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Leeds atomic test campaign veteran dies at 70 - Yorkshire Evening Post

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:04:42 -0000

AN EX-SERVICEMAN from Leeds who was fighting for compensation over Cold War atomic bomb testing, has died.

Tags: nuclear n-weapons vet contamination compensation

The Press Association: France to build nuclear reactor

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:03:43 -0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said France will build a second new-generation nuclear reactor.

France has been constructing its first European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) on the Normandy coast.

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Sydney Morning Herald: Sydney's radioactive neighbourhood cover-up claim

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:03:12 -0000

The son of a Sydney couple who died from cancers says the NSW Health Department tried to cover up the results of radioactivity tests on their neighbourhood.

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ABC Sydney - Govt 'withheld results from radioactive site'

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:01:25 -0000

A man whose parents died while living near a former uranium smelter site in Sydney's north says he is angry the Government withheld information from the public.

A New South Wales parliamentary committee is holding an inquiry into the site on Nelson Parade at Hunter's Hill.

Members of the inquiry visited the site earlier this week and found unacceptable levels of radioactivity. Recent independent testing of soil samples found 350 times more radioactive than what is considered safe.

Tags: nuclear energy fuel-cycle n-waste australia

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Call for public ownership of nuclear reactor based on mistaken beliefs

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:00:41 -0000

Recently, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix carried an op-ed (SaskPower Must Own Nuclear Reactor) that made the case for the province to invest in a major facility like a nuclear reactor.

Tags: nuclear energy policy development canada

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Birth defects spike with U.S. use of 'special weaponry'

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:56:45 -0000

Babies born in Fallujah are showing deformities and falling ill on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say.

The spike in deformities and deaths among children resulted after “special weaponry” was used in the two massive bombing campaigns in Fallujah in 2004.

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RIA Novosti - World - U.S. says Lithuania has agreed to consider hosting missile shield

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:55:42 -0000

United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said that Lithuania has agreed to consider hosting a missile interceptor base if the U.S. deal with Poland falls through.

Tags: nuclear n-weapons russia us proliferation

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Four Spanish nuclear plants suffer faults in 72 hours

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:54:53 -0000

The Vandelòs II plant saw its fire-detection systems activated.

Asco II had a problem in the refrigeration system.

Asco I had a problem in valve in a heat extractor.

The Confrentes plant in Valencia saw an unplanned power surge.

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AfricaNews - Nigeria nuclear plans worry G-8 - Murtala

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:47:07 -0000

The world most powerful nations, the G8, have expressed concerns over Nigeria's ability to acquire nuclear technology. They are said to be uncomfortable with that nuclear move despite Nigeria's position that the nuclear power generation is purely meant for electricity supply.

Speaking to ‘This Day’ at the end of a week long safety nuclear energy training programme, Shamsedeen Elegba, Director-General of the Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NNRA) confirmed that the G8 had expressed wories over Nigeria’s readiness to acquire nuclear energy.

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Manx Radio: Radioactive contamination - no concerns

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:45:26 -0000

It's being claimed levels of radioactive contamination in the Irish Sea pose no danger to human health.

Senior Government Scientist Dr Paul McKenna has been responding to concerns over the latest official data from radioactivity monitoring.

The Celtic League has highlighted that levels of Technetium 99 in Manx lobsters are higher than those found in seaweed in Ireland.

Tags: ireland uk nuclear energy safety

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Evaluate Bataan nuke plant thoroughly, IAEA cautions RP - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:43 -0000

MANILA, Philippines -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has cautioned the Philippines and other countries considering the revival of nuclear energy options not to let “commercial interests take precedence over safety issues.”

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Malaysia's nuclear plans delayed - UPI.com

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:32:25 -0000

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 1 (UPI) -- Malaysia's nuclear plans could take more than 15 years to implement.

Analysts say the government needs to be more assertive if it wants to put nuclear power plants in place, the New Straits Times reported.

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French official dismisses nuclear test veterans complaints

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:30 -0000

The French government’s nuclear safety expert, Marcel Jurien de la Graviere, says the fallout from the nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia has not been, as it has been claimed, the cause of illnesses.

Tags: nuclear n-weapons contamination compensation nz

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AFP: Former ministers call for nuclear weapon-free world

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:09:18 -0000

LONDON (AFP) — Four former foreign and defence secretaries called Monday for nuclear powers around the world to increase diplomatic efforts to eventually rid the world of nuclear weapons.

Writing in The Times, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Lord Douglas Hurd, Lord David Owen and Lord George Robertson said there "is a powerful case for a dramatic reduction in the stockpile of nuclear weapons."

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AFP: Toxic legacy: Scientists ponder task of labelling nuclear waste

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:08:35 -0000

PARIS (AFP) — How will "DANGER!" be written 5,000 years from now? How will it be written in 50,000 years?

Finding an answer to these questions may not seem like a Code Red emergency to most people.

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Global nuclear stockpiles 'must be reduced to prevent terrorist attacks' - Telegraph

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:07:46 -0000

Nuclear stockpiles around the world must be reduced to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, a coalition of senior British politicians has warned.

The four former British defence and foreign secretaries warn that the more nuclear material in circulation, the more countries who have not had such weapons to date are likely to want to acquire their own.

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Europe Insight Europe's Nuclear Energy Woes - BusinessWeek

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:06:51 -0000

Rising energy costs and concerns over carbon dioxide emissions have focused minds in Europe’s utility sector. The response? A push to build more nuclear power plants that would reduce the amount of fuel (such as natural gas and coal) that’s imported and cut CO2 just as governments start to take a hard-line stance towards greenhouse gases.

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China wants 100 Westinghouse reactors - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:06:08 -0000

China wants to have 100 of Westinghouse Electric Co.'s nuclear reactors in operation or under construction by 2020 -- more than double what was anticipated, according to the company's incoming CEO.

Aris Candris, who will lead the Monroeville-based firm beginning Tuesday, said Chinese officials shared those plans with Westinghouse during a mid-May meeting.

Tags: nuclear energy development westinghouse china

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Vanguard Online: How safety fears delays Nigeria’s nuclear plant installation, by NNRA boss

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:49:00 -0000

DIRECTOR general ofthe Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Babatunde Shamshideen Elegba, has disclosed that the only obstacle hindering the installation of nuclear plant in Nigeria is fear of its security and safety.

Tags: nuclear energy safety nigeria africa

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Gulfnews: Nuclear double standards

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:16 -0000

The demolition by North Korea of the 60-foot cooling tower of its main reactor complex in Yongbyon on Friday represents an important breakthrough in dismantling its nuclear programme.

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