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Pakistani nuclear expert supports Iran’s program

A Q Khan supports Iran’s nuclear programme Islamabad Pakistan Observer 9 Nov 09 —Top Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has supported Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy and said that a propaganda campaign was going on against the nuclear programme of Iran.

Talking to IRNA, in a first-ever interview to any Iranian news service, he said, the West is biased against the nuclear programmes of all the Islamic countries including Iran.If Iran fires a missile then it is wrong but if Israel does it then it is right”, he added.

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Pakistan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iranian public unaware of facts on nuclear program

Iranians wrongly support nuclear program: analyst

Azerbaijan, Baku, 06.11.2009 /Trend News, T.Konyayeva/

The Iranians support the development of the country’s nuclear program and consider the issue to be a matter of pride, but know neither its possible military orientation nor its real price, Northeastern University Professor Kamran Dadkhah told Trend News in an e-mail. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Depleted Uranium contamination in Iraq

The Responsibility of the US in Contaminating Iraq with Depleted Uranium Global Research by Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi 10 Nov 09 For two decades, the administrations of the United States of America and the United Kingdom have been waging continuous wars on Iraq to occupy this oil rich country.The armed forces of those two countries attacked civilians with different kinds of conventional, non-conventional, and banned weapons such as cluster bombs ammunitions, napalm bombs, white phosphorous weapons and depleted Uranium weapons. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iraq, weapons and war | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Maralinga nuclear bomb site returns to aborigines

Traditional indigenous owners to reclaim Maralinga bomb site THE AUSTRALIAN David Nason November 10, 2009 MORE than 50 years after their ancestral lands were devastated by nuclear testing, the Tjarutja people of western South Australia will next month be handed back the infamous expanse of remote desert the British named Maralinga. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear test veterans deserve compensation

MP Calls For Action On Nuclear Test Veterans 2009 CREWE and Nantwich GUARDIAN (UK) 10 November 2009 MP Edward Timpson has called for action from the Government regarding British nuclear test veterans.Between 1952 and 1967 the UK carried out a number of tests of nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean and in Australia, involving more than 20,000 servicemen.Some 30% of men involved in the tests have since died, mostly in their 50s. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons could fall into dangerous hands

Defending the Arsenal In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe? The New Yorker by Seymour M. Hersh November 16, 2009 America’s dealings with Pakistan may be increasing the risk of radicalization. Continue reading →

November 9, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Pakistan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

France supplies dangerous plutonium fuel to Japanese nuclear reactor

Controversial MOX fuel in use at Japanese reactor NTI Global Security NewsWire Nov. 5, 2009

A Japanese nuclear power reactor today began using French-made mixed-oxide fuel, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, July 17). Continue reading →

November 6, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, safety | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear processing planned close to World Heritage lake

Activist works to protect Lake Baikal The Dartmouth News

By Laura Bryn Sisson November 2, 2009 The planned construction of a uranium enrichment center only 50 miles from Lake Baikal in Siberia poses an environmental threat to the world’s oldest and deepest lake, Continue reading →

November 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Scotland’s problem of radioactive old nuclear submarines

Argyll, redundant submarines and nuclear waste disposal forargyll.com 2nd November, 2009 Much of the Scottish Media has spent the last two days headlining the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) intention to dump nuclear waste from redundant nuclear submarines in up to 5 locations in Scotland……. Continue reading →

November 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

1945 nuclear bomb-making now polluting groundwater

Unanticipated Long Term Consequences of Nuclear Waste From Bomb Making Environmental news Network Frank Clifford, L A Times November 1, 2009 Radioactive debris has been found in canyons that drain into the Rio Grande, Continue reading →

November 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Is depleted uranium causing birth deformities?

Fallujah Horror: Depleted Uranium? Ya Libnan By Ghassan Karam, Beirut, 1 November, 2009
“…………………..we are concerned with much more sinister effects of war, effects that linger on and destroy life. Continue reading →

November 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Don’t believe nuclear lobbyists

Nuclear waste must be dealt with The Seattle Times Ted Coskey, Seattle 30 Oct 09 Nuclear power is not what the industry is trying to make it appear to be. It is neither safe nor essentially carbon-free … Continue reading →

November 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Dangerous burden of nuclear power

Cost of nuclear power is too great a burden THE NATION (Thailand) by GARETH CLAYTON BANGKOK October 30, 2009 “……..danger of accidents from nuclear power stations.
These dangers are real. Continue reading →

November 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, climate change, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, renewableenergy | Leave a comment

Iran still wanting nuclear weapons while Israel has them?

Russian diplomacy cools Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but for how long? Russia Today 29 October, 2009, Iran says it is ready to accept a proposal for its nuclear program that demands Tehran send its low-enriched uranium to Russia for processing. Should the global community feel more at ease?…… Continue reading →

October 30, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iraq now wanting nuclear power

Iraq flags desire to resume nuclear power The Age MARTIN CHULOV, BAGHDAD October 29, 2009 IRAQ has started lobbying for approval to again become a nuclear player, Continue reading →

October 29, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iraq, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment