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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

Apparently, uranium prices staying flat

Spot Uranium Quiet, International Business Times, 15 June 2010,
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Spot Uranium Quiet – International Business Times

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs, general | antinuclear, nuclear spin, 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

Insects much more resistant to ionising radiation

PODCAST Cockroaches V. Radiation: Who Wins? | A Moment of Science – Indiana Public Media 15 June 2010, Cockroaches V. Radiation: Who Wins? | A Moment of Science – Indiana Public Media You may have heard that cockroaches can survive nuclear war. Have you wondered if there is any truth to this?Well, they couldn’t survive the heat of a nuclear blast at ground zero, but their resistance to radiation may surprise you. In fact, most insects are much more resistant to ionizing radiation than mammals. Continue reading →

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, environment | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, 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

Niger radio station, critical of AREVA uranium company, re-opens

….who announced in January 2008 a campaign against uranium mining, including by French state-controlled nuclear company Areva, in the north..

Niger radio in rebel area back on air after 2 years , Google hosted news 15 June 2010, NIAMEY — The main private radio station in uranium-rich northern Niger was on air again on Monday after being closed two years earlier by the deposed president following broadcasts linked to the Tuareg rebellion. Continue reading →

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | media, Niger | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive, 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

USA might speed up sale of Dept of Energy uranium stockpile

Senate Legislation Could Boost Long-Term Sales of DOE Uranium, Garden Windmill – 15 June 2010, The Department of Energy sits on top one of the world’s largest Uranium stockpile, about a 150 million-pound, worth $6 billion….Tomorrow the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources will debate the Surplus Uranium Disposition Act, ……Over the next three years the legislation greenlights the sales by the DOE of more than 15 million pounds of Uranium, half of that amount under long-term contracts. Likely buyers will include U.S. electric utilities which have nuclear power power plants.Senate Legislation Could Boost Sale of DOE Uranium | Garden Windmill – Your Eco Friendly Blog

June 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | nuclear costs, 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

High uranium levels in mentally retarded children

Uranium levels 62 times higher than normal – Chandigarh – City – The Times of India, Balwant Garg, TNN, Jun 14, 2010, BATHINDA: The report from Germany that revealed uranium presence in hair samples of mentally-retarded kids was made public by Dr Carin Smit at the Baba Farid Centre for Special Children on Sunday. Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Outrage in India over nuclear Bill, following Bhopal gas case

Verdict in Bhopal case stirs nuclear bill outrage – The National Newspaper; MUMBAI. Anuj Chopra, 13 June 2010, A bill aimed at capping the compensation paid out by foreign firms running India’s nuclear power plants in the event of an accident has come under increasing opposition after last week’s Bhopal gas tragedy verdict. Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, uranium | Leave a comment

Photos of infant victims of depleted uranium – Afghanistan

VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN |AajMedia News VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AajMedia News by Abasin Khan Sharzai June 13th, 2010 These photos of newly-born infants have been taken by Dr. Mohammad Daud Miraki, a well-known Afghan researcher, anthropologist, sociologist and scholar. He visited Afghanistan to find out about the situation after the American invasion of Afghanistan. The deformed infants are the result of the uranium munitions used by American troops and bomber aircrafts all over Afghanistan Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Afghanistan, health | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radioactive, uranium | 1 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

“Blending” of radioactive wastes will avoid safety requirements

“blending” would allow utilities, processors, and waste disposal sites to avoid existing environmental and safety requirements for how they dispose of the hotter waste……….the new “blended” waste has significantly higher concentrations of radioactivity than the typical lowest level radioactive waste…..

In the past year, state governments have also had to deal with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s reclassification of Depleted Uranium (which becomes more radioactive over time) as Class A waste.

Obama Administration Should Say “No” to Blending Radioactive Waste, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joseph DiCamillo, 12 June 2010, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will consider whether to allow for the first time nuclear waste processors to “blend” higher level radioactive waste with the lowest level radioactive waste at a hearing on June 17. Continue reading →

June 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia financing Ukraine, Kiev planning new nuclear power

Russia lends Ukraine $2bn: what does it want in return? | FT.com, June 11, 2010 by Roman Olearchyk Now that the west seems to fear to tread very far into Ukraine, Russia is more than happy to step into the breach…it seems that the Russian bank has agreed to shore up the public finances for six months. The short-term benefits to Kiev are obvious: but the long-term implications of the dramatic increase in Russian influence that has followed president Viktor Yanukovich’s election have yet to become clear……….Kiev also hopes soon to ink a $4-5bn loan from Russia to finance new nuclear power blocs.

Russia lends Ukraine $2bn: what does it want in return? | beyondbrics | FT.com

June 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, Ukraine | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment