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France using OECD in promotion for their troubled nuclear industry

many countries are clearly unhappy to see the international organisation linked to what could clearly be interpreted as a public relations exercise on the part of the French to promote their energy and nuclear champions.

French PR vexes OECD FD is South Korea’s weakness FDI.com By Christian Oliver in Seoul January 19 2010 “…..Foreign investors are very clear why South Korea is punching beneath its weight. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and FDI is South Korea’s weakness “…. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, politics international | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Florida nuclear project slowing down

Progress: Expects Slower Schedule For Florida Nuclear Project – WSJ.comNEW YORK (Dow Jones) 19 Jan 2010 -Progress Energy Inc. (PGN) said it expects to slow down the schedule of a nuclear power plant it is planning in Florida, following a recent decision by state regulators not to increase electricity rates.Executives from the company said they are looking to slow down and spread out spending on a dual-reactor nuclear power plant in northern Florida’s Levy County. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

France’s nuclear industry: AREVA and EDF locked in dispute

Bitter row throws French nuclear industry into turmoil Times Online January 18, 2010 Adam Sage, Paris

The French nuclear industry is in turmoil as uranium supplies have dried up and the treatment of spent fuel has been blocked amid an increasingly bitter row between the heads of its two main state operators.

EDF, the electricity group that runs 58 reactors in France, said that Areva, the nuclear energy group, had stopped uranium deliveries on January 4 and was refusing to take away spent fuel for reprocessing.

”The transport of combustibles isn’t working at the moment,” Anne Lauvergeon, the chairwoman of Areva, said. Continue reading →

January 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, climate change, France | antinuclear, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Nuclear energy a No No for Wisconsin

Other provisions in the bill, experts say, make it unlikely any nuclear plant would open in Wisconsin in the foreseeable future.

New energy bill not a green light for nuclear power By LAVILLA CAPENER and MIKE IVEY | The Capital Times January 18, 2010

The new clean energy bill trumpeted by Gov. Jim Doyle has been called everything from a forward-thinking green initiative to a jobs-killing mandate that would cripple the Wisconsin economy.

One thing it’s not, however, is a green light for nuclear power. Continue reading →

January 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

Uranium’s risks to groundwater need thorough investigation

Downstream study of uranium’s risks The Virginian-Pilot
January 17, 2010 “..…….Federal regulations are geared toward mining in arid climates, and even so, they have sometimes failed to address contamination of groundwater systems surrounding uranium deposits in western states. Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Where to store Nuclear Waste for hundreds of thousands of years?

politics, and not the welfare of future generations, is at the center of the nuclear waste issue. To protect those generations, a site must be found where radioactive waste can be allowed to slowly decay over hundreds of thousands of years, far away from any living creatures

Germany’s Endless Search for a Nuclear Waste Dump SPIEGELONLINE 15 Jan 2010 Germany has been looking for a permanent storage site for its nuclear waste for over 30 years. The history of the Gorleben salt dome, a potential nuclear repository, is one full of deception and political maneuvering. And if opponents to the plans have their way, the search might even have to start again from scratch………….. Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Future uncertain for USA’s nuclear industry

US govt says loans for nuclear plants complicated REUTERS Jan 15, 2010 Loan guarantees may be enough for only 2 new reactors
* Chu says reactors can store spent fuel on site 50 years

* Utilities should not complain about waste storage costs

By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Friday that the process for approving federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants has become “complicated,” Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

France having a “Nuclear De Naissance”, not “Renaissance”

What’s the opposite of a renaissance, do you think? Nuclear Reaction 15 Jan 2010 De naissance, perhaps. We ask because in France, the supposed cradle of the rebirth of the nuclear renaissance, things seem to be sliding backwards rather than striding forwards.

According to the grid operator RTE, electricity generation from the country’s 58 nuclear reactors fell by 6.8% in 2009, marking a ten year low point. This shortfall meant France was a net importer of electricity for 57 days.

President Nicholas Sarkozyâ’s nuclear bandwagon is said to be leading the world. Just where it’s leading us however is more difficult to say. It seems to be travelling in the general direction away from a bright future of clean and secure energy supplies
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January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Germany – what to do with nuclear waste dump mess?

Government admits to mistakes in dealing with nuclear waste dump

The German government has admitted to mistakes in its handling of the controversial derelict nuclear waste dump in Asse. It also called on energy companies to share the cost of shutting it down… Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Another fine for nuclear plant for safety lapses

NRC imposes $35,000 fine for Babcock & Wilcox The News and Advance 12 Jan 2010 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has imposed a $35,000 fine on Babcock & Wilcox because, the government agency said, employees waited too long to declare an emergency in July after finding uranium in a container of oil. Continue reading →

January 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Obama recognising nuclear terrorism as the greatest risk

Shifting Nuclear Strategy To Focus On Nuclear Terrorism The Wonk Room, National Secvurity By Max Bergmann 13 Jan 2010 In a reported shift that has the nuclear bureaucracy in the Pentagon up in arms, the President wants the new Nuclear Posture Review – the document that lays out US nuclear strategy to actually focus on the gravest security threat to this country: nuclear terrorism. Continue reading →

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear’s hidden costs, while renewable energy is feasible

Research that is reviewed in the November issue of Scientific American shows that renewables can meet 100 per cent of the world’s energy needs (not just electricity) and that it is technically feasible to do it by 2030.

(USA) Subsidies disguise the real cost of nuclear power FT.com January 12 2010 Dr Gerry Wolff.The real cost of nuclear power is disguised by several subsidies. Without those subsidies, the price of nuclear electricity would rise to a level that would make it deeply unattractive to investors. Continue reading →

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, climate change, renewable | antinuclear, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

USA and Russia in the grip of useless nuclear weapons industry

…led Reagan to embrace nuclear abolition, but not even he could break the transcendent combine of industry-Congress-Pentagon. Those three define the sides of the iron triangle within which America still finds itself imprisoned.

US nuclear arsenal a dangerous remnant The Boston Globe, James Carroll, January 11, 2010 AT MORE than a dozen “missile alert facilities’’ in caverns below the exquisite landscape of the northern Rockies, teams of young men and women spend 24-hour shifts in steel-and-concrete bunkers. Continue reading →

January 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Cost blowout in refurbishing Canadian nuclear plant

N.B. premier threatens to sue Ottawa over nuclear power plant refurbishment Google News By Kevin Bissett (CP) 11 Jan 2010 FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham has delivered an ultimatum to the federal government – cover the cost overruns on the refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant or his government will sue Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Continue reading →

January 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Canada | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Corruption in China includes the nuclear industry

The head of the China National Nuclear Corporation – overseeing the country’s nuclear industry – was dismissed and is under investigation over allegations of bid rigging in nuclear power plant construction worth $260m.

Corruption up among China government officials BBC News 9 Jan 2010

China’s anti-corruption watchdog has said that 106,000 officials were found guilty of corruption in 2009, an increase of 2.5% on the year before. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | Leave a comment