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
Monthly Archives: September 2008
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