US soldiers the victims of depleted uranium
Dave Lindorff: Pentagon Dirty Bombers: Depleted Uranium in the USA The Huffington Post October 27, 2009 “……………..The Pentagon continues a long history of claiming that DU–which is the uranium that is left after the fissionable isotope U-235 is removed to make nuclear fuel and bombs–is not dangerous, Continue reading
Russia to use nuke-powered space travel?
October 28th, 2009 Will Russia’s Next Rocket be Nuclear? Universe Today by Nancy Atkinson “…. Russia’s agency chief is proposing to build a new spaceship with a nuclear engine. Continue reading
Russia to get nuclear-powered spacecraft
Russia to build spacecraft with nuclear engine http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-29 MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Russia is developing manned spacecraft powered by nuclear engines, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said on Wednesday. The development of Megawatt-class nuclear power systems for manned spacecraft was vital if Russia intended to maintain its leading position in the space industry, Anatoly Perminov said in a meeting of the presidential commission on the modernization of the Russian economy. “The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs,” Perminov was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news agency.
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Iran wanting changes to uranium transfer plan
Iran to Demand Changes to Uranium Transfer Proposal, Report Says Global Security Newswire Oct. 27, 2009 * Iran intends to demand significant revisions to a U.N. proposal Continue reading
Australian nuclear agency faked poll results
ANSTO turn nuclear poll “NO” into “YES Scott Ludlam 26th October 2009, The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has been caught out blatantly lying over the results of its own survey which showed overwhelming rejection of nuclear power by Australians. Continue reading
Obama making ambiguous noises about nuclear power
by Christina Macpherson President Obama is making some rather ambiguous noises about nuclear energy. This is, of course, in the context of present debates on the USA’s Climate Bill. And we know that the Democrats are so keen to get some sort of Climate Bill passed, that just about anything goes, even nuclear, if the word “Climate” is tacked on to the Bill.And, of course, there’s always the dear old “military-industrial complex” , and now, the pressure to somehow put so-called “peaceful” nukes, into nuclear disarmament plans.
Perhaps Obama is just placating them all with these seemingly pro-nuke noises. He can’t be unaware of the financial and waste-problem debacle that is the present state of this dying industry. Continue reading
Veterans sue govt for nuclear radiation harm
FORMER SOLDIERS SUE STATE FOR NUCLEAR RADIATION DAMAGES Santiago Times By James Fowler 23 October 2009 Conscripts Were Exposed To High Levels Of Radiation Former soldiers suffering from radiation poisoning are suing the Chilean treasury and Nuclear Energy Commission for US$85 million. The men were exposed to high levels of radiation whilst guarding the same nuclear facility in Santiago in the late 1980’s. Continue reading
Iran seems to be spurning a good nuclear deal
Dickering Over Uranium Tehran should love the U.S. offer on enrichment. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OCTOBER 24, 2009
One sign that an adversary isn’t serious about negotiating is when it rejects even your concessions. That seemed to be the case yesterday when Iran gave signs it may turn down an offer from Russia, Europe and the U.S. to let Tehran enrich its uranium under foreign supervision outside the country. The mullahs so far won’t take yes for an answer.
Tehran had previously looked set to accept the deal, which is hardly an obstacle to its nuclear program………………..the West’s enrichment offer is already a good one for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran would give up one bomb’s worth—about 2,600 pounds—of uranium enriched at its facility in Natanz to the low level of 3.5%. Russia would then enrich the uranium further to 19.75% and someone, most likely France, would put the uranium into fuel rods for transfer back to Iran for ostensible use in a civilian nuclear reactor. Western officials say this would delay Iran’s efforts to get a bomb………………
Iran insists it won’t stop enriching uranium on its own, in violation of Security Council resolutions. Aside from rewarding Iran for past misbehavior by letting it use illegally enriched uranium, this deal fails to solve the problem it is intended to solve. That’s because as long as the Natanz facility continues to enrich uranium at its current rate of about 132 pounds a month, Iran will produce enough low-enriched uranium within the year for a bomb………….
The mullahs know that President Obama is eager to show diplomatic gains from his engagement strategy, and they are going to exploit that eagerness to get every possible concession. The one thing Iran has shown no desire to bargain over is its intention to become a nuclear power.
Immediate danger of nuclear global cooling
The Forgotten Nightmare: Global Cooling
By Robin Davis 21 October, 2009 Countercurrents.org “……………….While global warming dominates the headlines a more urgent danger threatens life on earth. Global warming could make the planet uninhabitable by the end of the century. Global cooling – the “Nuclear Winter” that would follow nuclear war – could achieve the same result in days or weeks……… Continue reading
French Polynesians: almost impossible to get nuclear compensation
Nuclear payments blow to French Polynesia ABC News By Geraldine Coutts for Radio Australia Oct 15, 2009 Activists fighting for victims of French nuclear testing in the Pacific are stunned by conditions imposed in a compensation bill by France’s upper house. Continue reading
ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat exaggerated
ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat hyped By JPOST.COM STAFF Oct 18, 2009Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, maintains that the danger posed by Iran’s nuclear program is being exaggerated, Continue reading
India’s nuke industry leading to dangers
Downside of more Indian N tests Pakistan Observer Sultan M Hali 16 Oct 09 There is a sudden flurry of revelations by Indian scientists that its 1998 thermonuclear tests were a failure and India needs to carry out more tests Continue reading
France making it hard for Polynesian nuclear victims
Nuclear payments blow to French Polynesia
By Geraldine Coutts for Radio Australia
ABC News Oct 15, 2009
Activists fighting for victims of French nuclear testing in the Pacific are stunned by conditions imposed in a compensation bill by France’s upper house………….Roland Oldham, president of the Mororua e Tatou Association representing French Pacific nuclear test workers, told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the actions of the French Senate reflected arrogance in metropolitan France towards its territories. Continue reading
Missile sites leave costly pollution
Pollution an enduring legacy at old missile sites Google News By MEAD GRUVER (AP) – 11 Oct 09 CHEYENNE, Wyo. — As U.S. Air Force officials marked the 50th anniversary of the deployment of nuclear missiles to sites in the rural United States this past week, residents in some of these communities are still grappling with another legacy — groundwater pollution Continue reading
Nuclear “deterrence” makes Japan a target
Japan would be safer without extended deterrence
The Mainichi Daily News, by Dr Tilman Ruff (Mainichi Japan) October 10, 2009 The role Japan can play in achieving that critical goal cannot be overestimated. Continue reading
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