Toshiba sells Westinghouse stake to Kazatomprom | Reuters Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:15AM EDT By Olzhas Auyezov ALMATY (Reuters) – Japan’s Toshiba Corp. (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) sold a 10 percent stake in U.S. nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2007
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
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
Nuke barrels fall, go BOOM – SFBG Politics Blog Nuke barrels fall, go BOOM by Amanda Witherell nuclear385_196357a.jpg Yikes, doesn’t this picture give you the willies? It’s from the Japanese nuclear power plant, located on a fault line like another … Continue reading
Bradenton.com | 08/09/2007 | A poor showing A poor showing Cleanup plan for Tallevast flawed The year is 2173. By now the U.S. colony on Mars has become largely self-sufficient. Citizens of the Mesopotamian Union are celebrating the 100th anniversary … 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
– Uranium answer sought: Task force seeks DOE decision on recycling proposal Joe Walker Aug. 8–Members of a local task force don’t understand why the Department of Energy hasn’t approved a nuclear-recycling plan that could generate $1 million a day … Continue reading
Fire at Anniston Depot bursts radioactive-gas vessels – Breaking News from The Huntsville Times – al.com Fire at Anniston Depot bursts radioactive-gas vessels Posted by rowhite August 09, 2007 4:21 PM ANNISTON — A fire at the Anniston Army Depot … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman Harvey Wasserman Radioactive “bailout-in-advance” opens fierce new war over nuke reactors August 9, 2007 After fifty years of what Forbes Magazine long ago called “the largest managerial disaster in business … Continue reading
Bradenton.com | 08/09/2007 | A poor showing A poor showing Cleanup plan for Tallevast flawed The year is 2173. By now the U.S. colony on Mars has become largely self-sufficient. Citizens of the Mesopotamian Union are celebrating the 100th anniversary … Continue reading
Carlsbad Current-Argus – Public meeting for input on non-defense waste storage at WIPP set for Monday ublic meeting for input on non-defense waste storage at WIPP set for Monday By Kyle Marksteiner Article Launched: 08/07/2007 09:21:28 PM MDT What: Greater … 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
August 7, 2007 Fortune Magazine Dear Editor: I was deeply disappointed in David Whitford’s causal dismissal of the impact the Three Mile Island (“TMIâ€) accident had on our community, i.e. Rethinking Three Mile Island. Without supplying any hard data, Mr. … 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
Veterans' Rare Cancers Raise Fears of Toxic Battlefields – August 6, 2007 – The New York Sun By R. B. STUART Special to the Sun August 6, 2007 In the wake of an Iraqi official last month blaming America's use … Continue reading
Buried documents at center of debate – cleveland.com Monday, August 06, 2007 Associated Press Dayton- Contaminated documents buried in a radioactive waste landfill in New Mexico won’t be needed to determine if cancer-stricken workers from a former nuclear weapons plant … Continue reading
Gaps in Global Database Blamed on Regulators; A Scare in Bulgaria By STEVE STECKLOW August 3, 2007; Page A1 To inform the public about nuclear-plant mishaps, a United Nations agency in 1989 helped create a Richter-like scale rating them from … 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
DailyBulletin.com – Rialto takes perchlorate stand Article Launched: 07/28/2007 09:59:16 PM PDT According to the most recent Study by the Center for Disease Control, perchlorate in drinking water, even at low doses, is a threat to the thyroid function of … Continue reading
ReviewJournal.com – News – Milk dumped after isotope found in wells Milk dumped after isotope found in wells THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALLON — Two dairy farmers have dumped milk after the discovery of radioactive polonium-210 in 25 drinking water wells … Continue reading
Very Specific Action that all can take to help gulf war veterans right now! During the August Recess all should contact their Senators to get support on this particular step! Write your Senator an email, call the local … Continue reading
RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR TABLING EVENTS, SMALL OR LARGE GROUPS: ACTION KIT TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE Most radiation protection standards are based on “Reference Man,†a hypothetical young white male. However, the reality is that children are more vulnerable than … Continue reading
Beyond Nuclear at NPRI 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Tel: 301.270.2209 Fax: 301.270.4000 Email: info@beyondnuclear.org Web: www.beyondnuclear.org July 31, 2007 Dear Friend of Beyond Nuclear: Last month we proudly announced that the legendary and award-winning physician … Continue reading
Position Announcement – please forward. August 2007  Campaign Coordinator, Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World  The Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World (CNWFW) is seeking experienced candidates to fill the position of Campaign Coordinator. CNWFW is a … Continue reading
Earth2Tech » Blog Archive Cleantech Industry Eyes Energy Bill Debates « Cleantech Industry Eyes Energy Bill Debates Written by Adena DeMonte 2 Comments Posted August 3rd, 2007 at 5:20 pm in Policy A crucial bill, soon to be debated by … 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
House OKs clean-energy legislation – Los Angeles Times House OKs clean-energy legislation The Democratic measure would mark a dramatic shift in policy, requiring national standards for renewable sources for the first time. By Noam N. Levey and Richard Simon, Times … Continue reading
5 Arrested While Protesting Nuke Plant | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited 5 Arrested While Protesting Nuke Plant Sunday August 5, 2007 2:01 AM OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) – Five protesters were arrested Saturday at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant … Continue reading
Independent – August 4-5, 2007: Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness By Zsombor Peter Staff Writer CHURCHROCK — Roger Lewis and his family have watered their animals at the same … Continue reading
Nuclear plans hinge on loans — themorningcall.com Nuclear plans hinge on loans_PPL says government will have to provide funding guarantees. By Sam Kennedy | Of The Morning Call August 5, 2007 The fate of PPL Corp.'s tentative plan to build … Continue reading
Building Starts on Plant to Convert Plutonium – New York Times Building Starts on Plant to Convert Plutonium Stephen Morton for The New York TimesWork beginning on Wednesday at the $4.8 billion Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility in Aiken, S.C. … Continue reading
Times-News: Magicvalley.com, Twin Falls, ID Victim’s payment Downwinders optimistic that reintroduced bill will become law By Blair Koch Times-News correspondent Downwinders in Idaho have reason to applaud local senators who have reintroduced a 2005 proposal to expand the Radiation Exposure … 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
Our unnecessary nuclear future (Politics) Our unnecessary nuclear future by Amanda Witherell diablo canyon.jpg photo of Diablo Canyon nuke plants courtesy of PG&E’s Jim Zimmerlin Sigh. Just when you’re starting to think something productive might occur in the legislature, enter … Continue reading
Power Surge | Power Surge | Feature Stories | Port Folio Weekly | The Alternative Voice of the Seven Cities Power Surge Locally and across the nation there’s growing support for nuclear energy. Even some environmentalists are on board. But … Continue reading