Utah opposes import of depleted uranium waste
Utah gov to DOE: Halt depleted uranium shipment By BROCK VERGAKIS (AP) 16 Dec 09 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sent Energy Secretary Steven Chu a letter Tuesday asking him to halt the shipment of nearly 15,000 drums of low-level radioactive waste from South Carolina for disposal in Utah. Continue reading
US troops face continued depleted uranium danger
Army Again Turns to Depleted Uranium for New Weaponry Wired By David Hambling December 15, 2009 “………….Now, the U.S. Army is upgrading to a new 120mm Advanced Kinetic Energy round, and about the only thing we know for sure is that it will be made of DU. The generation after that… may be an improved version of DU called Stakalloy…………. It should also be mentioned that the idea of tungsten being introduced as a “clean” alternative to “dirty” DU took something of a knock when it was found that military-grade tungsten alloy is highly carcinogenic in rats.
Australian govt doesn’t care: Maralinga vets join British case
Maralinga vets join British class action Pia Akerman The Australian * December 16, 2009 AUSTRALIANS exposed to deadly radiation in the Maralinga nuclear tests of the 1950s and 60s have abandoned plans to sue at home and will instead join a British class action seeking compensation for damage to their health. Continue reading
Indigenous peoples at Copenhagen say NO to nuclear
Indigenous Peoples in Copenhagen: Ruling out the Nuclear Option — Neither Clean nor Green Nuclear Reaction 15 Dec 09 COPENHAGEN — Remembering the words of Chief Seattle, Indigenous Peoples and people of color at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen sent a message to the world to rule out nuclear energy, which is neither clean nor green. Continue reading
The nuclear bomb report
(Commenting on Report Of The International Commission On Nuclear Non-Proliferation And Disarmament.) (Quoting from the report – ) “Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane weapons ever conceived, inherently indiscriminate in those they kill and maim, and with an impact deadly for decades,” the report says. ”Climate change may be the global policy issue that has captured most attention in the last decade, but the problem of nuclear weapons is at least its equal in terms of gravity – and much more immediate in its potential impact.”………….
the commission offers a slightly different formulation from ”no first use”, encouraging countries to make an initial statement to the effect that ”the sole purpose of the possession of nuclear weapons is to deter the use of such weapons against one’s own state and that of one’s allies”…………. Continue reading
Disarmament panel puts India, Pak in same category
“India is clubbed with Pakistan throughout the report”
Disarmament panel puts India, Pak in same category Economic Times 16 Dec 2009, A report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament has proposed cutting down the world’s nuclear weapons from 23,000 to 2,000 by 2025 and suggested that all nuclear states should have a ‘no first use’ stance. The commission is actually the brainchild of Japan and Australia. Continue reading
Review: Nuke weapons, BHPB govt influence, Copenhagen
Review of past week
Australia: Embarassment for Rudd (disarmament hero) with new defense call to revive Australian nuclear weapons plan, and with Gareth Evans including ‘peaceful’ nuke power, just as Rudd launches the report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. BHP Billiton adviser Hamish Douglass is appointed to the Foreign Investment Review Board. Tony Abbott dancing around the Coalition’s enthusiasm for nuclear power. Australian company Paladin now mining uranium in earthquake prone area in Malawi.
International: Uranium price continues to fall, but don’t worry, in Copenhagen the industry is pushing for nuclear as the solution to climate change. Meanwhile huge world-wide poll shows growing popularity of renewable energy, majority of people prefer it.Parliament of World’s Religions opposing nuclear. Problems and delays in India’s nuke program, while Young Indian movement gathers opposition to nuclear.
Liberals want to sell uranium to India
Coalition raise uranium BigPond News December 13, 2009
The Coalition has again called on the government to re-think its opposition to selling uranium to India, to help cut global greenhouse emissions.Opposition leader Tony Abbott says nuclear energy is a ‘clean, green, energy source’ worth considering.
Shadow Environment Minister Greg Hunt says the Copenhagen summit is a good opportunity for the Prime Minister to seek a nuclear agreement with other countries.
Coalition raise uranium | National | Telstra BigPond News and Weather
Anti thyroid cancer medication for residents near nuke plants
Anti-radiation potassium iodide pills to be distributed near Perry nuclear power plant CLEVELAND.com By Harlan Spector, The Plain Dealer December 13, 2009, Potassium iodide pills distributed years ago to neighbors of the Perry nuclear power plant have reached the end of their shelf life.The pills, which protect against thyroid cancer in the event of a radiation accident, were first distributed in 2002, and they expired in May. Local health officials say they are preparing to distribute new potassium iodide pills to people within 10 miles of the Perry plant, which besides Lake, includes small parts of Geauga and Ashtabula counties. Meanwhile, there is a renewed push in Washington to expand the pill-distribution area from 10 miles to 20 miles.
Tilman Ruff speaks for a nuclear-free S.E. Asia
Australia warned to brace for arms race By Timothy McDonald for ABC Radio The World Today 14 Dec 09 “………Dr Lyons says ………. Australia cannot rule anything out, including the nuclear option.
Dr Lyons says ………. Australia cannot rule anything out, including the nuclear option.
………Associate Professor Tilman Ruff, the chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, says the idea is foolish. Continue reading
Watch award winning online doco on depleted uranium
The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children Top Documentary Films 15 Dec 09 An award winning documentary film produced for German television by Freider Wagner and Valentin Thurn. Continue reading
Push for Australian nuclear bomb is revived
Nation given N-bomb warning * Christian Kerr The Australian * December 14, 2009 AUSTRALIA may be forced to acquire nuclear weapons to tackle deteriorating Asian security, a government-funded defence think tank has warned. Continue reading
India tests nuclear missile
India Successfully Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile Voice of America 13 December 2009 The surface-to-surface Dhanush missile was fired Sunday from a ship in the Bay of Bengal. India says it has successfully test fired a short range, nuclear-capable missile. Continue reading
Rudd’s aim for arms control, (but tainted by support for nuke industry)
If you read the full item below, it reinforces the urgent need fot Nuclear Non-Proliferation. The trouble is, this is all in the context of a “peaceful”
pro-nuclear push, partly devised by Australia’s own Gareth Evans. Dounds very supportive of a new, Obama-endorsed Glonal Nuclear Energy partnership
Rudd push for nuclear arms control The Age DANIEL FLITTON December 12, 2009 BEFORE tackling climate change in Copenhagen, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will travel to Tokyo next week to add Australia’s voice to the push to avert a different type of global calamity – the threat of nuclear Armageddon.
Mr Rudd will launch the report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Continue reading
Mapping 7 major nuclear test sites in Australia
British nuclear test sites in Australia Virtual Globetrotting Maps 9 Dec 09 British nuclear tests at Maralinga occurred between 1955 and 1963 at the Maralinga site, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area, in South Australia. Continue reading
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