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Virginia Beach uranium mining could contaminate drinking water

The city is concerned about uranium mining and milling because Lake Gaston, a major source of its drinking water, is located downstream from Coles Hill, site of the proposed uranium mine and mill.

Lawmaker: Spending more for uranium socioeconomic study ‘not wise’ GoDanRiver, By John Crane April 27, 2010 If a Virginia Beach study finds uranium mining and milling detrimental to Lake Gaston, then a socioeconomic study of the industry would be pointless, said a member of the Virginia Tobacco Commission’s executive committee. Continue reading →

April 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, water | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, reactors, uranium | 1 Comment

Bone marrow transplant for Indian radiation victim

Radiation patient to undergo bone marrow transplant fullstory New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Radiation patient Deepak Jain is likely to undergo a bone marrow transplant at the Army Hospital Research and Referral following no improvement in his condition, doctors said today…..fullstory

April 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, India | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

India: families’ fears about radiation victims

AIIMS admits it can’t treat radiation victims, Abhishek Anshu April 28, 2010. New DelhiDeath triggers fear among kin of other patients The death of a radiation victim on Monday, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS, has created panic among families of other victims. Kin of four critically ill victims, undergoing treatment in AIIMS, Apollo and Army hospitals, are doubtful about their recovery. Most of the victims are the sole bread-winners for their families…

The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> AIIMS admits it can’t treat radiation victims

April 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Russia – a nuclear security danger!

the plant designs promoted by Russian companies (in particular, the floating stations) present high proliferation and environmental risks because they use uranium of a very high enrichment level, have caused accidents in the past, and create a byproduct that scientists are yet to learn how to dispose of.

Russia: A Nuclear Security Leader? Partnership for a Secure America , by Volha Charnysh |26 April 2010, Considered the Pandora’s box of nuclear security issues for decades, Russia is now being recast as a nuclear security leader……. However, Russia’s active and at times reckless pursuit of nuclear business contradicts its claim to nuclear security leadership and could weaken the commitments made at the Summit. Continue reading →

April 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Region’s death toll from Chernobyl nuclear accident close to 1 million

Chernobyl exploded in a remote backwater of an impoverished region. But by official accounts from Ukraine and Belarus, it did $500 billion in damage just there. Nowhere in the US would the property damage be remotely that small. The near-million death toll would be a mere fraction of how many would die here.

Chernobyl demands a REAL climate bill, THE FREE PRESS, Harvey Wassermann, April 26, 2010 “…….after nearly a quarter-century of industry denial, the New York Academy of Sciences has published, Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, the definitive catalog and analysis. Drawing on some 5,000 studies, three Russian scientists have placed the ultimate death toll at 985,000. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Ukraine | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, radiation, reactor, reactors | Leave a comment

In absence of radiation safeguards, India’s contamination could be wider

Experts fear presence of more radioactive sources in Mayapuri, The Hindu, Mumbai, April 25, 2010 “…….So far eight victims have suffered in this month after exposure of radioactive material in Mayapuri. All of them are still in a critical condition with dangerously low platelet counts and depleted bone marrows.Besides this, thousands of people in the area now live in fear. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Impact of radioactive waste on remote communities in Russia

Russian atomic waste endangers the people and environment of far north, EnerPub – Energy Publisher, April 25, 2010by Paul A. Goble The dying off of the numerically small peoples of the Russian north, already taking place because of economic development and climate change, is being accelerated by the mishandling of nuclear materials at power stations and military bases in that region and especially by the lack of secure storage facilities for nuclear wastes there. Continue reading →

April 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Inclusion of nuclear energy might spell defeat for U.S. Climate Bill

Nuclear opponents argue that there are serious unresolved public safety and national security issues with nuclear energy–and that it isn’t as clean as supporters claim

Is the Senate Climate Bill Heading for a Nuclear Accident?, About.com, by Larry West, April 22, 2010 “…..nuclear energy, and the promise of as much as $54 billion in government loan guarantees to revitalize and expand the U.S. nuclear industry. Ironically, April 26, the day the bill with all of those nuclear loan guarantees is supposed to begin its march toward passage, is also the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident–the poster event for the anti-nuke movement.
Radiation from Chernobyl affected more than 3,600 villages and 2.5 million people, disrupted agriculture by contaminating soil and food crops, and forced more than 350,000 people to relocate. According to estimates by several scientific bodies, Chernobyl radiation has already caused thousands of deaths and is expected to cause thousands more…….Nuclear opponents argue that there are serious unresolved public safety and national security issues with nuclear energy–and that it isn’t as clean as supporters claim. Is the Senate Climate Bill Heading for a Nuclear Accident?

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, global warming, nuclear spin, radiation | Leave a comment

uranium mining company telling convenient falsehoods to Australian aborigines

Miner accused of misleading radiation claims , ABC North West WA – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 23 April 2010, A Canadian mining company has been accused of giving misleading information to traditional owners during a community workshop in the Pilbara. Continue reading →

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radiation, uranium | 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

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