The Associated Press: Panel Urges End to Nuke Waste Proposal By H. JOSEF HEBERT – 10 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of the National Academy of Sciences urged President Bush on Monday to abandon an ambitious plan to … Continue reading
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Salt Lake Tribune – Deadly dirt: Navajos in fight for their lives Tribune Editorial Article Last Updated: 10/29/2007 07:34:24 AM MDT If a picture speaks a thousand words, a small container of contaminated soil and a Geiger counter speak … Continue reading
5280 Magazine — Out in the Cold They are America’s Cold War veterans, who forged weapons from a fearsome energy source and bravely endured years of radiation for a country that pledged to take care of them. Instead, government loopholes … Continue reading
Seacoastonline.com: Power plants get little-known subsidies By Chris Dornin October 28, 2007 6:00 AM While paper mills close and Cabletron spins off its remnants out of state, power plants from the Seacoast to Whitefield enjoy the perks of a … Continue reading
Independent – October 27-28, 2007: Panel rips into feds; Tells them they’ve had 30 years to cleanup uranium waste and have done nothing By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee plans … Continue reading
newsobserver.com | Shearon Harris: Train derailed at plant By John Murawski, Staff Writer Rail cars on a train carrying spent radioactive nuclear fuel derailed at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County Thursday at 6:57 p.m. But the nuclear … Continue reading
Independent – October 24, 2007: Uranium legacy outrages Congress; Waxman: ‘The primary responsibility for this tragedy rests with the federal government’ Everytt Begay walks past a row of signs leaning against a fence that keeps people out of the proposed … Continue reading
The Navajo Nation has requested the federal government: * Establish a moratorium on uranium mining and processing in Navajo Indian Country that mirrors the Natural Resources Protection Act of 2005 passed by the Navajo Nation Council banning the same activities; … Continue reading
IT’S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 3 STORIES TO GET ALL OF THIS HEARING. IT ROCKED! By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau WINDOW ROCK – A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the sound of an instrument used to detect … Continue reading
Uranium Free BC and Uranium Free Kootenay Boundary NEWS RELEASE FROM URANIUM FREE B.C. COALITION (UFBCC) Penticton, B.C. October 04, 2007 Okanagans Support Algonquins on Uranium Blockade Thirty delegates to the Uranium Free B.C. Coalition ( UFBCC.) met September 29th … Continue reading
FT.com / World – Nuclear plans face fresh challenge By Fiona Harvey and Rebecca Bream Published: October 24 2007 20:04 | Last updated: October 24 2007 20:04 Fresh legal challenges are expected to hamper plans to build new nuclear power … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Navajos: Old uranium tailings leave land radioactive, people sick By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 10/24/2007 06:52:39 AM MDT WASHINGTON – The Navajo Nation representative waved an instrument over the small pile … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Utah lawmakers seek faster tailings cleanup By Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 10/24/2007 12:58:35 AM MDT Utah lawmakers continue to push in Congress for speedy cleanup of the Atlas uranium tailings pile … Continue reading
Navajos seek funds to clear uranium contamination – Los Angeles Times Tribal officials ask Congress for $500 million to deal with wastes left by mining for bombs, nuclear power plants. By Judy Pasternak, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 24, … Continue reading
Contamination From Depleted Uranium Found In Urine 20 Years Later ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2007) — Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Senators vow action on aid program for nuke workers S By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News October 24, 2007 WASHINGTON – Members of a power-packed U.S. Senate committee said Tuesday that they would find ways to … Continue reading
Brenda Norrell: Indigenous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining “Leave It in the Ground!” Indigeneous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining By BRENDA NORRELL Indigenous peoples from around the world, victims of uranium mining, nuclear testing, … Continue reading
NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE ANSWER – by Karl Grossman There’s again a move to “revive” nuclear power. Every decade or so those with a vested interest in this deadly dangerous technology have sought to get the public to swallow … Continue reading
Oxford Research Group – Briefing papers – Too Hot to Handle? The Future of Civil Nuclear Power Frank Barnaby and James Kemp, with a foreword by David Howarth MP, July 2007 Report Cover Supporters of nuclear power claim that … Continue reading
Deseret Morning News | Cost of a Utah nuclear plant could reach $3 billion By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News Published: Oct. 19, 2007 12:24 a.m. MDT A nuclear-power plant planned for Utah could be as expensive as $3 billion … Continue reading
TheDay.com – Anti-Nuke Appeal In Millstone Storage Case Heads To State Supreme Court Court By Patricia Daddona , Published on 10/19/2007 The state Supreme Court may hear anti-nuclear activists’ appeal next month of a lower court ruling that found no … Continue reading
The Buffalo News: Niagara County: Testing standards for landfill are faulted Residents group cites flaws in CWM plan By Aaron Besecker – NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU Updated: 10/19/07 7:48 AM LEWISTON — New state testing requirements for CWM Chemical Services fail … Continue reading
NewsOK: Gore uranium facility facing four options Gore uranium facility facing four options Additional information about Gore, OK from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. By The Associated Press GORE — U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials have detailed four options for … Continue reading
Independent – October 19, 2007: A legacy of illness; Post-71 miners don’t want to see a repeat of past errors A legacy of illness Post-71 miners don’t want to see a repeat of past errors Strong winds carry misted water … Continue reading
OFFICE OF U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN For Immediate Release Thursday, October 18, 2007                                                 Contact: Bethany Lesser (202) 224-3978 BROWN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO CLEAN UP PIKETON URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT Bill Would Fund Cleanup Effort – Critical First Step To Redevelopment Of … Continue reading
asahi.com : Control rod stuck at nuclear plant – 10/19/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A control rod at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture remains stuck, raising concerns that the July 16 earthquake may have distorted the shape of … Continue reading
What to do with nuclear waste? – News What to do with nuclear waste? Institute of Environmental Studies hosts lecture on government waste disposal project Kabir Bedi Deep below the surface of the earth, scientists are researching the best ways … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman Nukes are back and so are we October 18, 2007 The nuclear power industry is back to where it always goes when it wants to build new reactors—the taxpayer trough. … Continue reading
Cost of nuclear clean-up rises to £73bn | | Guardian Unlimited Business Greenpeace puts full cost at £100bn · Eon insists there is moral imperative for new plants Terry Macalister Thursday October 11, 2007 The Guardian The official cost of … Continue reading
The government was equally tight-lipped about the radioactive fallout – although the authorities banned the sale of milk from local farms. A new study by John Garland, formerly of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, and Richard Wakeford, a visiting professor … Continue reading
Britain ends consultation on new nuclear power Mon Oct 8, 2007 4:16pm BST By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) – The government’s legally forced public consultation on whether it should give the green light to a new fleet of nuclear power … Continue reading
U.S. Considered Radiological Weapon | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited Monday October 8, 2007 3:46 PM By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – In one of the longest-held secrets of the Cold War, the U.S. Army explored the … Continue reading
Federal loan guarantees for nuclear development should help Constellation Energy, investors – Examiner.com BALTIMORE (Map, News) – Constellation Energy has already proved to be quite profitable for investors this year, and a recent decision by the Department of Energy could … Continue reading
Some EU Officials Want to Resist Nuclear Power Renaissance | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 01.10.2007 Germany’s Biblis nuclear power plant Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Politicians questioned the actual benefits nuclear energy would bring the environment High-ranking European … Continue reading
New bill would open San Onofre for another reactor North County Times – North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News By: EDWARD SIFUENTES – Staff Writer A bill introduced earlier this week by Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, would allow … Continue reading
MontereyHerald.com : – Cancer almost certainly a result of radiation By Peter H. Gott, M.D. Article Last Updated: 09/28/2007 01:40:22 AM PDT Dear Dr. Gott: I am a World War II veteran, and after the war I was in the … Continue reading
Alameda Sun – Radioactive Waste at Base Written by Marc E. Albert Published: Friday, 28 September 2007 Image Radioactive contamination at the former Naval Air Station Alameda is so extensive that some areas remain off limits and parts of the … Continue reading
Manipulating Public Health Research: The Nuclear and Radiation Health Establishments RUDI H. NUSSBAUM, PHD Industry, government, and the military have systematically suppressed or manipulated epidemiologic research showing detrimental effects on human health from accidental or occupational exposures to ionizing radiation. … Continue reading
FIRST NATIONS STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 Ardoch Algonquin First Nation Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation Statement Delivered at Queens Park September 21, 2007 We see the ongoing colonization of our people and the rape of our lands as being directly connected … Continue reading
by Major John P. Shannon The exemption that the Navy claims is actually no exemption at all. The exemption the Navy claims comes from Executive Order 12344, written by none other than Ronald Reagan [the hero of the right wing … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Flats workers appeal aid ruling They decry delay in providing help to ill employees By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News September 26, 2007 Government officials didn’t follow the law and made serious errors in denying … Continue reading
Navajo downwinders face uphill battle for RECA compensation – Kathy Helms By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau Gallup Independent WINDOW ROCK – Fifteen years ago this past Sunday, the last underground nuclear weapons test took place at Nevada Test Site. The … Continue reading
Tri-City Herald: Mid-Columbia news Mid-Columbia news Agency calls for compensation for sick Hanford workers Published Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 ANNETTE CARY HERALD STAFF WRITER A federal review is recommending that some Hanford workers exposed to radioactive americium or thorium … Continue reading
Heavy lobbying by Duke Energy aims to prevent costly legislation | Local News | News for Charlotte, North Carolina | WCNC.com | Local Business 03:20 PM EDT on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Energy Corp. … Continue reading
US gets more countries to join in GNEP nuke-energy programme-Europe-World-The Times of India 16 Sep 2007, 1714 hrs IST,AFP Print Save EMail Write to Editor VIENNA: Eleven countries joined the United States and four other key nuclear fuel nations on … Continue reading
Nuclear Power is Not the Answer Global Research, September 15, 2007 Common Dreams – 2007-09-11 Email this article to a friend Print this article Taxpayers alert! The atomic power corporations are beating on the doors in Washington to make you … Continue reading
John Gofman’s Nuclear Courage – Yahoo! News Joseph J. Mangano Fri Sep 14, 3:11 PM ET The Nation — The life of eminent nuclear scientist and physician John Gofman ended last month just short of age 89. The New York … Continue reading
Independent – September 13, 2007: RECA reform; Navajo stands behind ban on uranium mining Gallup Independent By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — When the Navajo Nation approved a ban in 2005 on uranium mining and processing within Navajo … Continue reading
Petition Seeks Emergency Prep Checkup for Aging Plants   September 12, 2007   Contact:Eric Epstein   ericepstein@comcast.net (717)-541-1101       NRC Asked to Review Emergency Planning  Prior to Relicensing     Suspension of Licensing Proceedings Sought … Continue reading
ScienceAlert – Australia & NZ – Who’s watching the nuclear watchdog? Wednesday, 12 September 2007 By Richard Broinowski and Tilman Ruff Australia has been poorly served by the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, the Commonwealth agency tasked with preventing … Continue reading