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Now Bush Is Appeasing Iran

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:11:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: joined envoys from France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany in talks with Saeed Jalili -- Iran's nuclear negotiator and an Ahmadinejad confidant -- about incentives to give to Tehran.

[E]ven with record oil prices, mismanagement has driven the Iranian economy into the ground. On July 14, the Ministry of Housing reported an "historical" 125% rise in housing prices. The same day, Tabnak, a news Web site run by a former head of the IRGC, admitted foodstuff inflation had reached 50% annually. On July 8, 2008, a National Iranian Oil Company executive acknowledged in the Iranian press that, without significant investment in infrastructure, Iranian oil production would decline each year by 300,000 barrels a day.

In the past month alone, Iranian workers have struck for unpaid wages at the Khodro automotive plant (which assembles Peugeots), the Alburz Tire Company, and the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane factory.

Clip Source: www.meforum.org

On May 31, 2006, Condoleezza Rice drew a red line in front of Tehran's nuclear enrichment program. "The Iranian government's choices are clear," she said. "The negative choice is for the regime to maintain its current course. . . . If the regime does so, it will incur only great costs." She also offered an olive branch: "As soon as Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities, the United States will come to the table with our EU-3 colleagues and meet with Iran's representatives."

Two years later, Iranian officials have installed more than 3,000 centrifuges in a facility designed to hold 50,000. On July 9, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested missiles which could reach Israel; the same day, Iranian Web sites carried President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pledge to launch a satellite, an event that would demonstrate a mastery of intercontinental ballistic missile technology.

Nevertheless, just 10 days later, Undersecretary of State William Burns

Tags: u.n. security council resolutions, tehran's nuclear program, centrifuges, missiles test, satellite launch

Fission - Controversy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:17:24 GMT

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Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

In the hasty effort to build the 'British Bomb' in the 1940s and 1950s, radioactive waste was diluted and discharged by pipeline into the Irish Sea. Some claim that the Irish Sea remains one of the most heavily contaminated seas in the world because of these discharges, although the relatively small size of the sea will also contribute to this. The OSPAR Commission reports an estimated 200 kg of plutonium has been deposited in the marine sediments of the Irish Sea.^[29] Cattle and fish in the area are contaminated with plutonium-239 and caesium-137 from these sediments and from other sources such as the radioactive rain that fell on the area after the Chernobyl disaster and the results of atmospheric atomic weapons tests prior to the partial test ban treaty in 1963. Most of the area's long-lived radioactive technetium comes from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel at the Sellafield facility.^[30] .

French Nuclear Problems

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:48:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Is France really the nuclear success story the nuclear boosters would have you believe?

Clip Source: www.beyondnuclear.org

France gets nearly 80% of its electricity from its 58 reactors.

In our fact sheet and pamphlet, (and see For More Information, below) we show how France's decision to reprocess reactor fiuel has contaminated the seas as far as the Artic Circle and may have led to leukemia clusters near the reprocessing plant. Its decision to try breeder reactors was an expensive failure. Its plutonium fuel program has not reduced its surplus stockpile of plutonium which is calculated at greater than 80 metric tons sitting in tens of thousands of vulnerable containers and with no disposal option. France has no radioactive waste repository.

MOX introduces a weapons component – plutonium – into the civilian power sector, a dangerous precedent

Read our pamphlet on Nuclear Power in France.

Fact Sheet

Setting the Record Straight.

The Cogema File to better understand the culture of cover-ups and contamination

Tags: nuclear, energy

Guided Meditation - Self-Hypnosis Tapes

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:39:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.atlantis.to

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Tags: guided meditation, self-hypnosis tapes, meditation, brainwave entrainment

Spread of Nuclear Capability Feared

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:48:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The need to light up the world has more countries looking at nuclear power. But what does this mean for attempts to control proliferation?

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

VIENNA -- At least 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin America have recently approached U.N. officials here to signal interest in starting nuclear power programs, a trend that concerned proliferation experts say could provide the building blocks of nuclear arsenals in some of those nations.

At least half a dozen countries have also said in the past four years that they are specifically planning to conduct enrichment or reprocessing of nuclear fuel, a prospect that could dramatically expand the global supply of plutonium and enriched uranium, according to U.S. and international nuclear officials and arms-control experts.

Nuclear Fuel Recycling: More Trouble Than It's Worth

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:09:39 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciam.com

Key Concepts

Spent nuclear fuel contains plutonium, which can be extracted and used in new fuel.
To reduce the amount of long-lived radioactive waste, the U.S. Department of Energy has proposed reprocessing spent fuel in this way and then “burning” the plutonium in special reactors.
But reprocessing is very expensive. Also, spent fuel emits lethal radiation, whereas separated plutonium can be handled easily. So reprocessing invites the possibility that terrorists might steal plutonium and construct an atom bomb.
The author argues against reprocessing and for storing the waste in casks until an underground repository is ready.

LA HAGUE, on France's Normandy coast, hosts a large complex that reprocesses spent fuel from nuclear power plants, extracting its plutonium for fabrication into new fuel. The U.S. Depart�ment of Energy has recently proposed building a similar facility.
Martin Bond: Photo Researchers, Inc.

Tags: energy, nuclear, i-reprocessing, i-risks, i-costs, i-increase

Nuclear may lose it's green tag if costs rise

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:36:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The cost of reprocessing low grade Uranium ore.
An industry spokesman said that there should be enough high quality ore for at least 85 years.
85 years when the waste lasts for an age?
Sounds brilliant.
Consider the amount of nuclear waste that will exist as a result of wasting energy.

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Stephen Pincock

News analysis Environmental costs of nuclear power are likely to increase as high-grade uranium becomes harder to find, according to new research that has been challenged by the uranium industry.

The findings form part of the debate over what part nuclear power will play in supplying future energy needs.

Australian researchers writing in the journal Environmental Science and Technology say that the average grade of the uranium extracted from mines around the world has gradually declined over the past 50 years.

That trend is likely to continue, says lead author Dr Gavin Mudd from Melbourne's Monash University.

mining companies will have to use more energy and more water to extract the ore and process it for use in power stations

"Ore grade is one of the most sensitive predictors of carbon and water cost,

It's pretty clear that in the long term, the ore grade will decline."

In sustainability terms, we believe we are mining a finite resource but there's no real data around on it

UN introduces Iran Nuclear Sanctions

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:59:11 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newsmax.com

Britain and France formally introduced a Security Council resolution Thursday calling for a third round of sanctions against Iran over its failure to suspend uranium enrichment.

The United States pushed hardest for the sanctions, but China and Russia, as the remaining permanent members of the 15-nation council _ along with Germany have been in general agreement on them.

The draft resolution calls for a report from IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei in 90 days on Iran's compliance with the council's demands and says the council will suspend sanctions for as long as Tehran suspends enrichment and reprocessing activities. But the draft also says it will consider added measures if Tehran fails to comply.

They don't grow on trees, you know – China says goodbye to free plastic bags

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:01:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "China, which produces many of the world’s plastic bags, already has to refine five million tonnes of crude oil a year just to keep pace with the demand for plastics used in packaging at home. It urged rubbish collectors to do more to recycle waste by separating plastic for reprocessing and reducing the amount to be burnt or buried."

Such a small thing, such a big impact, such a good idea.

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Down a narrow alley in the heart of Beijing, Chen Yongge and his wife are coming to terms with the end of a way of life.

As he surveys his tiny convenience store, stocked with myriad goods from eggs to ice-cream, and cigarettes to peanuts, Mr Chen tries to visualise life without plastic shopping bags. “When my customers come in here, how are they going to carry out their eggs or their peanuts? I sell these by weight and then put them in a plastic bag.”

“I know that this is supposed to protect the environment, but the days when people went out with a net bag ended in the late Eighties,” he said. “Now people think I’m just stingy if I don’t offer them a bag.”

In the past, most Chinese would not venture out of doors without a cloth or netting bag tucked in their pocket to carry home their groceries, which would be wrapped up in paper.

The French Do It, Why Can’t Oui?

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:18:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Recycling Nuclear Fuel
France, whose 59 reactors generate 80 percent of its electricity, has safely recycled nuclear fuel for decades. They turned to nuclear power in the 1970s to limit their dependence on foreign energy. And, from the beginning, they made recycling used fuel central to their program.

Upon its removal from French reactors, used fuel is packed in containers and safely shipped via train and road to a facility in La Hague. There, the energy producing uranium and plutonium are removed and separated from the other waste and made into new fuel that can be used again. The entire process adds about 6 percent in costs for the French.

Their success has sparked plenty of interest abroad. The French company AREVA has already helped Japan with its reprocessing facility and is currently looking at the feasibility of building a similar plant in China.

The British, Japanese, Indians, and Russians all engage in some level of reprocessing.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

What if the government allowed you to burn only 25 percent of every tank of gas? Or if Washington made you pour half of every gallon of milk down the drain?

What if lawmakers forced us to bury 95 percent of our energy resources?

That is exactly what Washington does when it comes to safe, affordable and CO2-free nuclear energy. Indeed, 95 percent of the used fuel from America’s 104 power reactors, which provide about 20 percent of the nation’s electricity, could be recycled for future use.

Over the past four decades, America’s reactors have produced about 56,000 tons of used fuel. That “waste” contains roughly enough energy to power every U.S. household for 12 years. And it’s just sitting there, piling up at power plant storage facilities. Talk about waste!

The sad thing is, the United States developed the technology to recapture that energy decades ago, then barred its commercial use in 1977. We have practiced a virtual moratorium ever since.

Tags: nuclear power, recycle used fuel, moratoruim

This is a Real smoking gun...

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:09:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...and I'm sure president Cheney/Bush are at their ends. I'm also waiting for the newest lie that counters this report.

Clip Source: www.consortiumnews.com

A Miracle: Honest Intel on Iran Nukes

For those who have doubts about miracles, a double one occurred today. An honest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program has been issued and its Key Judgments were made public.

“We judge that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program...

“We assess with moderate confidence Tehran has not restarted its nuclear weapons program as of mid-2007.

“We do not have sufficient intelligence to judge confidently whether Tehran is willing to maintain the halt of its nuclear weapons program indefinitely...

“We judge with moderate confidence Iran probably would be technically capable of producing enough highly enriched uranium sometime during the 2010-2015 time frame.

“We judge with high confidence that Iran will not be technically capable of producing and reprocessing enough plutonium for a weapon before about 2015.”

This NIE does not (italics in

original) assume that Iran intends to acquire nuclear weapons

Tags: war, iran

Pakistan Test Fires Cruise Missile

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:39:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: pakistan shielding bin laden and nuclear weapons, good thing american gov't approves or there could be trouble

Clip Source: www.forbes.com

Its test-firing indicates sustained efforts to upgrade nuclear weapons delivery capabilities in response to India, whose civilian nuclear agreement with the U.S. has been described by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as a threat to regional stability.

There is little public information about Pakistan's nuclear facilities, but important assets (reactors, uranium enrichment sites, plutonium reprocessing sites, research and development centers, and nuclear testing and weaponization facilities) are located across the provinces of Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan and Sindh

In 2003, it was disclosed that Pakistan had helped Iran, North Korea and Libya develop nuclear programs

Khan was put under house arrest, and the authorities introduced nuclear export control measures that conformed to International Atomic Energy Agency guidelines. However, several aspects of the Khan case remain unresolved

The majority of individuals involved

have been prosecuted without success

Tags: politics

What is it that the US wants?

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:13:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hmm...okay. Pakistan can, but Iran can't. That's because they're our so-called allies, right? Well, we apparently dog gone better hope they stay that way, eh?

Clip Source: newstodaynet.com

What is it that the US wants?

