24 years of radiation testing on British sheep
Before farmers in restricted areas can sell or move any of their livestock, they must have each animal tested…….
Scottish sheep farms finally free of Chernobyl fallout – Science, News – The Independent. By Kevin Rawlinson and Rachel Hovenden, 7 July 2010 Continue reading
Australia’s Northern Territory intervention a guise for taking Aboriginal land
Indigenous summit meets | Green Left Weekly, July 4, 2010 By Sue Bolton, Melbourne“………Yorta Yorta woman Monica Morgan told the conference that the laws being used against indigenous people in the NT are similar to the laws being used against her people in the 1930s. The NT intervention was a guise to undo the Land Rights Act that Aboriginal people all over Australia fought for……” Indigenous summit meets | Green Left Weekly
South Australia’s Honeymoon uranium mine to be taken over by Russian govt
Uranium One’s Honeymoon Well uranium project in South Australia will move into Russian government hands.
Uranium One to ARMZ? | Industrial Fuels and Power, 9 July 2010, Uranium One, the second largest uranium company in Canada, is reportedly being taken over by ARMZ, a division of the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom. Continue reading
Gillard backs Nuclear Salesman Ferguson, not Science
Government-commissioned scientific reports have identified Woomera in South Australia as the best site. The Tennant Creek area is a known hotspot for earthquakes.But Ms Gillard said she would stick
with the decision announced by Resources Minister Martin Ferguson in February……………..
Gillard dumps Muckaty in it after refusing to reconsider | Northern Territory News July 8th, 2010 Continue reading
Gillard is pro Muckaty Nuclear Waste Dump, but Protest Grows
ACF last week launched its “Dump the Dump” campaign, raising money to campaign against the Muckaty proposal in the lead-up to the federal election.
Gillard OK with nuclear dump process, Sydney Morning Herald, GABRIELLE DUNLEVY, July 7, 2010 -A process that will see Australia get its first nuclear waste dump against the wishes of the site’s traditional owners will not change under Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Continue reading
Northern Territory govt wimping out on nuclear waste dump issue?
A spokeswoman for the Territory Government last night told the ABC the nuclear storage issue was mentioned but was not discussed in detail.
Labor missed chance on nuclear dump: CLP ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 8 July 2010, The Northern Territory Opposition says the Henderson Government missed a golden opportunity during the Prime Minister’s visit to take a stance against a nuclear waste dump being built in the Territory. Continue reading
Abundant Solar energy going to waste is USA’s heat wave
America sizzles in heat, but remains unclear on tapping into it | BrighterEnergy.org, 8 July 2010, As much of the East Coast wilts in a heat wave at the moment, there seems to be a lot of solar energy going to waste. In Washington DC, the heat may be making it even more difficult for the nation’s politicians to work on an agreement that might make the most of all this free energy. Continue reading
Changes to Australia’s Law planned, to further uranium mining
sends a further public message about the likelihood of uranium mining being an increasing part of the mining landscape in Australia.
Changes to Commonwealth environmental approvals for uranium mining Australia, Lexology -July 6 2010 In brief:
- The Federal Government released its response to Deloitte’s 2008 Review of Regulatory Efficiency in Uranium Mining in May 2010.
- The response indicates there may be major changes to the environmental regulation of uranium mining in Australia. These may facilitate the approvals process for uranium mining. Continue reading
India’s nuclear plans just a “plum market” for USA nuclear companies
In the event of a tragedy, tax payers will have to cough up the compensation while foreign companies will go scot free,” ….. foreign nuclear companies have seen their market dry up in the US, UK and France because no new plants have been set up there in 20-30 years, and therefore, India was a plum market. And it is with an eye on securing these companies’ interests that the US and other developed nations are insisting that India pass the Nuclear Civil Liability Bill.
Public hearing nukes civil liability bill. Indian Express, 07 Jul 2010, HYDERABAD: Speakers at a public consultation on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 held here today pilloried the Union government for learning nothing from the Bhopal gas tragedy. They described as a sellout the Bill’s provision to impose a ceiling on the compensation payable by foreign nuclear suppliers in the eventuality of a nuclear accident. Continue reading
Australia’s students take to the streets against the uranium/nuclear industry
7 July 2010, Students take to the street to hold nuclear scumbags accountable.
Today hundreds of students from across Australia will take to the streets of Adelaide on The ‘Nuclear Scumbags Tour’. This will be a creative and informative demonstration by Traditional Owners, students, and community members speaking out against the coercion and exploitation of Aboriginal communities by Government and nuclear industry alike. The irresponsible industry practices combined with the lack of ethical government policy shows complete disregard for the environment, water and indigenous rights. Continue reading
Energy efficiency by far the number 1 low carbon answer
Such were findings of the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC) of Australia
Energy Efficiency: Twice the Impact of Renewables, Nuclear and Clean Coal. Combined. : TreeHugger, by Warren McLaren, Bundanoon, Australia 07. 6.10” The International Energy Agency estimates that energy efficiency will deliver 65 per cent of worldwide carbon cuts in the energy sector by 2020, and 54 per cent by 2030. This means that in 2020 energy efficiency could have almost twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear power and clean coal combined.” Continue reading
X-rays to foetus linked with memory impairment in adults
They exposed fetal monkeys to x-rays and then examined their behavior when they were adults, approximately 5 years later. They found that irradiated adult monkeys exhibited a profound deficit in working memory ability compared to adult monkeys that had not been exposed to x-rays.
Fetal X-ray exposure interferes with memory in adulthood, monkey study finds, ScienceDaily , (July 5, 2010) — Learning and memory impairments are important contributors to the disability associated with schizophrenia. These functional impairments emerge long before the onset of other symptoms associated with schizophrenia, suggesting that they are a consequence of a disturbance in brain development. Continue reading
Many mining companies worse off in Gillard’s new tax plan
BHP Billiton pays the South Australian government an embarrassing 3.5 per cent royalty for the uranium it extracts in the state’s north. As a result of the Gillard compromise it has escaped paying a resource rent tax of 40 per cent but regained a huge sovereign risk.
Sovereign risk back on the resources table, Sydney Morning Herald, PETER MARTINJuly 7, 2010 Have many mining companies been made worse off by of the changes made by Julia Gillard?…….. Continue reading
India should not be exempted from nuclear non proliferation guidelines
Non-proliferation panel concerned about India exemption from NSG guidelines, The Hindu, 6 July 2010, P. S. Suryanarayana The International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) on Monday emphasised its “concerns about the terms of the exemption approved [in September 2008] by the Nuclear Suppliers Group [NSG] for India’s nuclear programmes.” Continue reading
Women cancer victims of nuclear industry
The Udall measure, S. 3224, also would set aside money for an epidemiological study of the health effects on families of uranium workers and residents of uranium-development communities.
(USA) Feds not handling women’s uranium claims, GJSentinel.com, By Gary Harmon, July 5, 2010 The clerks and secretaries who worked in the Atomic Energy Commission offices in Grand Junction during World War II and later during the Cold War handled ore samples and were frequently in and around milling products. Continue reading
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