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Uranium market’s doubtful long term future

..“There are a lot of projects on the drawing board that will have trouble getting into production or will be delayed”…The “long-term” price “is really the more important indicator when it comes to supporting new project development, rather than the spot price,”

Uranium Miners Need 25% Price Advance for Expansion Incentive, Rio Says, Bloomberg, By Anna Stablum – Sep 23, 2010 Uranium must rise 25 percent to give mining companies an incentive to start or expand projects outside of top producer Kazakhstan, said Clark Beyer, managing director of Rio Tinto Uranium Ltd….. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs, Uranium | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium | Leave a comment

Warm support for UK’s anti-nuclear Lib Democrat Simon Hughes

Hughes shines as keeper of party’s conscience, By Alex Barker in Liverpool September 22 2010 Simon Hughes burnished his credentials as the conscience of the Liberal Democrats on Tuesday, promising activists he would never “back off” confronting Conservatives over student fees and the Trident nuclear deterrent.
The Lib Dem deputy leader’s warmly received speech to the conference underlined his growing influence in a party that sees him as constructively voicing grassroots angst over power sharing.

FT.com / UK / Politics & policy – Hughes shines as keeper of party’s conscience

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

UK’s Chris Huhne losing support, due to his pro nuclear backdown

what Huhne had to say on nuclear power may have been too pragmatic even for his own party, which has grave doubts about the technology. Huhne himself has previously argued that “outdated” nuclear power is not needed to meet the UK’s climate targets. “Nuclear is a tried, tested and failed technology,” he said in November 2007.

Lib Dems will not be reassured by Chris Huhne’s speech guardian.co.uk, 21 September 2010 n the early days of the coalition there was a fair amount of cautious goodwill from environmentalists. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, reactors | Leave a comment

UK’s Lib Democrat leader wimping out on nuclear power

the Green Party leader, Caroline Lucas, said that he was putting too much trust in nuclear power….“He’s wrong about nuclear. It won’t deliver emissions cuts fast enough or big enough”. She dismissed his claims that there would be no public subsidies for nuclear power, suggesting that the nuclear industry’s failure to pay its full waste and decommissioning costs, is itself a subsidy.

Sceptical response to Huhne’s ‘green government’ pledge | Ekklesia, 21 Sep 2010 Environmental groups have given a sceptical response to comments made by the Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne at the Liberal Democrats’ party conference today (21 September).Huhne reiterated the coalition’s pledge to be the “greenest government ever”…….. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors | Leave a comment

International church group slams Australia’s Aboriginal Intervention

“The Intervention has taken control of the lives of Aboriginal peoples through such measures as compulsory income management and compulsory acquisition of leases over Aboriginal land.

“The Labor Government has continued the Intervention which remains a blight on Australia’s reputation.”

Territory shame The Catholic Leader: : 26 September 2010By: Paul Dobbyn AUSTRALIA’S “shameful treatment” of indigenous people in remote Northern Territory communities has been exposed during a six-day fact-finding mission by local and international visitors, Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous | Leave a comment

UK Member of Parliament calls for justice for nuclear veterans

These were young men who were put in the vicinity of weapons tests of which we had no idea about what the side effects would be. “Many of them have now died, many of them are extremely ill and successive governments have done all they can to block compensation to these men.

A MEMBER of an influential parliamentary committee has backed the Derby Telegraph’s campaign to make the Government compensate British nuclear test veterans. derbyshire telegraph 21Sept 10, Some 20,000 servicemen took part in Britain’s atomic bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s, with many now claiming they suffer ill health as a result of radiation exposure. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

UK govt report reveals safety problems with nuclear submarines

Exercise at nuclear submarine yard exposes serious safety failings BAE Systems to rerun mock accident after mistakes at Barrow dockyard that could have put lives at risk Rob Edwards guardian.co.uk, 22 September 2010 Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

UK’s new Trident nuclear missiles put on hold

Delegates at the Lib Dem conference voted unanimously for a motion calling on ministers to allow a full review of alternatives to the like-for-like replacement of Trident.

