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Nuclear safeguards and Australian uranium export policy

January 24, 2010 by Barry Brook
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Guest Post by Dr Jim Green. Jim is the National nuclear campaigner for Friends of the Earth, Australia. Thanks to Barry Brook for the opportunity to contribute a post on the topic of nuclear safeguards. Why should nuclear power proponents involve themselves in advocacy to strengthen the safeguards system? Perhaps the strongest argument... [read more]

Shed No Tears for Yucca Mountain

March 9, 2009 by William Tucker
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“White House Buries Yucca,”read the headlines on Friday after Secretary of Energy Steven Chu told a Senate hearing that the Nevada repository is “no longer an option” for long-term storage of nuclear waste.Instead, Chu said, the Obama Administration will cut all but the most rudimentary funding and be content to allow spent fuel rods to... [read more]

Proliferating Nonsense

February 8, 2009 by William Tucker
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It has often been said that declining aristocracies spend all their time reliving the glories of the past. I can think of no better example than American environmentalism's obsession that abstaining from nuclear power in this country will prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world.Get into a debate with any anti-... [read more]

Al Gore Captivates Congress

February 4, 2009 by William Tucker
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Al Gore braved a midwinter snowstorm last week to tell a Senate committee that the world is heating up and the only thing that can save us is "conservation and renewables." Gore's testimony, of course, was a prelude to the national debate that will soon be taking place over global warming. "We're firing with real bullets here,"... [read more]