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Corrosion flaw shows failure of nuclear waste system

Nuclear disposal put in doubt by recovered Swedish galleon The plan to use copper for sealing nuclear waste underground has being thrown into disarray by corrosion in artefacts from the Vasa The Guardian, Terry Macalister 14 Nov 09 Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Sweden, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

UK believes that “God will provide” an answer to nuclear waste?

Nuclear waste moved off the agenda Environmental Research Web (UK) 16 Nov 09 The governments new draft National Policy Statement on nuclear power, indicating which issues the new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) should take on board, and which it can ignore, contains this remarkable statement: Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium linked to birth defects

Iraq Encounters Huge Rise In Birth Defects Iraq, November 15, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) by Peter Eyre and Sarah Price 15 Nov 09 It is time that the US UK NATO and IDF forces owned up to their use of weapons containing uranium components Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Uranium mining to cause devastation, and greenhouse gases

Britain’s nuclear strategy threatens destruction of Kalahari Namibian environmentalists warn expansion of uranium mining could devastate spectacular natural landscape guardian.co.uk The Observer, John Vidal 15 Nov 09 “..……. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Namibia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Did depleted uranium cause birth defects in Iraq?

Huge rise in birth defects in FallujaIraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities guardian.co.uk,13 November 2009 Doctors in Iraq‘s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste disposal like a toilet with no plumbing

We have no space for all of this waste Western Courier Sara Gregory 11/13/09 According to CNN reports in early November, the ‘nuclear renaissance’ so heavily anticipated last year is in fact alive and well; billions more in taxpayer money could soon be employed to revive the movement…….. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Safety, cost, wastes, – nuclear industry fast losing credibility

The reactor relapse takes 3 hits to the head
by Harvey Wasserman November 12, 2009

The much-hyped “Renaissance” of atomic power has taken three devastating hits with potentially fatal consequences.

The usually supine Nuclear Regulatory Commission has told Toshiba’s Westinghouse Corporation that its “standardized” AP-1000 design might not withstand hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes. Continue reading →

November 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, AREVA, EDF, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Are modern nuclear reactors safe?

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The economic downside to nuclear energy GREEN>BLORGE by Susan Wilson 10 Nov 09

“……….Are new modern nuclear reactors safe?” The difficulty in this question is finding a nuclear reactor that has been built within the last 10 years. According to Der Spiegel there aren’t any new reactors built within the last ten years that are up and running. Current projects in Finland and France are experiencing severe problems with the construction and the design. Continue reading →

November 13, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, safety | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, reactors, wastes | Leave a comment

Radioactive land given back to aborigines

Tjarutja people ‘at risk’ from contaminated land ABC News 11 Nov 09ABC A South Australian ex-serviceman who was exposed to radiation during the Maralinga atomic tests in the 1950s and 60s says land should not be handed over to the traditional owners until a contaminated area is cleaned up or fenced off. Continue reading →

November 12, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

It’s just too expensive – the UK nuclear plan

Nuclear Shambles : Ed Miliband vows nuclear power is safe Media Lens Message Board by jo abbess on November 9, 2009, Ed Miliband, or the people advising him, think that people are opposed to New Nuclear Power on principle, Continue reading →

November 12, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Unsolved nuclear waste problem is stopping the industry

Nuclear waste blocks growth opportunities The Collegian Philip Reiser, Staff Writer 10 Nov 09 With the growing concerns about the climate problem, the need for renewable energy sources becomes more and more pressing……………. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Art communicates effects of nuclear testin

Green Books Campaign: Art and Upheaval & Giveaway

At home with books November 10, 2009

Review of Art and Upheaval by William Cleveland. “……In Australia theater is used as a means to communicate the effects of nuclear testing on unknowing military men and the aborigines, in hopes that the government will finally take responsibility for their actions…..”

At Home With Books: Green Books Campaign: Art and Upheaval & Giveaway

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, general | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Irish Sea coast areas threat of nuclear radiation

And nuclear power’s not real good, in view of climate change, either – Christina Macpherson

Seven of Britain’s new nuclear plants will be on Irish Sea coast Belfast Telegraph 10 November 2009 Fears have been raised about the health and environmental risks to Ireland after the British Government gave the green light for the construction of 10 new nuclear power plants — seven of them along the Irish Sea….. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, climate change, environment, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Maralinga nuclear bomb site returns to aborigines

Traditional indigenous owners to reclaim Maralinga bomb site THE AUSTRALIAN David Nason November 10, 2009 MORE than 50 years after their ancestral lands were devastated by nuclear testing, the Tjarutja people of western South Australia will next month be handed back the infamous expanse of remote desert the British named Maralinga. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Taxpayer slugged for costs of nuclear wastes

Tracking Your Taxes: The High Price of Nuclear Waste by William La Jeunesse – FOXNews.com – November 04, 2009 SAN ONOFRE, Calif. While closing Yucca Mountain made for good campaign politics in Nevada, it leaves the U.S. with nowhere to store a growing stockpile of radioactive waste. Continue reading →

November 7, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment