Archive for June 26th, 2008

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required for nuclear energy, coal to diesel conversion, or shale to oil conversion, switchgrass production is mainly a labor intensive, low paying endeavor which will be an unstoppable magnet for illegal immigrants.

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The Strategic Threat of Nuclear Terrorism

It is impossible to harness nuclear energy without the requisite uranium, plutonium or other radioactive elements. These elements are much easier to detect and control than any other step in the process and they are an absolute

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Every time you say "nuclear energy" a dolphin gets cancer and dies

It burns thorium, which is plentiful, so doesn’t require weapons grade uranium or plutonium to be refined;; Measured by cost per kilowatt, it could be one of the most inexpensive base load power sources in the foreseeable future.

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Atomic Time

It was built amid enthusiasm that atomic power would be too cheap to meter and yet, 52 years on, its catalogue of failures has left it with one of the world’s largest stockpiles of plutonium and a bill to the taxpayer of about £3bn a .

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Syria planned to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, Israel says

Israel believes that Syria was planning to supply Iran with spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing into weapons-grade plutonium from the site it bombed last September, and which is currently being inspected by the UN’s nuclear watchdog.

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Al Kibar Update

The idea was that the Syrians produce plutonium and the Iranians get their share. Syria had no reprocessing facility for the spent fuel. It’s not deduction alone that brings almost everyone to think that the link exists.”

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Bush hopes for North Korea legacy

a key document - a full and complete declaration of all its nuclear activities, from plutonium stockpiling to uranium enrichment and proliferation. The interior of a cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear reactor in North Korea

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Can Syria avoid sanctions with a UN nuclear inspection

On Sunday, Der Spiegel, a German news weekly, reported that Syria, North Korea, and Iran were jointly developing a nuclear reactor to build weapons-grade plutonium at the location. The allegations have been fervently denied by Syria – a

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Fwd: Inside Israel's nuclear reactor secrets!

This is an interesting short documentary, it takes you inside the Israeli nuclear reactor that is out of reach for IAEA or any other international organization. This is where Israel is making it’s own nuclear weapon grade plutonium,

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

North Korea nuclear accounting won’t include bombs

Sung Kim, the top State Department expert on Korea, will travel to North Korea for the planned destruction of the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, an official at South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said.

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008