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Destacan acuerdo Alemania-Brasil en materia de energía nuclear. Energía nuclear Alemania, Berlín - El Ministerio alemán de Medio Ambiente, en manos del Partido Socialdemócrata, está a favor del acuerdo porque (el país europeo) en forma paralela tendrá acceso a la cooperación con Brasil en el campo de las energías renovables y biocombustibles. El diario Handelsblatt destacó hoy [...]

A report published by the Energy Department and energy industry members claims that in the not so distant future, America could generate wind energy equivalent to our current nuclear energy supply. In fact, the report says that 20% of our nation's energy could be generated by windmills by 2030. The best news to come out of the report is that this growth is achievable without major new

From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists :   Ambition #1: To become the world's largest uranium producer by 2010 Currently, Kazakhstan is the world's third largest uranium exporter--after Australia and Canada. At 1.5 million metric tons, it holds roughly 19 percent of the world's uranium reserves. More than 50 percent of Kazakh reserves are suitable for extraction by in-situ leaching,

Wall Street Journal: A new generation of nuclear power plants is on the drawing boards in the U.S., but the projected cost is causing some sticker shock: $5 billion to $12 billion a plant, double to quadruple earlier rough estimates. Nuclear power is regaining favor as an alternative to other sources of power generation, such as coal-fired plants, which have fallen out of favor because they

Wind power could match power supplied by nuclear sources in two decades according to a U.S. Energy Department report. Nonetheless, emotions still run high regarding some wind projects. Last month the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service said it received more than an extraordinary 40,000 comments regarding the future of Cape Wind. A final decision on Cape Wind is due around t

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The electricity demand in Viet Nam is expected to double in ten years, making electricity shortages many times more serious than nowadays. In this circumstance, nuclear power proves to be a good alternative energy. According to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Huu Hao, Vietnam needs 12-13,000MW this year, while operational power plants just can provide 12,000 MW at maximum. The

Online course from Dartmouth titled Rethinking Nuclear Power, considers various energy policy issues and advises students how to look into the economic efficiency of various energy subsidies, assess the effective use of carbon taxes, and to understand the important role of government funded energy R&D for energy technologies of all kinds, not just nuclear. He reviews how the issue of nuclear energy is playing in the presidential races and electoral politics. Free online class materials - The class materials remain online. Each class includes the original PowerPoint slides, PDF versions of the slides, and recorded audio from the classes. Note the PowerPoint files are quite large so download them first before opening. The website also includes an excellent descriptive bibliogra

The third international nuclear power exhibition will take place at the Cultural and Friendship Palace in Hanoi from May 14-17, the Viet Nam Atomic Energy Institute (VAEI) announced on May 10. VAEI director Vuong Huu Tan said the exhibition will see the participation of representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the China

North Korea has handed over key records of its plutonium activity to the United States which will allow nuclear negotiation to proceed towards its final resolution of important issues. Sung Kim, director at the State Department of talks with North Korea, is bringing back to Washington the documents. Some observes say the move is a [...]

Viet Nam will build its first nuclear power plants, with a design capacity of 4,000 MW, at Phuoc Dinh and Vinh Hai in the southcentral province of Ninh Thuan from 2012-2014, said Vuong Huu Tan, Head of the Viet Nam Atomic Energy Commission. At an international seminar in Hanoi on May 8, Mr Tan said that the investment reports for these projects will be completed in 2008 and then submitted to the

American politicians may want to "obliterate Iran," but I'm more worried about Pakistan and India fronting like they want to obliterate each other: Pakistan said it test-fired a short-range cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Thursday, one day after archrival India test-fired a long-range missile with nuclear capability. The 220-mile-range Pakistani missile, known as the Ra'ad or Hatf VIII, was developed exclusively for launch from aircraft, a military statement said. The statement did not disclose the launch site but said the missile "has special stealth capabilities," and is a "low altitude, terrain-following missile with high maneuverability." The missile "can deliver all types of warheads with great accuracy," the military said. Pakistan became a declared nuclear powe

The United States and Israel insist North Korea provided assistance to Syria in order to begin construction of a nuclear facility. Syria’s Al Kibar reactor was destroyed in an Israel raid on September 6, 2007. US Central Intelligence Director, Michael Hayden, said the reactor was “similar” in size and technology to North Korea’s Yongbyon reactor [...]

US firms are eager to invest in hi-tech industries in Viet Nam including nuclear energy, according to the head of a US business delegation that met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday. Speaking Wednesday at a press briefing in Hanoi, Matthew Daley, president of the US-ASEAN Business Council and leader of the 23-member business group on a three-day trip to Viet Nam, said US companies

Russia and the United States on Tuesday signed a long-awaited agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation that could allow the two countries to expand bilateral nuclear trade.The deal, signed on President Vladimir Putin’s last full day in office, establishes the legal basis for Russian and U.S. companies to trade in nuclear materials. It could also give the United States access to Russian technology and hand Russia lucrative contracts to store spent nuclear fuel.Russian and U.S. officials lauded the agreement, signed in Moscow by U.S. Ambassador William Burns and Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom.“The United States and Russia were once nuclear rivals,” Burns said after the signing ceremony, Interfax reported. “Now we are partners.”The agreement “

Apparently, restrictions have been abandoned and more images that capture the aftermath of the first use of a nuclear weapon are now available to the public. I loathe such restrictions that prevent the public from experiencing and viewing significant events especially given the circumstances surrounding these images. These images should not be mere chattels or personal property of one person but should be common property to benefit humankind.These images capture the magnitude of many major events converging onto one point in history. These events include the beginning of the end of the Second World War, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon against an enemy, the beginning of the Cold War and nuclear proliferation. Certainly more significant events converged or can be derived from th

AP - Russian and U.S. officials signed a key agreement on civilian nuclear power Tuesday that could give Washington access to Russian technology and potentially hand Moscow lucrative deals on storing spent fuel.

A law on nuclear energy is expected to be approved by the National Assembly this month, paving the way for the country’s first nuclear power plant. An investment report and procedures to build the plant in southern Ninh Thuan province would be completed and given the all clear by the NA next year, deputy director of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Nguyen Manh Hung said. The plant will have

Reading this in the UK papers or seeing it on the BBC coverage?Guardian's Michael Tomasky argues today that Hillary has a "40%" chance of getting the nomination. This fits with a lot of other UK media commentators idea that she still has this sort of chance.Huffpost today outlines just how that might happen and it's called the 'nuclear option' or the 'destroy a village in order to save it' strategy.This is what she would have to do at the Denver Democratic Convention."With at least 50 percent of the Democratic Party's 30-member Rules and Bylaws Committee committed to Clinton, her backers could -- when the committee meets at the end of this month -- try to ram through a decision to seat the disputed 210-member Florida and 156-member Michigan delegations. Such a decision would give Clinton a

Iran wants to make sure that the world knows that they still have every intent to go nuclear as soon as possible regardless of any international pressure. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Sunday that Iran will continue its nuclear program despite Western efforts to thwart it with sanctions. "No threat can hinder the Iranian nation from its path," he said.Furthermore Iran said it would not hold a new round of talks with the U.S. on security in Iraq until American forces end their current "assault against Shiite militias. "We believe the talks will not be held given the current situation (in Iraq)," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters during his weekly press briefing Sunday.---------ref:,2933,354128,00.html,,2933,354131,00.html

From: The Nuclear Option   As far back as 1978, Tom Alexander—an award-winning science writer with a deep knowledge of economics and ecology—urged utilities in the pages of Fortune to resuscitate the already-flagging nuclear industry lest a ramp-up in coal-fired electricity "trigger irreversible changes in the world's climate." The ramp-up happened on schedule; the changes in climate too. Which now makes it very hard to ignore the fact that whatever else nuclear power does to the environment, however many fish it kills or however much waste it leaves in our great-great-great-great-grandchildren's hands, it emits neither soot nor smoke nor mercury, and far less carbon dioxide than the coal that keeps most of our lights on. Industry has been quick to take advantage of the

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Con el petróleo por las nubes, la energía nuclear es ahora más que nunca una alternativa. Luis Echávarri, español que dirige desde París la Agencia Nuclear de la OCDE, defiende la competitividad de esta energía en términos ambientales y de coste. -La Comisión Europea ha invitado recientemente a considerar la energía nuclear para el futuro y [...]

Speaking before an audience in Boise, Idaho last week, Greenpeace Founder Dr. Patrick Moore confirmed that there is no proof that humans are causing global warming, and he wisely advocated a dramatic shift toward reliance upon nuclear power.

"I want to dispense with the need for affirmations, the call for absolute certainties and/or, unmitigated intelligence accuracy. Is not the mere prospect of nuclear technology in the hands of a terror sponsoring state scary enough to warrant action? ... Let’s get something fundamentally clear, even if the reports are only half accurate ... " What we all suspected may have been confirmed last week. On September 6 2007, Israeli jets bombed a nuclear reactor being constructed by Syria with the aid of North Korea somewhere along the Euphrates river - a reactor possibly built for the production of Plutonium. Find below the official U.S. Government 11-minute video showing construction of the purported gas-cooled graphite-moderated reactor at al-Kibar in an isolated desert region in eastern Syr

Preparations for Viet Nam ’s first nuclear power plant are underway with an investment report expected for completion before the end of 2008, according to an official from the Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN). The investment plan will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval in 2009, said EVN Deputy Director General Nguyen Manh Hung. Construction of the plant is slated for 2012-2014 in

John Mueller has often gone against conventional wisdom. As the Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at The Ohio State University, he has published an array of articles and books on The declining significance of war as he explains in his book Remnants of War; The incredible overreaction to national security threats, especially the threat of terrorism and how it has harmed the country is addressed in his most recent book, Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats and Why We believe Them; and his current work, how the U.S.'s attempts to prevent nuclear proliferation have been counterproductive, will be published as a book next year. Mueller's argument in his current work, as outlined in an article in The National Interest last year, is

Azerbaijan blocks Russian nuke shipment to Iran Kind of like watching an interception by your favorite team’s defense against your most hated division rival. NICOSIA — Iran has reported that a shipment of Russian nuclear equipment was being held in neighboring Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan, an ally of the United States, has acknowledged the delay. The Azeri government said it [...]

Iran demanded Sunday that Azerbaijan deliver a Russian shipment of nuclear equipment blocked at its border with Iran for the past three weeks.Azerbaijan has said it was seeking more information about the shipment due to fears that it might violate any of the three sets of U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on Iran over its failure to halt uranium enrichment.On Monday, Russian state-run company Atomstroiexport said that one or two trucks carrying the equipment for Iran were stopped two weeks ago at the town of Astara, on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border.Company spokeswoman Irina Yesipova said officials were holding talks with both Azerbaijan and Iran about the incident. She said the shipment contained "heat-isolating equipment" essential to the plant's operation but that the holdup was n

April 28, YahooDUBAI (Reuters) - The Syrian site Israel bombed in September was not part of a nuclear weapons program, but was a military facility under construction, President Bashar al-Assad said in remarks published on Sunday.ADVERTISEMENTLast week, Washington released intelligence alleging Syria had built a nuclear reactor with North Korean help before an Israeli air strike destroyed the facility on September 6."Is it logical? A nuclear site did not have protection with surface to air defenses? A nuclear site within the footprint of satellites in the middle of Syria in an open area in the desert?" Assad told Qatar's al-Watan newspaper in an interview conducted before the U.S. accusations were made.At that stage, he was commenting on media reports that said the target was a nuclear site

(DPA).- Flores y velas recordaban el sábado en Ucrania, Rusia y Bielorrusia a las víctimas del desastre nuclear del reactor de Chernóbil, en Ucrania, del que se cumplen 22 años.

Increible, en el año de 1967 el departamente de defensa, en la oficina de defensa civil, se publico un triptico de como mejorar tu sótano en caso de amenaza nuclear y como sobrevivir en ataques nucleares. En el triptico se incluía este “bunker” improvisado, me pareció muy curioso y se los tenía que compartir… Via [...]

While blasting Israel and the US he couldn’t find any words to criticize Syria or North Korea for violating international law by pursuing un-authorized nuclear proliferation. Once again, the anti-Israel bias of the UN shows it’s ugly face. El-Baradei is upset that he wasn’t told sooner about the intelligence gathered at the secret Syrian nuclear site, and [...]

Not Guilty in Bell Case: Three New York City police officers have just been found innocent of all charges in the shooting death of an unarmed black man, Sean Bell, who was killed by 50 bullets on his wedding day. Bell, 23, was shot along with two friends, after a bachelor party at a strip club in November 2006. The case has generated outrage in New York's black community. A New York State Supreme Court judge cleared two officers of manslaughter and other charges and a third of reckless endangerment in the death. Syria Secret Nuclear Program: The United States has accused North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that "was not intended for peaceful purposes." The US released photographs it said linked North Korea to a plutonium-producing reactor under constr

As the results of Pennsylvania’s primary propel the Democratic campaign into the elections in Indiana and North Carolina, Americans have got to seriously think whether they are going to allow a dangerous person for US national security to claim the Democratic nomination. It would rather appear odd to portray Senator Hillary Clinton as perilous for [...]

A provocative scenario put forth by James Lewis at the American Thinker. WWOD? (What would Obama do) Assume for a moment: It’s January, 2009, and Barack Obama has just been inaugurated as President of the United States. Ahmadi-Nejad explodes his first Bomb; he now has that itchy finger on the button as long as the [...]

Last week, I mentioned being of the opinion that a "solution" to a problem (e.g. crop-based biofuels in response to global warming) that creates a problem of comparable proportions (e.g. a global food crisis) is, in fact, no solution at all. I also believe this to be true of nuclear power, yet another ill-conceived "solution" to the dual fossil fuel-shortage/climate change conundrum in which we presently find ourselves. In fact, harnessing nuclear energy may qualify as an even stupider idea than harnessing biofuels, only because it represents humans' repeating the exact same mistakes they have made with respect to fossil fuels. Here again, primarily for my own benefit, is a rapid review of human history: Humans discover what they believe to be an endless source of energy-intensive material

MOSCOW, Russia — Russia closed down a plutonium producing reactor Sunday, marking a major milestone in U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts, a Russian news agency reported. The U.S. and Russia have been working for years on arrangements to close Russia's three remaining weapons-grade plutonium producing reactors. A second reactor, also in the Siberian town of Seversk, is expected to be shut down in June, the ITAR-TASS news agency quoted a Siberian Chemicals Plant official as saying. The reactor closed Sunday was temporarily deactivated in an unscheduled incident earlier this month. Plant officials, who were not immediately available Sunday to confirm the report, have said the stoppage was caused by a power failure and that no

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Los partidarios de la energía nuclear parecen haber tomado impulso utilizando el cambio climático para sus fines. Los lobby de esta opción energética dicen tener la solución para las emisiones de CO2 y, sin reparos, vuelven a esgrimir las “bondades” de la energía atómica. ¿Cómo podemos explicarnos tal fenómeno? Simplemente, los sectores económicos que promocionan la energía nuclear están usando el método de intimidar a los chilenos ante la carencia de fuentes de energía para ejercer presión y apresurar pronunciamientos del Gobierno. Pronunciamientos que, de producirse, no pueden desconocer los compromisos previos o alejarse del programa oficial, ya en conocimiento&nbs

There are some weird and wonderful disorders in neurology. From the man who could only say ‘tan’, to patients who cannot differentiate between background and objects, and, famously to Phineus Gauge, the first accidental frontal lobotomy. All of which suffer from unusual, bizarre consequences.And then there is my uncle, who has been diagnosed with ‘Exploding Head Syndrome’. Now, at first when my mother told me about this I was sceptical, but to my astonishment it was actually listed in my Oxford Medical Dictionary. As he describes it, he hears an enormous crash that wakes him up in a sudden jolt sending his pulse racing.Last night I swear I heard a massive bang, but couldn’t really tell where it came from. The next morning no-one else seemed to have been woken by any noise.Here’

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Roger Kimball took the words right out of my mouth… From Roger’s Rules: Is this helpful? A nuclear attack on Washington, DC is “inevitable” according to Cham E. Dallas, director of the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia, who spoke before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security. “I think [...]

Areva SA., the world's biggest nuclear-reactor manufacturer, is investing more than $7 billion in uranium mines and an ore enrichment plant to satisfy rising demand for non-polluting atomic energy. The Paris-based company is deepening its investment in atomic fuel as it expects more than 300... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The Viet Nam Atomic Energy Institute is compiling investment reports on two nuclear power plants to submit to the State Evaluation Council and the National Assembly in May 2009. The government has decided to double the capacity of the first nuclear power plant of Viet Nam to 4,000MW, at a total cost of nearly US$6 billion. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Huu Hao said that the first

From: Nuclear Spring   Anne Lauvergeon (or "Atomic Anne," as the press calls her) is the fourteenth most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes. She owes this rank, and her nickname, to the fact that she heads the French nuclear company Areva. Three weeks ago, Lauvergeon made an appearance at Harvard's Center for the Environment. And, when she strode to the lectern, she set about toying with the expectations of her audience. Where Americans are accustomed to hearing Europeans lambaste their wasteful way of life and degradation of the planet, Lauvergeon took a more counterintuitive approach: "A tribute to your country's essential contribution to the world debate on the crucial issue of climate change!" She continued, "Yes, I want to pay tribute to Vice President Al

Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi told leaders of the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Wednesday that his country was willing to share its nuclear technology expertise with all Muslim states."Iran is determined to make the best use of this technology not only for Iran but also for all Muslim states," Shahroudi told a news conference in the Qatari capital Doha.According to the Iranian Student News Agency, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sung the same song at his recent meeting with the Philippines foreign minister, Alberto Romulo. He added that Iran resists against the "bullies pressures" and "intends to give the right of using peaceful nuclear technology back to nations."Peaceful? Yeh right. I'm sure peace in the middle east is exactly what they have in mind.--------------------

Rebecca Smith reports today in the WSJ (sub reqd.) on a new hurdle for the U.S. nuclear-power sector: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission warned this week that some parts used in reactors are defective or counterfeit. While no parts caused any accidents, many have been recalled. What's behind the supply-chain hiccups? Basically, the shrinkage of the domestic nuclear industry after it went walkabout in the late 1970s, the paper says. To fill the gap, foreign or inexperienced firms have started making small but critical components for reactors. Says the WSJ: NRC Chairman Dale Klein has expressed concern about the supply chain, noting that 1,350 American companies were members of the American Nuclear Society, the key professional association for the industry, in 1977.

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with one of your fellow passengers. The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, What would you like to talk about?Oh, I don't know, said the stranger. How about nuclear power? and he smiles.OK, she said. That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff "grass"  Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a big flat patty, and a horse produces large clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, t

Essa racha tá aprontando mais que a Nô Nô! Pra piorar é uma desconhecida do público em geral! Só sei que a roceira atende pela alcunha de Agyness Deyn e dizem que é o ícone fashion do momento depois do holocausto nuclear! Agora intendi, este visual andrógino de dançarina de formatura ainda vai um dia fazer sucesso!! Ah tá, mas já estão se preparando para o Exterminador do Futuro? Espero que ele venha programado para dar fim nesta muóntagem sem nexo sexo e rock n'roll que essa periguette teima em usar! Cansei dela e desses pés horrorosos! pra não ficar o dito pelo não dito eu assumo : pronto, faley!

Today is Nuclear Technology Day in that idyllic, homosexual-free paradise that is the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Addressing his people, President and Holocaust Denier-in-Chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran’s nuclear technology was “the beginning of the collapse of great powers.”  Whether he took part in the nuclear dance pictured above is unknown.

On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran has increased its capacity to enrich uranium dramatically. Without a doubt, this will bring them one step closer to having the ability to produce nuclear weapons. From the Islamic Republic News Agency: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iran’s nuclear program belongs to all humanity. Speaking in the [...]

We would see a dramatic drop in ozone levels that would persist for many years and it could have huge effects on human health and on our terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments," said Michael Mills of the Laboratory for Atmosphere and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder who led the research team. Mills and four other leading atmospheric scientists base their calculations of ozone layer destruction on five widely used computer models that scientists use to study all aspects of the world's atmosphere. Their basic conclusions: The explosions would cause major urban fires and send as much as 5.5 million tons of soot rising above the stratosphere 50 miles high, after a million tons of it fell back to Earth as black rain. The soot, heated by smoke from the fires

Think you might escape the aftereffects of a limited nuclear war that happens on the other side of the globe from you? Think again. Imagine that the long-simmering conflict between India and Pakistan broke out into a war in which each side deployed 50 nuclear weapons against the other country’s megacities. Karachi, Bombay, and dozens of [...]

Un conflicto limitado con armamento nuclear a escala regional, como el que podría ocurrir entre Pakistán y la India, provocaría un agujero de la capa de ozono de la atmósfera que afectaría al planeta a escala global. En ese supuesto, se producirían graves problemas de salud humanos y estragos ambientales a escala global en ambos hemisferios durante al menos una década, según un estudio de la Universidad de Colorado, en EEUU. La investigación se publica hoy en la revista 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencies'. Los investigadores Brian Toom y Michael Mills, de la Universidad de Boulder, capital del Estado de Colorado, han utilizado un nuevo programa informático en el que han simulado la explosión de un centenar de bombas nucleares de 15 kilotones cada una –similares

By Alexis MadrigalApril 8, WiredThink you might escape the aftereffects of a limited nuclear war that happens on the other side of the globe from you? Think again.Imagine that the long-simmering conflict between India and Pakistan broke out into a war in which each side deployed 50 nuclear weapons against the other country's megacities. Karachi, Bombay, and dozens of other South Asian cities catch fire like Hiroshima and Nagasaki did at the end of World War II.Beyond the local human tragedy of such a situation, a new study looking at the atmospheric chemistry of regional nuclear war finds that the hot smoke from burning cities would tear holes in the ozone layer of the Earth. The increased UV radiation resulting from the ozone loss could more than double DNA damage, and increase cancer rat

Iran’s leaders are once again displaying their usual intransigence concerning Iran’s nuclear and uranium enrichment programs. They have refused Security Council and European attempts to engage them in a new round of negotiations despite the new round of sanctions and offers of sweetened incentives. And they continue to play the IAEA card without providing any real insights into their accelerating nuclear programs. This refusal to engage in any meaningful dialogue on their nuclear program,...(read more)

Tehran, April 6 (RIA Novosti) Iran will hold its second Nuclear Technology Day April 8 during which the government would tout the country’s achievements in the nuclear sector. Iran has so far defied three rounds of UN sanctions in its insistence on developing nuclear power generation capability which several Western powers suspect is a cover for [...]

Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing to counter any ‘radioactive hazards’ which may result from a US strike on Iran’s nuclear plants. Popular government-guided Saudi newspaper Okaz recently reported that the Saudi Shura Council approved of nuclear fallout preparation plans only a day after US Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Kingdom’s high ranking officials, [...]

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta he top nuclear negotiators for North Korea and the United States may meet next week to try to end the impasse over stalled multinational talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. VOA’s Nancy-Amelia Collins has more from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and chief nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill [...]

India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd on Friday it would form a joint-venture company with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) for engineering contracts for nuclear power plants. BHEL and NPCIL, both run by the government, are in talks with companies from France, Germany and the United States for a technology partner, BHEL Chairman K. Ravi Kumar told a news conference. He declined to give names, but said the joint venture would be formed within a year. Equity structure of the joint venture is yet to be decided and will depend on whether the technology partner is willing to buy a stake, Kumar said. BHEL would use its existing facility at Bhopal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh for the venture's operations and the initial investment would be betwe

From an AP report : Iran has assembled hundreds of advanced machines reflecting a possible intention to speed up uranium enrichment, diplomats told The Associated Press. One diplomat said more than 300 of the centrifuges have been linked up in two separate units in Iran's underground enrichment plant and a third was being assembled. He said the machines apparently are more advanced than the thousands already running underground, suggesting they could be the sophisticated IR-2 centrifuge that Tehran recently acknowledged testing. But a senior diplomat said that while the new work appeared to include advanced centrifuges, they were not IR-2s. He added that it was unclear whether the machines were above or below ground. The location is significant, because the aboveground site at Na

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Download part1, part2 (rapidshare)192kbps / 147mbYear: 2007Label: Deaf Dumb + Blindworkingforanuclearfreecity.comMore about the bandSimilar artists: The Beta band, Young Galaxy, The Radio Dept, Spiritualized, Primal ScreamAMG: 4.5"In the last couple of years, Working for a Nuclear Free City has spread like a mushroom cloud over Britain, raining down a magnificent musical melange across the scene. Hailing from Manchester, the group draw much of their inspiration from both the old baggy and grebo scenes. [..] And that's what makes WFANFC so amazing, they can crash and wallop as well as any classic rocker wannabes, then turn around and deliver a perfect dream pop number like "Stone Cold," soar skyward on '60s styled space rock wings of "So," zoom off into the darkwave of "Rocket," or even fli

I used to think it was, but it isn't.Some people still try to argue it is.Here's why I don't think nuclear power is clean: it produces toxic waste.There. Simple, right? Sure, we store it away, hide it, save it for a rainy day, but that toxic sludge builds up and builds up. Just like greenhouse gas emissions build up.Hydrogen fuel cell technology will produce water vapor. That's it. That's truly clean.

I used to think it was, but it isn’t. Some people still try to argue it is. Here’s why I don’t think nuclear power is clean: it produces toxic waste. There. Simple, right? Sure, we store it away, hide it, save it for a rainy day, but that toxic sludge builds up and builds up. [...]

"The American Dream" and "The Sandbox" at the Cherry Lane Theatre, March 27, 2008 Under the direction of the author, these two one-act plays appear to be the first time Mr. Albee revisited a previous play to write something of a prequel. He did this recently with the successful "Peter and Jerry" adding "Homelife" as a prequel to "Zoo Story." There's not quite the same direct connection here,

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Let's assume that the 33 kilos of nuclear material discovered last week by Colombian officials allegedly cached by FARC was almost worthless, and represented no real security threat, as suggested by Aaron Mannes in his article "DU Dud." Does that mean we should conclude, as he does, that it represented desperation, ignorance, failure of judgment, or incompetence by the FARC, making FARC either (a) the victim of the scam, no longer feared by the person scamming FARC, or (b) the scammer who would hurt...(read more)

Stephen Hadley, the White House national security adviser, said Mr Bush made the comments to Mr Hu in a phone call on Wednesday morning. The Pentagon on Tuesday said the US had mistakenly sent electrical fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles, instead of a consignment of helicopter batteries. Taiwan on Wednesday disputed initial Pentagon claims that it had only informed the US about the mistaken shipment this January. Lisa Chi, a Taiwanese military spokeswoman, said Taipei informed the Pentagon immediately after receiving the shipment in August 2006. "We put the shipment in classified storage and notified our US counterparts immediately," said Ms Chi. A senior Bush administration official on Wednesday confirmed the Taiwanese account, blaming the original discrepancy on "log

China upset over errant U.S. missile part shipment - CNN.com Four nose cone fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles were shipped to Taiwan instead of the the helicopter batteries it had ordered, Wynne said. He said the fuses, intended for a Minuteman strategic nuclear missile, were returned to the United States after the mistake was discovered.Oops. We're terribly sorry we sent nuclear missile components to Taiwan. This sort of thing scares the hell out of me. It's the same kind of problem that has terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq fighting with our guns. How the hell do these kinds of mistakes happen? Exactly how do we accidentally ship nuclear missile components to Taiwan?I don't care how big the DOD is, or how complex it is to keep track of deadly weapons, I'm certain this

The New York Times reports that the U.S. shipped four fuses for nuclear missile warheads to Taiwan instead of helicopter batteries (the shipment itself did not contain nuclear material, and the U.S. says this was not an intentional shipment). China, of course, can get kind of touchy about issues involving Taiwan. This is a weird story–the Times says the shipment was made more than a year ago, but the mistake was only noticed last week. This isn't the first time there's been a mistake made in this area–last year, six nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown from North Dakota to Louisiana. After last year's screw-up, the Air Force supposedly investigated. Might be worth it for Congress to hold hearings on this matter to find out why these two incidents occurred, and whether any

In the last two years, more than a dozen Arab states have announced plans to pursue nuclear power programs. This has raised concerns that such countries are interested in developing nuclear weapons. All state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have the legal right to develop nuclear energy programs. Yet civilian nuclear power programs can provide the technology and expertise

Anything but a return to nuclear power, says an L.A. Times editorial, slamming Gov. Schwarzenegger's recent bullish nuclear comments. Renewables might be the answer to the global resource crunch, suggests Energy Outlook, but that will require a top-down rethink of energy policy. One policy prescription: Forget the "safety valve" on cap-and-trade schemes, argues Earth2Tech. An ejection seat undermines the whole point of pricing carbon. Pain at the pump is the fault of the oilmen in the White House, says a NYT editorial, and drilling in Alaska won't solve the problem. The Economist offers a graphic look at how little pain there really is, comparing gasoline taxes around the world. British prime minister Gordon Brown gears up for a showdown with the European Union over biofuel mandat

Jay Davis from the Washington Post reports that since 1993 there have been 1,300 incidents of illicit transfer of plutonium and heavily enriched uranium; both capable of producing an atomic bomb. And unlike 9/11, there won’t be time to respond if God forbid a nuclear weapon ends up in a terrorist’s hands. It is quite possible [...]

The University of Rochester has issued a press release stating that, using existing technology, they have developed a battery with a 10-year lifespan. Gone will be the days of worrying about your laptop charger on business trips. The theory is the silicon in the battery will capture electrons expelled from a radioactive gas to form a current. What has held these batteries back in the past was the little amount of current they provided. Due to the nature of radioactivity, half the electrons chucked out miss the silicon altogether. It's rather like the sun: It emits a hell of a lot of thermal energy, but only a tiny portion hits our planet. The University of Rochester plans to increase the silicon's surface area in order to catch more electrons. To accomplish this, they have designed little

Today at Take Back America I had the opportunity to hear a provocative presentation on the movement against nuclear proliferation by Joe Cirincione of Ploughshares Fund. Cirincione made the compelling point that nuclear proliferation and global warming rank as the two greatest threats to America’s national security and to the well-being of people in general. He believes that the movements on both of these issues should coordinate to reframe the entire national security debate away from the vague rhetoric of “terrorism” and “evil” to address real, frightening threats. By speaking out strongly on these two issues, in other words, progressives can demonstrate that they and not conservative reactionaries are at the forefront of the national security debate. He con