The state of affairs around Energy issues couldn’t be more mental than right now. We are in the middle of a transition from Bush to Obama. We are also in an economic transition that could very well change the entire … Continue reading
December 12, 2008 The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (MFP) today filed a Petition for Review with the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals challenging four orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The appeal, filed by … Continue reading
Obama has selected the head of LBL for the head of DOE. A very pro-nuclear selection that solved Senator Reid’s demand. We’re gonna get both sides of the coin. What’s new. The Oil Drum dug out a 2005 video of … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings folks!Not a lot of major stories over the last cycle. Thank goodness. GNEP hearings are still in the news along with the comment extension. I’m going to continue harping on the growing concern over bear market mergers. EDF, … Continue reading
Note that I’m changing the name of this 2x weekly news to reflect the growing concern over the larger energy perspective. Energy stories are really heating up! This issue took a bit longer than usual. If you scan through the … Continue reading
The Bush “Nuclear Renaissance” is starting to break down! The stories are starting to trickle in and the news is clear! The economic downturn and the end of the Bush Administration is having an impact on the nuclear push. All … Continue reading
Happy TDay, if you celebrate it. Quite a bit of interesting news this cycle. The most important is the whole push for reactors in the middle east. An expert claims that the current cost to build a reactor there will … Continue reading
November 21, 2008 Water Protectors and Human Rights Activists Granted Standing to Oppose the World’s Largest Uranium Producer Transnational Corporation: Cameco, Inc. PINE RIDGE SD- An Atomic Licensing Board (ALB) judges’ panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ruled in … Continue reading
Not alot of news, but what did hit was quite important. My entire website and library was also hit last night by hackers and deleted. Fortunately everything was backed up! The most important news is probably the story out of … Continue reading
I’ve been having some tech difficulties. The last newsletter was to have been the first with the new version of my blog software. Sadly, there were so many bugs and problems I had to go back to the older version. … Continue reading
I’m gonna be short in the overview on stories, other than just to say that the bigger energy policy scene is exploding. Maybe the biggest story out there is whether or not Henry Waxman can unseat Dingell from the Energy … Continue reading
Oh my! This is a rather major news cycle this time around. Lets’ get started. From over 15,000 protesters blocking spent fuel going to Gorleben in Germany, to the two major submarine accidents, yes folks there are two of them … Continue reading
Its still kind of hard to believe. Are we actually finally out of the nightmare that was heading us straight to Davy Jones Locker? There is much to be said about the coming days before the future sets sail away … Continue reading
CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION! Local Citizens and organizations around the nation, including Rock the Reactors, Green Nuclear Butterfly, Fuse USA, and Citizens Opposing a Radioactive Environment (CORE) have united to immediately halt the ongoing dumping of 500,000 gallons of radioactive … Continue reading
I’m trying to catch up, but am still a bit behind the submarine accident in Russia will be covered in the next newsletter. What a mixed bag. Earlier Saturday there was a story that Obama would support Bush’s Star War’s … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman A Chicago-area electoral victory says “No We Won’t” to nuke power November 6, 2008 As the world media filled with the victory of Barack Obama, a defeat for atomic power … Continue reading
Okay. I’m late in getting this out. What an exciting day Tuesday. I’m glad it didn’t take all night, and that so many people came out to make a clear statement about the last 8 years. There’s gonna be a … Continue reading
Karl Grossman Presentation at Dutchess County Community College October 30, 2008 When I originally made plans for this presentation, the title was to be: “The Next Time You Visit The Pump, Are You Ready to Pay Over $5.00 A Gallon … Continue reading
Wow! This is the 2nd to last version of the bulletin before the election. Let’s hope we make it through to election day with no big last minute surprises! One of the more interesting stories to hit is out of … Continue reading
My goodness, it seems to be leaky week. The biggest of them all was a news leak about how Energy Solutions has been importing nuclear waste into Utah from all over the world! As most old timers are well aware, … Continue reading
The Weapons issue seems to be sneaking its way back into the media a bit, thanks partly to McCain’s claim that a nuclear war is just around the corner. The heart breaker of the week comes to us thanks to … Continue reading
One of the big hopes of an administration change would be the slowdown of the republican push to resurrect the nuclear weapons and power industry. Thus the election represents one of the most crucial moments for the anti-nuclear movement in … Continue reading
What a week. I’m not sure what to think, as it seems to be the norm. It takes a lot of work to put this out, and keeping up has been a struggle lately. I can only guess that this … Continue reading
Wow. Minor detail… Nobody caught the details why North Korea backed out the previous agreement to stop producing nuclear weapons. Gorby’s recent oped helped get attention that the the U.S. was refusing to take the Koreans off our terrorist list. … Continue reading
There should be no doubt at this point that the economy is starting to tank. At this point, the banking system is refusing to loan money out even though the Fed is pumping more and more money into the system. … Continue reading
The financial meltdown is starting to get very worrying. There have been huge increases in paper money injected into the system by the Federal Reserve, which will cause huge inflationary prices on the dollar. Meaning our dollar is now worth … Continue reading
The big news is the Wall Street collapse and bailout. Everybody has their hand out except the little guy right! Expect impacts across the board, and there is no telling just how farther how much more the economy will drop. … Continue reading
 CommonDreams.org Loan guarantees sought by nuclear industry for reactor construction amount to ‘preemptive bailout,’ with expected default rate of 50 percent or higher. WASHINGTON – September 29 – A new ad from Friends of the Earth accuses nuclear industry lobbyists … Continue reading
Bob Loux resigned on Monday as head of the state of Nevada Waste Project Office. The impacts of this represent one of the most serious challenges the safe energy community faces today. It is urgent that we take the time … Continue reading
The bad news continues to mount, just as the huge economic crisis finally opens up. EDF has made new bids to buy up Britains nuclear industry. Greenpeace held protests in Turkey over new proposals for reactors, a pole in Switzerland … Continue reading
a href=”http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3780.shtml”Nuke power liabilities dwarf Bush’s bailout/abr /blockquoteNuke power liabilities dwarf Bush’s bailoutbr /By Harvey Wassermanbr /Online Journal Guest Writerbr /br /br /Sep 24, 2008, 00:09br /br / Email this articlebr / Printer friendly pagebr /br /As you read this, … Continue reading
I’m still putting most of my free time into building a major resource on uranium mining. Many of the first pages of are complete and can be viewed here. More bids for Constellation and British Energy. We have a running … Continue reading
The pay raise scandal around Bob Loux in Nevada continues as opponents have called for all kinds of investigations, even a civil lawsuit that was tossed. More reactors for Detroit, Pakistan, Kenya, and Denver? The EU blocked an attempt by … Continue reading
The Yucca Mt scandal continues to blow up. The impacts on the struggle to keep Yucca Mt. at bay has taken its worst turn to date. We may be losing the very best source on nuclear issues due to this. … Continue reading
Pretty tough times for the movement here in the U.S. and around the world. Watching Bush strong arm the NGS last week to push aside proliferation issues couldn’t have been a better example of the state of affairs here. Alerts … Continue reading
From: Scientific American, Jan. 1, 2008 SOLAR GRAND PLAN By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions By Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis High prices for gasoline and home heating … Continue reading
Today citizens’ groups announced that they are calling on Nuclear Regulatory Commission judges to suspend Tennessee Valley Authority’s request to build and operate four nuclear reactors at Bellefonte. The groups’ latest legal challenge describes the failure of TVA to include two partially … Continue reading
Some pretty bad news this time around. Thanks to a large bribe from India the nuclear club has agreed to let India into its midst without agreeing to global proliferation treaties, opening the door to Washington’s treaty with India. Pakistan … Continue reading
by JohnPeebles Nuclear power has come into the news, proposed by Republican candidate John McCain as an alternative to the importation of oil. The industry has suffered from a poor public image. There was of course the movie China Syndrome, … Continue reading
The Problem with Nuclear Nuclear reactorsfrom Wired Magazine The NEI is “…the propaganda wing and trade group for the American nuclear industry [which] spends millions of dollars annually to engineer public opinion.†— Dr. Helen Caldicott Check out these great … Continue reading
More scandals hit Europe, this time, its about nuclear waste leaks. As both India and N. Korea continue to waggle, the biggest story to hit is out of Japan, with the court system on the verge of shutting down two … Continue reading
Beyond Nuclear Bulletin September 4, 2008 Background: Congress will soon return from summer recess, and is likely to immediately consider energy legislation. These bills, which would allow offshore oil drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf as a supposed response to high … Continue reading
This week’s news is mostly about vacation time and watching the conventions. Just as the media likes to censor the nuclear issue, it also undercovered the protest movement outside the convention halls. In St. Paul the police detained a group … Continue reading
FT.com / Companies / Energy Utilities Mining – Areva warns of soaring reactor costs Areva warns of soaring reactor costs By Peggy Hollinger in Paris Published: August 29 2008 19:00 | Last updated: August 29 2008 19:00 Areva, France’s nuclear … Continue reading
Anybody watch the DNC final night and Obama? Just kidding. People need a bit of hope on occasion. Its gonna be a long hard haul. Bush said the same thing about Yucca Mt. 8 years ago. Lots of global news. … Continue reading
CONTACT: Burton Glass, 434.971.1224, burton@hairpincommunications.com FOR RELEASE TODAY: Thursday, August 28, 2008 WASHINGTON DC — Possession of nuclear weapons by some countries encourages others to develop their own nuclear arsenals, according to more than two-thirds of U.S. adults … Continue reading
I’m having trouble keeping up! Anybody got a an extra 20 hours of spare time a day??? Accidents and safety concerns in Europe continue to grow with the Finnish government wanting to take a closer look at the Olkiluoto reactor, … Continue reading
Welcome to the latest Issue! I’ve been free of my severe Urinary Tract Infection for the last week. Good news for a change at least for me. I’m late on getting this issue out as I’m working on a major … Continue reading
CCNS NEWS UPDATE Runs 8/22/08 through 8/29/08 This is the CCNS News Update, an overview of the latest nuclear safety issues, brought to you every week by Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. Here is this week’s top headline: • NRC … Continue reading
Uranium-Action-Day – Europe’s Nuclear Heritage European uranium action day 20th of September everywhere Stop nuclear waste before it is produced! A lot of countries have uranium mines and uranium factories. For example Urenco is one of the biggest multinational companies … Continue reading