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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Against the Bomb
(January 6, 2002) In the midst of war-like postures emanating out of New Delhi and Islamabad, Out of the Nuclear Shadow is a must-read. It brings some of best writings of the intellectuals and activists of the subcontinent and is a contribution to the anti-nuclear struggle, says KANTI BAJPAI. Continue reading
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Canada’s nuke tie to Taliban
(December 21, 2001) The suicide bomb that exploded in New Delhi last week, triggering renewed tensions between India and Pakistan, has once again landed the latter country’s nuclear arsenal at the top of international security concerns. Alarm about a possible nuclear meltdown in the subcontinent comes amid fears that rouge extremists in Pakistan could try to seize that country’s nuclear arsenal and reports linking former and active Pakistani nuke scientists to al Qaeda. Continue reading
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No-fly zones over nuclear facilities unlikely
(December 20, 2001) OTTAWA (CP) – Canada is unlikely to impose no-fly zones over its nuclear reactors or station missiles around them, a senior nuclear regulatory official says. Continue reading
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Unsafe at Any Price
(December 19, 2001) If terrorists take down nuclear plants, you pay – by the hundreds of billions. Even as the human tragedy of two jets smashing into the World Trade Center tore at the hearts of energy traders, their minds were turned to two things: the oil and the nukes, both seeming suddenly more vulnerable than ever to hostile forces from abroad. Continue reading
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Residents near nuclear plants may get cancer prevention pills
(December 19, 2001) (CNN) — More than two decades after the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor, the United States is again confronting the fear of an unexpected release of radiation. This time the concern isn’t about an accident, but about a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant. Continue reading
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News brief – Sellafield nuclear plant
(December 16, 2001) The following news brief appeared at the end of ‘Bin Laden in plot to bomb City’. M15 has warned Ministers that a determined terrorist attempt to fly a jet into the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria could not be prevented because it is only two minutes’ flying time from transatlantic flight paths. Continue reading
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EU to finance a nuclear power plant in Romania?
(December 12, 2001) Brussels, Rome: (December 12, 2001): Today a large international coalition of ca. 35 environmental organizations started the campaign “Stop Euratom loan for Cernavoda II.” Continue reading
Watchdog warns of inadequate nuclear security
(December 3, 2001) VIENNA (REUTERS) – The International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) said last week recent cases of illicit nuclear material trafficking showed the urgent need for better protection and control of radioactive material. Continue reading
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New Sellafield terror warning
(December 3, 2001) Terrorits deliberately flying an aircraft into the Sellafield nuclear repocessing plant could “wipe out the north of England”, a pressure group has told MPs. Continue reading
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EDITORIAL: Blocking progress
(November 28, 2001) Why does nuclear power industry still need special liability protection? Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Plant Security, Nuclear Power, Towards Shutdown
Tagged nuclear costs
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