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Should taxpayers bail out failing nuclear industry?

Nuclear companies face reactor design problems, ethics questions FACING SOUTH (USA) 16 Nov 09 Federal regulators have expressed serious safety concerns about the design for 14 of the nation’s 25 proposed new nuclear reactors, Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose

No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose’ Express Buzz 16 Nov 09 KOLKATA: As locals continue protests against the proposed coastal nuclear power plant at Haripur in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar today said the plant will not come up there if the people do not want it…… Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, indigenous issues | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear | Leave a comment

The myth of France’s ‘nuclear solution’ to climate change

French Nuclear Madness won’t save the climate Baltic Sea, 7th Space International 16 Nov 09 — Today six activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise boarded the cargo ship Happy Ranger in the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany. The activists are carrying banners reading “Nuclear Madness, made in France”. Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Finland, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Corrosion flaw shows failure of nuclear waste system

Nuclear disposal put in doubt by recovered Swedish galleon The plan to use copper for sealing nuclear waste underground has being thrown into disarray by corrosion in artefacts from the Vasa The Guardian, Terry Macalister 14 Nov 09 Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Sweden, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

UK believes that “God will provide” an answer to nuclear waste?

Nuclear waste moved off the agenda Environmental Research Web (UK) 16 Nov 09 The governments new draft National Policy Statement on nuclear power, indicating which issues the new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) should take on board, and which it can ignore, contains this remarkable statement: Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

US Climate Bill to include nuclear energy as “CLEAN”?

Nuclear energy high on Senate’s climate agenda Google News 16 Nov 09 By Emmanuel Parisse (AFP) WASHINGTON — With crucial global climate talks less than a month away, US senators appear to be betting on nuclear energy Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, USA | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium linked to birth defects

Iraq Encounters Huge Rise In Birth Defects Iraq, November 15, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) by Peter Eyre and Sarah Price 15 Nov 09 It is time that the US UK NATO and IDF forces owned up to their use of weapons containing uranium components Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Uranium mining to cause devastation, and greenhouse gases

Britain’s nuclear strategy threatens destruction of Kalahari Namibian environmentalists warn expansion of uranium mining could devastate spectacular natural landscape guardian.co.uk The Observer, John Vidal 15 Nov 09 “..……. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Namibia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

California’s safety law prevents new nukes

Nuclear power not the answer; renewable energy is Sign On San Diego By ACE HOFFMAN November 15, 2009″…….…….

We have a law in California that prohibits new nuclear power plants until a solution to the problem of nuclear waste is found. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | 1 Comment

Citigroup reports on Nuclear Economics – the”corporate killer”

New Nuclear – the Economics Say No 14 November 09 Citgroup’s new report called ‘New Nuclear – The Economics Say No’ describes the financial risks of building new nuclear reactors as ‘Corporate Killers’. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | 1 Comment

Rural movement to stop nuclear power in India

Land trouble may trip N-power in Gujarat Business Standard 14 Nov 09 Maulik Pathak / Jasapara , Vashram Patel, a farmer in the Jasapara village in Gujarat, says it is better to “fight and die” on his land rather than move to another place. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment

Benefits of nuclear energy just don’t stack up

Nuclear benefits overstated Brady Skaff, Mankato Free Press November 12, 2009 . ,,,,,,,,,

A typical-sized plant still produces over 250,000 tons of carbon each year. When looking at a power plant, you are talking about mining uranium, refining fuel, construction of the plant, and operating the plant 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Need to track X-rays, CT scans –

Radiation risks Experts urge tracking of X-rays, CT scans X-ray technology has been around for decades, but the issue of radiation has been heating up as new research considers the health risks Globe Life Cathy Weeks Nov. 13, 2009 Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Canada, health | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Did depleted uranium cause birth defects in Iraq?

Huge rise in birth defects in FallujaIraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities guardian.co.uk,13 November 2009 Doctors in Iraq‘s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste disposal like a toilet with no plumbing

We have no space for all of this waste Western Courier Sara Gregory 11/13/09 According to CNN reports in early November, the ‘nuclear renaissance’ so heavily anticipated last year is in fact alive and well; billions more in taxpayer money could soon be employed to revive the movement…….. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment