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Nuclear sites fear becoming permanent waste dumps

Nuclear sites fear being the alternative to Yucca

The Richmond Times Despatch , LES BLUMENTHAL MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPER September 26, 2009

WASHINGTON — It is among the nastiest substances on earth: more than 14,000 tons of highly radioactive waste left over from the building of the nation’s nuclear-weapons arsenal. Continue reading →

September 28, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reprocessing, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Australia’s dust storms raise concern over radioactivity from uranium mining

FILMMAKER DAVID BRADBURY: RED DUST DUMP ORIGINATING AT WOOMERA IS GRAVE CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
September 25, 2009 by Coober Pedy Regional Times“…….70 million tonnes of radioactive tailings to be dumped at the Roxby mine site each year without evidence of dust control is cause for concern”, says David Bradbury.. Continue reading →

September 26, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Russian public opposition to new nuclear plant

Thousands of Russians Petition to Stop Nuclear Power Plant
Environment News service MOSCOW, Russia, September 25, 2009 (ENS) – More than 36,000 Russian citizens have signed a petition protesting the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region east of Moscow. Continue reading →

September 26, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, politics, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | 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 Christina Macpherson | 1, AFRICA, indigenous issues | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Warning on uranium milling causing “yellowcake death”

Canon City Uranium Contamination Looms over Montrose mill battle
The Colorado Independent By David O. Williams 9/25/09 “…..for residents of Cañon City area, some of whom made the long trip to a special-use permit hearing in Montrose earlier this month, declaring “not in my back yard” could have spared them decades of health problems associated with the metal the Navajo Indians call “yellow death.” Continue reading →

September 26, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

New York Times’ unflagging support for nuclear power

Is Thomas Friedman worried about his manhood?

Media With Conscience, by Ace Hoffman 25 Sept 09“………..Unflagging support for government policies on nuclear power and nuclear weapons, and for various wars, despots, agendas and so forth, have been a part of The New York Times’ editorial process for decades. Continue reading →

September 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

New Russian nuclear plant not welcome in Kaliningrad

New Russian nuclear plant worries residents’
Greenpeace 24 Sept 09 Russia’s plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad, hemmed in between Poland and Lithuania, has local residents and environmentalists worried. Continue reading →

September 24, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear power has 7 serious problems

7 Drawbacks To Using Nuclear Power
THE TECH EDITION by Brett Stephens on September 23, 2009by Tim McDonald People may argue that 25% of the world’s energy is produced through nuclear power, but what they do not understand is all the problems it brings: Continue reading →

September 24, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 1 NUCLEAR ISSUES, 2 WORLD | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, renewables, uranium | Leave a comment

Corporate blind eye to nuclear waste dumping in oceans

Toxic Assets
Share The World’s resources 22nd September 2009 – George Monbiot “……………a shipwreck discovered in 480 metres of water off the Italian coast. Detectives found the ship after a tip-off from a mafioso. It appears to have been carrying drums of nuclear waste when the mafia used explosives to scuttle it. Continue reading →

September 23, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Kyrgyzstan: Soviet-Era Boom Town – radioactive pollution

EURASIA INSIGHT

KYRGYZSTAN: SOVIET-ERA BOOM TOWN LITERALLY BEING SOLD FOR SCRAP
EURASIANET David Trilling 9/22/09

“…………The town Min Kush bore another, more troubled, legacy: it was one of the Soviet Union’s leading sources of uranium. Continue reading →

September 23, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Kyrgyzstan | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes | 1 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 Christina Macpherson | 1, Afghanistan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | 1 Comment

In-situ uranium mining hazards for Colorado

Hope won’t protect us from Powertech’s in situ uranium mining near Nunn
coloradean.com Sue Ramsay, September 22, 2009 “………. the documented facts of the history of contamination from in situ leach uranium mining such as that proposed by Powertech Uranium Corp. in Weld County. Continue reading →

September 23, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a 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 Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, France | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Background on France’s uranium mining contamination

The Alliance 23 Sept 09 Why we are publishing such an old article? Well, there will be a series of articles about the past uranium mining in France and Canada. Continue reading →

September 23, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, environment | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

France’s nuclear waste disposal methods – costly and unsafe

No easy way to dispose of nuclear waste
TheDay.comBy Los Angeles Times 9/21/2009 By Frank Von HippelThe Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project is now comatose, if not dead. And that puts us back at square one on a crucial question: What are we going to do with all the radioactive waste being discharged by U.S. nuclear power reactors?

Many conservatives on Capitol Hill favor the French “solution”: spent-fuel reprocessing. But reprocessing isn’t a solution at all: It’s a very expensive and dangerous detour. Continue reading →

September 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | 1 Comment