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Australia close to selling uranium to Russia

Labor MP Kelvin Thomson, who chairs the treaties committee, had previously warned that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would not care about Australia’s attitude to the safeguards. The committee was concerning lack of inspections onto Russian nuclear facilities by the Internatinoal Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Australia is edging close to sell uranium to Russia, International Business Times, 19 March 2010, The federal government is closed to ratifying the Howard-era treaty with Russia.

The agreement was made in 2007 and would boost Australia’s export revenue by up to $1 billion a year. The agreement was halted immediately after Rudd government was elected as Russia’s invasion of Georgia provoked international outrage. Continue reading →

March 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Growing campaign to resist nuclear industry in India

Campaigners from around India have now joined the resistance movement set up by farmers and fishermen

India’s government withdraws nuclear power legislation – Nuclear Reaction 14 March, 2010, .”…….’Indian farmers battle against nuclear plant A robust people’s movement against a major nuclear power project has built up in a cluster of small villages on India’s picturesque Konkan coast. Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Meticulous new research into depleted uranium and cancer

This study shows that both types of uranium may carry a health risk because they both affect DNA in ways that can lead to cancer.

Depleted and enriched uranium affect DNA in different ways. Environmental Health News, 16 March, 20201, Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Sarkozy pushing unsafe nuclear industry to Italy

The safe French nuclear is a Government joke. Try and put the words France “nuclear accidents” into Google. You get about 28,000 results. Nuclear accidents in France are no longer news.

Beppe Grillo’s Blog: Nuclear dwarves, 17 March 2010, “…….If the nuclear “picciotto” {rank and file mafioso} in Italy is Berlusconi, its instigator is Sarkozy. The greatest pusher of nuclear power stations in the world. And thus it is with joy that I read the news of the electoral collapse of the “Transalpine Carlànano”. One dwarf attracts another…. Sarkozy could lose in the whole of France at the second round…. Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, safety | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

India’s “Nuclear Liability Bill” – a subsidy to USA business

“There is no legal liability of the foreign reactor supplier even if it supplies faulty and substandard equipment.”

Nuclear bill is hidden subsidy to US firms, says Left LittleAbout – from Indo-Asian News New Delhi, March 16 : The Left parties Tuesday urged MPs to reject the civil nuclear liability bill, saying it amounted to giving subsidies to US suppliers of proposed nuclear plants while disregarding the interests of the Indian people. Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radioactive | Leave a comment

Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Spin on Nuclear power refuted

PricewaterhouseCoopers avoid the details on nuclear power, Nuclear Reaction , 16 March 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers have released a report, Resurgence of nuclear power, which talks about how the ‘utilities around the world are realizing the great promise of new nuclear power plants and making investments today’ and offers ‘key considerations as the nuclear option is re-introduced’. It paints an extraordinarily glowing picture of the upcoming nuclear ‘renaissance’.It doesn’t mention nuclear waste once. The safety concerns around nuclear power have been ‘refuted’.

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March 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, spinbuster | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Foreign companies won’t have to pay for nuclear accidents in India

Nuke accident: India liable, not foreign suppliers?, NDTV , March 14, 2010, New Delhi, The government is set to introduce a contentious bill in Lok Sabha on Monday, which seeks to fix liability in case of a nuclear accident. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radioactive | Leave a comment

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill not all plain sailing

BJP, Left to seek closer scrutiny of nuclear liability Bill, THE HINDU, Sandeep Dikshit, 15 March 2010, NEW DELHI: The government has scheduled for Monday the introduction of a Bill in the Lok Sabha limiting compensation in case of a nuclear accident. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties have resolved to oppose the Bill and seek its referral to the Standing Committee for closer scrutiny…. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Legal action against uranium mill

Pinion Ridge uranium mill under fire, The Energy Collective, 13 March 2010, Environmental groups file multiple legal challenges “…The Sheep Mountain Alliance (SMA), a Telluride, Colo., environmental group, and its legal counsel, the Energy Minerals Law Center (EMLC), located in Durango, Colo, have taken a two-pronged approach to try to stop the development of the Pinion Ridge uranium mill.

The 500 ton/day facility is being developed by Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) and will be located in Naturita, Colo., about 50 miles northwest of Telluride. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Video on depleted uranium

Alan Watt: The depleted uranium nightmare

Watch “Alan Watt: The depleted uranium nightmare” Video at 911Revolution

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

State law forbids depleted uranium storage in Utah

More than 5,000 drums from the Savannah River Site are in Utah awaiting disposal, and the DOE has planned on disposing nearly 10,000 more drums, too.

Report: SC depleted uranium likely unfit for Utah, Mar 3, 2010 By BROCK VERGAKIS, AP

SALT LAKE CITY (Map, News) – Nuclear waste that’s been buried in Utah’s west desert for several years likely includes some material that’s not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group’s report released Wednesday. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Many angiograms unnecessary, and carry radiation risks

Heart Angiograms Show No Disease in Almost 40% BusinessWeek, March 10, 2010, March 10 (Bloomberg) — Doctors may be sending patients too quickly for elective angiograms to detect heart disease, exposing them to radiation and driving up U.S. health-care costs, a study suggests. Continue reading →

March 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Virginia Beach’s water threatened by uranium mining

Virginia Beach city officials have said they oppose the mining proposal because it could threaten the city’s water supply which includes Lake Gaston…..

Experts at Va. symposium see risks in uranium mining | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com. March 12, 2010By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch | MCT Regional News Virginian-Pilot writer Cindy Clayton contributed to this report.Mining uranium can create health and economic problems, experts said yesterday.A company called Virginia Uranium Inc. wants to mine uranium in Pittsylvania County in south-central Virginia. Continue reading →

March 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA, water | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium | 1 Comment

Nobody knows the future of USA’s nuclear wastes

“I would like to address an “elephant in the room” –What about the Blue Ribbon Commission? The Energy Collective 12 March 2010,

blue_ribbonSolutions to the issue of spent nuclear fuel won’t be decided solely at the NRC, nor with or without funding or a license application to review. A Blue Ribbon Commission, appointed by Energy Sec. Chu, will hold its first meeting March 25 & 26 in Washington, DC, to hash out policy alternatives. It will take them 18 months to produce a draft report. Alternatives include finding another geologic repository for spent fuel, reprocessing, use of fast reactors, and a lot of other ideas. No one has a lock on the future of what this body does.

A tale of two speeches

March 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactor | Leave a comment

Smuggling of nuclear materials continues

Nuclear Smugglers Still At Work, National Journal Online, By James Kitfield, March 11, 2010 The world is fast approaching a nuclear tipping point, many experts warn. And one key reason is a global smuggling network that traffics in nuclear technologies, materials, and know-how. National Journal spoke recently with David Albright, founder of the Institute for Science and International Security and a former weapons inspector in Iraq, about this network and what it means to the world’s stability and safety… Continue reading →