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Nuclear free New Zealand

A generation since the Rainbow Warrior bombing, as Obama starts to dream of the possibility of nuclear disarmament, New Zealand remains staunchly nuclear free.

Nuclear Free Clean and Green Brand New Zealand 9 Jan 2010 New Zealand became Nuclear Free, although it took almost 3 years to become official. Under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987, territorial sea and land of New Zealand became nuclear-free zones. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | New Zealand, politics | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Court to hear Hawaiian challenge against depleted uranium storage

Hearing next week on challenge to Army license for depleted uranium I Lind.net, Ian Lind, January 6th, 2010

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, an agency of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will hold a hearing next week on challenges filed by four Hawaii residents to an Army license to possess depleted uranium at Schofield Barracks on Oahu and the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Prohibitive costs of new nuclear reactors

no nuclear reactors started in the last ten years were up and running and two of the plants currently under construction in France and Finland were experiencing problems. Over 3,000 problems have been found at the Finnish construction site causing delays and huge cost overruns.

The scary side of nuclear power revealed, Green.Blorge

January 6, 2010

by Susan Wilson

After thirty years, the nuclear power industry is making a come back. What caused the hiatus and why does the thought of new nuclear reactors frighten so many people? Well, there’s Vogtle’s cost overruns and the nightmares from Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Patrick Moore etc paid to sprinkle nuclear “fairy dust”

the selling points that the nuclear industry – and its allies in Congress – are promoting to sprinkle eco-friendly fairy dust around the grim nuclear industry that Wall Street and private investors won’t touch:.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis “……..despite all these problems, a seemingly benign solution for global warming – nuclear energy – has boundless, if simplistic, appeal, even if it could take years to build and threatens public health and safety, while undermining with billions devoted to nuclear bailouts genuine renewable energy. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Design of AREVA’s EPR reactors not shown to be safe

Nuclear Reactors of Unproven Design Planned for California’s Central Valley Environment News Service FRESNO, California, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – At least one nuclear reactor is being planned for California’s agricultural Central Valley but it is already running into grassroots opposition and technical problems. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, safety | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | 1 Comment

Escalating costs of closing down old nuclear plants

Entergy Units Short of Money to Close Nuke Plants 2 Entergy units short of having enough money to eventually close nuclear plants

abc BEWS/Money By ALAN SAYRE AP Business Writer
NEW ORLEANS January 6, 2010 (AP)
Two Louisiana power utilities owned by Entergy Corp. are short $235.5 million for the projected costs of eventually closing two nuclear generating plants — and the power provider wants slight increases in customer rates to close the gap. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission asleep at the wheel on safety

warning that lax oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the nation’s aging 104 nuclear plants has led to near-meltdowns along with other health and safety failings since Three Mile Island – including what some critics say is a flawed federal health study apparently designed to conceal cancer risks near nuclear plants.

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis The pro-nuclear Department of Energy is set to offer this month the first of nearly $20 billion in loan guarantees to a nuclear industry that hasn’t built a plant since the 1970s or raised any money to do so in years. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Iraq demanding nuclear compensation from Israel

Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strike – Haaretz – Israel News06/01/2010 Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strikeBy Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent The Iraqi government will demand compensation from Israel for the 1981 bombing of the nuclear reactor at Osirak, according to an Iraqi newspaper.

A member of the Iraqi parliament, Mohammed Naji Mohammed, was quoted as saying in newspaper Al-Sabah that the Iraqi prime minister and Foreign Ministry have approached the United Nations with a demand for compensation….Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strike – Haaretz – Israel News

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iraq | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear power – the most expensive electricity

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………most critically, nuclear power-generated electricity is so much more expensive for consumers and businesses to use than renewables and conservation combined. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

USA backs AREVA, while indigenous nuclear victims suffer

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………whether in Native-American reservations here or in Niger villages abroad, indigenous, impoverished people live near or work in uranium mines to supply nuclear plants, and suffer the consequences in cancers, birth defects and leukemia. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, Niger | antinuclear, AREVA, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Still no new nuclear reactors in USA, while costs balloon

banks are now declaring that they consider such projects too risky to finance without large public subsidies.

Waiting for the Nuclear Renaissance Energy Wise Bill Sweet January 04, 2010 The spotlight is on San Antonio, where a consortium led by Toshiba is set to build two new advanced boiling water reactors. Though the project is one of the most advanced in the United States in terms of approvals and planning, the Texas city is holding off on a $400 million bond issuance to support it because of sharply higher projected costs, and the city-owned utility CPS Energy may back out. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Extreme cold weather causes nuclear plant shutdown

New Jersey nuclear plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River New Jersey Real-Time News By The Associated Press January 04, 2010, 8AMLOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK — One New Jersey nuclear power plant has been shut down and another put on reduced power because of ice in the Delaware River.The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Salem Unit 2 was shut down around 8 a.m. Sunday because it was taking ice into its cooling mechanism. Salem Unit 1 was also reduced to 80 percent power for the same reason.It’s not clear when the two plants will return to full power.

New Jersey nuclear plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

New uranium mining stalled at grand Canyon

Interior to halt uranium mining at Grand Canyon | Political blog January 4, 2010 Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce Monday that his department is temporarily barring the filing of new uranium mining claims on about 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, an Obama administration official said. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

What nuclear renaissance? – Tax-payers at risk

What about a nuclear future? GREEN>BLORGE by Susan Wilson January 4, 2010 The nuclear energy sector will be receiving $18.5 billion in loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors. Building new nuclear power plants ended about 30 years ago when cost overruns caused a myriad of unfinished plants to be abandoned. Will the subsidies jumpstart a nuclear renaissance or will it simply disappear into a black hole? Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs | Leave a comment

Future of Vermont nuclear plant debated

Budget, Nuclear Plant to Dominate Vt. SessionBudget, nuclear plant, politics expected to dominate Vermont’s upcoming legislative session abc News MONTPELIER, Vt. January 4, 2010 (AP) The Associated PressVermont lawmakers convene this week for a session expected to be dominated by budget concerns, the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and electoral politics………..on the agenda: a decision on whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant should get a 20-year extension on its license, which currently is set to expire in 2012.

Budget, Nuclear Plant to Dominate Vt. Session – ABC News

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment