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This weeks nuclear news in brief
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World. Conference The Nuclear Non Proliferation has weaknesses, but its all that weve got. At Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Austria calls for ban on nuclear weapons. Generation IV Nuclear Reactors no better than the current ones. Astronauts at risk from brain damage due to ionising radiation. Tesla renewable energy storage battery may well have killed nuclear power.
Canada. Canadas Nuclear Regulator in reality a promoter of the industry. Ontario Power Generation waste dump plan does not have the necessary approval of area First Nations. Plan for waste dump could threaten safety of Great Lakes say US critics. Lake Huron is NOT the answer to Canadas nuclear waste problem- Dr. Benishek
France. AREVAs woes heralding a slippery global slope for the nuclear industry? 6,000 employees of failing nuclear giant AREVA are to lose their jobs. Arevas nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in La Hague in crisis- shunned by clients.
USA. Americas nuclear non-proliferation policy is a disaster. US Senate passes Bill to give Congress a stake in nuclear deal with Iran. Court clears anti nuclear nun of sabotage conviction. USA spending $60 Mln on Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Program in Russia (MNEPR). USA backing Saudi Arabias push for ballistic missile defense system and bunker buster bombs. Neuropathy in Navajo children almost certainly caused by uranium mining pollution. Nuclear industry embarks on a public advertising campaign.
Russia has been reducing its nuclear armaments, complying with NPT. Corruption in Russias nuclear industry
Japan. Japans earthquake risk to nuclear reactors is being ignored, says seismic expert. Like the canary in a coalmine, birds tell real story of Fukushima. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe muzzling critics in Japans media. Despite the USAs nuclear lobby solar power is winning in Japan.
Ukraine. Forest fires threatening Chernobyl nuclear plant. Chernobyl nuclear plant remains a high danger, withinstability in Ukraine.
India. Government action may force Greenpeace to close there
Taiwan. As Taiwans radioactive trash accumulates, opposition grows to the export of nuclear waste.
Sweden. accelerates its closure of its uneconomic nuclear industry. Big nuclear company not interested in new nuclear power
Australia at the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2015 embarrassing disarmament double-speak
New Zealand leads the world in nuclear thinking
Climate change. Record CO2 in atmosphere greatest in a million years