April 8, 2010
Published reports indicate that Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will unveil their new climate bill not long after their Spring recess ends April 12–probably the week of April 19. And these published reports also indicate that the bill will be larded with taxpayer giveaways to the nuclear power industry. In other words, taxpayers would be subsidizing giant companies like General Electric, NRG Energy, Electricite de France, Exelon, Areva, Westinghouse and more.
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April 9th, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
Presentation & Discussion by Harvey Wassermann
The Way to Solartopia and Away from
Nuclear /Fossil Fuel Energy Dependence
What: Talk & Discussion by Harvey Wasserman
When: April 19, 2010
Where: The Haven at First & Market
112 W. Market Street
Time: 7 pm
Benefit Beans & Rice Dinner at 6pm
Suggested Donation $5.
Harvey Wassermann is a longtime anti-nuclear
and political activist. In 1973-4, Harvey helped
found the grassroots movement against nuclear
power in the United States, and helped coin the
phrase “No Nukes.” He is senior advisor to
Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information &
Resource Service.
Wassermann is author or co-author of a dozen
books, including SOLARTOPIA! OUR GREENPOWERED
EARTH, A.D. 2030, with a forward by
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Sponsored by Earth Week Committee. For more Information call 434 296 2494
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April 6th, 2010 | Category: Conservation, Energy Efficiency, New Nukes, Renewable Energy | Leave a comment
Harvey Wasserman
YOU are now paying for the NEXT 3 Mile Island
March 27, 2010
As radiation poured from 3 Mile Island 31 years ago this weekend,
utility executives rested easy.
They knew that no matter how many people their errant nuke killed, and
no matter how much property it destroyed, they would not be held
liable.
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March 30th, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
In making the case for a rapid conversion away from heavily polluting energy sources like coal and nuclear power to cleaner generation, renewable energy advocates often confront the argument that their scheme is impossible due to the intermittent nature of sun and wind.
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March 11th, 2010 | Category: Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Comments (1)
Nuclear projects face financial obstacles
By Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 2, 2010; A01
Hopes for a nuclear revival, fanned by fears of global warming and a
changing political climate in Washington, are running into new
obstacles over a key element — money.
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March 2nd, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
STOP $54 BILLION NUCLEAR GIVEAWAY
WRITE CONGRESS NOW
CALL ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
YOUR ACTIONS MATTER!
February 22, 2010
Dear Friends,
President Obama wants to triple the loan program for construction of new nuclear reactors, to $54 billion.
As we pointed out last week, these are not loan “guarantees”–they are direct taxpayer loans to wealthy nuclear utilities from the government’s Federal Financing Bank. And this is just a proposal–it’s not a done deal.
We won’t let him get away with it.
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February 22nd, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Feb 12, 2010 (IPS) – The enormous technical and financial
risks involved in the construction and operation of new nuclear power
plants make them prohibitive for private investors, rebutting the
thesis of a renaissance in nuclear energy, say several independent
European studies.
The risks include high construction costs, likely long delays in
building, extended periods of depreciation of equipment inherent to
the construction and operation of new power plants and the lack of
guarantees for prices of electricity.
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February 22nd, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
The revival of the nuclear energy industry carries the risk of a Wall
Street-level financial meltdown, and then some.
SAM MCPHEETERS | February 19, 2010 | web only
The cooling tower of Trojan Nuclear Plant, near Rainier, Oregon, which
has been out of operation since 1993. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
It’s a little misleading to call America’s renewed interest in nuclear
power a full-blown renaissance. For one thing, the renaissance hasn’t
happened yet. Even with the perfect storm of global warming, dwindling
fossil fuels, and the second Bush presidency, the current zeal for new nuclear power has fed on speculation for the last decade. It will have to do so for a long time to come. Tuesday’s news that President Barack Obama agreed to provide $8 billion in federal backing for two reactors in the state of Georgia — the first nuclear plants cleared for construction in nearly 30 years — ignored the massive financial, political, and technical hurdles between announcement and production.
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February 22nd, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
February 10, 2010
Like a decayed flotilla of rickety steamers, at least 27 of America’s
104 aging atomic reactors are known to be leaking radioactive tritium, which is linked to cancer if inhaled or ingested through the throat or skin.
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February 13th, 2010 | Category: New Nukes | Leave a comment
First published: Friday, February 5, 2010
A report that radioactive tritium may be leaking from at least 27 of the nation’s nuclear power plants would be worrisome in itself. But news that a leading nuclear energy company misled regulators about the matter should raise a red flag for Congress and the Obama administration as they consider building more reactors.
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February 5th, 2010 | Category: New CoaL Plants, New Nukes | Leave a comment
