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Australia’s strategy to get Aboriginal land for mining and nuclear industry

Through the intervention, the government is weakening land rights. It is clear who [uranium miners] will benefit as Aboriginal people move off their land, settle in larger towns and lose connection with country.

What’s behind the NT intervention? | Green Left Weekly. July 3, 2010 By Peter Robson, Continue reading →

July 9, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Military talked Nixon out of nuking North Korea

Richard Nixon planned nuclear strike on North Korea, Telegraph, 7 july 2010, The United States drew up plans for a tactical nuclear strike against North Korea in 1969, but quickly stepped back from the brink fearing it would trigger an all-out war, newly declassified documents in Washington have shown. By Peter Foster in Beijing 08 Jul 2010.…… Documents released by the National Security Archive in Washington detail plans for Operation Freedom Drop which included conventional war and a nuclear attack using bombs 20 times the size of that dropped on Hiroshima……… “But constantly you find the military saying, ‘But the risks probably still outweigh the potential gains,’.” Richard Nixon planned nuclear strike on North Korea – Telegraph

July 9, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Delays, cost, opposition, to UK’s nuclear waste plans

Budget cuts caution on UK nuclear waste plan, BBC News, 7 July 2010 The UK’s deep store for nuclear waste should open for business around 2040 – but spending cuts could delay the plans, and community support is vital. These are the key messages in a report from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the agency charged with managing the nation’s waste………….

The UK’s nuclear waste problem is considerably bigger than either of the Scandinavian countries……….

The total volume of waste from past and present operations amounts to about 500,000 cubic metres, although there is a huge variety in types of waste, the level of radioactivity and how long it will remain dangerously radioactive.

The coalition government has said it is committed to finding a long-term solution for the UK’s nuclear waste problem………..If no communities want the repository, said Alun Ellis, it will not be built.

“The government’s answer to this question is that Plan B is to make Plan A work,”

July 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

USA – no idea what to do with depleted uranium wastes

Feds seek a temp home for depleted uranium | The Salt Lake Tribune, By JUDY FAHYS 8 July 2010, The U.S. Department of Energy has started looking beyond Utah for temporary storage of nearly 10,000 drums of depleted uranium for up to seven years…….. Continue reading →

July 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Obama placating Israel on nuclear weapons issue

Obama administration: Israel has right to nuclear capability for deterrence purposes – Haaretz Daily, 5 July, 2010, NEW YORK – The Obama administration has revealed to the public, during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, a series of understandings between the two countries on Israel’s policy of “nuclear ambiguity” – which to date had been kept under wraps Continue reading →

July 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA’s far right leads to new global nuclear arms race

…suddenly we are in the midst of a new multi-polar arms race. This is the vision that Romney is posing and it is immensely dangerous.

Mitt Romney Embraces The Far Right’s Dangerous Nuclear Extremism In Opposing START, Wonk Room, 6 July 2010, While Mitt Romney’s oped today in the Washington Post is largely a politically-motivated effort to boost his far-right foreign policy bonafides, it does however demonstrate how dangerous and extreme the anti-Obama narrative has become……

The fact that Romney thinks that the worst foreign policy mistake of the Obama administration is a modest treaty that reduces limits on nuclear weapons and extends and updates the verification and monitoring measures that Ronald Reagan himself negotiated in the initial START treaty, says something about how far out of the mainstream the conservative right has moved. Continue reading →

July 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Australia’s Aborigines, students, community, rally against nuclear industry

Today (7 July 2010), hundreds of students from across Australia will take to the streets of Adelaide on The ‘Nuclear Scumbags Tour’. This will be a creative and informative demonstration by Traditional Owners, students, and community members speaking out against the coercion and exploitation of Aboriginal communities by Government and nuclear industry alike. The irresponsible industry practices combined with the lack of ethical government policy shows complete disregard for the environment, water and indigenous rights. Under the protection of the Roxby Indenture Act BHP Billiton 37 millions of litres of water from the Great Artesian Basin for free daily, at the expense of traditional sacred sites and precious unique ecosystems. The Indenture Act wavers BHP’s obligations regarding Aboriginal Heritage, public accountability, environmental protection, water, and mining safety. Continue reading →

July 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

USA’s new nuclear loans at risk because of impasse on nuclear wastes?

Nuclear Power Going To Waste? -By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.comJuly 6, 2010 How does a federal ruling finding that the Obama administration does not have the legal authority to abandon Nevada’s Yucca Mountain waste site affect U.S. nuclear energy policy?……What should the federal government do to safely dispose of nuclear waste? Should a nuclear waste plan be included in any climate and energy bill? How does this decision by NRC affect the administration’s ability to approve nuclear loans?….

July 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Stupid nuclear weapons by USA and USSR

VIDEO The Five Stupidest Nuclear Weapons – Weird Worm – Weird Worm, 6 July 2010, As long as man has been able to mix together chemicals, he’s been blowing the heck out of anything that moves. About seventy years ago, he hit the apotheosis of “blowing the heck out of stuff” power: the nuclear bomb. But apparently dropping it from planes wasn’t enough. Oh no, we had to put that kind of power into backpacks, stick it in grenade launchers, and fire it out of cannons. Here are five weapons that prove that not only was the Cold War pointless, both sides were completely insane.

July 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

President Obama can resist the pressure from the military industrial complex

President John F. Kennedy, who finally became obstinate in his refusal to resort to nuclear weapons……In fact, the pressure Kennedy faced from the military to use nuclear weapons was much stronger than that which Obama has thus far faced about remaining in Afghanistan or, for that matter, dialing down our nuclear-industrial complex.

Picture Obama Authorizing a Nuclear Attack, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Russ Wellen:, 6 July 2010, Since the end of the Cold War, the circumstances under which a U.S. president might authorize the launch of nuclear weapons have changed. First, it bears mentioning that, even though he or she is always accompanied by the “nuclear football,”* a president’s ability to exercise complete command over the response to a nuclear attack has long been overrated…. Continue reading →

July 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

People of conscience resist the nuclear threat

We the people of conscience therefore exercise the right of every citizen of this republic and this planet to peacefully resist the nuclear threat; attacking as it does every core concept of human rights.

(USA) Declaration of Independence from Nuclear Weapons – Salem-News.Com,,Eileen Fleming, Jul-05-2010 36 arrested at Y-12 National Security Complex. (OAK RIDGE, Tenn.) – Priests and nuns, atheists, anarchist and one clown were among the 23 arrested by the State and 13 by the Federal Government for nonviolently resisting Nuclear Weapons at Y-12 on 5 July 2010. Continue reading →

July 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Religion and ethics, USA | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, peace, radiation | Leave a comment

Hyrdogen bomb was exploded in space

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A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News

Before It’s News, 3 July 2010, Since we’re coming up on the Fourth of July, and towns everywhere are preparing their better-than-ever fireworks spectaculars, we would like to offer this humbling bit of history. Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:

A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News

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A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR

NPR, by Robert Krulwich, 1 July 2010, Since we’re coming up on the Fourth of July, and towns everywhere are preparing their better-than-ever fireworks spectaculars, we would like to offer this humbling bit of history. Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:

A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Smaller methods of uranium enrichment bring bigger risks of nuclear weapons spread

some of the new technologies could represent proliferation game changers because they would lead to smaller, more efficient methods for production and use of nuclear materials that would be more difficult to detect,”

US physicists call for change in nuclear licensing – physicsworld.com, Peter Gwynne, 5 July 2010, The American Physical Society (APS) is urging the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to change its licensing rules over fears that smaller, more efficient ways of enriching uranium will increase the risk of nuclear proliferation. Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Nun amongst dozens arrested at anti nuclear protest

Sister Mary Dennis Lentch, a Catholic nun, has been arrested multiple times at the Oak Ridge facility. In her statement, she said, “I believe the continuing weapons production at the Y12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is in direct violation of the treaty obligations of the United States and consequently, is a violation of Article 6 of the US Constitution.”

Y-12 protest nets dozens of arrests » Knoxville News Sentinel, OAK RIDGE , 5 July 2010, – Some three dozen peace activists and a counter-protester were arrested this morning at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant during a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the initial “Plowshares” anti-nuclear weapons protest that took place Sept. 9, 1980………..It took officers who were out in force a while to arrest some of the protesters, one of whom was on crutches and presented a dilemma on how to be handcuffed. Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | 1 Comment

The menace of USA’s new tactical nuclear weapons

The NPT is dead in the water because the US has now embarked on a new programme of low yield, dial up nuclear weapons that are far more efficient than any of the much larger bombs that were dropped on Japan during WW2…

Did the US drop tactical nuclear weapons on Iraq/Afghanistan – You bet, The Palestine Telegraph, Peter Eyre – Middle East Consultant – 4^th July 2010 “………Iraq 1991 – 317 Cruise missiles were launched against Iraq by 316 ships and 1 submarine Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment