UK govt tries to stall atomic compensation case as veterans aging and dying
Many are terminally ill and seven – including five of the test case claimants – have died since the litigation began.
MoD appeals against atomic test veteran claims ruling, – Telegraph UK , The Ministry of Defence has launched an appeal against a court ruling which allowed Britain’s atomic test veterans to claim damages. 7 May 2010 Last June, High Court judge Mr Justice Foskett ruled that 10 test cases out of 1,011 claims could proceed to full trial. Continue reading
Opposition in Indian Parliament to Liability Bill that would protect foreign nuclear companies
“What kind of a joke is this? If we are the victims of an accident, our tax money will be used to pay us compensation. Why should we shield the foreign suppliers of equipment?”…. “This is not America, this is not Russia. In India, the density of population is very high. The impact of a nuclear accident would be enormous.”
Indian parliament introduces liability bill that would allow U.S. companies to set up reactors By Rama Lakshmi Washington Post Foreign Service May 7, 2010;
NEW DELHI — A controversial law to establish a compensation system for nuclear accidents — a key step to allowing American companies to set up reactors in India — was introduced in parliament Friday, as opposition lawmakers accused the government of favoring U.S. and business interests over the rights of the people. Continue reading
Strong protests in Japan against re-starting fast breeder nuclear reactor
Protests over re-opening of Japanese nuclear reactor, Greenpeace International, 8 May 2010, (Buddhika Weerasinghe-Japan) Japanese peace and human right activists together protest against to Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)has reactive controversial “fast-breeder” Monju nuclear reactor14 years after the plant was shut down following a liquid of sodium leaked and fire in 1995. Continue reading
Australia: controversial report on nuclear waste arouses suspicion and opposition
ts “heavy handed” overriding of Territory and Aboriginal heritage protection laws, and the reliance on secret documents
Inquiry dumps on Northern Territory, Northern Territory News, TBEN LANGFORD, May 7th, 2010 T HE Senate inquiry into laws which could put a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory has recommended the new legislation be passed.But the inquiry’s report was immediately criticised as “an unbalanced and closed-minded justification for a foregone conclusion” by one of the committee members. Continue reading
Why doesn’t the FDA listen to its own scientists on radiation exposure?
he “objected to exposing otherwise healthy patients to the cancer risks of radiation.”
FDA Scientist Terminated After Raising Risks of Radiation Exposure, Healthier Talk, By Dr. Joseph Mercola on 05/07/2010 “In this case, the Seattle Times reports that a (now former) FDA scientist was eliminated from his post after opposing the approval of a CT scanner for routine colon cancer screening and raising concerns about its health risks. Continue reading
Cancer caused by ionising radiation and toxins “grossly underestimated”
President’s Cancer Panel claims cancers due to environmental toxins grossly underestimated – – TIME.com, President’s panel analyzes environmental cancer impact by Tiffany O’Callaghan 6 May 2010, “……what evidence there is suggests that the “true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated,” the authors write……In hospitals and doctor’s offices, the authors emphasize the need to minimize radiation exposure, Continue reading
Obama to visit Australia: gets nuclear agreement first
Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress, NTI: Global Security Newswire May 6, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday submitted for congressional approval a deal that would permit Australia and the United States to trade in nonmilitary nuclear materials and technology (see GSN, March 19)………….the deal would enable “the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production………..The pending “123” agreement could only be canceled after it has been in force for 30 years, he said. The deal would take effect following 90 days of “continuous session” of Congress unless lawmakers move to block it within that period…………The United States is also moving ahead with a similar deal with Russia and is finalizing terms of its nuclear trade pact with India (see GSN, May 5; White House release, May 5).
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress
Niger’s enviroment contaminated by AREVA’s radioactive uranium wastes
VIDEO Left in the Dust – Areva’s uranium mining in Niger | Greenpeace International
Left in the Dust – Areva’s uranium mining in Niger | Greenpeace International 6 May 2010, Operations of Nuclear giant AREVA put lives at risk in Niger. Uranium mines in Niger operated by the state-owned French nuclear giant AREVA continue to create a radioactive hazard for the people living nearby. Continue reading
Nuclear power a financially risky option for developing countries
Nuclear power in developing countries: radioactive waste, proliferation and debt « Charles Santiago 6 May 2010, For developing countries, nuclear power is a high cost option -environmentally, socially and economically…….
A history of failure in developing countries Continue reading
Footprints for Peace speakers in U.S. talk about Australia’s uranium mining
“Australians feel a deep responsibility,” said Atkinson. “We are sending this poison around the world.” ………. The uranium mining has destroyed sites sacred to the aborigines, polluted their water and food supplies and endangered their hunter/gatherer way of life, said Atkinson…………..
Uranium: The Australia-Vt. connection, Brattleboro Reformer, By BOB AUDETTE / Reformer StaffThursday May 6, 2010 BRATTLEBORO — Australia and Vermont are connected in a way not many people think about — through uranium.”We are pretty sure that some of the uranium mined in Australia is being used in the fuel rods at Vermont Yankee,” Continue reading
Environmental racism in siting yet more nuclear reactors in Burke County, GA
why there are no laws requiring, and no funds to pay for, testing the air, soil,
water, fish, wildlife, or the people of mostly black Burke County, who are experiencing an unexplained epidemic of cancer?
(USA) Siting Nukes in a Poor Black Town If A Black President Does It, Is It Still Environmental Racism? THE HUFFINGTON POST, Bruce Dixon, May 4, 2010 In the weeks since President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors next to an existing pair of nukes in mostly black Burke County, GA, the inconvenient questions, unanswered and mostly unasked, continue to pile up. Continue reading
Foreign nuclear power salesmen perturbed about radiation concerns in India
Radiation death in India raises nuclear safety concerns, (Reuters) 5 May 2010, – The radiation-related death of a scrap metal worker has raised concerns over nuclear safety in India, at a time when the Asian power is wooing foreign players to its $150 billion civilian nuclear market. Continue reading
Denison operating Grand Canyon uranium mine illegaly
EPA Says Ariz. Uranium Mine Operating IllegallyEPA says Arizona uranium mine north of Grand Canyon is operating without federal authorization , ABC News, By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WriterFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. May 4, 2010 (AP) A uranium mine north of the Grand Canyon is operating in violation of the law, and its owner could face thousands of dollars in fines as a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Continue reading
Ignorance of many Indian institutions about radioactive waste
A professor from a college on Palace Road said, “Maybe we can tie it in a bag, put it in a garbage bin or throw them in some remote place.”…
Is city sitting on radiation keg? Jayashree Nandi & Sruthy Susan Ullas, TNN, May 5, 2010, BANGALORE: Post-radioactive leak in Delhi recently, a reality check in Bangalore showed that the city was sitting on a live bomb with many colleges and other institutions having no clue as to what to do with the radioactive waste in their labs.. Continue reading
UK govt’s Sustainable Development Commission finds that nuclear is not the answer
Is nuclear the answer? · · Sustainable Development Commission 3 May 2010, Nuclear power is not the answer to tackling climate change or security of supply, according tothe Sustainable Development Commission.In response to the Government’s current Energy Review, the SDC nuclear report draws together the most comprehensive evidence base available, to find that there is no justification for bringing forward a new nuclear power programme at present. Continue reading
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