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Russia to help Syria develop nuclear technology

Russia hints at Syrian nuclear plant aid, Scotsman.com News, 12 May 2010, RUSSIA may help build a nuclear power plant in Syria, president Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday, a step that could upset the West due to unresolved allegations Damascus tried to construct a potential nuclear weapons facility in secret.In 2007, Israel destroyed what Washington said was a nascent nuclear reactor in Syria and a UN investigation to determine what the target was has stalled due to a lack of co-operation from Syria.On the first Russian state visit to Syria since 1917, Mr Medvedev said: “Co-operation on atomic energy could get a second wind.” Russia hints at Syrian nuclear plant aid – Scotsman.com News

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, Syria | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Iran- progress towards nuclear weapons is delayed

“the nuclear clock is not ticking as quickly as some had feared.”

US official cites setbacks for Iran’s nuke program, Google hosted news, AP) – 12 May, 2010, WASHINGTON — Setbacks in Iran’s uranium enrichment program have significantly delayed its progress toward building a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama’s top nuclear adviser said Tuesday. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear risk expert warns on terrorist risk of Australia’s planned nuclear waste dump

Nuclear waste site a target for terrorists, expert warns, Sydney Morning Herald, LINDSAY MURDOCH DARWIN May 11, 2010 A BRITISH nuclear risk expert has warned that terrorists could target radioactive waste being transported thousands of kilometres across Australia to a proposed waste dump in the Northern Territory. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, safety | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear capable missiles tested by Pakistan

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles, NTI: 10 May 2010, Pakistan on Saturday carried out a successful test launches of two nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, March 12).The Ghaznavi missile has a range of 180 miles and the Shaheen 1 missile can travel as far as 400 miles, enabling it to strike New Delhi, the capital of Pakistan’s nuclear-armed rival India. Both missiles can be loaded with conventional and nuclear warheads.

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Finland’s 100,000-Year Plan to Banish Its Nuclear Waste

There are somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 tons of high-level radioactive waste already in the world, much of it in pools on the sites of nuclear power plants where the rods have to cool for years before they can be put into containers.

Films on ScienceFinland’s 100,000-Year Plan to Banish Its Nuclear Waste – NYTimes.com, 11 May 2010, Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Finland, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment

Australian govt ignored true indigenous owners in planning nuclear waste dump

“We find it quite astonishing when we compare their determination against the land commissioner’s report which clearly identifies the traditional owners we’re speaking to as owners of the land.”

Lawyers step in as waste dump gets nod, ABC Alice Springs – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, By Alex Johnson 11 May 2010, A team of solicitors will travel to Tennant Creek today to prepare their case against the Federal Government’s plan to build a nuclear waste dump north of the town. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Europeans want NATO’s dangerous old nuclear weapons OUT!

how safe and secure they are. For one thing, al-Qaida terrorists have already targeted this Belgian air base, 84km northeast of Brussels.

US nuclear garbage « Niqnaq Outdated, unwanted, US nukes hang on in Europe Charles J Hanley, AP, May 9 2010 Unseen beyond the grazing Holsteins and rolling pastures of Kleine Brogel, eastern Belgium, the 12ft-long tapered metal cylinders sit in their underground vaults, waiting for the doomsday call that never came. Each packs the power of many Hiroshimas. Continue reading →

May 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Women at the forefront of the Anti-Nuclear Movement

Women and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons – our theme for May 2010

When it comes to opposing nuclear power, the toughest and most active and conspicuous resistance has been among women.

If women had been asked if nuclear power should be used for energy production or if nuclear weapons should be produced there would hardly be any nuclear power stations in the world and no nuclear weapons. Women represent half of humanity. Our voice must be heard! – Ulla Klötzer, WISE – Nuclear issues information service

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | 2 Comments

Cancer legacy for a uranium milling town

A town under siege from Cancer, – Salt Lake City, Utah Newsby: Brent Hunsaker MONTICELLO, Utah (ABC 4 News) 7 May 2010, – The Uranium mill was big for little Monticello. Still, not everyone worked there. So why would people who never set foot on mill property still get cancer? Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Strong protests in Japan against re-starting fast breeder nuclear reactor

Protests over re-opening of Japanese nuclear reactor, Greenpeace International, 8 May 2010, (Buddhika Weerasinghe-Japan) Japanese peace and human right activists together protest against to Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)has reactive controversial “fast-breeder” Monju nuclear reactor14 years after the plant was shut down following a liquid of sodium leaked and fire in 1995. Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics | antinuclear, fast breeder, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation | Leave a comment

Australia: controversial report on nuclear waste arouses suspicion and opposition

ts “heavy handed” overriding of Territory and Aboriginal heritage protection laws, and the reliance on secret documents

Inquiry dumps on Northern Territory, Northern Territory News, TBEN LANGFORD, May 7th, 2010 T HE Senate inquiry into laws which could put a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory has recommended the new legislation be passed.But the inquiry’s report was immediately criticised as “an unbalanced and closed-minded justification for a foregone conclusion” by one of the committee members. Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, politics | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear power increases the chances for more nuclear weapons

parties to the NPT need to be considering the ”strong relationship” between nuclear proliferation and nuclear disarmament because the existence of nuclear material for ”peaceful” purposes could still pose the threat of weaponisation.

Nuclear Power Nearly as Dangerous as Weapons, Critics Say, Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Haider Rizvi, UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (IPS) – The quest for nuclear disarmament is likely to fail if governments and corporations continue to promote nuclear technologies as a solution to the world’s energy needs, say independent experts.Their warning comes as international talks on the future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) continue here at U.N. headquarters in New York. The review meeting on the 1970 treaty is due to conclude by the end of this month……. Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear weapons, reactors | Leave a comment

Obama to visit Australia: gets nuclear agreement first

Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress, NTI: Global Security Newswire May 6, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday submitted for congressional approval a deal that would permit Australia and the United States to trade in nonmilitary nuclear materials and technology (see GSN, March 19)………….the deal would enable “the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production………..The pending “123” agreement could only be canceled after it has been in force for 30 years, he said. The deal would take effect following 90 days of “continuous session” of Congress unless lawmakers move to block it within that period…………The United States is also moving ahead with a similar deal with Russia and is finalizing terms of its nuclear trade pact with India (see GSN, May 5; White House release, May 5).

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba at UN Nuclear Conference

I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World, IPS ipsnews.net”Anna Shen interviews TADATOSHI AKIBA, Mayor of HiroshimaMayor Tadatoshi Akiba / UNITED NATIONS, May 6, 2010 Emerging from a U.N. conference addressing the role that the world’s mayors can play on nuclear issues, Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba continues to call for a rapid end to nuclear weapons.He juggles his roles running a city 65 years after nuclear holocaust, and another as president of Mayors for Peace, which counts almost 4,000 cities around the world…

Q&A: “I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World” – IPS ipsnews.net

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

European nations call for removal of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons

West Europeans target US nukes at treaty session Politics News, UNITED NATIONS, 6 May 2010, — Germany and other West European nations at the U.N. nonproliferation conference are calling for elimination of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe — “leftovers from the Cold War” — as a way to advance global arms control. Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment