Iran
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is preparing to confront the US and United Nations security council over Iran’s nuclear activities partly to distract attention from the country’s worsening economic problems, sources in Tehran have said.
Guardian 12th August 2006
Guardian 12th August 2006
Sweden
Following the incident at the Forsmark 1 reactor, which Swedish nuclear expert Lars-Olov Hogland said was ‘almost as serious’ as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, activists in Germany and Sweden called for nuclear power to be phased out as promised by the governments of both countries.
EDIE 11th August 2006
New nukes
Letter from Leicester FoE Roger Helmer (Mailbox, August 6) suggests that we need nuclear power to ensure energy security and protect the environment. I believe he is promoting a dangerous diversion. Nuclear power is expensive, produces highly toxic waste that will need to be kept safe for longer than human civilisation has existed and is a tempting target for terrorists.
Leicester Mercury 11th August 2006
Sellafield
Ex-Sellafield boss Brian Watson has landed a job with US firm Fluor which is expected to bid for BNG.
Whitehaven News 10th August 2006
BNG will have to pay £2m to the NDA for the THORP accident.
Whitehaven News 10th August 2006
Nuclear Waste
COPELAND has not yet set its stall out to accept the country’s first underground nuclear dump. Confusion over whether the borough had already volunteered arose following a meeting of Copeland Council’s controlling Labour group. “All eyes are on Copeland,” admitted council leader Elaine Woodburn, “but it would be wrong to say we have already volunteered to host this deep waste repository.” The minutes read: “A meeting with government ministers will be sought to qualify implications of Copeland volunteering to accept nuclear waste. We should expect resources to be made available for public consultation. Agreement on the timing of the right to withdraw must be made at the start of the process. The government should not be left in any doubt about who it is they need to talk to.”
Whitehaven News 10th August 2006
