Too much haste to nuclear waste – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Helen Caldicott Posted Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:25am AEST Updated Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:57am AEST Lucas Heights … Govt wants waste to be stored at … Continue reading
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asahi.com : POINT OF VIEW/ Katsuhiko Ishibashi: Nuclear plants at grave risk of quake damage – ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW/ Katsuhiko Ishibashi: Nuclear plants at grave risk of quake damage 08/11/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN I had warned that a major … Continue reading
Campaigner’s claims alarmist | The Courier-Mail John Carlson August 10, 2007 12:00am AUSTRALIA is not in “grave danger” from its uranium production, despite the alarmist claims of anti-nuclear campaigners. Helen Caldicott’s article (Perspectives, August 8) about nuclear waste and the … Continue reading
NewsRoom Finland Finland’s TVO vexed by latest delay in nuclear construction 10.8.2007 at 11:33 A consortium comprising France’s Areva and Germany’s Siemens, the turnkey supplier of the third nuclear power station of Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) has informed the Finnish utility … Continue reading
Local PBMR-supplier finds US buyer Local PBMR supplier finds US buyer Related articles US group to buy PBMR-supplier IST Nuclear Nuclear technology group Westinghouse Electric Company has agreed to buy IST Nuclear (ISTN), a provider of services and systems for … Continue reading
2.7Kg Uranium Burned by Mistake(The Korea Times) 2.7Kg Uranium Burned by Mistake By Kim Tae-gyu, Kang Shin-who Staff Reporters The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) said Thursday that it burned up to 2.7 kilograms of uranium by mistake in … Continue reading
Nuclear energy’s dirty secrets Nuclear energy’s dirty secrets The Leader-Post Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 It’s astonishing that the Canadian Nuclear Association is allowed to falsely advertise nuclear energy as “clean.” Pro-nukes want us to believe nuclear energy, in contrast … Continue reading
World Politics Review | Bush Administration Decides to Let START Die Richard Weitz | Bio | 07 Aug 2007 World Politics Review Exclusive In a written statement submitted for his July 31 Senate confirmation hearing, Gen. James E. Cartwright, commander … Continue reading
Scoop: Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges Friday, 3 August 2007, 3:55 pm Press Release: US State Department Dr. Andrew Semmel: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Statement before the Senate Foreign … Continue reading
starbulletin.com | News | /2007/08/05/ Hiroshima survivors remember Hiroshima survivors’ tale a painfully seared memory STORY SUMMARY » More than 140,000 people were killed on Aug. 6, 1945, when at 8:15 a.m. the United States dropped the first atomic bomb … Continue reading
The Peninsula On-line: Qatar’s leading English Daily N-plant fires stoke nuclear power debate Web posted at: 8/4/2007 8:13:36 Source ::: REUTERS LONDON • Fires in power stations are not unusual, but when they strike nuclear plants, they reignite the debate … Continue reading
News & Star Sellafield body parts probe helpline set up Published on 28/07/2007 By Susie Carter A HELPLINE has been set up as part of the inquiry into the removal of body tissue from nuclear workers at Sellafield. A telephone … Continue reading
Concerns Mount Over Nuclear Energy After Series of Scares | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 27.07.2007 Concerns Mount Over Nuclear Energy After Series of Scares Sceptics say recent errors highlight the drawbacks of nuclear energy Großansicht des Bildes mit der … Continue reading
Japan quake sends tremors across nuclear industry | Science | Reuters Japan quake sends tremors across nuclear industry Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:58AM EDT Email | Print | Digg | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] Photo 1 of … Continue reading
CNIC – Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake Japan’s Nuclear Safety Shaken to the Roots CNIC Report (23 July 2007) At 10:13 am on July 16 a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture on the … Continue reading
de.indymedia.org | Truckloads of Gorleben seismic data destroyed Truckloads of Gorleben seismic data destroyed Diet Simon 22.07.2007 07:30 Themen: Atom Anti-nuclear activists fighting waste dumping in north Germany claim to have information from inside the industry that “truckloads†of safety-relevant … Continue reading
Skypecasts OnReuters AlertNet – Russian environmentalists attacked, one killed Russian environmentalists attacked, one killed 21 Jul 2007 11:08:38 GMT Source: Reuters Alert Me | Print | Email this article | RSS XML [-] Text [+] MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – … Continue reading
Darasota Herald Tribune Not-so-clean nuclear energy Not-so-clean nuclear energy Damage at Japanese plant should give Florida pause The next time proponents tout today’s nuclear power as clean and safe, someone should counter with a one-word response: Japan. That is where … Continue reading
French-American Venture Plans New Reactors in U.S. – New York Times French-American Venture Plans New Reactors in U.S. * Sign In to E-Mail or Save This * Print * Reprints * Share o Digg o Facebook o Newsvine o Permalink … Continue reading
Study: Leukemia Rates in Children Elevated Near Nuclear Facilities | Occupational Health & Safety Study: Leukemia Rates in Children Elevated Near Nuclear Facilities July 18 2007 Leukemia rates in children and young people up to the age of 25 are … Continue reading
Climate Change Corporation: Technology – Nuclear power revisited – but is it really US energy supply’s white knight? Nuclear power revisited – but is it really US energy supply’s white knight? Lisa Roner, North America Editor | Print | Send … Continue reading
Insider Reveals 6 Hidden Secrets Your Government Prays You’ll Never Find Out. Can We Trust Nuclear? Expert Dr. Thomas Moore, Author of “Hillary†– PR.com Insider Reveals 6 Hidden Secrets Your Government Prays You’ll Never Find Out. Can We Trust … Continue reading
Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant closed for year – Yahoo!7 News Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant closed for year Enlarge image TOKYO (AFP) – Japan plans to keep its largest nuclear plant closed for at least a year amid a nationwide scare … Continue reading
Why GNEP can’t jump to the future Contact: Denise Hughes Denise@creative-connectors.com 917-549-2621 Institute for Policy Studies Why GNEP can’t jump to the future New study highlights flaws in President’s nuclear proposal WASHINGTON D.C.—April 23rd 2007 — Congress is now considering … Continue reading
Chernobyl alert over birth defects 23 April 2007 People living around the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine have unusually high levels of physical abnormalities and birth defects. The International Atomic Energy Agency has suggested that the abnormalities … Continue reading
Revealed: UK nuclear tests on workers | UK News | The Observer Revealed: UK nuclear tests on workers Sellafield memos uncover fears over legality of making volunteers drink radioactive isotopes Jamie Doward, home affairs editor Sunday April 22, 2007 The … Continue reading
United Press International – Security & Terrorism – Outside View: Growing nuclear threat Outside View: Growing nuclear threat By HELEN CALDICOTT UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) — According to the British counter-intelligence group MI-5, over 360 private … Continue reading
Helen Caldicott tour de force interview on Electric Politics : Indybay 47 minute overview of the nuclear threat from THE EXPERT: Helen Caldicott. (To download or listen go to the link below.) newest_book.png newest_book.png February 23, 2007 Mobile Chernobyls: Coming … Continue reading
Imperial College London – Think solar not nuclear for the energy of the future, say scientists Wednesday 1 March 2006 Solar rather than nuclear energy should be the UK government’s priority in planning future energy production, according to scientists writing … Continue reading