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Old nuclear weapons fuel to be used in commercial nuclear reactors

the US and Russia will today sign a long-delayed agreement to dispose of 34 tonnes of plutonium from decommissioned weapons, by using it in power stations.

US summit expected to back Barack Obama’s plan to prevent nuclear theft | World news | The Guardian 12 April Leaders from more than 40 countries will tomorrow back Barack Obama’s plans to prevent the theft of nuclear material from vulnerable stockpiles around the world. Continue reading →

April 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, technology | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, plutonium, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

USA’s poor security of its own enriched uranium and dead nuke weapons

Will U.S. Inaction on its own Nuclear Security Issues Compromise Summit Success?Across the Aisle: The PSA Blog, by Peter Stockton and Ingrid Drake | April 7th, 2010 “…..Frankly, if we want other nations to follow, we have to lead by example. Highly enriched uranium (HEU) is a prime target for nuclear terrorists: with about 100 pounds it is possible to make an improvised nuclear device that could create a blast on par with the one that devastated Hiroshima. Yet, the U.S. has the world’s second largest stock of HEU and plutonium. Continue reading →

April 9, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Allegations of horror radiation tests in Iranian prisons

Gamma Radiation and Ultra-Violation, World Threats, Ryan Mauro, Cyrus News Agency – April 5, 2010 – This report was disclosed by a group of Iranians working in a medical center in a former Soviet country.There is evidence that shows that women in Iranian prisons are used for Gamma ray research. Continue reading →

April 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, plutonium, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Some U.S. States with nuclear wastes want Yucca dump

House members: Block Energy Dept. from abandoning Yucca nuke waste plan, The Hill, By Ben Geman – 03/24/2010 A bipartisan group of House members whose states contain nuclear waste left over from Cold War weapons production hope to block the Energy Department from walking away from the proposed Yucca Mountain waste dump in Nevada. Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Spread of nuclear technology increasing risk of terrorist radioactive attack

Legitimate uses for such materials also “significantly increases the risk that they may be diverted and exploited by terrorist organisations”….

BRITAIN FACES NUCLEAR THREAT FROM al-QAEDA, GOVERNMENT REPORT WARNS, San Francisco Sentinel, By Duncan Gardham;The London Telegraph, 23 March 2010, Britain faces an increased threat of a nuclear attack by al-Qaeda terrorists following a rise in the trafficking of radiological material, a government report has warned. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

USA’s $96 billion nuclear waste mess

the federal government continues to search for suitable sites for storage of high-level wastes from nuclear power plants and for very long-lived radioactive materials from weapons production.

For the time being high-level waste remain on the sites where they were generated…….

Where to dump nuclear waste? Manila Bulletin By ATTY. ROMEO V. PEFIANCO February 17, 2010, Dumping nuclear waste has been a serious problem in the US since 1970 Continue reading →

February 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, fast breeder, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation, radioactive, Westinghouse | Leave a comment

Japanese saying NO to plutonium reactors

Petition: STOP Pluthermal (MOX) Nuclear Power Generation in Saga, Japan! Ten Thousand Things November 10, 2009 Local opposition groups in Saga have set up tents for a 24/7 sit-in in front of the head office of KYUDEN (Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.) in the center of Fukuoka City, Kyushu. Continue reading →

November 11, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Japan, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, plutonium, radioactive | Leave a comment

Plutonium nuclear reactor problems

Problematic ‘pluthermal’ era ” Japan Times Nov. 11, 2009 .……. Japan’s first reactor using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) as fuel, attained nuclear criticality last Thursday and started trial operations Monday….. Thus “pluthermal” power generation has begun, but many problems remain unresolved…………. Continue reading →

November 11, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Japan | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, plutonium, radioactive | Leave a comment