BHP Billiton, starts with potash – then on to uranium mining.
by Christina Macpherson, 21 Aug 2010. International mining giant BHP Billiton has an agenda for world-wide uranium mining leadership, as well as a history of world-wide inadequate treatment of indigenous people.
Unable to convince Australian Aborigines of the value to them of uranium mining, and radioactive waste tailings on their land, BHP still hopes to convince Canadian indigenous peoples of their bounty to them – promising jobs (mining) etc.
BHP Billiton touts city Mining firm sees Saskatoon as potash centre By Cassandra Kyle, The StarPhoenix August 20, 2010 The world’s biggest mining company will work to make Saskatoon an international potash hub if it wins its bid to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., BHP Billiton said Thursday…..
Mackenzie acknowledged in the telephone interview that while potash is BHP Billiton’s priority, it has “not ruled out” the development of any of Saskatchewan’s other resources, which include uranium, diamonds, gold, coal and rare earth elements. “We obviously play in many commodities and I think from time to time we do look in a small way at uranium,” he said…
BHP Billiton is starting an advertising program today in an attempt to convince PotashCorp shareholders to accept its takeover offer.
Goldman Sachs going into uranium
Goldman’s glowing – NYPOST.com, By MARK DeCAMBRE , August 20, 2010 Goldman Sachs is about to go nuclear.The gold-plated investment bank, run by CEO Lloyd Blankfein, is making a concerted push into the delivery of uranium for the first time, adding to its high-powered commodities platform….. Continue reading
India gets nuclear submarine from Russia
Russian nuclear submarine leased to India -reports, MOSCOW, Aug 20 (Reuters) by Dmitry Solovyov – Russia has handed a new nuclear-powered submarine over to India for a 10-year lease, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, two years after an accident during testing killed 20 people.The Nerpa, under the command of an Indian crew, left its base on Russia’s Pacific coast earlier this week, bound for an Indian naval base, Interfax news agency quoted a source in Russia’s military-industrial complex as saying.Citing a source in Russia’s Pacific Fleet, RIA news agency said the submarine was manned by a mixed Russian-Indian crew…………India, Russia’s close economic and political partner since Soviet days, accounted for a quarter of Moscow’s arms exports last year, according to estimates by the Centre for Analysts of Strategies and Technologies, a Moscow-based defence think-tank. Russian nuclear submarine leased to India -reports | Reuters
Time for diplomacy with Iran
Defusing nuclear tension with Tehran. Behind warlike rhetoric, the signs are that sanctions have been effective: the time is ripe for renewed diplomacy with Iran Johan Bergenäs guardian.co.uk, 19 August 2010 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said Wednesday that talks about his country’s nuclear programme will not take place “under the shadow” of threats. The United States and other countries should grasp this opportunity, rein in the rhetoric of military action and return to talks with Iran without delay. The time is ripe to take steps towards a negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear conundrum. Continue reading
Cancer on the increase due to chemicals and radiation
It pointed to chemicals and radiation as major causes of cancer
Cancer — The Number One Killer — And Its Environmental Causes, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Karl Grossman, 17 Aug 2010, The World Health Organization projects that this year cancer will become the world’s leading cause of death. Continue reading
Uncertainty over radiation as Russia’s wildfire danger still exists
Vice President of the European Parliament Rodi Kratsa said in a letter to the chamber last week that there are “serious risks” of radiation reaching Europe and asked her fellow deputies to find out whether Russia has a “prevention plan … to avoid the release of radioactive particles into the atmosphere.”
Fallout from Russia’s Fires – the ashes of Chernobyl, TIME, Simon Shuster , 20 Aug 2010, – “……. On Aug. 18, it [the Russian government] organized a trip to Bryansk for observers and environmentalists. Ivan Blokov, who went on behalf of Greenpeace, says the trip left some of the most crucial questions unanswered and convinced him only that the region’s firefighting infrastructure is “in a state of collapse” and would be unable to contain a major fire in the radioactive forests. Continue reading
In-situ uranium mining gets stringent rules to protect groundwater
Among other things, the new rules: Require uranium companies to restore groundwater quality to its pre-mining condition or better….Require baseline water quality testing for all in-situ uranium projects during the prospecting phase.
MINING: Colo. adopts strict regulations on in-situ uranium operations WaterWorld, August 19, 2010, Eryn Gable, Colorado officials have approved the nation’s most stringent water quality protections for in-situ uranium operations as part of an effort to update uranium-mining regulations that dated back to the late 1970s. Continue reading
CIA steps up intelligence effort against nuclear threat
New CIA center to address nuclear, WMD threats, The Hill, By Elise Viebeck – 08/19/10 The CIA is launching a new effort devoted to nuclear and other major weapons threats.Agency Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday the effort would aim to confront “nuclear, chemical and biological” WMDs. It will be initiated by the National Counterproliferation Center, which operates beneath the head of the intelligence community……..
New CIA center to address nuclear, WMD threats – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room
Safety to be increased at Russia’s nuclear sites
Ecologists had warned that large quantities of radioactive dust could be released into the atmosphere if forests caught fire in the Bryansk, Kaluga and Lipetsk regions, contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Russia to boost safety at nuclear sites after fires Aug 19, 2010 By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Russia is to step up safety at its nuclear facilities after wildfires threatened to engulf one centre, raising fears of a radiation leak, the head of the state nuclear corporation said on Thursday. Continue reading
Pakistan’s 125 nuclear weapons at risk from terrorists and U.S. drones
it was a most dangerous situation for the nuclear weapons holder countries if they were dealing with terrorist activities in their territories and unfortunately, Pakistan was one of them, so such threats did exist
US drones could be harmful for Pakistan’s nuclear programme: seminar, Daily Times, 20 Aug 2010, LAHORE: Nuclear issues expert and the director of the Ali Institute of Education, Dr AH Nayyar has expressed fear that US drone attacks could prove harmful for Pakistan’s nuclear programme and its nuclear installations placed at undisclosed locations… Continue reading
USA Republicans preventing inspections of Russia’s nuclear arsenal
because of the Republican tactics, the old START agreement–which was endorsed by Republican and Democratic administrations in the years since the Cold War ended–has expired. So, for the first time in 15 years the Pentagon has lost its ability to inspect the Russian strategic nuclear bases.
On START Treaty, U.S. Suffering From Senate Republican Ignorance, (usnews.com), By John Aloysius Farrell August 19, 2010 Continue reading
Security of Pakistan’s nuclear sites; OK says Pakistani Army
Pakistan Army Spokesman: Nuclear Installations Are Safe From Floods, The MEMRI Blog, 20 Aug 2010, Pakistani Army spokesman Maj.-Gen. Athar Abbas has said that Pakistan’s nuclear installations do not face any danger from the country’s worst floods, according to a Pakistani website.The website of the Dawn newspaper quoted Abbas as saying: “All our nuclear and military installations have remained safe and there is no further danger from flooding.” In recent years, Western nations have expressed concerns over the security of Pakistani nuclear sites.
Gathering opposition to renewal of nuclear plant license
Other groups that have joined the petition include Beyond Nuclear, based in Takoma Park, Md.; New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution of Brattleboro, Vt.; Seacoast Anti-Pollution League in New Hampshire; Pilgrim Watch in Duxbury, Mass.; and C-10 Research & Education Foundation in Newburyport, Mass………….
Opponents petition NH power plant license renewal, BusinessWeek, By KATHY McCORMACK 20 Aug 2010, CONCORD, N.H.Citizens’ groups filed a petition Wednesday to protest an application from New Hampshire’s lone nuclear power plant to extend its license for 20 years. Continue reading
Japanese urged not to invest in risky new nuclear reactors
Speaking tour of Japan challenges MOX fuel use and financing for new U.S. reactors, Beyond Nuclear Aug 19 2 010 . Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps toured Japan from August 2nd to 12th, visiting Tokyo, Fukushima, Fukui, Kansai and Kyushu. Highlights included meeting with officials from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance agency, where a letter signed by 75 U.S. national and grassroots groups was delivered, urging no Japanese financing for risky new reactors in the U.S. Continue reading
Radiation contamination in Russia. USA help in wildfires
Виктория Орти (
ortivika) wrote, 17 August 2010, Two U.S. Air Force planes flew to Moscow , probably on board – one of the seven laboratories for nuclear weapons . Ask yourselves – what could well scare the Russians, to urgently call for help from the U.S. Air Force ?
Mayak is the most radioactive contaminated place in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_Disaster
….”(Lake Katachay) accumulated some 4.44 exabecquerels (EBq) of radioactivity, including 3.6 EBq of Caesium- 137 and 0.74 EBq of Strontium- 90. For comparison, the Chernobyl disaster released from 5 to 12 EBq of radioactivity, but this radiation is not concentrated in one location. ” http://topbloger.ru/?http%3a%2f%2fortivika.livejournal.com%2f953720.html
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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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