Lib Dems say Trident decision should be put on hold until after the next election | Mail Online, 23 Sept 10, Trident decision ‘could be put on hold until 2015’ as Lib Dems say judgment should be delayed until after the next election By Daniel Martin Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

China’s ambitions for a nuclear technology sales empire

Chinese nuclear industry’s overseas push, THE HINDU, 22 Sept 10, Ananth Krishnan The announcement from China’s biggest nuclear power firm that it was in talks to set up a one-gigawatt plant in Pakistan underscores the rising overseas ambitions of China’s nuclear power industry, say analysts. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, reactors | Leave a comment

Lawsuit about uranium mill’s contamination of water

The creek contains uranium levels as high as 310 parts per billion, which is more than 10 times the 30 ppb health standard for drinking water.

Group Sues Over Cotter Corp. Uranium Mill Cleanup – cbs4denver.com, Sep 22, 2010 U.S. MountainGroup Sues Over Cotter Corp. Uranium Mill Cleanup DENVER (AP) ― A citizens group has filed a lawsuit accusing Colorado regulators of failing to require Cotter Corp. to set aside enough money to clean up its uranium mill in Canon City. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, Uranium, USA | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, uranium | Leave a comment

BHP Billiton really after Sakatchewan’s uranium?

As for BHP Billiton, it’s clear the company is aware of the province’s uranium bounty.

BHP Billiton eyes uranium Potash first on company’s Sask. agenda By Cassandra Kyle, The StarPhoenix September 21, 2010 “……While potash remains top of mind for BHP Billiton, the CEO of the world’s largest mining company told The StarPhoenix on Monday that the province’s uranium reserves are also of interest to the firm. Continue reading →

September 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | antinuclear, nuclear, uranium | Leave a comment

USA no idea how to get rid of its 70,000 tons of nuclear waste

the panel’s report [Obama’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Wastes] isn’t due until January 2012. And the group’s recommendations aren’t binding on the White House or Congress..….the country’s political leaders are no closer to a safe, permanent disposal plan for nuclear waste than they were a generation ago,

Nuclear waste piles up with no disposal plan, APP.com | Asbury Park Press, By RAJU CHEBIUM • WASHINGTON BUREAU • September 15, 2010 — Tens of thousands of tons of potentially lethal radioactive waste have been piling up across the nation for more than a generation, but the federal government has yet to decide how to get rid of it permanently. Continue reading →

September 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Young and old protest against nuclear power in Germany

thousands of young people joined in as well, along with many middle-of-the road Germans who had never been at a protest before….the protest is a strong signal that a broad spectrum of Germans is opposed to extending nuclear lifetimes,

Most Germans Don’t Want Nuclear Power’ – SPIEGEL ONLINE , 20 Sept 10, Anti-nuclear campaigners demonstrating in Berlin on Saturday sent a powerful message of opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan to extend the lifetimes of German reactors. Media commentators say she would be unwise to ignore it, because her own supporters don’t want nuclear power either. Continue reading →

September 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, opposition to nuclear | antinuclear, nuclear, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Workers contaminated with radiation at South African nuclear plant

The Democratic Alliance has accused Eskom of mishandling the contamination and risking the health of workers.

Koeberg workers contaminated, News24: South Africa: News, 2010-09-20 Koeberg shut down due to corrosion Johannesburg – A total of 91 Eskom workers were contaminated with a small amount of radiation while doing maintenance work at the Koeberg power plant, the parastatal said on Monday. Continue reading →

September 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, South Africa | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactor | Leave a comment

India’s tragic uranium mining effects on communities

Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD), an affiliate of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize recipient International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, conducted a health survey in 2007 that looked at 2,118 families within 2.5 km of the mines.It found that 9.5 percent of newborns die each year due to extreme physical deformities…….

Uranium mines afecting health of workers and local communities, India Info Online, 20 Sept 10, AT BANDUHURANG, there are no prohibitory signs, no warnings about radiation, no barbed wire and no demarcation of territory. Continue reading →

September 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, India, Uranium | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment