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Sarkozy pushing unsafe nuclear industry to Italy

The safe French nuclear is a Government joke. Try and put the words France “nuclear accidents” into Google. You get about 28,000 results. Nuclear accidents in France are no longer news.

Beppe Grillo’s Blog: Nuclear dwarves, 17 March 2010, “…….If the nuclear “picciotto” {rank and file mafioso} in Italy is Berlusconi, its instigator is Sarkozy. The greatest pusher of nuclear power stations in the world. And thus it is with joy that I read the news of the electoral collapse of the “Transalpine Carlànano”. One dwarf attracts another…. Sarkozy could lose in the whole of France at the second round…. Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, safety | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

India’s “Nuclear Liability Bill” – a subsidy to USA business

“There is no legal liability of the foreign reactor supplier even if it supplies faulty and substandard equipment.”

Nuclear bill is hidden subsidy to US firms, says Left LittleAbout – from Indo-Asian News New Delhi, March 16 : The Left parties Tuesday urged MPs to reject the civil nuclear liability bill, saying it amounted to giving subsidies to US suppliers of proposed nuclear plants while disregarding the interests of the Indian people. Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear power is the most pressing global issue

Nuclear Power Decisions Will Determine Much. Climate Progress Craig Severance 15 March 2010, Though nuclear power may seem a limited issue — related only to energy, and only one of several energy sources at that – the decision whether to pursue nuclear power may prove to be the most important decision now before world leaders. Consider the following: Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, uranium | Leave a comment

Depressing outlook for uranium sales: AREVA cuts back production

Waiting for Uranium Prices to Rise, By Melissa Pistilli Uranium Investing News, 15 March.2010, AREVA May Cut Production Depressing uranium prices have forced French uranium miner AREVA to plan a review of its projects, which may lead to a 20 per cent cut in its 2012 output target.

Last September, the company pegged its 2012 production number at 12,000 tonnes of U308, but now says uranium prices are too low to make production costs economical. Continue reading →

March 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, France | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium | Leave a comment

University Students Set Up Virtual Nuclear Weapons Forum

learn more, please visit the world forum on the future of nuclear weapons, http://eagle.webster.edu/TheGlobalForum/ launched by Webster University students

Nuclear Nemesis, Civil Religion | By Rosan Yoshida, Post-Dispatch 16 March 2010, The entire earth ecology faces imminent inferno. We may evaporate instantaneously, be burned skinless in the nuclear blast, or be irradiated incessantly, inside and out, succumbing to dust in a nuclear winter.We are at the critical point: either we abolish nukes or nukes abolish us. Continue reading →

March 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Human error caused nuke submarine to crash

Nuclear submarine crashed after commander misread number Headline Uk News, March 15th, 2010 The commander of a nuclear submarine has admitted his vessel crashed into a rock because he misread a number one for a seven on a chart.

Nuclear submarine crashed after commander misread number

March 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Spin on Nuclear power refuted

PricewaterhouseCoopers avoid the details on nuclear power, Nuclear Reaction , 16 March 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers have released a report, Resurgence of nuclear power, which talks about how the ‘utilities around the world are realizing the great promise of new nuclear power plants and making investments today’ and offers ‘key considerations as the nuclear option is re-introduced’. It paints an extraordinarily glowing picture of the upcoming nuclear ‘renaissance’.It doesn’t mention nuclear waste once. The safety concerns around nuclear power have been ‘refuted’.

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March 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, spinbuster | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Nuclear Colonialism: Selling nukes to India, etc

It’s a sad thing, that with all their energy and intelligence, the “developing world”, the “Third World” seem intent on copying the “First” and “Second” worlds, no matter whether this is a good idea or not.

So – the “First” and “Second ” worlds – (Britain, Europe – USA, Canada, Australia) – found out how bad cigarettes, asbestos and nuclear power are. So – what do they do? Now sell them to the Third World.

Colonialism all over again!

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | antinuclear, AREVA, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Foreign companies won’t have to pay for nuclear accidents in India

Nuke accident: India liable, not foreign suppliers?, NDTV , March 14, 2010, New Delhi, The government is set to introduce a contentious bill in Lok Sabha on Monday, which seeks to fix liability in case of a nuclear accident. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radioactive | Leave a comment

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill aimed at helping U.S. interests

legislation that safeguards the interests of the United States at the expense of the safety of Indian people

Left parties want Nuclear Liability Bill scrapped, THE HINDU, 15 March 2010,

It’s an attempt by the government to safeguard U.S. interests, they say Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill not all plain sailing

BJP, Left to seek closer scrutiny of nuclear liability Bill, THE HINDU, Sandeep Dikshit, 15 March 2010, NEW DELHI: The government has scheduled for Monday the introduction of a Bill in the Lok Sabha limiting compensation in case of a nuclear accident. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties have resolved to oppose the Bill and seek its referral to the Standing Committee for closer scrutiny…. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Legal action against uranium mill

Pinion Ridge uranium mill under fire, The Energy Collective, 13 March 2010, Environmental groups file multiple legal challenges “…The Sheep Mountain Alliance (SMA), a Telluride, Colo., environmental group, and its legal counsel, the Energy Minerals Law Center (EMLC), located in Durango, Colo, have taken a two-pronged approach to try to stop the development of the Pinion Ridge uranium mill.

The 500 ton/day facility is being developed by Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) and will be located in Naturita, Colo., about 50 miles northwest of Telluride. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Video on depleted uranium

Alan Watt: The depleted uranium nightmare

Watch “Alan Watt: The depleted uranium nightmare” Video at 911Revolution

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Opposition to re-opening of Germany’s controversial nuclear waste dump

A phase-out of nuclear power has been planned for 2021, and eight of the country’s 17 reactors are currently due to cease output in 2018.

Germany’s Greens protest re-opening of nuclear waste dump, Deutsche Welle | 14.03.2010, After a ten year moratorium, exploration on the future of the Gorleben nuclear waste dump is to resume. The Green party and environmental leaders are protesting the decision.Environmentalists and member of the Green party responded with sharp criticism to reports that the German Environment Ministry would reopen talks on the future of the Gorleben nuclear waste dump. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation | Leave a comment

Citizens smell a rat on Entergy’s Nuclear Spin-Off

citizens seem to be saying that they “smell a rat”. Perhaps they figure that when it’s time to shut down and clean up these plants Entergy wants to be sure that their deep corporate pockets are not available to the states in question if the Enexus doesn’t have enough money to do the job. And if that happens, guess who will foot the bills.

Entergy’s Nuclear Spin-Off Hits a Snag in Vermont, Seeking Alpha, by: John Clark March 14, 2010 Entergy (ETR), has been trying to complete a stock spinoff to separate its nuclear power plants for some time. This may be a terrific deal for Entergy and may be even a good one for the owners of the new entity to be called Enexus, but states in which those power plants are situated apparently aren’t so sure. Continue reading →