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Britain’s top scientist calls for nuclear disarmament laboratories

Martin Rees calls on UN to establish nuclear disarmament laboratoriesThe president of the Royal Society, Sir Martin Rees, wants the UN to set up the laboratories to verify that countries are keeping their promises on nuclear disarmament, Ian Sample, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 May 2010
Britain’s most senior scientist has called on the United Nations to establish a network of laboratories specialised in detecting and dismantling nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

May 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Tactical nuclear weapons will remain in Europe

A Nuclear Europe | ATTACKERMAN, Spencer Ackerman, 20 May 2010, Looping back to the Obama administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, one of the decisions that document deferred was about the future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. The NPR figured that NATO’s forthcoming report on its new Strategic Concept was the right venue for determining if Europe (specifically, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and Germany) should still host the so-called ‘tacs.’ So as it turns out the Strategic Concept recommendations task force delivered its work to NATO civilian headquarters in Brussels earlier this week. And here’s what the task force said on the subject: As long as nuclear weapons remain a reality in international relations, the alliance should retain a nuclear component to its deterrent strategy — at the minimum level required by the prevailing security environment. Under current security conditions, the retention of some U.S. forward-deployed systems on European soil reinforces the principle of extended nuclear deterrence and collective defence. A Nuclear Europe | ATTACKERMAN

May 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear Non Proliferation talks stalled by Iran sanctions

Iran sanctions snarl global nuclear talks, guardian.co.uk, Julian Borger, 20 May 2010, The brisk rejection of a last minute compromise on Iran proposed by Brazil and Turkey has snarled broader UN talks on disarmament and non-proliferation
The rapid flurry of diplomatic activity in the past few days over Iran has collided with the month-long talks in New York on mending the threadbare Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the results have not been pretty. Continue reading →

May 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty badly in need of reform

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty? zikkir.com | 18 May 2010, By Hayrettin Kilic“..………In order to reform or re-write the NPT, President Obama needs to study the following existing global nuclear weapons inventory very carefully. As of 2010 there are approximately 23.400 nuclear weapons located at 111 different sites in 14 countries. Half of which is trigger ready or deployable in short time. Russia (13.000) and United states (9.400) possess 96 % of these weapons. The other nuclear club members Britain (180), Chine (240), France (300) along with de Facto countries India (80), Israel (100), Pakistan (90) are also added this monumental list. Continue reading →

May 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Obama: $80 billion for nuke weapons, to promote peace? It’s confusing

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(Yeah – as a humble peasant, I don’t understand why Obama has to bribe the Republicans with hugely more nuclear weapons money, so they will agree with Obama’s and Russia’s plans to cut back nuclear weapons.?)

Kerry said the $80 billion funding request was the largest since the Cold War.

Obama wants $80 billion to upgrade nuclear arms complex, NewsDaily, By Susan Cornwelland Phil Stewart, (Additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick; Writing by Phil Stewart; Editing by John O’Callaghan) WASHINGTON, May 13, 2010 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama sent a landmark arms-reduction treaty with Russia to the Senate on Thursday for ratification and called for $80 billion in nuclear funding, which could help win opposition support. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear renaissance, nuclear spin, peace, plutonium | Leave a comment

Climate Change and Nuclear Power highlighted in UK election

Labour & Lib Dems Put Spotlight on Conservative Climate Sceptics The Energy Collective, by Vicky Portwain on 04/25/2010 Labour and Liberal Democrat energy representatives Ed Miliband and Simon Hughes joined forces to put Tory climate change sceptics in the spotlight this week.TThe ‘green hustings’ event organised by the Guardian featured a debate on climate change and energy between the 3 biggest political parties. The debate can be heard online via the Guardian website…… Nuclear Power The Lib Dems do not believe nuclear power stations can be delivered in time before the energy crisis hits and that the nuclear programme undermines the building out of renewable energy……Labour & Lib Dems Put Spotlight on Conservative Climate Sceptics

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, climate change, disarmament, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Uranium mining deal between Iran and Zimbabwe

The pact seems certain to place Iran under even greater scrutiny by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Iran strikes secret nuclear mining deal with Mugabe regime, zimbabwemetro.com, Raymond Mhaka on Apr 25th, 2010 The agreement was sealed last month during a visit to Tehran by a close aide to Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president who last weekend celebrated 30 years in power, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Dr Helen Caldicott’s call for an end to nuclear weapons

President Obama needs our support in doing the right thing, in taking this first step all the way to the end of a journey where nuclear disarmament is more than a campaign promise. He needs to hear our voices, strong, around him. Once again 80% of Americans must rise up and demand the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Obama Nuclear Weapons and the Future of the Planet, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Helen Caldicott:, 23 April 2010, “……….the Nuclear Policy review recently published by the Pentagon exhibits no evidence that the U.S. Military establishment intends to decrease its essential reliance upon nuclear weapons, which remain the cornerstone of its military arsenal. Continue reading →

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear spin, plutonium | Leave a comment

Pakistan keen to sell nuclear technology to other countries

Pakistan Offers Global Nuclear Fuel Services Again, Planet Ark: 15-Apr-10 Louis Charbonneau Pakistan, the country of the disgraced nuclear scientist who provided Iran, Libya and North Korea with uranium enrichment technology, is once again offering its atomic fuel services to the world. Continue reading →

April 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Pakistan | antinuclear, disarmament, enriched, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, plutonium, reprocessing, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear Security Summit lifts commercial prospects for ‘Megatons to Megawatts’

USEC Inc., a global energy company, is a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

USEC CEO: Nuclear Security Supported by Innovative Industry Program – MarketWatch 13 April 2010, ProgramMegatons to Megawatts on Schedule to Eliminate Equivalent of 20,000 Nuclear Warheads USEC Inc. President and CEO John Welch issued the following statement today in support of President Barack Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit:

“This week’s historic summit in Washington is a timely reminder of the threat facing our world from potential nuclear action by terrorists. USEC and others in the commercial nuclear industry have worked for many years in close coordination with our governments to support the security and elimination of nuclear weapons material around the world in order to reduce this threat….. Continue reading →

April 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, technology, USA | antinuclear, disarmament, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Old Russian nuclear warheads to become fuel for U.S. commercial nuclear reactors

Nuclear twist sees Russian warheads warming US homes Herald Sun AFP , April 13, 2010, IN A strange twist of Cold War enmity on the melt, uranium from what once were Russian nuclear warheads is used to heat and light American homes, thanks to the Megatons to Megawatts Program – a successful example of nuclear non-proliferation. Continue reading →

April 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, Russia | antinuclear, disarmament, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

USA and Russia – tentative steps toward nuclear disarmament

.….Treaty ratification will require 67 votes in the U.S. Senate.

US, Russia Hammer Out New Nuclear Agreement, Voice of America, Peter Fedynsky | Moscow, 25 March 2010, The United States and Russia say a new strategic arms agreement will be formally announced when the presidents of both countries have spoken with one another about it. Continue reading →