M V KAMATH

In a recent report by Anthony Cordesman, a former Pentagon official who was required to submit his findings after a visit to Afghanistan, the insurgency in that country has been receiving military aid from 'a near sanctuary in Pakistan'. Cordesman pointly noted that from sanctuaries in western and southern Pakistan al Qaida and Taliban cadres are providing both financial and manpower support to insurgent groups in Afghanistan.

A more dangerous aspect was released by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security early in January which noted that Pakistan is 'in advanced stage of building a second research reactor and a second reprocessing plant as part of its nuclear military programme.

'the nature and rate of the construction suggests that the facility may soon start operations, if it has not done so already'

Pakistan's capacity to produce weapons-grade plutonium will increase 'by leaps and bounds'.

Tags: us, pakistan, iran, nuclear

NUCLEAR ENERGY IS NOT THE SOLUTION

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:24:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: For those of you who think that the use of nuclear energy is the solution to global warming, read this....and think again!

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Nuclear energy 'not the solution to global warming'

Environment ministers from Austria, Iceland, Ireland and Norway said Monday that nuclear power was not the solution to global warming.

the four ministers

said the "inherent risks and problems associated with the nuclear energy option remain and it can not therefore claim to be a clean alternative to fossil fuel use."

we voice serious concern that nuclear energy is being presented as a solution to climate change.

current debate seeks to downplay the environmental, waste, proliferation, nuclear liability and safety issues

They said that reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel represents a key source of pollution risks and remains a significant source of radioactive pollution

After 50 years of nuclear power, waste remains the most intractable issue

today the industry remains economically and environmentally untenable."

liability regimes currently in place for the nuclear industry do not provide full scope compensation for potential damage or injury

Tags: nuclear, global warming, radioactive pollution

Bolton--OUT!

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:16:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'll be very glad to see that oaf gone.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Controversial US envoy quits post

Mr Bush was for him, but Democratic senators were not

Mr Bolton looked unable to win the necessary Senate support for him to continue in the job, which he had obtained on a temporary basis.

Mr Bolton's move comes after US defence chief Donald Rumsfeld resigned following the Republican defeat in last month's mid-term elections.

The incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Senator Joe Biden, said he saw "no point in considering Mr Bolton's nomination again".

The departure would disrupt US diplomatic work at a sensitive time, the president said.

The news comes days before a bipartisan panel is expected to suggest the US should begin talking to Iran and Syria, an initiative Mr Bolton has opposed.

Mr Bolton took up the UN posting last year during a congressional holiday after his nomination stalled in the Senate.

It was a procedural manoeuvre that avoided the need for him to be confirmed until the end of this year.

That procedure cannot be repeated, and the new climate in Congress would make it all but impossible for him to win a two-thirds majority of senators.

Mr Bolton's critics said a man who once declared there was "no such thing" as the UN was hardly a suitable choice to join the body.

His nomination incensed many former US ambassadors - 102 of whom signed a letter urging senators to reject his nomination.

A White House spokeswoman said that among Mr Bolton's accomplishments were the assembling of coalitions addressing North Korea's nuclear activity, Iran's uranium enrichment and reprocessing work, and the horrific violence in Darfur.

Correspondents say he personified Washington's view of the UN as an institution that was viewed as being wasteful and ineffective at best - and inimical to America's wider global interests at worst.

Tags: politics, un, conservatives, cretins

Clipmarks | I-reprocessing Clips

Now Bush Is Appeasing Iran

Fission - Controversy

French Nuclear Problems

Guided Meditation - Self-Hypnosis Tapes

Instant sound therapy & guided meditation techniques for beginners, experts, teachers, children, monks, doctors and therapists!

Spread of Nuclear Capability Feared

Nuclear Fuel Recycling: More Trouble Than It's Worth

Key Concepts

Nuclear may lose it's green tag if costs rise

UN introduces Iran Nuclear Sanctions

They don't grow on trees, you know – China says goodbye to free plastic bags

The French Do It, Why Can’t Oui?

This is a Real smoking gun...

Pakistan Test Fires Cruise Missile

What is it that the US wants?

NUCLEAR ENERGY IS NOT THE SOLUTION

Bolton--OUT!

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