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Nuclear weapons numbers to be revealed by USA

US to unveil size of nuclear stockpile, The American government will disclose for the first time the exact size of the US nuclear stockpile at a major United Nations nuclear disarmament summit, according to officials. By Alex Spillius in New York  Telegraph UK 02 May 2010 “…….Arms-control groups estimate the US nuclear arsenal contains 9,000 weapons, roughly 5,000 of them active and the rest in line for disassembly.The announcement could be timed to prevent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, from hijacking the conference with demands for more global controls of nuclear stockpiles. He speaks before Mrs Clinton. The international community believes Iran is secretly preparing to build a nuclear weapon. US to unveil size of nuclear stockpile – Telegraph

May 3, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment

Un Nuclear Conference Amid Fears of a Middle Eastern Arms Race

Egypt’s  president, Hosni Mubarak, has spoken out bluntly about the alternatives, implying that his country might feel the need to develop nuclear weapons.

As U.N. Nuclear Conference Opens, U.S. Is Pushing to Deter Mideast Arms Race,  NYTimes.com By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER May 2, 2010 The opening Monday of a monthlong United Nations conference to strengthen the main treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms is likely to be dominated by Iran’s president denouncing the West and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warning that if Tehran gets the bomb, the rest of the Middle East will soon follow. Continue reading →

May 3, 2010 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | , , , | Leave a comment

Bomb in New York, close to UN Nuclear Conference

NY Police Finds Failed Bomb Prior to UN Nuclear Conference May 02, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) – Just hours before UN nuclear conference is due to start, there’s news coming out of New York about US police evacuating thousands of people from the city’s busy Times Square because of a bomb scare. In New York, police is checking a vehicle suspected to be containing bomb found outside a theatre on Saturday. US police officer Paul Brown said, ‘This appears to be a car bomb that the bomb squad is in the process of dismantling.’ The bomb made of explosives, burned wires, three tanks of propane and two canister of gasoline seems to have failed……..

NY Police Finds Failed Bomb Prior to UN Nuclear Conference

May 3, 2010 Posted by | general | , | Leave a comment

Dr. Richard Meserve serving pro nuclear interests in USA’s radiation cancer research?

1 May 2010, Beyond Nuclear has requested that the National Academies of Science (NAS) conduct a review for conflict of interest on Dr. Richard Meserve who currently chairs the NAS Nuclear and Radiation Study Board. This is the board tasked to shape and supervise the new cancer study around US nuclear power facilities.

Beyond Nuclear notes that Dr. Meserve also currently serves as Senior to Counsel of DC law firm catering to nuclear industry interests, on the Boards of Directors for two nuclear power companies headquartered in Texas and California, as a member of the Board of Advisors to the French-US nuclear conglomerate looking to construct new reactors in the United States and also recently contributed to a Congressional lobbying effort by the nuclear industry which used a special advertising supplement in the Washington Post asking for increased federal loans for new reactor construction.

May 1, 2010 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Volcano’s effect – small stuff compared to even a ‘limited’ nuclear war

What the Volcano Can Teach Us About Nuclear War, GOOD, Alexandra Bell, Ben Loehrke on April 30, 2010 Think the ash cloud was bad? That’s nothing compared to what would happen if India and Pakistan exchange just a few nukes….. Continue reading →

May 1, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Double standards and doublespeak about Nuclear Non Proliferation

Washington maintains a double standard that allows its friends to make key nuclear weapons but prevents its rivals from doing so…..

“…the right of non-nuclear states to the peaceful uses of nuclear weapons” – Egypt’s Abdelaziz

The nuclear caste system , Foreign Policy, by Colum Lynch , 30 April 2010. Next week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet in New York with diplomats from more than 180 countries at the eighth review conference of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (pdf), the Cold War pact that determines who can have nuclear weapons and who can’t. Continue reading →

May 1, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, politics international | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Despite Pakistan’s instability, China to build nuclear reactors there

China to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan: Report, Hindustan Times, Press Trust Of India Beijing, April 29, 2010 China on Thursday acknowledged that it will build two new nuclear reactors in Pakistan in a deal that could re-ignite concerns about proliferation and safety of atomic materials in Pakistan. Continue reading →

May 1, 2010 Posted by | China, politics international | , , , | Leave a comment

Strong opposition to importing radioactive wastes to Hanford

Groups demand DOE end plans to send waste to Hanford By Annette Cary, Tri City Herald 30 April 2010, A coalition of Northwest environmental groups is demanding that Energy Secretary Steven Chu end any plans to import radioactive waste to Hanford.The Department of Energy agreed as part of a proposed settlement with the state of Washington not to send most types of radioactive waste to Hanford for disposal until the vitrification plant is in full operation to treat the worst waste now stored in underground tanks. That’s scheduled for 2022. Continue reading →

