Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds

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Expansion of the Nuclear Energy Industry; Devastating Impacts on the Savannah River Watershed

"U.S. Supports New Nuclear Reactors in Georgia" - The New York Times, Feb. 16, 2010   The Savannah River forms the border between South Carolina and Georgia.   In South Carolina, Friends of the Earth is challenging at State Supreme Court the federal loan guarantee attempt to expand the nuclear industry.. » read more

Iran reminds IAEA of West’s broken promises

Iran has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to bear in mind the West’s past breaches of atomic fuel exchange deals with Tehran while reviewing Iran’s nuclear program. In a letter to the UN body, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), cited three instances on which Western countries failed to meet their commitments and provide Iran with nuclear fuel. The letter referred to the American firm AMF, which was stopped by the US government from supplying fuel for the Tehran research reactor in 1980 despite an agreement between the two countries. AMF did not refund the $2 million paid in advance by Iran for the nuclear fuel. The letter also mentioned Germany’s failure to provide the fuel for the Bushehr nuclear plant.. » read more

Find the Healthy Answer to Full Body Airport Scanners

(NaturalNews) While governments and aviation authorities the world over contrive to increase the dose of ionizing radiation travelers are exposed to by installing full body backscatter scanners, the real question we should concern ourselves with is how do we protect our health in the face of the inevitable. Make no mistake about it, they will be installed and we will be subjected to these searches whether we like it or not. This imposition follows the precedent set after the terror attacks of 9/11. The infringement of civil liberties is nothing new in these times and shouldn't come as a surprise especially as most nations have declared a war on terror. Supporters of the scanners will probably tell you that this measure is taken with everyone's safety in mind.. » read more

$645 MILLION in lipstick for a dead radioactive pig

The mystery has been solved.  Where is this "new reactor renaissance" coming from? There has been no deep, thoughtful re-making or re-evaluation of atomic technology. No solution to the nuke waste problem. No making reactors economically sound. No private insurance against radioactive disasters by terror or error.. » read more

The Obama disarmament paradox

Last April in Prague, President Barack Obama gave a speech that many have interpreted as a commitment to significant nuclear disarmament. Now, however, the White House is requesting one of the larger increases in warhead spending history. If its request is fully funded, warhead spending would rise 10 percent in a single year, with further increases promised for the future. Los Alamos National Laboratory, the biggest target of the Obama largesse, would see a 22 percent budget increase, its largest since 1944. In particular, funding for a new plutonium "pit" factory complex there would more than double, signaling a commitment to produce new nuclear weapons a decade hence.. » read more

Can We Dispose of Radioactive Waste in Volcanoes?

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* Environment * Nuclear power Barack Obama gives green light to new wave of nuclear reactors (with video)

US president announces $8.3bn in loan guarantees for construction of first nuclear reactors in almost 30 years Barack Obama: 'We’ll need to increase our supply of nuclear power. It’s that simple.' Link to this video Barack Obama pressed the start button on the first new construction of nuclear reactors in a generation today, announcing $8.3bn in loan guarantees for the company building two.. » read more

Germany to U.S.: Take your nukes!

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Obama Nuclear Power Plant Announcement Speech Video 2-16-10 / Transcript

Here is the Obama nuclear power plants announcement speech video and transcript from Tues. Feb, 16, 2010. President Barack Obamadelivered the address during his visit to a business-labor training center at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ local in Lanham, Maryland where he additionally addressed jobs creation. Full video is below. The President announced a loan guarantee of more than $8 billion for the construction and operation of two nuclear reactors at a Southern Company plant in Burke, Georgia; the loan is made under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.. » read more

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