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Thailand push for alternatives to nuclear

Thailand: NGO pushes alternatives to nuclear Efficiency and cutting demand help more Bangkok Post 22/10/2009 The development of nuclear power plants by 2020 should be reconsidered, environmental activists urged the government. Continue reading →

October 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, ASIA, business and costs | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Yankee nuclear plant safety in doubt

Report raises new questions about Yankee reliability By Nancy Remsen, Burlington Free Press Staff Writer • October 21, 2009 A consultant’s first report to the Legislature raised new concerns about the reliability of the 37-year-old Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee in light of its owner’s desire to re-license and operate the nuclear power plant for another 20 years.Arnold Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates nc. raised five concerns in his first report: Continue reading →

October 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | 1 Comment

Nuclear revival? – but waste problem still not solved!

Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved By Jeremy van Loon

Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — When 65 scientists met at Princeton University in 1955 to decide where to permanently store radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, their conclusion was simple: Bury it deep underground, far from earthquakes.

Since then, reactors worldwide have produced 270,000 tons of spent fuel, storing most of it in canisters above ground. Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Scandalous legacy of depleted uranium

America’s Poison Legacy Pacific Free Press by Dave Lindorff 19 October 2009 Depleted Uranium Weapons:

The Dead Babies in Iraq and Afghanistan Are No Joke The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horrors caused by the depleted uranium weapons which the US began using in the 1991 Gulf War (300 tons), and which it has used much more extensively–and in more urban, populated areas–in the Iraq War and the now intensifying Afghanistan War. Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Afghanistan, Iraq, weapons and war | antinuclear, depleted, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

UK: expensive problem of aging nuclear industry

Nuclear industry: Crumbling stores, leaky plants and the dangers of old age Guardian, by Terry Macalister 20 October 2009

Dealing with the problems of old age lies at the heart of the nuclear industry’s challenge to convince the public of its safety: leaky power plants, crumbling waste stores nearing the end of their lives and overworked inspectors who do not have the time to assess properly the next generation of power stations. Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Mammography can lead to overdiagnosis

Does Mammography Sometimes Detect Too Much Breast Cancer? National Cancer Institute 20 Oct 09 The argument for screening women for breast cancer with mammography sounds simple: Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, health | radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Russian groups challenge Rosatom on radioactive waste dumps

DEMAND FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS

Surrounding homes Seversk located at a distance of less than one kilometer from the place of storage containers. photo google Earth http://earth.google.com/intl/ru/

Open letter on the issue of import to Russia for foreign timeless storage dump uranium hexafluoride Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

UK Defence Ministry opposing nuclear test veterans

Ministry of Defence bid to dodge nuclear test veterans trial MoD Oracle (UK) 18 Oct 09 Defence chiefs are appealing against a legal ruling in favour of Britain’s nuclear test veterans.They are trying to overturn a judgement in June allowing vets to sue the MoD for negligence.A thousand survivors of the blasts argued the Pacific tests’ fallout left them with cancers and rare disorders, and their children and grandchildren with birth defects. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Legal, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Safety , cost, problems, as nuclear reactors age

Special Report: Energy The Dilemma of Aging Nuclear Plants The New York Times by PATRICIA BRETT October 19, 2009 “……….

A large part of the world’s installed nuclear power capacity is now coming to the end of that designed life span. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, business and costs, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radioactive | Leave a comment

Olkiluoto III nuclear plant delayed indefinitely

Date of completion for Olkiluoto III nuclear plant still anybody’s guess HELSINGIN SANOMAT 20 Oct 09
– “……….yet another delay in the construction of the third nuclear facility in the Olkiluoto site.
This latest announcement moves once again the completion date for the Olkiluoto III project to the unforeseen future. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, Finland | antinuclear, AREVA, EDF, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radioactive | Leave a comment

Documentary exposes scandal of France’s nuclear waste

Unclean Energy Truth Out 10 October 2009by: | Libération “Waste, the Nuclear Nightmare,” a documentary by Eric Guéret and Laure Noualhat, produced by Arte France and Bonne pioche. Demain, 20h45, Arte. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Radiation hazard to Mars travellers

Travel to Mars – on a one-way ticket? Some experts believe it’s the only way to explore the red planet and save NASA By ERIC BERGERHOUSTON CHRONICLE Oct. 19, 2009,
“………….The astronauts we’d send would never come home…………. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Spanish govt secretive over aging nuclear reactor

Greenpeace takes action over Spanish nuclear panel Oct 19, 2009 ]MADRID (Reuters) – Environmental group Greenpeace says it took legal action on Friday against the government and the nuclear regulator for alleged delays in setting up a panel on nuclear safety with public participation Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, Spain | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radioactive | Leave a comment

Anti-uranium mining, anti-nuclear movement in India

Mounting pressure against new uranium mining and nuclear power plants NewsPost Online by admin i 19 Oct 09 There is a growing civil society movement against the new uranium mining and nuclear power plants in India. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive, uranium | 3 Comments

French Polynesians: almost impossible to get nuclear compensation

Nuclear payments blow to French Polynesia ABC News By Geraldine Coutts for Radio Australia Oct 15, 2009 Activists fighting for victims of French nuclear testing in the Pacific are stunned by conditions imposed in a compensation bill by France’s upper house. Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, France, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment