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Video: Australia imposing nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land

VIDEO Australia nuclear waste dump row – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English Australia nuclear waste dump row – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera 17 June 2010, Australia’s government is pushing its plans for a nuclear waste dump in a remote part of the country’s Northern Territory.It has signed an agreement with the traditional owners of the land who will receive $10m in compensation, most of it in cash.But the proposed nuclear dump has divided local people while and environmentalists warn it could one day be used to store waste from overseas.Al Jazeera’s Azhar Sukri reports.

June 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, wastes | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

India’s nuclear liabilty Bill designed to protect Westinghouse and General Electric

“What Westinghouse and General Electric want is that even the limited liability that accrued to the Union Carbide in the case of Bhopal [$470 million as per the settlement approved by the Supreme Court] should not fall on them.”

Bill meant to safeguard U.S. firms, says Karat, The Hindu , 17 June 2010, NEW DELHI: The Manmohan Singh-led government is under pressure from Washington on the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill and the proposed legislation bears the handiwork of the U.S. nuclear industry lobby. Continue reading →

June 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors, uranium, Westinghouse | Leave a comment

U.S.- Russia agreement designed to further commercial nuclear power

The Importance of the US-Russia 123 Agreement, ClimateIntel. June 16, 2010 The Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (also known as the 123 Agreement) serves not only non-proliferation, but also the commercial interests of both countries…..

The U.S.-Russia agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation would create a legal framework for:

exporting U.S. nuclear technology, material, or equipment;
importing Russian nuclear technology;
jointly developing advanced nuclear technologies;
reprocessing in Russia of U.S.-origin spent nuclear fuel from various U.S. partners (i.e. South Korea, Taiwan)….

The International Nuclear Energy Cooperation (INEC) initiative seeks to “foster the safe, reliable, and environmentally sustainable use of nuclear energy

June 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium endangering rare seal

to protect marine mammals and other marine life from……….highly toxic materials like depleted uranium that have been deposited by the military.

Saving the world’s rarest seal from uranium, guardian Uk, 17 June 2010, Dr Anastasia Miliou was interviewed by Georgina Kenyon“....Greek conservationists from the Greek NGO, Archipelagos, work to protect endangered common dolphins and monk seals and also the region’s marine ecosystems from the effects of overfishing, shipping, and the military. Dr Anastasia Miliou, manager and head scientist from Archipelagos Institute of Marine and Environmental Research of the Aegean Sea, based on the Greek island of Samos in the eastern Aegean, explains about seals, uranium deposits and sonar Continue reading →

June 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Greece | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Local opposition forces uranium project to be stalled indefinitely

KPM Uranium Mining in Meghalaya: A Controversial Project | PRAGOTI, 15 June 2010, Problems in Meghalaya KPM project in Meghalaya has been mired in controversy right since its inception forcing the UCIL to stall its activities till local population agrees to give their land voluntarily…. Continue reading →

June 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Community protest has prevented uranium mining in Balpakram

Uranium Mining Project in Balpakram, PRAGOTI, 15 June 2010, KPM uranium project in West Khasi Hills district is not the only source of uranium related controversy in Meghalaya as UCIL plans to explore uranium in Rongcheng Plateau of Balpakram National Park in South Garo Hills district of the state. However, the Environment Ministry’s National Board on Wildlife (NBWL) has rejected the uranium mining project in Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya after stiff opposition from various quarters. The decision to reject the proposal of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was taken in New Delhi at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the NBWL headed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh (PTI, May 13, 2010).

KPM Uranium Mining in Meghalaya: A Controversial Project | PRAGOTI

June 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

India’s uranium radioactivity hotspot

Uranium, metals make Punjab toxic hotspot, The Times of India. Balwant Garg, TNN, Jun 15, 2010, BATHINDA: After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab’s Malwa region last year, another study suggests Punjab has become a hotspot of environmental toxicity of multiple types……….. The adverse health effects on plants, animals and humans are visible and some of the studies have proved this. “It’s clear that Punjab is in a deep ecological crisis with its ramifications on socio-economic and cultural aspects of its population,” said Dr Reyes Tirado, a scientist from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, who conducted the study in 50 villages in Muktsar, Bathinda and Ludhiana districts last year under a Greenpeace Research Laboratories investigation.

Uranium, metals make Punjab toxic hotspot – India – The Times of India

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, India | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Italy’s terrorist danger from nuclear waste dumps, and neighbouring reactors

Terrorism report warns of ‘dirty bomb’ risks, says Italy’s nuclear waste deposits vulnerable, The Canadian Press:By The Associated Press (CP) – 15 June 2010, ROME — Italy’s dumps of nuclear waste and other radioactive material are vulnerable to terrorists and should be kept under strict security, a terrorism report released Monday said. Continue reading →

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Italy, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Bill Gates promoting untested and unlikely, nuclear technology

Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Startup TerraPower Piles on Investors , 14 June 2010, Is this really the best Gates can do as far as energy bets goes? This one is still in simulation mode with a best ‘estimate’ they might be able to demonstrate a prototype plant by 2020? Surely there are some more ‘realistic’ energy start-ups Gates could also be ‘pushing’ as well.

Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Startup TerraPower Piles on Investors

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia building Belarus nuclear plants without consulting neighbouring countries

Lithuanian president criticizes Russia over new nuclear plants | World | RIA Novosti, 15 June 2010, The sites for two new nuclear power plants, in Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and in Belarus, were selected with no environmental assessment and without consulting neighboring countries, Lithuania’s president said on Monday. Continue reading →

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Belarus, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill designed to serve U.S. commercial interests

designed to safeguard the interest of American supplier of nuclear power plant

US pressure behind nuke liab bill: BJP. India Blooms News ServicePatna, June 13 (IBNS) The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has introduced the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill hastily under US pressure, leaving the Indians with a raw deal from any Bhopal tragedy like accident.

The Bill seeks to cap the level of compensation (likely at $450 million) in the event of an accident and makes the operator, not the supplier (US companies like GE and Westinghouse or France’s Areva), liable for it. Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

India’s Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in doubt, following Bhopal gas case

the same absence of criminal liability in the bill will let suppliers of nuclear technology and equipment in the U.S. go scratch free in case of a nuclear disaster which would be much bigger and dangerous than the gas leak tragedy.

In shadow of Bhopal tragedy, Indian gov’t urged to scrap nuclear liability bill English.news.cn 2010-06-11 NEW DELHI, June 11 (Xinhua) — The recent verdict on the world’ s worst industrial disaster, Bhopal gas leak tragedy, which handed out a meager penalty to the convicts, is casting a shadow on the American hope of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill from being passed in Indian Parliament………….. Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Obama is beholden to toxic nuclear industry

Obama’s Nuclear Dreams: Resurrecting a Noxious Industry, t r u t h o ut , 13 June 2010, He may soon be called the nuclear industry’s Golden Child. No president in the last three decades has put more taxpayer dollars behind atom power than Barack Obama. And there may be good reason why the president is salivating over the prospect of building new nuclear power plants around the country….. Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

USA’s problem with Jordan’s nuclear power plans

Jordan’s Nuclear Ambitions Pose Quandary for the U.S. WSJ.com – By JAY SOLOMON SAWAQA, Jordan—The Kingdom of Jordan is in a sprint to become the Arab world’s next nuclear power. And America wants to help it succeed. U.S. and Jordanian officials are negotiating a nuclear-cooperation agreement that would allow American firms to export nuclear components and know-how to the Mideast country, America’s closest Arab ally in the volatile region…. it’s a partnership that puts the Obama administration in a bind: It is trying to make good on its pledge to promote greater civilian use of atomic energy, without angering Israel and risking a Mideast arms race. Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | MIDDLE EAST, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, reactors | Leave a comment

Utah will suffer, if “blended” radioactivity is allowed

Nuclear cocktail, Don’t blend radioactive wastes, Salt Lake Tribune : 06/11/2010 0 If you combine hamburger and soy beans and call it a vegetable burger, you’re doing vegetarians a disservice. The meat is still part of the patty.Likewise, if the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows the nuclear industry to blend assorted low-level radioactive wastes to achieve a mix that unfairly qualifies for disposal in the Beehive State, Utahns will be done a disservice. Like meat in a fake vegeburger, the hotter wastes that we prohibit would still be a part of the mix.
State regulators and elected leaders have made it crystal clear through statute, rules and speech that Utah is only willing to accept Class A waste, the most benign category. The NRC should honor that wish instead of trying to foist hotter Class B and C wastes on the state through blending. But that’s the effort afoot, as the NRC contemplates a policy change that would benefit the nuclear power industry and Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions — at Utah’s expense.

Nuclear cocktail – Salt Lake Tribune

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment