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Paladin’s uranium mine and Malawi’s water supply

CATHOLIC COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Mzuzu Diocese (Malawi) John Chawinga CCJP Secretary Mzuzu Diocese 6 Oct 09 The People of Karonga Deserve Clean and Safe Water – “……………..The people of Kayelekera have started experiencing such negligence. The people around Kayelekera have seen Paladin Africa drawing water for drinking and domestic use by their employees from Lufilya and Miswanga Rivers, while the people around the mine site continue to drink the contaminated water from Sere River. Continue reading

October 6, 2009 Posted by | AFRICA, environment | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Complex web of Iran and nuclear problems

Untangling Iran’s Nuclear Web Carnegie Endowment Dmitri Trenin The Moscow Times, October 5, 2009 – “……………..Any strategy needs to proceed with a few basic truths about nuclear weapons and countries that seek them. Nations seeking to join the “nuclear weapons club” are in quest for security and status. In this sense, Iran is no different from India, Pakistan, China or France. Continue reading

October 6, 2009 Posted by | 1, Iran, weapons and war | , , , , | Leave a comment

Russia hypes up its nuclear sales pitch

Welcome to the nuclear club  Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia), Yuri Solozobov, Russia Now 05 Oct 2009 -”…………. Russia is a member of an elite nuclear club which offers huge future benefits…………Moscow has decided to secure access to foreign uranium reserves. Russia’s Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation has already signed uranium contracts with South Africa and Australia…………….. Continue reading

October 6, 2009 Posted by | 1, Russia, spinbuster | , , , , , | Leave a comment

China suppresses anti-nuclear activists

Uranium policy a hypocrisy The Age David Noonan 5 Oct 09 “……..In July, a well-known environmental activist and recipient in 2006 of the prestigious Nuclear-Free Future Award, Sun Xiaodi, and his daughter Sun Dunbai were jailed and sent to a ”re-education through labour” camp for their efforts to expose corruption and contamination in China’s nuclear industry. Continue reading

October 5, 2009 Posted by | 1, China, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wind, dust, carry depleted uranium far and wide

Dust-StormAustralia ‘uranium’ dust concerns
muzzylogic Oct 3, 2009 ‘Environmentalists have raised concerns that another giant dust storm blowing its way across eastern Australia may contain radioactive particles.

It is argued that sediment whipped up from Australia’s centre may be laced with material from a uranium mine.

Scientists have played down concerns, saying there is little to worry about.’ Full story here

Well, now this is interesting. The argument against the spread is the fact that uranium ore dust is going to be too dense to be carried by the wind. However, if that turns out not to be the case then it will have serious implications for the clap trap nonsense the US military likes to spout as regard the use of depleted uranium munitions.

Clap trap because whether or not the dust from the mine tailings is too dense, the dust from DU is much finer grain and was deposited much closer to inhabited areas to start with. Of course, reports of the presence of abnormally high levels of uranium in the urine of people in Iraq and Afghanistan is a total coincidence to start with…

If uranium is found in the Australian dust, then the military argument will have no credibility at all.

Australia ‘uranium’ dust concerns – MPACUK :: Muslim Discussion Forum

October 3, 2009 Posted by | 1, environment, Iraq, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Secrecy around nuclear energy’s connection with cancer

Risky Business  What CPS won’t tell you about nuclear power

Walking behind South Texas Project Unit 1 with STP Operating Company spokesperson Cathy Gann.

San Antonio Current, By Greg Harman, 30 Sept 09

“…………..Nuclear power grew up in darkness.

Just as the atomic-weapons program that preceded it, nuclear-power research was considered “classified at birth” by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. All information about the “the production of fissionable material, or the use of fissionable material in the production of power” was considered “restricted data.” That, of course, included candid discussions about the radiation risk posed by nuclear-power generation. Continue reading

October 2, 2009 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Project Sunshine” – used people as radioactive guinea pigs

Body Snatching of the Documented Kind The UFO Reality by Nick Redfern 30 Sept 09 – “………..One particular memorandum, dated June 9, 1995, and prepared by ACHRE’s Advisory Committee Staff, is titled Documentary Update on Project Sunshine Body Snatching and states:

“As part of Project Sunshine, which sought to measure strontium-90, the AEC [Atomic Energy Commission] engaged in an effort to collect baby bones from domestic and foreign sources. Continue reading

October 1, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

France’s nuclear industry not safe or clean

European Expert: U.S. Policymakers Are “As Wrong As They Can Be” About the French Experience With Nuclear Power
The Alliance 27 Sept 09…………French nuclear power is not “safer” … and the nation does not have a long term solution to waste storage. Continue reading

September 28, 2009 Posted by | 1, France, wastes | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Malawi water supply threatened by Paladin uranium mine

Catholic Commission wary of uranium contaminated water in Karonga
By Nyasa Times  September 25, 2009 Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) have expressed concern that people around  Kayelekera mine and processing plant in  Karonga, northern Malawi are drinking uranium contaminated water which is life threatening. Continue reading

September 26, 2009 Posted by | 1, AFRICA, indigenous issues | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

French authorities try to silence anti-nuclear protest

Beyond Nuclear, Linda Gunter 25 Sept 09 With 10,000 people or more already expected to gather in the French border town of Colmar for an anti-nuclear rally on October 3, local authorities are attempting to renege on their agreement to allow the demonstration.

The rally, which will call for the phase-out of the nearby 30-year old Fessenheim reactor, the oldest in France, coincides with an expected decision to extend the reactor license for another 10 years. But now the prefect of Upper Rhine and the mayor of Colmar, both nuclear power advocates, are trying to move the rally out of the town center and away from the media spotlight.

Raising the specter of “German rioters”, news reports claim the authorities are preparing tear gas-armed police to disperse the rally. Beyond Nuclear joined many others in writing to the two officials, pointing out that their decision further confirms that the French nuclear system and democracy are incompatible.

September 25, 2009 Posted by | France, politics | , , , , | Leave a comment

Uranium harm in Afghanistan and Iraq ket secret

‘Hush’ over Afghan mission must end
Rainbow Warrior September 20, 2009 Liberal Senator Colin Kenny says politicians are too afraid of offending soldiers and their families by questioning Canada’s role in Afghanistan, but it’s important to have an honest debate about the mission…… Continue reading

September 23, 2009 Posted by | 1, Afghanistan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , | 1 Comment

France’s failing atomic energy industry

Tom Friedman’s Idiocy Atomique
COUNTER PUNCH By HARVEY WASSERMAN 23 Sept 09
France’s atomic power industry is a failed radioactive flame. Its 58 reactors are unpopular, unsafe, uneconomical, dirty, direct agents of global warming, weapons proliferators and major generators of atomic waste for which there is no management solution. Continue reading

September 23, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, France | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Peace movement held back by pro-nuke philanthropists

Anti-Nuclear Philanthropy And The US Peace Movement
by Michael Barker
(Swans commentary – September 21, 2009)
Nuclear technology presents two clear threats to any emerging form of participatory democracy. Firstly, its destructive capacity threatens all forms of life, now and for millions of years to come; and secondly, its continued use institutionalizes hierarchical technologies of domestic energy production. Continue reading

September 21, 2009 Posted by | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Canadian protest about nuclear waste

Protestors voice anti-nuke opinion
Prince Albert Daily Herald JEREMY WARREN Saskatchewan News Network 18 Sept 09

Bumbling nuclear waste disposal technicians opened spent reactor fuel rods and spilt radioactive material on the ground in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel Thursday afternoon.

And people laughed, because this political vaudeville act was a protest against the closed-door Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) hearings. Continue reading

September 19, 2009 Posted by | 1, Canada, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Urgent need for independent members on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear agency needs independent appointees

AJC 17 Sept 09 by Peter A Bradford
Two of five seats are vacant on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the independent federal agency responsible for the safety of the 104 operating U.S. nuclear power reactors, Continue reading

September 18, 2009 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , | Leave a comment