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Read MoreMongolia might store foreign spent nuclear fuel, senior U.S. Official says (Global Security Newswire, 2011, en)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 By Elaine M. Grossman Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has held informal talks with Mongolia about the possibility that the Central Asian nation might host an international repository for its region’s spent nuclear fuel, a senior U.S. diplomat said yesterday (see GSN, March 9, 2010). (Mar. 30) –…
Read MoreThe truth behind India’s nuclear renaissance (The Ecologist, 2011, en)
Jaitapur’s French-built nuclear plant is a disaster in waiting,jeopardising biodiversity and local livelihoods, says activist Praful Bidwaiby Praful BidwaiThe EcologistFebruary 9, 2011 The global “nuclear renaissance” touted a decade ago has not materialised. The US’s nuclear industry remains starved of new reactor orders since 1973, and western Europe’s first reactor after Chernobyl (1986) is in…
Read MoreThe NTH Factor – A megawatts-hungry India toys callously with nuclear danger (Outlook, 2011, en)
by Debarshi Dasgupta Outlook (India) March 28, 2011 Recent events in Japan have indeed shaken the faith of many who pray at the altar of nuclear energy. In an article for a business daily, even Shyam Saran, who was India’s top negotiator for the Indo-US nuclear deal, has said the “nuclear renaissance” could be dead…
Read MoreGerman bank pulls out of Areva’s huge Indian nuclear project (2011, en)
Date: 28.03.2011 09:17 “Among the nuclear power plants on the anvil is the one at Jaitapur, coastal Maharashtra. It will house reactors from the French firm Areva and shall have a combined capacity of 10,000 MW. But in 20 years, as many as 92 quakes have been recorded here, with the severest of them in…
Read MoreDangerous mining: A deep hole is dug in search of uranium in Lernadzor (ArmeniaNow, 2010, en)
Dangerous mining: A deep hole is dug in search of uranium in Lernadzor In spite of public discontent and pickets, the prospecting work for uranium continued in the village of Lernadzor, Kapan, and a 140-meter-deep bore-hole has already been mined. While the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia said that the prospecting work…
Read MoreForget the billions, return Jabiluka site to Kakadu, say traditional owners (Sydney Morning Herald, 2011, en)
by Lindsay Murdoch The Sydney Morning Herald April 7, 2011 Aboriginal traditional owners have declared they want the multibillion-dollar Jabiluka uranium deposit to remain undeveloped and be incorporated into Kakadu National Park. A senior traditional owner, Yvonne Margarula, says her Mirarr people are “deeply saddened” that for more than 30 years uranium that should never…
Read MoreTraditional owners want Jabiluka protected (ABC News, 2011, en)
The Jabiluka mine was the subject of protests in the late 1990s. ERA retains the right to mine the site. Traditional owners want uranium mine to become part of Kakadu by Michael Coggan Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News April 7, 2011 Aboriginal traditional owners say they want the massive Jabiluka uranium deposit in the Northern…
Read MoreAborigines to block uranium mining after Japan disaster (The independent, 2011, en)
by Kathy Marks in SydneyThe IndependentApril 14, 2011 Since Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant began leaking radiation afterlast month’s earthquake and tsunami, those watching with consternationhave included the Mirarr Aboriginal people of Australia’s NorthernTerritory, who are determined to limit uranium mining on their landdespite the promise of vast riches. The Mirarr are the traditional owners of…
Read MoreHORIZONT3000 – Brasilien Petition Atomtransport (2011, ger)
WICHTIGE INFOS ZU BRASILIEN Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde, aus aktuellem Anlass bitten wir Euch um schnelle Unterstützung, in dem ihr die beigefügte Petition unterschreibt. Zurzeit befindet sich ein LKW-Transport mit ca. 90 Tonnen radioaktivem Material auf dem Weg in unsere Region. Sowohl Herkunft als auch Inhalt dieses Transportes sind nicht eindeutig geklärt, entscheidende staatliche Behörden…
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