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Americans complacent about depleted uranium in Iraq

The United States, its abandonment of law and worse Redress Information & Analysis By Christopher King 8 December 2009 – “………….America has surpassed the Nazis, however, in its use of depleted uranium munitions which have spread radioactivity that will last hundreds of thousands of years over wide areas of Iraq.
Cancers and birth defects directly attributable to this are now being seen in Iraq and will continue indefinitely, so it is likely that over time the Iraqi civilian death toll will exceed that of the Nazis. Continue reading →

December 8, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Pakistan, China concerned about US-India nuclear deal

India-US relations and Pakistan’s concerns DAWN.com By Shahid R. Siddiqi , 07 Dec, 2009 – “…….India needed western technology; the US needed the Indian market. India had regional aspirations, a nuclear and military strength which it was keen to expand Continue reading →

December 8, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation | Leave a comment

Australian economist counters the nuclear fallacies

Get Ready For These Nuclear Fallacies New Matilda By Mark Diesendorf 7 Dec 09 “…. With the election of Tony Abbott as Opposition leader, a renewed burst of pro-nuclear propaganda is being spread by some of his colleagues, building on the existing campaign by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and other vested interests. Many fallacies and lies are being disseminated to the media and the public. Here are refutations of the most common ones. Continue reading →

December 8, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation | Leave a comment

Dubious security of India’s nuclear plants

Pressing the radio buttons THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS Huma Siddiqui Dec 07, 2009 Radioactivity is invisible, has no smell, makes no sound—in fact it cannot be detected by any of our senses. Yet, in case of a radioactive spill arising out of a nuclear accident, harmful effects to human mankind can be unimaginable.

The recent contamination of a water cooler in Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka has once again raised question marks Continue reading →

December 7, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste dumping leads to development of Somali piracy

Who Are the Real Pirates in Somali Waters?

Islam Online.net By Abdulkarim Mohamed Jimale 3 Dec 09 When will Somali piracy problem come to an end? When will the world really care for Somalia’s unprotected waters, stop the illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste? Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Somalia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, Somalia, wastes | Leave a comment

UK test veterans aging, as they await possible compensation

Pay our nuclear test veterans now – This is Derbyshire.co.uk December 03, 2009,

AN MP is demanding the Government stop wasting cash fighting nuclear-test veterans in court – and says ministers should instead use the money to compensate them immediately. Continue reading →

December 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, UK | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

True conservatives recommend renewable energy

Renewable Energy – A Conservative Approach L.A. Progressive by Tracy Emblem 1 December 2009 No new nuclear power plants have been built in the United States since the late 1970s……

Thirty years later, we have not solved the dilemma of storing nuclear waste or the problem of what to do with the weapons-grade plutonium. It only takes about 18 pounds of plutonium to build a nuclear weapon.

In the United States, more than 60,000 metric tons of nuclear waste is stored in temporary storage facilities at 131 civilian and military sites around the country. The current storage solutions are only expected to last 100 years, while nuclear waste can remain lethal for 100,000 years or more. We must also consider the weapons proliferation risk in an age of transnational terrorism in addition to the risk of an environmental accident. These are just some reasons why we must adopt alternative renewable energy standards and use renewable energy sources rather than build 100 more nuclear power plants.

A conservative solution is to invest in clean energy sources that do not pose risks inherent in nuclear energy production and storage…..In the United States , we can rebuild our manufacturing base by investing in renewable energy sources while creating good paying jobs that provide clean energy production. While those in favor of building nuclear power plants claim nuclear energy is inexpensive and cost effective, they have not factored in the costs and risks associated with the building and maintenance of storage facilities for nuclear waste.
The United States should lead the world away from the dangerous expansion of nuclear power plants. We should phase out our nuclear energy plants over the next generation and continue to invest in other renewable energy sources which make energy costs more predictable in the future.

Renewable Energy – A Conservative Approach | The LA Progressive

December 1, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, renewable, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radioactive, renewables, wastes | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing child cancers

Iraq sees alarming rise in cancers, deformed babies

The Washington Post By Suadad al-Salhy

Reuters
December 1, 2009 Incidences of cancer, deformed babies and other health problems have risen sharply, Iraqi officials say, and many suspect contamination from weapons used in years of war and accompanying unchecked pollution as a cause. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Iran bluff and bluster over nuke plants

Iran nuke plans largely bluster, experts say By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER (AP) – TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.’s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

French nuclear company marketing a dirty old solution

Accident casts fresh doubt on nuclear safety, Baltimore Sun 25 Nov 09 In the current issue of Scientific American, Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi propose a technically feasible, clean and efficient energy future from wind, water and sun. They note that wind – at 7 cents per kwh and projected to drop to 4 cents by 2020 – is getting cheaper than new nuclear, which is growing more expensive. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, safety | antinuclear, EDF, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, renewableenergy, renewables | Leave a comment

Climate change answer is sustainability, not nuclear

Nuclear power as the solution to our carbon emissions problem? Biocitizen By Kurt Heidinger on Nov 24, 2009 Today we learn, courtesy of the Washington Post, that “nuclear power is the “new” solution to humanity’s carbon emissions problem”. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, renewables | Leave a comment

Nuclear pollution in Russia

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The Hays Daily News By ARTHUR MAX Associated Press Writer

DNIPRODZERZHYNSK, Ukraine (AP) — Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Danger of nuclear terrorism

Top spy fears nuclear terror attack news.com.au By Nick Tabakoff The Daily Telegraph November 21, 2009 ONE of the world’s top spies has warned major world cities are at risk of a fresh September 11-style terrorist attack within the next decade.And he feared a scenario in which a nuclear device was triggered.

Efraim Halevy, former head of Israel’s top-secret national intelligence group Mossad, also warned Western societies like Australia were fighting international terrorism “with one arm tied behind their backs”.

Top spy fears nuclear terror attack | World News | News.com.au

November 24, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Soldiers’ cancer toll rising, from depleted uranium

How to get out of Afghanistan

History News Netwrk By William Polk22 Nov 09 “……Casualties we can count, but the number of seriously wounded keeps growing because many of the effects of exposure to modern weapons do not show up until later…… Cancer, from exposure to depleted uranium is, only now coming into full effect. 11 It is sobering that 40 percent of the soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf war – which lasted only a hundred hours – are receiving disability payments. 12 Inevitably, more “boots on the ground” will lead to more beds in hospitals……………http://hnn.us/articles/120371.htm

November 23, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

The GNEP and the myth of ‘clean’ nuclear power

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Could it be that the nuclear powers are in so deep that they just don’t know how to get out? Despite the cost, despite the mounting unsolved waste problem, despite the countries seeking nuclear weapons, the Big Powers forge on with the myths of “clean” “cheap”, “climate friendly” nuclear power.

From the statement of Gordon Brown, and the US China joint statement (both quoted below) it looks as if the myths will continue to be perpetrated, and that even the failed idea of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership might get a re-run.