May 1, 2010 Posted by | USA, wastes | , , , , | Leave a comment

Anxiety over U.S. nuclear wastes, as “Blue Ribbon” Commission struggles for a solution

the Department of Energy convened a commission led by former lawmakers and regulators to study what to do next

SRS communities angered by nuclear waste decision  | ajc.com By Bob KeefeThe Atlanta Journal, April 28, 2010 -Constitution, WASHINGTON — For decades now, workers and local residents have fully expected that giant canisters of nuclear waste put into temporary storage at the Savannah River Site would eventually be relocated from their backyards to a permanent nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Continue reading →

May 1, 2010 Posted by | USA, wastes | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear “deterrence” does not make us safer

the claim that a nuclear deterrent makes us feel safer, seems, to put it plainly, bollocks.

(UK) Who’s afraid of the nuclear bomb?The debate over Trident has sparked differing reactions between the cold war and 9/11 generations – but why? Richard Rogers * guardian.co.uk,   28 April 2010 “….Back in the UK, the nation watched as Nick Clegg made the Lib Dems’ case for reviewing the replacement of Trident – arguing for the need to look for a cheaper alternative or possibly, just possibly, even abandon an independent nuclear deterrent for Britain completely………. Continue reading →

April 30, 2010 Posted by | UK, weapons and war | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear Non Proliferation Meeting May 1-28 – Iran, Egypt face U.S. and its allies

Iran, Egypt ready for battle at U.N. nuclear meeting,  news90, April 29, 2010 · By Louis Charbonneau, UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)– Iran and Egypt are gearing up for battle against the United States and its allies over Israel and developing countries’ rights to atomic technology at a major meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Continue reading →

April 30, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, politics international | , , , | Leave a comment

Comparing money for health research to money for useless plutonium weapons facilities

Keeping Fear Alive.  BuzzFlash.org, ROBERT C. KOEHLER, 29 April 2010, “…….One of the provisions of Udall’s bill would, according to the senator’s press release, “authorize $3 million for five years for epidemiological research on the impacts of uranium development on communities and families of uranium workers.”I can’t help but notice the insignificance of the dollar amount being sought for this research — or rather, I can’t help but compare it to other sums of money, diverted, without serious comment or thought, elsewhere.

For instance, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has already embarked on an expansion of its plutonium facilities for the construction of warhead cores, or pits. The projected cost of this project over a dozen years, according to Greg Mello of the watchdog Los Alamos Study Group, is at least $5.5 billion.”The facilities to be built are ‘modern,’ but their primary purpose is outmoded,” Mello writes.Their primary purpose is to keep America not so much “safe” as powerful, and to perpetuate an agenda that is only about power and geopolitical interests, which is retrospect always seem small and limited. Their primary purpose, damn the cost, is to keep fear alive .Keeping Fear Alive | BuzzFlash.org

April 30, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New Colorado legislation puts the brakes on the uranium industry

Colo. Legislature passes uranium cleanup bill, Google hosted news, By COLLEEN SLEVIN (AP) – 29 April DENVER — Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill that requires uranium mills to clean up radioactive waste before accepting more radioactive material.The Senate voted 24-9 in favor of the bill Wednesday. Later the House agreed with changes made in the Senate and readopted the bill by a vote of 60-3. It now goes to Gov. Bill Ritter. Continue reading →

April 30, 2010 Posted by | Legal, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

At last, some compensation for many victims of nuclear bomb testing

“Many families in the downwind states have stories like mine,” Tona Henderson wrote recently in the Idaho Statesman. “Some of these stories are so sad because entire families have died of cancer. . . .

Keeping Fear Alive.  BuzzFlash.org, ROBERT C. KOEHLER, 29 April 2010, “………legislation introduced into Congress this month to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has put the suffering born by so many Americans — who lived downwind of the nuclear tests, worked in the industry or mined the uranium — back into the news. Continue reading →

April 30, 2010 Posted by | Legal, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Money talks when Texas Governor considers nuclear waste dumping

Texans for Public Justice fleshes out the links in a report today: Simmons has donated $620,000 to Governor Perry’s campaign efforts since 2001.

Links between a nuclear waste dump and Perry Statesman.com, By Asher Price | Thursday, April 29, 2010 Salsa Verde We’ve written at the Statesman about links between Waste Control Specialists and Gov. Rick Perry. Waste Control, which operates a radioactive waste dump in far West Texas, is owned by Harold Simmons, who is one of the chief donors to Perry. Continue reading →

April 30, 2010 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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