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Obama, politics and nuclear waste question - The Citizen Daily
Nuke News - 9 hours 18 min ago
Obama, politics and nuclear waste question
The Citizen Daily
It coincides with Obama's stated support for expanding nuclear power. More reactors mean more waste, now piling up above-ground at sites scattered around ...
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Japanese Students Petition to Abolish Worldwide Nuclear Arms - CRIENGLISH.com
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:28
DAWN.com
Japanese Students Petition to Abolish Worldwide Nuclear Arms
CRIENGLISH.com
Wednesday's news of the high school student's anti-nuclear campaign comes a day after Japan's Foreign Ministry confirmed the existence of three Cold War-era ...
Nuclear today – how much better than a decade ago?Nuclear Engineering
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Eskom nukes the Cape - News24
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:08
Eskom nukes the Cape
News24
I've got a suggestion: Why don't you and your anti-nuclear mates get the municipality to switch of the power to your houses, and lets see how far you get ...
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Shipment of nuclear waste arrives from UK - The Japan Times
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:52
The Japan Times
Shipment of nuclear waste arrives from UK
The Japan Times
KYODO PHOTO Antinuclear activists argue that with no local government yet willing to host a final disposal site and concern over the international security ...
LEAD: Waste from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel arrives in Japan from UKistockAnalyst.com (press release)
Nuclear waste from U.K. arrives in JapanTrading Markets (press release)
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Anti-nuke group wants Vermont Yankee closed now - Brattleboro Reformer
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 07:00
Anti-nuke group wants Vermont Yankee closed now
Brattleboro Reformer
AP MONTPELIER - An anti-nuclear group is asking Vermont regulators to close Vermont Yankee now, citing a leak of radioactive tritium whose source hasn't ...
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French PM: EPR Reactor Is World's Safest In Its Class - Wall Street Journal
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:35
Times Online
French PM: EPR Reactor Is World's Safest In Its Class
Wall Street Journal
Fillon's speech to a nuclear conference contrasts with recent allegations by an anti-nuclear group, Sortir du Nucleaire, which cast aspersions on the ...
EDF nuclear reactor carries 'Chernobyl-size' explosion riskThe Guardian
New nuclear power stations are raising safety fearsTelegraph.co.uk (blog)
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Nuclear today – how much better than a decade ago? - Nuclear Engineering
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:02
Nuclear today – how much better than a decade ago?
Nuclear Engineering
He is regarded as a hero by many of the younger generation of scientists who one might otherwise have expected to follow the anti-nuclear bandwagon ...
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Japan Confirms Cold War Agreements With U.S. - New York Times
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 05:44
Malaysia Star
Japan Confirms Cold War Agreements With U.S.
New York Times
After ending the Liberal Democrats' nearly unbroken 54-year grip on power last summer, the new Democratic Party government opened an investigation into the ...
Secret pacts existed; denials 'dishonest'The Japan Times
Japan Confirms Secret Cold War Nuclear Arms Accord With USBusinessWeek
Japan lifts lid on Cold War nuclear pacts with USAFP
Earthtimes (press release)
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Japan Confirms Secret Cold War Nuclear Arms Accord With US - BusinessWeek
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 01:49
BBC News
Japan Confirms Secret Cold War Nuclear Arms Accord With US
BusinessWeek
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan ousted the LDP from more than 50 years in power last August and vowed to make government more ...
Japanese government confirms 'secret' pacts with the USEarthtimes (press release)
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Pass clean energy bill - Sun-Sentinel
Nuke News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 00:02
Pass clean energy bill
Sun-Sentinel
At long last the anti-nuclear power plant crowd has been marginalized to the point that it is now fashionable to advocate more of its use. better late than ...
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Sarkozy backs nuclear energy - Montreal Gazette
Nuke News - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:47
Sarkozy backs nuclear energy
Montreal Gazette
But anti-nuclear bodies condemned the renewed push to develop nuclear energy, a cornerstone of Sarkozy's export drive. "It is scandalous that France is ...
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LEAD: Waste from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel arrives in Japan from UK - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Nuke News - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:19
The Denki Shimbun (Electric Daily News)
LEAD: Waste from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel arrives in Japan from UK
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
At Mutsu Ogawara port, members of an anti-nuclear citizens group staged a protest rally shouting opposition to moves to make Aomori Prefecture a nuclear ...
Nuclear waste from U.K. arrives in JapanTrading Markets (press release)
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BNFL memoir revives nuclear safety fears | Business | The Observer
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:42
"The autobiography of a former director of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) is likely to reignite fears about the safety of nuclear power, as Britain prepares for a new generation of reactors, by exposing the panic that rocked the industry two decades ago when a link was suggested between radiation and childhood leukaemia.
At its height, workers at Sellafield were advised not to have children, while bosses at the Cumbrian nuclear complex even proposed establishing a sperm bank or calling for "radiation volunteers" from among older workers in order to reduce levels of exposure for workers of child-bearing age." Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2F2010%2Fmar%2F07%2Fbnfl-director-book-sellafield-cancer-concerns
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RIP Michael Foot, a Socialist Who Understood What Socialism Was - Cato @ Liberty
Nuke News - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:41
RIP Michael Foot, a Socialist Who Understood What Socialism Was
Cato @ Liberty
“Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died [March 3],” reported ...
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu's Plan - WSJ.com
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:41
"It's fair to say these have been some frustrating months for Steven Chu, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Among other things: The global climate summit in Copenhagen failed to produce much of an agreement. The prospects of passing a comprehensive energy bill are murkier than ever. There have been a string of revelations about questionable practices and outright mistakes by scientists who contributed to a big 2007 U.N. climate-science report. And the Obama administration has been criticized for the way it has doled out economic-stimulus funds.
Mr. Chu talked with Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. What follows are edited excerpts of that conversation. "
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Fukushima rails at Hatoyama's nuclear agenda | The Japan Times Online
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:37
"Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama plans to promote nuclear power in a bill to fight global warming but is facing resistance from a key member of his tripartite ruling bloc.
The government plans to submit the bill to the current Diet session, but Social Democratic Party chief Mizuho Fukushima has asked Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano not to promote nuclear power in the bill."
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Docs Blame U.S. Weapons for Fallujah Birth Defects - World Watch - CBS News
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:31
"Doctors and parents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are blaming a sharp increase in the number of birth defects on the highly sophisticated weapons U.S. troops have used in the city during the war.
The BBC reported Thursday the staggering statistic from doctors in the city that the number of heart defects found in newborn babies is 13 times the number of similar birth defects in Europe.
U.S. troops carried out a major offensive in the city in 2004. Military spokesman Michael Kilpatrick told the news organization it takes public health concerns "very seriously."" Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-503543_162-6266684-503543.html
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EDF nuclear reactor carries 'Chernobyl-size' explosion risk | Business | guardian.co.uk
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:30
"French anti-nuclear campaigners claim a new power plant being built in Normandy carries an accident risk of "Chernobyl proportions".
Sortir du Nucléaire, a protest network, says leaked confidential documents show that tests on the third-generation pressurised water reactor present a potentially catastrophic scenario.
The network has eight internal papers showing the results of tests on the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) that, it claims, reveal defects in the mechanism that controls the nuclear reaction. These defects, it says, could cause an explosion sending a massive cloud of radiation into the atmosphere."
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The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each! - Part 1
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:46
"Part 1 - What went missing on President George H.W. Bush's Watch?
When one reads about the pressure that the US and UK Governments put on such countries as Iran and North Korea I find it hard to believe that they themselves are so negligent in taking care of their own weapons. I also find it so hard to believe that they have such high moral standards when trying to stop Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) but are prepared to use such evil weapons themselves.
Readers may find it incredible to know that as a result of their gross neglect three US nuclear missiles went missing without trace and have now ended up in the hands of someone else which now adds concern as to how such an event could ever happen." Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paltelegraph.com%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeter-eyre%2F4487-the-us-and-uk-lost-three-nuclear-weapons-each-part-1
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The Weekend Post Online: Residents in last ditch bid to stop nuclear plant
Nuke News2 - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:42
"CONCERNED residents of one of the Eastern Cape’s most pristine stretches of coastline are planning a court battle of David and Goliath proportions in a last-ditch effort to stave off parastatal Eskom’s attempts to build a massive nuclear power reactor on their doorstep.
Residents of popular Southern Cape resort towns Cape St Francis, St Francis Bay and Oyster Bay are furious over plans by Eskom to build a pressurised water reactor, the most common type of nuclear station globally, at Thyspunt, a vacant tract of land between the three coastal retreats.
Some residents have even sold their properties and left the area amid fears the project will go ahead and reduce their property values." Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weekendpost.co.za%2Farticle.aspx%3Fid%3D538996
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