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USA Climate bill: Nuclear industry has bought Democrats

Coal, nuclear, big oil defy the odds, Politico, 22 April 2010, By LISA LERER “….coal companies, the nuclear industry and Big Oil — have not only elbowed their way into seats at the table; they are poised to reap windfalls from climate proposals working their way through the Senate. ..

…The nuclear industry courted new environmentalist allies by hyping its status as one of the cleanest sources of fuel and supplemented its policy arguments with increased donations to Democrats……Their work is now paying off, as drafters of the Senate climate bill have bent over backward to court all three industries…..The bill increases financial incentives for nuclear power and provides tens of billions to develop new, cleaner coal technologies. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, nuclear, nuclear spin, renewable energy | Leave a comment

Hanford toxic nuclear waste – cleanup deadlines proposed

New Hanford radiation cleanup deadlines proposed , Seattle pi. 23 April 2010, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRI-CITIES, Wash. — The Department of Energy and its regulators have agreed to new cleanup deadlines for radioactive waste that has been temporarily buried since 1970 at the Hanford nuclear reservation.The Tri-City Herald reports the deadlines would allow more time for some work but also add new deadlines. They include deadlines for when some of the waste must be shipped to a national repository in New Mexico known as WIPP, for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant….The cleanup changes have been in discussion for more than a year. A 45-day public comment period begins May 3. New Hanford radiation cleanup deadlines proposed

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

India not prepared to cope with nuclear and radiation issues

‘The radiation mishap has exposed the unpreparedness and ill preparedness of the nation.

Government on defensive on Delhi radiation exposure | CalcuttaTube New Delhi, April 20 While asserting that adequate safeguards would be put in place to prevent a recurrence, the government Tuesday found itself on the defensive in the Rajya Sabha as members across the spectrum questioned how people had been exposed to radiation in Delhi. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation | Leave a comment

Atomic Energy authorities culpable in India’s radiation case

Delhi radiation case: AEC, AERB also culpable, Rediff.com India News, Dr A Gopalakrishnan, April 22, 2010 The Atomic Energy Commission and its subordinate organisations have the mandate to put in place a comprehensive plan to ensure nuclear safety in the country, but that does not seem to have been done, writes Dr A Gopalakrishnan, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation | 1 Comment

Soldiers, cancer, and depleted uranium

Our soldiers are offered up for radiological contamination, and possibly death. A byproduct of the greatest weapon of all, an invisible carcinogen,

Democracy and depleted uranium, http://www.uruknet.info R. B. Stuart, April 20, 2010 Soldiers, like my sister, return from Iraq gripped by cancer. The US military says cancer isn’t a war wound…In March 2006, when my sister was 41, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive, stage-IV dysgerminoma cancer, also called “germ cell” cancer,…. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, Iraq | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia accused of involvement in smuggling of enriched uranium

Saakashvili accuses Russia of supplying enriched uranium to Caucasus, News.Az 23 April 2010, President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili accused Russia “of creating unstableness”.According to RBK, in the opinion of the Georgian leader, the unstableness enables the smugglers to deliver the highly enriched uranium to the Caucasus………..The Georgian leader underlined that Russia should be responsible for maintaining control of the nuclear weapon distribution in these territories so long as “it has occupied them”. In his opinion, the incidents with the highly enriched uranium threaten Georgia’s safety.

News.Az – Saakashvili accuses Russia of supplying enriched uranium to Caucasus

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, secrets,lies and civil liberties | enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, uranium | Leave a comment

Increased security inspections for nuclear installations

Nuclear Weapons Sites Inspections Underway for 2010 Apr 22, 2010 The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) POGO was pleased to learn that the Department of Energy’s Office of Health, Safety, and Security (HSS) has scheduled for this year security inspections for all of the DOE sites that hold Category 1 amounts (bomb-making quantities) of nuclear material. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | nuclear, nuclear costs, reactors | Leave a comment

Safety flaws in new nuclear reactor design

Critics Challenge Safety of New Reactor Design, The New York Times, By MATTHEW L. WALD, 21 April 2010, As Southern Company and its partners, armed with federal loan guarantees of $8.3 billion, move toward construction of two new reactors at a site near Augusta, Ga., opponents are taking aim at the design details. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | nuclear, nuclear costs, reactor | Leave a comment

French nuclear corporation AREVA had a big influence on Nuclear Security Summit

The roundtable was hosted by Vice President Biden…..AREVA has led the industry …and continues to demonstrate its leadershipby its participation in conferences,

AREVA CEO Lauvergeon Participates In Nuclear Security Summit, Nuclear Power Industry News, 21 April 2010, As part of the Summit activities, Anne Lauvergeon on April 14 has participated in a panel with industry leaders to discuss the security of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. – By Stephen Heiser – AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon participated in Nuclear Security Summit activities taking place this week in Washington, D.C. President Obama and global leaders were meeting to pursue a comprehensive nuclear security agenda to secure vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years…… Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, EDF, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, reprocessing, uranium | Leave a comment

Local government opposes nuclear waste dump plan

Canton slams radioactive waste plans, World Radio Switzerland, 21 April 2010, Plans for a radioactive waste disposal unit in the canton of Schaffhausen has come under fire in a study published by the local government.The National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste outlined two possible sites for the unit: one in Zurich Weinland and one near Sudranden in the canton of Schaffhasusen.That’s just a few kilometers from the city of Schaffhausen, where 80 percent of the canton’s population live and work.Today’s report says a disposal centre would have a detrimental effect on the town of Schaffhausen, and on the development of both the canton’s economy and population.The report estimates it would lose between 15 and 33 million francs in tax revenue a year and the population would drop by up to 5,000 people. WRS | Canton slams radioactive waste plans

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear colonialism – sending radioactive wastes to developing countries?

Radioactive Waste Came From Abroad, Officials Say | India, THE FASTER TIMES, Jeremy Kahn, 19 April 2010, Last week, I reported on the disconcerting case of a bunch of radioactive Cobalt 60 turning up in a West Delhi scrap dealer’s shop, resulting in the poisoning of at least six people and a considerable amount of panic.Now,

The Wall Street Journal talks to nuclear scientists investigating the incident. They say that while they have not yet determined the source of radioactive metal, they are certain that it did not come from an Indian source…….As I mentioned in my initial post on this – the developing world has unfortunately become the dumping ground for all sorts of hazardous waste from the developed world. Radioactive Waste Came From Abroad, Officials Say | India

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

USA’s nuclear waste dilemma – no solution in sight

there is no real federal waste management plan….Energy Secretary Steven Chu has created a “blue ribbon” commission to help create a new long-term waste policy

Nuclear Utilities Sue DOE To Halt Nuclear Waste Fees, Nuclear Street, 22 April 2010, Utilities contend that the DOE has collected over $33 billion since 1983, never came for nuclear waste and has no federal waste management plan – By Stephen Heiser -The Nuclear Energy Institute and over a dozen utilities companies have filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to stop paying fees on spent fuel that the government was supposed to collect decades ago. Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, radiation, uranium | Leave a comment

Wisconsin will retain law preventing nuclear power plant construction

Nuclear power plant measure fizzles « The Daily Reporter: Paul Snyder, April 21, 2010 Nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin likely will be just as difficult to accomplish after the legislative session as it was before…. the Assembly did not debate the act during its session Tuesday, and, even if it were to pass the Assembly, the Senate does not have the votes to pass the act as drafted, said Carrie Lynch, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Wausau.

The Clean Energy Jobs Act would repeal a state law that prohibits nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin until the federal government builds a repository to store nuclear waste.That law, Soletski said, creates a moratorium on nuclear plant development.

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, reactors | Leave a comment

Safety flaws in planned new nuclear reactors

Study finds flaws in nuclear reactors planned for South Florida> Sun Sentinel by Julie Patel on April 21, 2010 A study commissioned by 12 groups that oppose nuclear power found flaws in the design of new nuclear reactors planned for South Florida. Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | technology, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, reactor | Leave a comment

Australian uranium mining company secretive about radioactive leaks in National Park

water with uranium concentrations 5400 times background and a cocktail of other radionuclides leaking from the tailings dam at Ranger.

ERA fails to come clean on Ranger uranium leak Scott Ludlam 21st April 2010, Ranger Uranium Mine Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has failed to come clean with shareholders and the people of the Northern Territory about the contaminated water leaking from the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park during today’s Annual General Meeting in Darwin. Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment