newsobserver.com | Nuclear reactor plan on hold John Murawski, Staff Writer Progress Energy will delay building a new reactor at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County and instead push customers to use less electricity. Robert McGehee, chief executive … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Increase in cancer in Sweden can be traced to Chernobyl The incidence of cancer in northern Sweden increased following the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986. This was the finding of a much-debated study from Linköping … Continue reading
North Jersey Media Group Radium found in drum at scrap metal recycler The Record Thursday, May 31, 2007 By EUNNIE PARK STAFF WRITER BERGENFIELD — The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a drum at a local scrap metal … Continue reading
US on Collision Course With G8 Partners Over Climate Agreement | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 27.05.2007 US on Collision Course With G8 Partners Over Climate Agreement The US objects to the Germany-proposed climate agreement on many levels Großansicht des … Continue reading
Green Nuclear Butterfly Blog So, The Parade of Has Been Stars Embracing Indian Point BeginsOnce famous, and even respectable Paul Newman of salad dressing and movie fame has sold out to Entergy, and it would be interesting to know how … Continue reading
Green Nuclear Butterfly Blog Paul, We Hardly Knew You! That must make it OK then… I feel all better now! This from a man who would never endorse alternative fuels in racing for fear of losing his oil company sponsors… … Continue reading
Atomic War Vet, last of a dying breedAndy Hawkinson served on Eniwetok in the ’50s Andy Hawkinson is the last of a dying breed. He is one of the last of an estimated 400,000 American soldiers who took part in … Continue reading
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Employees exposed to Santa Susana toxics look for compensation : Simi Valley : Ventura County Star Employees exposed to Santa Susana toxics look for compensation Lab workers struggle for care By Teresa Rochester (Contact) Sunday, May 27, 2007 Former Santa … Continue reading
deseretnews.com | Feds urged to expand fallout compensation Feds urged to expand fallout compensation By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News A congressman from Utah and one from Idaho have taken the first step that may result in expansion of federal … Continue reading
Call to Boycott Newman Products recordonline.com – Cool Hand Nuke: Paul Newman endorses Indian Point power plant Cool Hand Nuke: Paul Newman endorses Indian Point power plant May 24, 2007WASHINGTON (AP) — Call him Cool Hand Nuke. Actor and salad … Continue reading
Strike at nuclear site stirs terrorism fears – Los Angeles Times Strike at nuclear site stirs terrorism fears The Energy Department is sending its top security official to the Texas weapons plant to conduct an urgent review. By Ralph Vartabedian, … Continue reading
Comment is free: Nuclear’s hidden subsidies Nuclear’s hidden subsidies The government’s vision for the future of nuclear energy is much the same as its past: It expects the public to foot the bill. David Lowry May 23, 2007 10:30 PM … Continue reading
BusinessWeek Debate Room Nuclear Power: A Bad Reaction Nuclear Power: A Bad Reaction Thanks to new evidence showing nuclear energy as more of a polluter than previously thought, the U.S. should reconsider approval for new plants. Pro or con? Pro: … Continue reading
“Data storm” blamed for nuclear-plant shutdown “Data storm” blamed for nuclear-plant shutdown Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-05-18 The U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Homeland Security called this week for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to further investigate the cause of … Continue reading
blog.myspace.com/nonuke Tuesday, May 22, 2007It’s Still Nuclear Power Category: News and Politics It’s Still Nuclear Power By John Rosenthal Bio I thought the NRA’s support for suspected terrorists continuing to be able to legally buy guns took the “truth is … Continue reading
US to power up global interest in nuclear energy – Yahoo! Canada News US to power up global interest in nuclear energy Tue May 22, 12:48 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States sought to boost nuclear power in the … Continue reading
Scotsman.com News – Scotland – Chapelcross N-plant towers tumble in ten seconds STEVEN RAEBURN GOING Having stood for nearly five decades, the first of the towers begins to crumble GOING The second and third soon follow suit as the landscape … Continue reading
Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water – International Herald Tribune Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water By James Kanter Published: May 20, 2007 PARIS: Could climate change be the latest jinx on nuclear power? Long regarded … Continue reading
Rocky Flats project reveals long-hidden stories : County News : Boulder Daily Camera Rocky Flats project reveals long-hidden stories By Emily Tienken, Camera Staff Writer Saturday, May 12, 2007 Decades of secrecy surrounding the Rocky Flats nuclear-weapons plant have been … Continue reading
Congressman Edward Markey – May 16, 2007 – MARKEY SEEKS ANSWERS AFTER REPORTED SECURITY BREACH AT NUCLEAR PLANT Former Employee of Palisades, Seabrook Allegedly Lied About Past, Still Given Sensitive JobsWASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior … Continue reading
Casualties of the Cold War Casualties of the Cold War Review compensation program for nuclear-arms plant workers Donald Gabel’s service to his country did not occur on a battlefield. It happened at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant outside Denver. … Continue reading
Chillicothe Gazette – www.chillicothegazette.com – Chillicothe, OH Famous activist Brockovich signs petition against GNEP in Piketon By ASHLEY LYKINS Gazette Staff Writer PIKETON -While the Southern Ohio Neighbors Group usually only allows residents in and around southern Ohio to sign … Continue reading
Thousands of Nuclear Arms Workers See Cancer Claims Denied or Delayed – washingtonpost.com housands of Nuclear Arms Workers See Cancer Claims Denied or Delayed By Michael Alison Chandler and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, May 12, 2007; Page … Continue reading
Political Affairs Magazine – Global warming, nuclear power: double trouble Global warming, nuclear power: double trouble By Peter Mac Environment 5-11-07, 1:40 pm As a twelve year old I visited a new engineering exhibition which included a model of … Continue reading
Risky Business: The Outlook for Investing in Nuclear Power Risky Business: The Outlook for Investing in Nuclear Power by Anne Moore Odell A new report scrutinizes the nuclear industry from an investor’s perspective and finds a rotting fantasy of cheap … Continue reading
San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : PG&E attacks CCA PG&E attacks CCA Utility letter slamming city program is debunked by public power advocates BY AMANDA WITHERELL Editor’s note: PG&E sent this statement via email to a local community group, … Continue reading
Environment News Service (ENS) Energy Department Sued for Wasting America’s EnergyNEW YORK, New York, May 8, 2007 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, and the state of Massachusetts filed parallel lawsuits Monday against the U.S. Department of Energy, … Continue reading
Danger Room – Wired Blogs Nuke Lab Bunglers’ $11 Billion Reward Los Alamos gets most of the headlines. But, in recent years, security and safety at its nuclear sister, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been God-awful, too. Barely-armed guards, inhaled … Continue reading
Hanford Site: Past Horror, Future Hope Hanford Site: Past Horror, Future Hope Historic nuclear research leads to environmental disaster This feature presents the factual history of events leading to the creation of one of the most interesting, yet least recognized … Continue reading
Senate bill would increase auto fuel standards – washingtonpost.com Senate bill would increase auto fuel standardsBy John Crawley Reuters Thursday, May 3, 2007; 7:42 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Compromise legislation to significantly hike automobile fuel standards could be completed as … Continue reading
Arms Control Today: Risks and Realities: The “New Nuclear Energy Revival†Arms Control Today May 2007Printer Friendly Risks and Realities: The “New Nuclear Energy Revival†Sharon Squassoni * A Short History of Nuclear Power in the United States The headquarters … Continue reading
Arms Control Today: Faux Renaissance: Global Warming, Radioactive Waste Disposal, and the Nuclear Future Arms Control Today May 2007 Printer Friendly Faux Renaissance: Global Warming, Radioactive Waste Disposal, and the Nuclear Future Harold A. Feiveson Over the past 20 years, … Continue reading
Nuclear Is Not the Way Nuclear Is Not the Way by Brice Smith and Arjun Makhijani Related Articles Nuclear Power Is the Future by Max Schulz Decades after the promise of nuclear energy “too cheap to meter†was swamped in … Continue reading
The Local – Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiation Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiationPublished: 4th May 2007 12:47 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/7200/ People in northern Sweden are still dying from cancer caused by radiation from the Chernobyl accident. And the … Continue reading
The Economics of Nuclear Power | Greenpeace USA The Economics of Nuclear Power May 01, 2007 Over the last two decades there has been a steep decline in orders for new nuclear reactors globally. Poor economics has been one of … Continue reading
THE MAZE MELTDOWN / SAFETY: Nuclear shipments questioned THE MAZE MELTDOWN SAFETY: Nuclear shipments questioned Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer Wednesday, May 2, 2007 * Sunday’s highway inferno in Oakland has sparked calls for federal officials to take another … Continue reading
NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA – 30 years later, another nuclear struggle looms Published: April 30, 2007 11:46 pm print this story email this story30 years later, another nuclear struggle looms Staff reports For Chris Nord, April 30, 2007, was in some … Continue reading