Showing posts with label NEWS-BAD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NEWS-BAD. Show all posts
4/4/11
8/6/08
Germany
Bloomberg.com: Germany: "German Nuclear Exit Should Be Reversed, Ministry Taskforce Says
By Patrick Donahue
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The German government should abandon its planned phase-out of nuclear energy to help rein in surging electricity prices and protect the environment, according to proposals drawn up by an energy taskforce under Economy Minister Michael Glos."
7/24/08
Mc CAIN/ SEABROOK !
WCSH6.com | Portland, ME |: "Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the long-dormant Seabrook (New Hampshire) Unit 2 may fit into his plan for 45 additional nuclear power plants in nation in the next two decades."
7/21/08
Incidents raise questions about French nuclear safety
Incidents raise questions about French nuclear safety - USATODAY.com: "PARIS (AP) — First, an overflowing tub at a French nuclear plant spilled uranium into the groundwater. Then a burst pipe leaked uranium at another nuclear site, raising an alert on Friday."
7/17/08
7/14/08
Brown calls for eight new nuclear plants
Brown calls for eight new nuclear plants | Environment | The Guardian: "Britain must build 'at least' eight new nuclear power stations during the next 15 years to replace its ageing plants and contribute to a 'post-oil economy' that is cleaner and much more efficient than in the era of 'cheap energy and careless pollution', Gordon Brown signalled last night. The first new reactors could feed electricity into the national grid by 2017."
7/3/08
Nuclear Carnival ?
Bloomberg.com:
Latin America: "July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil plans to set up partnerships with local and foreign companies to build nuclear power plants, Science and Technology Minister Sergio Rezende said."
6/19/08
Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?
Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes? - WSJ.com
Here's a quick geopolitical quiz: What country is three times the size of Texas and has more than 300 days of blazing sun a year? What country has the world's largest oil reserves resting below miles upon miles of sand? And what country is being given nuclear power, not solar, by President George W. Bush, even when the mere assumption of nuclear possession in its region has been known to provoke pre-emptive air strikes, even wars?
6/6/08
Bush administration files nuclear dump application
Bush administration files nuclear dump application - Yahoo! News: "Nevada officials, who have fought the waste dump for years, vowed to launch hundreds of specific challenges to the proposed design of the facility, arguing the Energy Department has not proven it will protect public health, safety and the environment from radiation up to a million years."
6/2/08
100 tons !!! of dreck cleaned out of pipes
100 tons of dreck cleaned out of pipes | lohud.com | The Journal News: "BUCHANAN - Tucked into a recently released report on radioactive contamination at Indian Point is a note from federal regulators about more than 100 tons of debris that power plant workers found built up in the storm-water system since the 1950s."
5/27/08
Police: Indian Point contractor found carrying a gun
Police: Indian Point contractor found carrying a gun | lohud.com | The Journal News: "BUCHANAN - A contractor at Indian Point was arrested this morning after guards discovered a 45-caliber semi-automatic handgun in a bag he was carrying through a security checkpoint at the nuclear plant.
According to information obtained by The Journal News/LoHud.com, Buren Palmer, 39, of Greensburg, Pa., was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon by a state police trooper assigned to the nuclear plant."
Turkey's Nuclear Power Plans Draw Outrage | Europe
Turkey's Nuclear Power Plans Draw Outrage | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 23.05.2008: "Plans to build several new nuclear power plants have come up against hefty protest in Turkey, which is still suffering the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. Turkey's nuclear authority has lost its credibility."
Spinning: Nukes Are the Most Climate-Friendly Industrial-Scale Form of Energy
Face It. Nukes Are the Most Climate-Friendly Industrial-Scale Form of Energy
WIRED Magazine : ......Look at the environmental protection agency's CO2-per-kilowatt-hour map of the US and two bright patches of low-carbon happiness jump out. One is the hydro-powered Pacific Northwest. The other is Vermont, where a 30-year-old nuclear reactor, Vermont Yankee, keeps the Ben & Jerry's cold...
5/16/08
Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared -
Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared - washingtonpost.comNuclear Energy Could Spark Arms Race: A front page investigative story in the Washington Post this week sounded the warning that is central to the Beyond Nuclear message: the spread of nuclear energy around the world could spark a new nuclear arms race. The article, written by Joby Warrick, made a number of key points, including that “nuclear power can give a country the technological expertise and infrastructure that could become the foundation for a clandestine weapons program.”
Our View: Missing from this otherwise excellent and timely piece was the fact that global nuclear promotion is not only the purview of nuclear corporations but also – and inappropriately – the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This came most chillingly to light when former NRC Commissioner, Jeffrey Merrifield, told an industry and regulatory conference last year that the agency needed to take a more proactive role in “international partnerships” for the development of nuclear power and “an increased role in promoting strengthened nuclear regulators worldwide,” including to the military junta of Burma.
What You Can Do: Help Beyond Nuclear continue to expose the flagrant industry bias of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Burma needs aid not atoms. Insist that your Congressional representatives hold the NRC accountable – as is their mandate – for its consistent rubber-stamping of nuclear industry initiatives that increase proliferation dangers worldwide.
5/14/08
Joseph Egan, Lawyer Who Fought Nuclear Waste Site, Is Dead at 53
Joseph Egan, Lawyer Who Fought Nuclear Waste Site, Is Dead at 53 - New York Times: "Mr. Egan, in an obituary he wrote weeks ago that was posted on his law firm’s Web site after his death, said that he had arranged for his ashes to be spread at Yucca Mountain, in Southern Nevada, with the words “radwaste buried here only over my dead body.”"
Science/Nature/SPIN | Re-energising the nuclear industry
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Re-energising the nuclear industry: "The 'RadBall' is one innovation to improve nuclear plants' operations"
5/5/08
Nuclear Power and children...
YouTube - Chernobyl: CCPI Projects Bring Hope for FutureNow you can learn about the Chernobyl disaster through video -- including videos showing Chernobyl Children's Project International at work -- on our new CCPI Channel on YouTube. Go there by clicking on the title above
4/30/08
Dumb as We Wanna Be
Dumb as We Wanna Be - New York Timest is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes your breath away.
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