s time for people to know the truth. “I believe in the extraterrestrial hypothesis, and I think, in this instance, these objects were not constructed on planet Earth.”
Former Air Force officers say UFO’s attacked nuclear missile sites: They will break decades long silence on Monday September 27, 2010 , Gather News, 27 Sept 10, Continue reading
Iran to have talks with UN Security Council in October
Iran to hold talks with 5+1 group in October: Ahmadinejad, Tehran Times TEHRAN 26 Sept 10, – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Friday that Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) will hold nuclear talks in October.According to the schedule, a representative from the Islamic Republic will hold talks with a member of the 5+1 group in October, Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in New York.‘No talks held between Iran and U.S.’
……Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian president dismissed news that secret talks have been held between Iran and the United States. …..
tehran times : Iran to hold talks with 5+1 group in October: Ahmadinejad
Iran says Israel is the obstacle to nuclear weapons-free Mif
Iran: Israel Only Obstacle to Materializing Nuclear-Free Middle-East, Fars News Agency, TEHRAN (FNA) 26 Sept 10, – Iran’s Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh blasted the “intransigent” nuclear policy of the Zionist regime, and said Israel is the only obstacle to the materialization of a Middle-East free from atomic weapons……
Fars News Agency :: Iran: Israel Only Obstacle to Materializing Nuclear-Free Middle-East
Nuclear Regulator contradicting Eskom’s claims on radiation leak
(SouthAfrica) Regulator, Eskom at odds over nuke leak, Times LIVE, Sep 26, 2010 By NASHIRA DAVIDS Radiation levels at the Koeberg nuclear power station had increased for two days before almost 80 employees were found to have been contaminated.
This was revealed by the National Nuclear Regulator.The regulator has started interviewing the workers contaminated with low levels of cobalt-58 while doing maintenance work on Koeberg’s unit 1 earlier this month.
Eskom said earlier that the workers had been exposed to contamination for only one day.
But according to the regulator “elevated levels of airborne activity were detected in the reactor building” from 11 to 12 September.
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