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Iran rejects IAEA’s nuclear plan

Iran rejects core terms of IAEA nuclear deal Global Times January 21 2010] * By Liu Dong Iran has informed the UN nuclear-surveillance authority that it rejects core sections of a draft deal concerning its transmission of enriched uranium, officials said Tuesday.

One Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Iran gave its response at a meeting between the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) new chief, Yukiya Amano, and Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog, earlier this month.

The IAEA refused to say whether the meeting took place or discuss its possible content.But, according to the diplomat, Soltanieh reiterated Tehran’s earlier position, including the demand for a simultaneous fuel swap, which the West has persistently ruled out as unacceptable.The Iranians did not give their response in writing, however, the diplomat noted…………………

Under the terms of a plan, hammered out under the IAEA’s auspices in October, Iran was to have shipped abroad most of its stockpile of enriched uranium for processing into fuel for a reactor that makes radio-isotopes for medical use.

Global Times – Iran rejects core terms of IAEA nuclear deal

January 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Anxiety as the Western world losing dominance of the nuclear industry

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First and Second World countries are starting to look better, when compared with what is coming.

With very dubious safety and occupational health regulations, and with a big lack of transparency, South Korea embarks on a nuclear sales program to the Middle East.

China and India enthusiastically aim for nuclear power – also both with dubious safety, and secrecy.

Nuclear opponents have become accustomed to criticising France, UK, USA, Russia, Japan, Israel. But these First and Second World countries are starting to look better, when compared with what is coming.

For the U.S.A. and U.K. we have a chance of learning through free media about nuclear incidents. And possibly even for France. Not so sure about Russia. But at least they’ve all had experience of this so very dangerous industry. But for China, and the Asian and Middle East nations there’s likely to be an unhealthy combination of inexperience and news censorship.

Now we have countries with little experience or expertise and with dubious or no oversight of plants and of waste dumps, or uranium mines. And – countries that purport to want only ‘peaceful’ nuke power, Yet with obvious other power resources – e.g. Saudi Arabia, why would they want nukes? The answer that springs to mind is – for nuclear weapons.

And nuke weapons are not the only worry. How vulnerable are these “non-Western” nukes to accident, theft of plutonium, terrorism, and response to mistaken attack?

January 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactor, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Risks of nuclear radiation are indeed real

The risks of nuclear energy are not exaggerated Most scientists in this field agree that there is danger even in small doses of radiation The Guardian, Ian Fairlie20 January 2010 You [The Guardian] reported the view that radiation risks are exaggerated, but left out vital information on radiation protection (Radiation health threat overstated – Oxford professor, 11 January). The article relied upon and extensively cited a retired professor of particle physics, Wade Allison, who is neither a radiation biologist nor an epidemiologist, and is not in my view an expert in radiation risks. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | media, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Turkey planning nuclear weapons

Turkey Plans to Produce Nuclear Weapons. – The Orange Room – forum.tayyar.org 20 Jan 2010 OTTAWA, According to a piece published in the July 26 edition of theOttawa Citizen, the Turkish government has ordered the Turkish NuclearEnergy Commission to prepare a report detailing prospects of making Turkeya stronger nation due to its nuclear capabilities, by producing nuclearweapons……. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Turkey, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Pakistan’s Abdul Khan leaking nuclear info again?

Leaking secret information: LHC seeks reply from Dr AQ Khan by 25th Daily Times – Pakistan January 20, 2010 LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought a reply from nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadir Khan by January 25 on allegations that he disclosed sensitive information regarding Pakistan’s nuclear programme to foreign media. Continue reading →

January 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

New sanctions warning to Iran, in nuclear talks

Germany warns Iran it faces new sanctions BERLIN (Reuters) 19 Jan 2010 – Iran faces further sanctions unless it changes stance in talks over its nuclear program, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday, even if there is no United Nations agreement to act against Tehran……… Continue reading →

January 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iran threatening revenge over death of nuclear scientist

Iran vows to avenge assassination of nuclear scientist TEHRAN TIMES January 19, 2010 TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar here on Monday vowed that Tehran would retaliate against the last week terrorist attack on an Iranian nuclear physicist………..President Ahmadinejad earlier said that the Zionist regime of Israel was responsible for the Tuesday terrorist attack on Ali Mohammadi.

tehran times : Iran vows to avenge assassination of nuclear scientist

January 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

U.S. Army poised to take over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons?

US Army to ‘protect’ Pakistan’s nuclear sites, PRESS TV 17 Jan 2010 In face of a growing anti-Americanism among the Pakistan military, the US army moves to train a ‘crack unit’ to thwart possible attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities. Continue reading →

January 18, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Fishing community in India fights nuclear power

At a recent protest meeting in Sakhri Nate, activists managed to gather the entire village, including the women who rarely speak up. Hamid Abdur Rehman says: “We don’t want this project. Our future generations will be affected.”….

Fisherfolk join the fight against nuclear plant in Jaitapur THE HINDU SAKHRI NATE, Ratnagiri district, January 18, 2010 Meena Menon The narrow roads in this fishing village wind down to a crisp blue creek full of frenetic activity. Across the creek is the location of the proposed Jaitapur project being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)…………. Continue reading →

January 18, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment

Uranium’s risks to groundwater need thorough investigation

Downstream study of uranium’s risks The Virginian-Pilot
January 17, 2010 “..…….Federal regulations are geared toward mining in arid climates, and even so, they have sometimes failed to address contamination of groundwater systems surrounding uranium deposits in western states. Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Aborigines finally get back radiation tainted land

The worst contamination came not from the bombs blasted, but from the so-called “minor trials” of weapons components that took place for another six years.………….Australia did not recognise the aborigines’ claims to the land

Atomic amends Jan 15th 2010 | MARALINGA The Economist
A blighted site is handed back to the people displaced by British bombs FROM the air, Maralinga looks much like the rest of Australia’s outback: vast, red and empty. Up close, there are differences. Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Atomic radiation standards exclude many victims

Minister: A-bomb disease law too narrow TOKYO, Jan. 15 (UPI) — Japan needs to recognize more people who suffer from radiation disease caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, Legal | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear power leads to increased Doomsday risk

it is unwise and potentially futile trying to slow climate change in ways which increase the risk of nuclear war.”…“Achieving and sustaining a world free of nuclear weapons will be much swifter and more sustainable in a world without nuclear power,”

15 January 2010: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) is encouraged by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ (BAS) decision to move the famous ‘Doomsday Clock’ from 5 to 6 minutes before midnight. However, ICAN believes there is still much to deliver on to halt the threat of climate change and forge a nuclear weapons free world. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

“Doomsday Clock” – back one minute

Nuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy at news conference held at the New York Academy of Sciences overlooking the World Trade Center site, said there had been “a shift in world opinion” recognizing that nuclear weapons are “no longer useful to fight wars and are not effective as deterrence.”.

Scientists Push “Doomsday Clock” Back a Minute NEW YORK (Reuters) 15 Jan 2010 – Scientists pushed back the hands on the symbolic Doomsday Clock by one minute citing hopeful developments in nuclear weapons and climate change. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

The future: non-proliferation or a cascade of nuclear weapons?

.………the next 12 months “could be pivotal” in determining whether the entire edifice of non-proliferation can be held together, or whether it will dissolve into “the nuclear cascade” in which nations around the world seek their own weapons of mass destruction, making the world a decidedly more dangerous place.

Will the edifice of non-proliferation hold. The next 12 months could be pivotal in determining the answer. By HDS Greenway – GlobalPost : January 14, 2010 Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment