Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League seeks hearing over its objections to nuclear plant
Nuclear board to hear arguments over Ga. plant – BusinessWeek, September 9, 2010, A nuclear regulatory board will hear arguments over whether environmental groups can raise new concerns about the design of a proposed nuclear power plant in Georgia.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has scheduled arguments Sept. 17 to consider whether it should weigh the objections over the design of two reactors that the Atlanta-based Southern Co. wants to build at Plant Vogtle.
Local environmental advocates including the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League have said that the Westinghouse Electric Co.’s AP1000 reactor picked for the project could be vulnerable to corrosion. They worry that if radioactive material escaped through a corroded spot during an accident, the public could be harmed. Nuclear board to hear arguments over Ga. plant – BusinessWeek
USA needs to make India change its law, in order to sell U.S. nukes
the nuclear ndustry in the US too seems to have been taken aback by the Civil Liability for the Nuclear Damages Bill, 2010……..the legislation would be “a significant deterrent not only to US nuclear business but, equally importantly, to Indian and other international private business as well”.
Nuclear liability bill: US looks to ‘changes’; BJP cries foul – The Times of India, NEW DELHI: 8 Sept 10, Even before the collective sigh of relief in the government over safe passage to the nuclear liability bill in Parliament could end, the US on Tuesday queered the pitch yet again by stating that it was already looking at “changes” in the bill. Continue reading
Nuclear industry in South Africa – secretive and poorly regulated
Activists in South Africa maintain that …. the regulation, monitoring and standards practised by the nuclear industry remain among the most secretive and fatally flawed in the world.
New liability law “could end civil nuclear growth in India” – little wonder South African nuclear industry refuses to discuss the issue | Coalition Against Nuclear Energy, 7 Sept 10, “………….In South Africa, the nuclear industry has for years been trying to establish whether changes will be brought about to a virtually non-existent nuclear liabilities law. Continue reading
Israel estimated to have nuclear material for 150 weapons
While Israel has never acknowledged having atomic weapons, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington- based policy study group, estimates that the Jewish state possesses enough material for between 100 and 170 weapons.
Nuclear Hypocrisy: UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability, Veterans Today, September 8, 2010 posted by Michael Leon · World’s worst nuclear offender gets another pass -By Jonathan Tirone, September 06, 2010 (Bloomberg) -Sept, 03, 2010– United Nations investigators, ordered to write a report about Israel’s atomic capabilities, said they couldn’t compile enough information to assess the extent of the country’s nuclear program. Continue reading
More uranium workers eligible for nuclear compensation
Mallinckrodt refined uranium at its plant in north St. Louis during World War II for the nation’s first atomic bombs, and continued work there and at other locations until 1966. Waste from uranium processing at Mallinckrodt was dumped at the airport site.
Compensation for nuclear-bomb workers expanded to new site, BY TIM O’NEIL , September 8, 2010 St. louis • Special federal compensation for workers who handled material for nuclear weapons has been expanded to include those who worked at a waste-storage site near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Former workers or their survivors are eligible for $150,000 and payment of medical expenses Continue reading
A sober look at policy on Iran’s nuclear programme
IAEA inspections and sanctions may not be a perfect strategy, but given the alternatives, they seem to be the best horse in this race.
Iran: 1, IAEA: Center for Strategic and International Studies, By Kevin Kallmyer, Sep 8, 2010, In a recent IAEA report, the IAEA disclosed that the agency does not have the confidence to declare Iran’s nuclear program exclusively peaceful.The report states that Iran has not provided sufficient cooperation to permit the agency to fulfill its mission and confirm that Iran’s program is peaceful, and is the IAEA’s third report in a row to draw this conclusion. Continue reading
Looming prospect of a failed nuclear state – Pakistan
And the specter of the world’s first failed nuclear state, coupled with the nightmare scenario of younger Islamist officers pushing the three stars aside and taking over in the name of Islam, was no longer idle cocktail chatter.
World’s first failed nuclear state?. “friday-lunch-club”:De Borchgrave:, September 8, 2010 “…Pakistan is reeling under the most devastating national catastrophe since independence 63 years ago. Continue reading
Nuclear Liability Bill worries USA nuclear lobby, with Obama to visit India soon
Under the measure, plant operator liability in the event of an atomic incident was increased to about $320 million and the suppliers of nuclear materials and technology could also be sued…
.…..the liability bill will be “a significant deterrent not only to U.S. business but, equally importantly, to Indian and other international private business as well,” said Ashley Tellis, who took part in the U.S.-Indian atomic deal negotiations.“It’s going to be interesting to see whether the Indians, now that they have passed this law, are going to stick to their guns or cave under possible U.S. pressure to reverse course,”
New liability law “could end civil nuclear growth in India” Continue reading
Germany, India, France, getting uncomfortable for the nuclear industry
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The nuclear resuscitation could be falling apart faster than anticipated.
India has been the big hope for USA’s struggling nuclear salesman, Westinghouse and others. But its new Liability Bill does not give them the certainty from financial accountability – they wanted to never have to pay up, (just like Union Carbide didn’t have to pay up for the Bhopal gas disaster). They might have to pull out!
Germany – Angela Merkel’s government is on the line, as opposition grows within and without Germany, to the continuance of their old nuclear reactors. And the nuclear lobby so desperately wants to stomp on Germany’s success with renewable energy!
France – well, Areva’s and EDF’s the much touted new gee whiz nuclear reactors in Finland and France are becoming an embarrassment with their delays and soaring costs, and the UK is not too keen on their product either. And France was the poster boy for nuclear!
Retirement time for Germany’s old nuclear reactors
Nearly two thirds of German citizens oppose nuclear power, and 150,000 people participated in the recent big demonstration against it. It remains to be seen whether the government has the power or the mandate to force through its wishes.
Time for Germany’s nuclear reactors to retire | Greenpeace International, by jmckeati – September 7, 2010 So, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced at the weekend that her government will seek extension to the country’s nuclear reactors’ lifetimes of between 8 and 14 years. Germany’s reactors are the nuclear old men of Europe, more than ready for retirement. All nuclear reactors are dangerous and the older they are the more dangerous they become. Frau Merkel is making a grave mistake by seeking to extend the operating life of Germany´s nuclear reactors. Continue reading
Election battle looms over Merkel’s plan to extend nuclear power in Germany
Opposition parties and environmentalists have vowed to fight the planned extension in the lifetime of Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors….the opposition has vowed to challenge this in Germany’s highest court…..Even if the extension becomes law, the opposition Social Democrats (SPD), co-authors with the Greens of 2000’s decision to exit nuclear power, said they will reverse Merkel’s changes if they return to power.
Merkel sets stage for nuclear power battle, Google hosted news, By Simon Sturdee (AFP) – 7 Sept 10, BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday hailed government proposals to postpone Germany’s exit from nuclear power as a “revolution,” setting up what one opposition MP called a “fiery autumn” of protests……. Continue reading
USA’s nuclear salesmen in a turmoil over India’s Nuclear Liability Bill
The US India Business Council, representing 300 top US companies doing business with India, wanted India to adopt a nuclear liability regime “channelling absolute and exclusive liability to nuclear power plant operators, [not to the USA nuclear reactor suppliers]
US fears Indian nuclear liability law may deter foreign suppliers – The Economic Times, 7 Sept 10, WASHINGTON: The passage of a nuclear liability bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India’s plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies. Continue reading
USA plays musical chairs with cancer-causing nuclear wastes moving from California to Utah
“significant amounts of soil contaminated with carcinogenic dioxins, heavy metals and radioactive materials” will be removed from the site and taken to licensed waste dumps, including one in Utah,
Santa Susana Nuclear Site’s Toxic Dirt to be Shipped to Utah : Clean Ups : Curbed LA, September 7, 2010, by Adrian Glick Kudler,The Santa Susana Field Laboratory, home to a Cold War nuclear test site, should be all cleaned up, just 58 years after a partial nuclear meltdown. Continue reading
Florida residents have to pay up in advance for nuclear plant extensions that are not yet scrutinized
Austrian and Bavarian challenges to extending life of Germany’s old nuclear reactors
Anschober said there had been a “decision for the profit interests of the atomic energy lobby and against safety concerns.”
Nuclear extension sparks Austrian meltdown — The Local. 7 Sept 10, Germany’s plan to extend the lives of its nuclear reactors has upset neighbouring Austria, where a environmental official has warned that a reactor near the border poses clear “safety risks.”
Rudi Anschober, environment minister for the state of Upper Austria, which borders Bavaria, also warned that the Austrian Federal Government was preparing to attack Germany’s plan. Continue reading
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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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Tell the Ukrainian Government to Drop Prosecution of Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko
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