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Indian Point nuke plant’s release of radioactive steam

Nuclear steam leak intentional: Response to Indian Point plant shutdown BY Abby Luby NY DAILY NEWS January 8th 2010,
The recent shutdown at the Indian Point Nuclear power plant and release of contaminated steam into the atmosphere was intentional, the federal agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear power plants insisted Thursday. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Court to hear Hawaiian challenge against depleted uranium storage

Hearing next week on challenge to Army license for depleted uranium I Lind.net, Ian Lind, January 6th, 2010

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, an agency of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will hold a hearing next week on challenges filed by four Hawaii residents to an Army license to possess depleted uranium at Schofield Barracks on Oahu and the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Investigation of radiation-caused cancer among Ground Zero workers

Radiation had contaminated the World Trade Center Towers – 9/11 Sicknesses consistent with environmental radiation contamination

The Canadian National Newspaper Expolitics Headlines by David Jones 7 Jan 2010

A group of 9/11 responders has contracted blood cancers at an unusually young age, and top doctors suspect the disease was triggered by an unprecedented “synergistic mix” of toxins at the World Trade Center site. These growth of these cancers among Ground Zero workers, and others, are consistent with exposure to environmental radiation contamination associated with the destruction of the “9/11 targets”. Continue reading →

January 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radioactive | Leave a comment

Conflict of interest in radiation cancer studies

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………Because of questions about conflict of interest and research integrity, Beyond Nuclear, among others, is asking the NRC to take a hands-off position in commissioning a new academic study.

“The NRC receives about 90 percent of its funding from nuclear power reactor licensing fees,” said Cindy Folkers, radiation and health specialist with Beyond Nuclear. “As such, NRC clearly stands to gain from more reactor construction. Therefore, it should not be doing cancer studies or directly hiring people to conduct such studies. This is a flagrant conflict-of-interest and puts a scientifically rigorous, non-biased study at great risk

t r u t h o u t | Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear power – the most expensive electricity

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………most critically, nuclear power-generated electricity is so much more expensive for consumers and businesses to use than renewables and conservation combined. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Death of famed Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor

Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor dies aged 93 | World news | The Guardian Justin McCurry 6 January 2010 Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed at close hand the nuclear devastation of two Japanese cities, and lived to tell the tale. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

USA backs AREVA, while indigenous nuclear victims suffer

Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………whether in Native-American reservations here or in Niger villages abroad, indigenous, impoverished people live near or work in uranium mines to supply nuclear plants, and suffer the consequences in cancers, birth defects and leukemia. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, Niger | antinuclear, AREVA, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

AREVA’s uranium mining caused radioactivity in Niger city

AREVA confirms Greenpeace’s alarming radiation findings in Niger – All Africa.com 5 January 2010 Following Greenpeace’s report of radioactive hotspots in the uranium mining city Akokan in Niger, AREVA has confirmed that the radioactivity in the streets of Akokan was unacceptably high. Under pressure from civil society the French nuclear company has taken action to clean up the spots indicated by Greenpeace. Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Niger | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

Tax-payer must be liable for nuclear accidents

But why haven’t Russia or France demanded that such a law be passed in India? “In the US the equipment manufacturers are in the private sector whereas in other countries they are either government owned or act like one,” Kakodkar replied.

Nuclear liability limit needed to enter global trade: Kakodkar Little About, Chennai, Jan 5 : A law to limit the liability of nuclear equipment makers in case of accident is a basic need to enter global nuclear trade, the ex-head of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has said, Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

New uranium mining stalled at grand Canyon

Interior to halt uranium mining at Grand Canyon | Political blog January 4, 2010 Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce Monday that his department is temporarily barring the filing of new uranium mining claims on about 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, an Obama administration official said. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Call for safety shut-down of Brazil’s nuclear plants

Mayor of slide-slammed city seeks precautionary closer of Brazil’s 2 nuclear plants Google News By Tales Azzoni (CP) – 4 Jan 2010 SAO PAULO, Brazil — The mayor of a mudslide-devastated city urged a precautionary shutdown of Brazil’s only nuclear power plants on Sunday due to blocked highways while the discovery of more bodies raised the region’s storm-caused death toll to 75.Angra dos Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, SOUTH AMERICA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive | Leave a comment

A perfect target for terrorists – nuclear reactor’s cooling ponds

The Department of Homeland Security has marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.

Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina .In Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010 Project Censored, Organic Consumers Association January 3, 2010 One of the most lethal patches of ground in North America is located in the backwoods of North Carolina, where Shearon Harris nuclear plant is housed and owned by Progress Energy. The plant contains the largest radioactive waste storage pools in the country. Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive | 1 Comment

Ionising radiation risks to the unborn

Uranium Weapons, Low-Level Radiation and Deformed Babies Global Research.ca by Paul Zimmerman 2 Jan 2010 “…………..Abundant evidence exists which clearly demonstrates that birth defects are being induced by levels of radiation in the environment deemed safe by the radiation protection community. In light of this knowledge, uranium contamination cannot be summarily dismissed as a hazard to the unborn…………… Continue reading →

January 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive | Leave a comment

International airport to get full-body radiation scanners

Newark Liberty Airport to receive full-body scanners January 1, 10: Essex County Conservative Examiner, Terry Hurlbut Newark Liberty International Airport which has always been an early adopter of the latest security equipment and measures, will be among the first to receive the new full-body scanners designed for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Continue reading →

January 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Australian nuclear veterans join British class action

CLASS ACTION BY NUCLEAR VETERANS HEADED BY SYDNEY LEGAL TEAM – NO WIN NO ;FEE December 31, 2009 by Coober Pedy Regional Times Surviving Australian veterans of the British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Monte Bello Island and Christmas Island in the 1950s and 60s are joining British and other nuclear veterans in taking the British government to court in what could be one of the most significant compensation cases in legal history. Continue reading →

December 31, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment